King Dante!
07-29-2013, 07:36 PM
Let me begin by saying, this is NOT an exact science. My advice will not certify that you will collect all 10 items in these type of events. This threads only purpose is to potentially help people who struggle to successfully complete these events using only cash opens. The steps I use have worked for all 3 of the Collect 10 events that I've participated in (including the most recent Canadian Map Case Event). But just because they work for me, they may not work for you.
So, first off, the screenshots. (I'm missing the Tempest Destroyer screenshot)
http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab162/soulnmysole/2013-06-05_19-10-07_zps8be3d589.png (http://s860.photobucket.com/user/soulnmysole/media/2013-06-05_19-10-07_zps8be3d589.png.html)
http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab162/soulnmysole/dec7c83c-16f3-4b62-a2ac-06e4bab44289_zps3c5cd427.jpg (http://s860.photobucket.com/user/soulnmysole/media/dec7c83c-16f3-4b62-a2ac-06e4bab44289_zps3c5cd427.jpg.html)
Now if you look at the screenshots, I will point out 4 things:
1) My level. From my experience, these events have been noticeably easier at lower levels. It may just be my imagination, but it seems my success rate when using cash opens lowers as my level increases. I dont have any statistical evidence to prove this, but I can say the Tempest Destroyer was easier to obtain than the Coastal Siege Ship, and the Coastal Siege Ship was easier to obtain than the Shrike Superiority Fighter.
2) The number of Boxes/Cases in my inventory (2 and 3). During the course of these events the number of cases in my inventory has never exceeded 8. Most of the reason being is that I camp and don't want to frivolously obtain XP by doing a bunch of PvE and PvP just to collect cases. All of my cases come from raiding Supply Depots and Command Centers. Now, while the drop rate is much lower when raiding Supply Depots (around 10-15% from my experience) I have yet to gain over 1000xp when doing these events... which is most important for my play style. Now, I cant say for sure whether it matters if you have 100 cases when doing cash opens or only a few, but from my experience, having fewer cases works just fine. Not to mention, if you're only doing cash opens, you can only open 1 per hour. So all those extra cases are somewhat unnecessary.
3) Yes, I have gold. But I guarantee none of it was spent opening cases. I had a bad experience in Crime City during one of these events, and vowed to not use gold on them because I thought they were a scam... and although my opinion of these events has changed immensely, I still stick to my "No Gold" strategy :-)
4) Acquired the 10th item with less than 48hrs remaining. In both the above screen shots you'll notice I finished both events during the last 24-44hrs of their end time. This is important because it seems that there is a popular misconception that your relative odds of receiving event items (ie maps, jems) decreases the longer you wait to complete it. Now, of course event items become more scarce the more of them you collect, that is, the 10th is harder to get than the 9th and the 9th is harder than the 8th, etc. But I personally DO NOT believe that the longer you take to complete the event affects your chances of success. It is clearly doable even on the last day using only cash opens.
Below is the complete list of all 98 of my cash open attempts from the Canadian Map Case event, followed by my analysis.
BLTN
BLNT
BLNT
Map #1
Map #2
BLNT
10 Concrete
BLNT
$100,000
Map #3
BLNT
Map #4
Tank Eliminator
BLNT
Map #5
BLNT
BLNT
Map #6
BLNT
Vector Warship
BLNT
Map #7
BLNT
300 Valor
BLNT
Tank Eliminator
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
Tank Eliminator
BLNT
300 Valor
Map #8
BLNT
Vector Warship
BLNT
10 Concrete
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
Tank Eliminator
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
Vector Warship
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
300 Valor
$500,000
BLNT
T90 Tank
BLNT
300 Valor
T90 Tank
BLNT
10 Concrete
300 Valor
BLNT
T90 Tank
BLNT
Map #9
$500,000
10 Concrete
BLNT
Tank Eliminator
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
Vector Warship
10 Concrete
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
$500,000
BLNT
300 Valor
300 Valor
BLNT
10 Concrete
300 Valor
T90 Tank
T90 Tank
BLNT
T90 Tank
BLNT
BLNT
Vector Warship
Vector Warship
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
10 Concrete
$500,000
BLNT
Map #10
Some important things to note about this list:
1) 98 Attempts. I was able to squeeze 98 attempts into a 119 hour window. So out of the possible 119 cash attempts possible, I opened 98. Which only leaves about 21 hours for sleep over the course of 5 days. I was definitely dedicated. A lot more dedicated than in previous collect 10 events. Notice in the screenshots that the previous event I finished 19 hours sooner than the current one. That is not because I opened more boxes, I actually opened far less that event. It was just simply.. I was luckier. Possibly because I was a lower level? Hmmmmm...
2) 15 Seconds or less. This may just be me being superstitious, but I try to make a conscious effort to perform my cash opens very soon after the timer resets. Usually within about 15 seconds or less.
3) You NEVER expect #10. Personally, every time I get the 10th item during these events, it surprises the hell out of me. Either I'm half sleep just gong through the motions or I'm on the phone talking with somebody, not ever thinking, "this could be #10". So what I'm trying to say is, dont get down when you get 5 or 6... or even 10 BLNT's in a row. Just stick to your guns and be positive.
Now for a little number crunching..
-48% Open Rate Out of my 98 cash open attempts, 47 were successful.
-21% Item Rate Of the 47 successful opens, 10 were maps.
These numbers are important when pointing out the difficulty when trying to get items #9 and #10 (which are clearly the hardest). Even though my Open Rate pretty much stayed the same while chasing 9 and 10... my Item Rate dropped off drastically.
My Item Rate through the 1st 8 items was 50%. While my item rate for items 9 and 10 was only about 6%. So it goes to show, the item rate drops off significantly after #8.
Now I recognize that these numbers are from a very small sample size, and some people may experience much lower rates, and some much higher. But my goal with this thread is just to share my experience and hopefully have others share theirs, so we can all take something away from this thread collectively.
So what I'm asking you guys to do, is share you advice, opinions, experiences... whatever on these type of events. I will continue to update this thread as more Collect 10 event occur.
So, first off, the screenshots. (I'm missing the Tempest Destroyer screenshot)
http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab162/soulnmysole/2013-06-05_19-10-07_zps8be3d589.png (http://s860.photobucket.com/user/soulnmysole/media/2013-06-05_19-10-07_zps8be3d589.png.html)
http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab162/soulnmysole/dec7c83c-16f3-4b62-a2ac-06e4bab44289_zps3c5cd427.jpg (http://s860.photobucket.com/user/soulnmysole/media/dec7c83c-16f3-4b62-a2ac-06e4bab44289_zps3c5cd427.jpg.html)
Now if you look at the screenshots, I will point out 4 things:
1) My level. From my experience, these events have been noticeably easier at lower levels. It may just be my imagination, but it seems my success rate when using cash opens lowers as my level increases. I dont have any statistical evidence to prove this, but I can say the Tempest Destroyer was easier to obtain than the Coastal Siege Ship, and the Coastal Siege Ship was easier to obtain than the Shrike Superiority Fighter.
2) The number of Boxes/Cases in my inventory (2 and 3). During the course of these events the number of cases in my inventory has never exceeded 8. Most of the reason being is that I camp and don't want to frivolously obtain XP by doing a bunch of PvE and PvP just to collect cases. All of my cases come from raiding Supply Depots and Command Centers. Now, while the drop rate is much lower when raiding Supply Depots (around 10-15% from my experience) I have yet to gain over 1000xp when doing these events... which is most important for my play style. Now, I cant say for sure whether it matters if you have 100 cases when doing cash opens or only a few, but from my experience, having fewer cases works just fine. Not to mention, if you're only doing cash opens, you can only open 1 per hour. So all those extra cases are somewhat unnecessary.
3) Yes, I have gold. But I guarantee none of it was spent opening cases. I had a bad experience in Crime City during one of these events, and vowed to not use gold on them because I thought they were a scam... and although my opinion of these events has changed immensely, I still stick to my "No Gold" strategy :-)
4) Acquired the 10th item with less than 48hrs remaining. In both the above screen shots you'll notice I finished both events during the last 24-44hrs of their end time. This is important because it seems that there is a popular misconception that your relative odds of receiving event items (ie maps, jems) decreases the longer you wait to complete it. Now, of course event items become more scarce the more of them you collect, that is, the 10th is harder to get than the 9th and the 9th is harder than the 8th, etc. But I personally DO NOT believe that the longer you take to complete the event affects your chances of success. It is clearly doable even on the last day using only cash opens.
Below is the complete list of all 98 of my cash open attempts from the Canadian Map Case event, followed by my analysis.
BLTN
BLNT
BLNT
Map #1
Map #2
BLNT
10 Concrete
BLNT
$100,000
Map #3
BLNT
Map #4
Tank Eliminator
BLNT
Map #5
BLNT
BLNT
Map #6
BLNT
Vector Warship
BLNT
Map #7
BLNT
300 Valor
BLNT
Tank Eliminator
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
Tank Eliminator
BLNT
300 Valor
Map #8
BLNT
Vector Warship
BLNT
10 Concrete
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
Tank Eliminator
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
Vector Warship
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
300 Valor
$500,000
BLNT
T90 Tank
BLNT
300 Valor
T90 Tank
BLNT
10 Concrete
300 Valor
BLNT
T90 Tank
BLNT
Map #9
$500,000
10 Concrete
BLNT
Tank Eliminator
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
Vector Warship
10 Concrete
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
$500,000
BLNT
300 Valor
300 Valor
BLNT
10 Concrete
300 Valor
T90 Tank
T90 Tank
BLNT
T90 Tank
BLNT
BLNT
Vector Warship
Vector Warship
BLNT
BLNT
BLNT
10 Concrete
$500,000
BLNT
Map #10
Some important things to note about this list:
1) 98 Attempts. I was able to squeeze 98 attempts into a 119 hour window. So out of the possible 119 cash attempts possible, I opened 98. Which only leaves about 21 hours for sleep over the course of 5 days. I was definitely dedicated. A lot more dedicated than in previous collect 10 events. Notice in the screenshots that the previous event I finished 19 hours sooner than the current one. That is not because I opened more boxes, I actually opened far less that event. It was just simply.. I was luckier. Possibly because I was a lower level? Hmmmmm...
2) 15 Seconds or less. This may just be me being superstitious, but I try to make a conscious effort to perform my cash opens very soon after the timer resets. Usually within about 15 seconds or less.
3) You NEVER expect #10. Personally, every time I get the 10th item during these events, it surprises the hell out of me. Either I'm half sleep just gong through the motions or I'm on the phone talking with somebody, not ever thinking, "this could be #10". So what I'm trying to say is, dont get down when you get 5 or 6... or even 10 BLNT's in a row. Just stick to your guns and be positive.
Now for a little number crunching..
-48% Open Rate Out of my 98 cash open attempts, 47 were successful.
-21% Item Rate Of the 47 successful opens, 10 were maps.
These numbers are important when pointing out the difficulty when trying to get items #9 and #10 (which are clearly the hardest). Even though my Open Rate pretty much stayed the same while chasing 9 and 10... my Item Rate dropped off drastically.
My Item Rate through the 1st 8 items was 50%. While my item rate for items 9 and 10 was only about 6%. So it goes to show, the item rate drops off significantly after #8.
Now I recognize that these numbers are from a very small sample size, and some people may experience much lower rates, and some much higher. But my goal with this thread is just to share my experience and hopefully have others share theirs, so we can all take something away from this thread collectively.
So what I'm asking you guys to do, is share you advice, opinions, experiences... whatever on these type of events. I will continue to update this thread as more Collect 10 event occur.