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Post by Dredd77 on Apr 28, 2017 21:52:53 GMT -5
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Post by Paps on Apr 28, 2017 22:16:19 GMT -5
Content extravaganza! Aren't events FUN?!
*reads*
Edit: Good summation of the numbers/value dealio. Gambling is Gambling. Still fun, just don't expect to win. Makes actually winning that much zestier!
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Post by blastronaut on Apr 28, 2017 22:35:06 GMT -5
I made a video of my Gambling...and a battle using only my newly won gear. Warning: music NSFW or children's baby ears. VIDEO LINK
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Post by gr3ygh05t on Apr 28, 2017 22:42:34 GMT -5
Wow very informative Dredd77. It reminds me of the good ol magic days where all I had to worry about was my chances of drawing 2 lands. Anyhow if you are in the market for 4 sol rings, you know where to find me.
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Post by War Child on Apr 28, 2017 23:46:09 GMT -5
I have no gold bots but I do have 4k gold in stock...I'm so tempted right now
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Post by phoenix232 on Apr 29, 2017 0:00:47 GMT -5
If you're willing to spin multiple times, and have(or are willing to obtain) more than a few K gold, the Gold chest are *extremely well worth it*.
If I were starting War Robots *right now*, say a new account or what not, I'd drop the 100USD for a 14K AU pack and never look back.
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Post by splitsticks on Apr 29, 2017 1:04:34 GMT -5
If you're willing to spin multiple times, and have(or are willing to obtain) more than a few K gold, the Gold chest are *extremely well worth it*. If I were starting War Robots *right now*, say a new account or what not, I'd drop the 100USD for a 14K AU pack and never look back. Indeed. I got bored in work earlier today and I ran the numbers on the gold chests just like Dredd. I wasn't going to buy Au for chests because I hate gambling, but I couldn't argue with the numbers. I had 2200 Au saved, bought 6500 more, spent it all on gold chests and walked away with 44000 Au in gear. As a new player who doesn't have to worry about repeat items, the chests are incredible value. I have a Jesse, all of the britbots, a Tri-Zeus Fury, another Fury, plenty of orkans, Two Lancelots and an ancile to play with, as well as a few other bits of gear.
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Post by arakos on Apr 29, 2017 1:31:03 GMT -5
Thank you for your great job Dredd. However, using EV with items you can't sell... I don't know about that. It's not like Magic cards. If there was an auction house in War Robots, where folks could bet for items, THEN it woud be different. I won't gamble with chests. Rather use the gold in the items I really NEED. Btw, I made great profit with Magic cards. Owned a hobby store when that game came out. Traveled to the US a lot, with my team mates. Prices where different from european ones. Great years... But again, thank you for your information. It just leads me to pass on chests. Arakos
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Post by ewing411 on Apr 29, 2017 2:25:17 GMT -5
I have no gold bots but I do have 4k gold in stock...I'm so tempted right now That's not enough to insure reaching the super chest which seems to be the needed goal to make this scheme work. Besides unless you're the type who really enjoyed doing draft pack card games at a store it's a bad idea. Best make a desission as an informed consumer.
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Post by VivaLaResistance on Apr 29, 2017 3:17:46 GMT -5
Here was my experience so far..... I had 2300 Au available and was just going to buy a Rogatka with it if the Dash bots weren't available as prizes. Then just as I was closing my Discord window I noticed some hype saying that HEATHEN HERETIC had won a Jesse! I thought it was the Silver Chest but don't recall for sure. The gambling bug instantly hit me and soon I was back into the game and flipping coins. First, a Silver chest and I gained 250k in silver. Then I got brave and dumped 1000Au into a Gold chest, which simply compressed my gold down to 550. So now, with 1650 left I started spinning away on the Silver chests! All that I had to show for it was a small bit of silver, several Au prizes which I used right up, and an Aphid which I don't necessarily need at the moment. After that, I was done and left with that empty feeling that losing in a gamble often has. ...until I saw someones post encouraging people to only open Gold chests and how they had such a string of luck gaining ground with them. So I broke down and shelled out 10$ for my first time ever, gritted my teeth, and spun one more Gold chest! Well, to my amazement I watched that bar inch, almost as if in slow motion, just slightly past the 2500Au prize... Where this was waiting! (Kind of cringed as I always said you would NEVER catch me running one of these unskillful piles that any 3 year old could pilot.)
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Post by VivaLaResistance on Apr 29, 2017 4:01:28 GMT -5
Keep in mind that in my above post I spun approximately 5000 worth of Au which is the price of a Lancelot anyway.
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Post by linearblade on Apr 29, 2017 6:18:39 GMT -5
If you're willing to spin multiple times, and have(or are willing to obtain) more than a few K gold, the Gold chest are *extremely well worth it*. If I were starting War Robots *right now*, say a new account or what not, I'd drop the 100USD for a 14K AU pack and never look back. I ran this on the New Years event. Was pretty good. Maybe it's just me, but I felt this time around it's even better. 100 or 200 dollars basically fills your entire hanger. If you are missing a lot of common gold gear. This will fill it. What I dislike about this event is that I believe I have something like 10 Zeus. Had I know. They would be that common in these events I would have never used any gold for them in the first place . amusingly I ended up with s couple fury. So guess what's in my hanger ? I'd recommend NOT gambling however if you have most of the cheaper bots. Every single additional geppard is a waste. Every single Gareth is a situational waste. Likewise with Galahad. How Many furies do you really need? The legend league has almost none in the top 50. Gold weapons. It's pretty much about orkans. 100 bucks on the gold box and you will Have plenty. After that, you are wasting money.
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Post by zman on Apr 29, 2017 13:08:53 GMT -5
Great read!
Personally, I need a second ancille and lots of AG, so im just going save for the ancille, and spin and sell for the AG.
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Post by ou812gr8m8 on Apr 29, 2017 16:28:18 GMT -5
Good work, Dredd.
It's interesting that the chest with the positive payout is the 1,000-Gold one, along with the Super Chest.
It's almost like Pix expects people to pay real money to get the 1,000's of gold needed to play those chests. :-)
... and then also need tons of Silver to update their shiny new toys... :-)
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Post by 3castle on Apr 29, 2017 17:02:07 GMT -5
did u really had enough gold to open all those chests?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2017 18:26:09 GMT -5
Dredd77, I took your advice and boought one gold chest. Won 1500, spent 1000 and bought another one. Won 500 and spent the last 1000 and got a Gepard. Now I only need 3 more gold chests for a superchest which equates to maybe myself purchasing 1-2 Gold Chests. Kudos to you for writing that article. Most helpful one by far.
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Post by KaneoheGrown on Apr 29, 2017 21:05:51 GMT -5
Had 6400 Au and decided to just roll with it in hopes of hitting my Butch.
Never hit my Butch, but I ballooned my 6.4 Au into 23.4k (yes, 23,400) Au. Bought my Butch and decided to let it roll. Got 2 Jesse's and a Doc (my second goal) before I crapped out.
Numerous Gold items (like 8 Gareths, 6 Zeus, 2 Ancile, 1 Lance, 5 Galahad, 5 Geps) which I sold for Ag.
Beginner's luck likely (as when I came back from buying my Butch I started hitting all items instead of Au to refill my bank). But in the end I'm very happy with what I got from my long saved Au reserves.
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Post by tekkamanblade on Apr 30, 2017 3:16:30 GMT -5
Had 6400 Au and decided to just roll with it in hopes of hitting my Butch. Never hit my Butch, but I ballooned my 6.4 Au into 23.4k (yes, 23,400) Au. Bought my Butch and decided to let it roll. Got 2 Jesse's and a Doc (my second goal) before I crapped out. Numerous Gold items (like 8 Gareths, 6 Zeus, 2 Ancile, 1 Lance, 5 Galahad, 5 Geps) which I sold for Ag. Beginner's luck likely (as when I came back from buying my Butch I started hitting all items instead of Au to refill my bank). But in the end I'm very happy with what I got from my long saved Au reserves. You are more lucky than I am. I only got these from 3700 gold now down to 1000 gold.
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Post by KaneoheGrown on Apr 30, 2017 3:54:27 GMT -5
Had 6400 Au and decided to just roll with it in hopes of hitting my Butch. Never hit my Butch, but I ballooned my 6.4 Au into 23.4k (yes, 23,400) Au. Bought my Butch and decided to let it roll. Got 2 Jesse's and a Doc (my second goal) before I crapped out. Numerous Gold items (like 8 Gareths, 6 Zeus, 2 Ancile, 1 Lance, 5 Galahad, 5 Geps) which I sold for Ag. Beginner's luck likely (as when I came back from buying my Butch I started hitting all items instead of Au to refill my bank). But in the end I'm very happy with what I got from my long saved Au reserves. You are more lucky than I am. I only got these from 3700 gold now down to 1000 gold. Well to be honest... Butch, 14k Lance, 5k Rog, 2.5k Gep, 1.2k Au of 7.5k 30.2k Au of winnings is pretty good off 3.7k imo...
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Post by tekkamanblade on Apr 30, 2017 4:08:46 GMT -5
You are more lucky than I am. I only got these from 3700 gold now down to 1000 gold. Well to be honest... Butch, 14k Lance, 5k Rog, 2.5k Gep, 1.2k Au of 7.5k 30.2k Au of winnings is pretty good off 3.7k imo... No, the 5000 and 2500 gold are just gold to keep me spining, I used all of them at the end of course. The total winning should only including the item value. Had a aphid gekko as well. Still have 1000 gold at hand thou.
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Post by Meep on Apr 30, 2017 5:20:21 GMT -5
I think I did the super chests 2x. All in I'm down about 4k and have won a Lance, 2 Garys, 1 Gep, 2 Zeus. The Lance was the big one for me as I didn't already have one. I just hope they removed the code that spends any remaining event currency at the end
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Post by Rampager2000 on Apr 30, 2017 5:30:08 GMT -5
I basically keep on getting bad luck with the chests, one of my family members got really lucky though, he got 3 Lancelots, all the Western robots another Gerath and I think another Galahad
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Post by ou812gr8m8 on Apr 30, 2017 5:38:05 GMT -5
You are more lucky than I am. I only got these from 3700 gold now down to 1000 gold. Well to be honest... Butch, 14k Lance, 5k Rog, 2.5k Gep, 1.2k Au of 7.5k 30.2k Au of winnings is pretty good off 3.7k imo... Are we really counting Butch as worth 14k Gold...? I think that's Pixonic trying to inflate the valuation of winning one!
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Post by devout on Apr 30, 2017 8:25:11 GMT -5
Thanks for the information. After reading your article, I decided to give it a try. My roster consisted of a rdb, db, Galahad, carnage, and plasma griffin. I was 3k into saving for a Lancelot. Was hoping to get doc, Lancelot, or furry. But besides the setup above, I had no extra weapons or bots of value, so I figured I was a good candidate for the chest lottery.
I spent $50 for 6500 gold and started buying 1000 chests. Went through 4 cycles to get 4 super chests (30+4) picks total I think. Here is what I got
Stuff that goes directly in my starting lineup (12150 value) 1 Galahad 2 Zeus (for carnage) 2 aphids (for db) 1250 gold +3000 original towards Lancelot 1 ancile (for Lancelot) 2 orkan (multlple options)
Stuff that I'll play with (5500 value) 1 rogatka (I'm not convinced I'll win in event anyway) 1 Jesse (I'm a little bummed he was the one bot I got out of 4 super chests)
Stuff that I'll probably sell (2500 value). 2nd rogatka
So overall im pleased. Got a 3x return on my investment, but more like 2x for things I really wanted. And all things considered, I feel my 'luck" was definitely below average, but my position in the game was well suited to take advantage of most rewards.
Thanks again for the advice as I wouldn't have taken the chance without your article.
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Post by DirtyLikaRat® on Apr 30, 2017 8:38:46 GMT -5
Wow very informative Dredd77. It reminds me of the good ol magic days where all I had to worry about was my chances of drawing 2 lands. Anyhow if you are in the market for 4 sol rings, you know where to find me. My Zombie deck woulda beat you silly son...
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Post by Dead Mechanism on Apr 30, 2017 18:10:51 GMT -5
just for a point of reference:
I pulled 2 Bronze, 8 Silver and 6 Gold chests and got to the super chest. Instead of spending 8k AU on 8 gold chests, I only spent 6820au. I recooped, counting weapons and my super chest, ~7900 (two silver prizes and the pin mucked up my conversion).
Prize log for each pull:
15au (bronze) 15au (bronze) 50au (silver) 75kag (silver) Pin (silver) 50au (silver) 60au (silver) 60au (silver) 225kag (silver) 80au (silver) 650au (gold) 550au (gold) Aphid (750au) (gold) 650au (gold) Orkan (1200au) (gold) Zeus (1500au) (gold)
2250au (SUPER)
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Post by geeman88 on Apr 30, 2017 21:05:23 GMT -5
Definitely pleased with the 1000AU chest! I had zero gold so I thought this a great chance to see what I got. Bought 14,000 gold and started spinning. I still have 8,000 gold left after 105 spins and 13 superchests. These are the items I've received (not including the gold I received):
1 Doc 1 Fury 2 Lancelot 1 Galahad 4 Jesse 2 Rogatka 5 Gepard 5 Orkan 3 Ancile 3 Gekko 6 Aphid
Not a bad haul for 6,000 gold.
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Post by Rampager2000 on Apr 30, 2017 21:48:40 GMT -5
Why you lucky duck, you could've even bought only the butch, that's the one robot I want most of all, hell, I would settle for any of the Western robots
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Post by killbill08 on Apr 30, 2017 22:40:53 GMT -5
1000au chest totally worth it. Gambled my 5k for these gold chest and got 1 galahad, aphids, 2 orkans, 2 hydras and for my superchest, a lance. Just got my gold doubled.
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Post by gr3ygh05t on Apr 30, 2017 23:34:35 GMT -5
Wow very informative Dredd77. It reminds me of the good ol magic days where all I had to worry about was my chances of drawing 2 lands. Anyhow if you are in the market for 4 sol rings, you know where to find me. My Zombie deck woulda beat you silly son... is that like necropotence deck? Or just general zombies.
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