Board Thread:Game Discussions/@comment-24571857-20140501043322

I am repeating an afterthought that I already posted as a reply in a different forum after opening 80 chests.

Your points are all very valid. I was one of the fools who spent 3000 gems to open 80 chests. To XXX- you're right. No chest is worth that much and perhaps I do have a major gambling problem. To be honest with you, I didn't even properly check the stats of the regular Triskelion; I simply assumed it to have the same line of stats as the newest epics like Cryptid; how wrong I was. On the bright side, I seem to be on the lucky side of things with how it turned out:

Druidic Arborsteel Aquatic

These were the 3 epics that I got. Was I happy? I was not, unfortunately, simply because I already owned 2 of each of those epics. I had a guild mate open 80 and get nothing except the guaranteed Triskelion, heard about another member in a different guild who got nothing in an 80. Had a guild mate open 4x11 and get nothing, and had a guild member who opened 2x11 and got a northerner's. Hindsight is 20 20. I'm very regretful that I pulled the trigger today, and perhaps my mind would've had I really considered the true price I was paying. Regardless, what happened happened, and what I have to say is that you have to either be very rich, or very foolish like I was to try for these particular chests. They are milking the heck out of this event with 40% sales every other hour, and it just goes to show what kind of marketing ploy it was. I am still very regretful, but am lucky to have come away with the pulls that I did.

On an off-hand note, another guild mate of mine opened 4 singles and got Cryptid Wargear. I'm still not sold on the 6x chances though; doesn't seem any higher than the 3x chests they typically offer.

So what are my thoughts on this particular event -

6x Chance: Don't really see the doubled chance from the normal chests based not only on my pulls but from hearing how others fared in this chest event.

Price: Outrageously expensive; the 50% markup from the normal price is not worth the supposed doubled CHANCE of getting an epic.

Guaranteed Triskelion: Is quite honestly underwhelming. You receive enough boosts to max it on the spot. It is slightly better than the AOSM; it's currently the best Fire/Air epic existing. The plus version if you are fortunate enough to pull it, is right up there with the best recent war epics.. it is not so for the regular, guaranteed version.

To sum it up.. this is the latest strategy GREE has implemented to maximize their profits. I do not suggest going for this event, but to wait for the Death chests. This was long; I hope it helps change some minds.  