Magic Ark Event

[Guido69]

After my initial luck (5 out of 10) I am now at 6 out of 22

[Proprioc3ption]

Word of advice...stop spending money on this event as Wildestallion will dominate it like always. There's no special unit for 2nd place, you get the same as the person who places 50.

I decided no more money anymore for these events. I'm sitting on 8 Arks with only using the middle gold option. Not worth spending real cash for this.

[Jhoemel]

After my initial luck (5 out of 10) I am now at 6 out of 22

That sucks.
Mine is lucky and sucky then lucky again

[DIrishB]

Hi Dirishb, you are doing better than me. I have been doing this event every hour I can manage, at 32 opens (27 odd with gold, 5 rusty), I have had 3 scarabs, 20 sorry, the balance 4k or other. I have never been so unlucky on an event. I suppose Funzio doesn't care how we feel while the 'Wildstallions' continue to throw money at these events.

Sorry to hear that. I should point out I've tried opening approximately 50 boxes since the event started, so the more open attempts could explain it, at least partially. I just can't make sense of the odds. It's labeled a medium chance with the gold option, ie at or around 50%. I read in another thread that it was actually 45%. But in my experience the gold option has opened less than 20%, the rusty knife around 10% or less. If you claim a medium chance of opening, then the gold option should open around 50% of the time, and it simply isn't. Again, it's either false advertising or I have incredibly bad luck, but from others' posts, it seems I'm not the only one.

If there are different brackets of chance depending on the number of scarabs already obtained, I think it's only fair to label those open options accurately, and that's just not the case. It seems after the 5 units the gold option open rate drops drastically. This is compounded by the usual "stuck on 7 or 8" problem many have in most events. I just think Funzio needs to be more forthcoming about the odds since they obviously scale down in brackets, and not give people false information as to having a medium chance when after so many units that's simply not the case. It's dishonest. If the prizes were real money, based on gambling laws, they'd be breaking the law. Some people are paying real money by using gems (and some a lot of money), so I do think there's an obligation--not a legal one since there aren't cash prizes, but a moral and honest business practice stance since people are spending real cash on it. Even with the gem option, there's an unknown chance of obtaining the scarab, but it's either 33% or less since there are three options: scarab, gold, or honor points. And with the apparent increase of gold prizes, I'd be willing to bet the odds of obtaining a scarab through even the gem option is less than 33%. I'd guess at even less than 20%.

I've now gotten the Sorry on the past 7 boxes, with one gold win for 4k, and the previous 4 were Sorrys. Again, I haven't gotten a single Scarab in over 2 days, and open at least 15 per day. I've stopped using Rusty Knife and using gold "medium" option for the past day and a half with 2 gold wins and one honor win out of at least 25 open attempts. That's about a 12% open rate. Quite far from the supposed medium chance.

I guess I'd just like to see a bit more honesty concerning the odds. I'm not asking for exact percentage rates, but as consumers I think we have a right to know just how much the odds decrease, or at least estimates, and in what brackets. As consumers we do have a right to make informed decisions, but we're not being provided with accurate or complete information. We're told one thing, but it's simply not the case. I've been complaining about the "medium" label on the gold option for awhile. It's not medium by any means at a certain point, and Funzio keeping that label on that option even as the odds greatly decrease simply isn't right. Again, if the prizes were real cash, that'd be illegal, but due to the fact the prizes are digital game units they seem able to get away with this intentional mislabeling.

I really enjoy this game, but can't help feel taken advantage of as a consumer by that. It's the only reason I no longer spend gems on the events. Again, I don't mean to come off as whining, but I also refuse to sit by and keep quiet when something blatantly misleading is going on.

[EiZ]

i have 10 scarabs with more than 60 attemps, only middle option.

[Jhoemel]

No more scarabs. I got 2 opens and got 2 2k gold

[DIrishB]

I must just have extremely bad luck. Still at 6.

[Jhoemel]

I must just have extremely bad luck. Still at 6.

Aww. That happened to me in the last event that ended with me just getting 9

[oh_crap]

Got 3 out of 20. All with the rusty knife.

[Hobtuse]

Just wanted to share.

You know sometimes you get more than one shot at opening a box due to network issues (usually happens with bad connection)? You click on an option and get a 'sorry' but the options don't go away and you get to click on them once more. Usually you end up with a gem/ring/helm/elixir most of the time.

It just happened to me for my last try. The funny thing was that it gave me a stunning 10 more attempts at opening the box and all of them were sorries. They finally threw me a bone with the 11th attempt for a scarab. All happened within a single minute.

It occurred to me that I really might had to try at least 10 more attempts before I could get a scarab.

I do hope they go back to the tier units (i.e. the higher levels get better units) as I am paying 2.8k per pop.

@DIrishB, Aragorn, echus14: As for the scarcity of opens and scarabs, I can understand your frustrations but that's how the cookie crumbles nowadays. The event has in reality gotten worse for non-gem players with this being the 6th iteration of the current event format. The sooner you come to terms with it, the better it will be as in all honesty I don't think anything will change. I just take my 2-3 (maybe 4, unlikely 5) indestructible units and move on.

Good luck people!

[Jhoemel]

My good luck turned to bad luck again and I cant get another scarabs with my 4 opens, all loots

[DIrishB]

I can't believe it. After all my *****ing and complaining and not getting a single Scarab in 48+ hours, I now just got 3 scarabs in a row. Weird, but I can't complain by any means (hard to believe, I know). It could just be luck, or maybe the gods of chance decided to throw me a bone. I'm now at 9 scarabs, so I can most likely at least get the 10 unit.

Still think the medium chance option should be relabeled to be accurate, but I'm grateful I'm so close to 10.

Yeah, I'm the guy who's bipolar when it comes to box events.

[The_Legend_Shall_Live_On]

I had the same thing come up, Irish. Grumbling to myself about not getting some scarabs, and got 3 out of the next 4 openings (or close enough to that) and I too am now at 9.

[Cool Fella]

I can't believe it. After all my *****ing and complaining and not getting a single Scarab in 48+ hours, I now just got 3 scarabs in a row. Weird, but I can't complain by any means (hard to believe, I know). It could just be luck, or maybe the gods of chance decided to throw me a bone. I'm now at 9 scarabs, so I can most likely at least get the 10 unit.

Still think the medium chance option should be relabeled to be accurate, but I'm grateful I'm so close to 10.

Yeah, I'm the guy who's bipolar when it comes to box events.

Similar situation here...The first few hours of the event I got a lot of scarabs and I even got to top 250...I am stuck at 13 and the last 48 hours have been terrible and by now I will be really lucky if I get to 20 be the end the event...

[spectra]

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!............. 9 "sorry" in a row.........lol