My Criticism Of The Current Loot System

#1

OK so there’s a few aspects to this, personally I don’t mind the low drop rates for red/ yellow items…however what I do have an issue with is when EVERY item is in the drop pool. You could play this game methodically for a long ass time and NEVER get the item you want simply because the loot pool is so huge and there’s no RNG protection.

Thus far I have gotten one yellow item, and from what I can tell that’s pretty good. Only problem is it’s a yellow you can buy and it’s a shader for a mask I’ll never use. Yeah, that sucks. I just opened 234 crates and of those I got 4 reds, 3 were dupes. If all of those were not dupes then it would’ve cost me 30,000 credits. 234 crates cost 117,000 credits…but 3/4 were dupes so for that 117,000 I got 7,500 worth…does that sound like a good deal to you?

Now you have to ask yourself then why do people actually buy crates then? Simply put they want things that you CAN NOT BUY. That’s why it sucks so much when you finally do get that SUPER rare drop to even happen, and then it’s something you can buy and if you actually wanted it, you would’ve bought it.

So to sum things up here’s what I think…

Items that you can purchase should not be in the loot box drop pool.

Dupes and the current drop rates are fine, so long as they are only unique items that can drop from the loot boxes. 1/500 crates might still be a yellow, but at least it’s not something you could’ve bought for 25k

You should be able to buy a loot box specifically for what faction you want items for.

Thank you.

#2

You don’t buy scratch offs complaining about rng. If drops were more common they wouldn’t be rare… plus when you have so many dupes, you tend to get at least +150 back. The incentive is to keep playing. Why would they change it more than they did recently

#3

I am not a fan either, Field Lockers are not worth the effort.

… I really wish there was another way to get the things I want.

I didn’t buy scratch offs I bought a video game that is locking something
I payed for from my use as a manipulation. It’s kinda gross in a game. I don’t gamble, it’s a tax on the stupid imo.

#4

It’s be nice if we had ships or a trophy room at least, then the loot crates could contain decor for that. Otherwise there just isn’t much in them. Weapon shaders are uninteresting. I wonder why they don’t just release all sorts of skins for regular FT and preds, like just skins of characters from movies and lore that don’t have any gameplay variance but look cool.

Surly they can create dozens of variations of the combi stick, for example. And there’s still only one default armor style per class despite all the colors for it. Why not have more, and introduce them through the loot system?

#5

Except this is a game, these are customization items… in a game… as it currently stands it literally is the lottery and the closest you will come to one of these mythical items is reading about someone else getting it, yeah they should be rare, but not so rare that most people don’t have a chance at having it. I think you will find instead of giving people motivation to play eventually they will look at that 5k veritanium daily and all they will see is blue and purple dupes…why bother right?

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#6

That’s a pretty cool idea reg the ship/ trophy room. Long term it would be nice to see some more customization options sprinkled in for sure.

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