Magic Ark Event

[Cool Fella]

Just got number 12 and snuck back into the top 250

You took my place my friend!! I got stuck with 11 and now I am just getting honor points

[Jhoemel]

Stll at 9. I hope i can get to 15 in this event

[Joie]

Keep it up cool fella, best of luck to ya. I'm am having ridiculous luck thus far on this event, I stopped tracking it but I would guess about a 70% open rate. Got several 15ks, 10ks and of course some of the tiny hp rewards. This may be he one time I can make a run at 20. I sure don't expect a top 250 finish but I will be ecstatic to get to 20

Sitting at 14 right now

[echus14]

Now at 9 - took me 36 hours to get 1 scarab!

[Jhoemel]

Now at 11. Got the 2nd unit today

[Hobtuse]

at 8 scarabs. can't say I'm pleased but I do know that's how things run nowadays.

good luck everyone!

[DIrishB]

I'm having terrible luck after the first day. I've got a less than 33% open rate on gold option, and a less than 10% open rate with the free option. Of the very few that do open, I'm only getting gold or the occasional honor points. Only 1 scarab in over 35 open attempts. Not happy with this event at all. Seeing as how the best I can hope for is gold, I'm not wasting anymore on gold options.

And this is the exact reason I stopped--and will never again--spend gems on events. Spending real money on some ridiculously minuscule chance at a good unit is stupid when I can guarantee a decent unit through purchasing one through the store for those gems.

I also think Funzio has an obligation to publish the chances for opening with the gold or free options, especially since those odds diminish with each additional Scarab obtained. Considering people spend quite a bit of real money (I used to be one until the blatant dishonesty of these events became apparent), I do think we have a right to at least know the odds, and specifically, not the fuzzy and changing odds we're currently given. It's corrupt. And while no one is forcing us to play these events, you're effectively left in the dust if you don't participate.

These events are becoming increasingly frustrating, and I know I'm far from the only one. I hate to come off as *****ing or whining, but I'm just getting pissed off. I'm not expecting a top 50 or 250, or even the 25 or 20 prize. But it'd be nice to at least have a chance at the 10 or 15 prizes, something I haven't gotten through the gold or free option since my first event. Lame.

[echus14]

@DIrishB
I know what you mean, and as you can see, I've put up a post to CCM to ask him for help to please try and resolve some of the on-going unhappiness. It really just takes some simple tweaks to the format and shouldn't have any negative impact on their revenue generation. I don't expect them to reveal exact (or even rough) figures as they will probably want to keep it "grey" in the interests of flexibility. Just make it fun for everyone (instead of frustrating for so many). Hope he will help this time round ... fingers crossed.

[Davidadnp]

Eh today was rather lucky as far as opening boxes.. Not so lucky as far as scarabs.. 11 for 15 on gold opens 1 scarab 35 honor on 2 and the rest gold.. So disappointing.. I figured I had a chance after day 1 sleeping on 1 back of top 250 it's now the end of day 3 and I'm probably going to be 5 or 6 out of top 250 when I'm done tonight.

[Jhoemel]

Got lucky today,i have 13 now

[DIrishB]

I'd love to know what I'm doing wrong. I've literally gotten 1 scarab in over 48 hours, and a few gold prizes. I'm at 6 scarabs total (got 5 the first day). Apparently once you go over 5, your odds of getting a scarab are less than 5%, least in my experience. I would chalk it up to being ridiculously unlucky, but when you advertise something as being a medium chance to open with the gold option, then intentionally decrease those odds with each successive scarab obtained, well that's false advertising, plain and simple. I understand they use the events to make a profit through gem spending, but when spending gems for guaranteed opens and getting a 90% gold or honor prize award, what's the point in spending gems? The current set up just reeks of dishonesty and manipulation.

On the plus side the gold rewards seem more plentiful, which is nice, but no one is playing to get more gold, no matter that it helps offset the gold used to open the boxes. The other side of that is that it seems after you get 5 scarabs, unless you plan on spending hundreds on gems each event, you can't even get the second (10) or third (15) unit. Congrats to those who've gotten past 10, but with 3 days left and having been stuck at 6 for over two days, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to be happy I even got the 5 unit. It's incredibly discouraging.

[Aragorn]

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.

[EthanQ]

@CCM
Hi. I'm sure you've read enough of these posts to know that people are becoming increasingly unhappy with how the box events are structured. Would really appreciate it if you feedback to the powers that be in GREE so that some of this unhappiness can be addressed. No one is asking the company to make less money, but really, a little consideration for having a happy event for all players cannot be a bad thing. Please DO SOMETHING. Thanks.

Well said man!

[Talkazar]

"A strange game. It seems the only winning move is not to play"

I'm only doing rusty knife opens this one, having learnt my lesson about both in-game and real money opens. Spending 200,000 gold (2k gold for 100 opens) for effectively 2 units (given you can get the first with the rusty knife) is a horrible deal, even more so if luck is bad and you don't get one of them. I will add that the format of this has been fiddled with a few times before being refined in this current form, so I don't see any amount of feedback helping. As it stands, unless you want to spend $$$ for the top 50 unit, (or $$ for the top 250 unit, although they have gotten progressively worse as these events progress) you are probably best advised to put your resources elsewhere.

[Jhoemel]

I cant believe this. Im in the top 250 again. When I woke up I need 4 and now i caught up