9:16 pm, April 12, 2014
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Black Lion Tickets
In a recent, now locked, thread I tried to discuss the objective definition of pay-to-win, and quickly found that for various reasons doing so is.difficult, to say the least. So rather than rehash that argument I thought I would move on to some more specific issues. In todays flame war.err.discussion Id like to get the communitys thoughts on Black Lion Tickets and the weapon skins tied to them. Before I give my thoughts and open this up Id like to propose one postulate for this discussion just to get us all on the same page. Specifically that Black Lion Chest and Claim Tickets arent going anywhere.
Like many of you I hate Black Lion Chests and once even suggested we boycott by way of instant deletion when they drop (didnt catch on, obviously), but Im a realist. Yes in an ideal world those chest and their ticket scraps would be a thing of the past and the weapon skins that go with would be in some way integrated into existing or new game-play content. But come on; what are the odds of that happening? NC Soft is making way too much money off those chests, so they arent going to just let them go. Instead we should be focusing on a way to make this system work for us, rather than simply demanding it be removed.
So here is my thought; Black Lion Ticket Scraps should be added to daily achievement rewards. And full, complete, Black Lion Tickets should be added to monthly achievement rewards. Of course Id like to see their drop rates across the board increased generously, but either way this would make amassing tickets reasonable with little to no monetary investment, while still maintaining the Black Lion Chests place as the more convenient means of obtaining them. Under this system, with a little luck, a semi-dedicated player could manage to get a shiny new weapon skin with a months effort. Kind of slow and grindy of course, but still somewhat reasonable. And certainly better than the current spend hundreds of dollars and you might get a skin chest only system.
Like many of you I hate Black Lion Chests and once even suggested we boycott by way of instant deletion when they drop (didnt catch on, obviously), but Im a realist. Yes in an ideal world those chest and their ticket scraps would be a thing of the past and the weapon skins that go with would be in some way integrated into existing or new game-play content. But come on; what are the odds of that happening? NC Soft is making way too much money off those chests, so they arent going to just let them go. Instead we should be focusing on a way to make this system work for us, rather than simply demanding it be removed.
So here is my thought; Black Lion Ticket Scraps should be added to daily achievement rewards. And full, complete, Black Lion Tickets should be added to monthly achievement rewards. Of course Id like to see their drop rates across the board increased generously, but either way this would make amassing tickets reasonable with little to no monetary investment, while still maintaining the Black Lion Chests place as the more convenient means of obtaining them. Under this system, with a little luck, a semi-dedicated player could manage to get a shiny new weapon skin with a months effort. Kind of slow and grindy of course, but still somewhat reasonable. And certainly better than the current spend hundreds of dollars and you might get a skin chest only system.