I'm gonna say…love the skins, hate the RNG.I have blown literal thousands of euros on gems to buy skins, outfits and glider skins. But only because I knew what I was getting for my money. The random loot box aspect, and the "7-days only!" deal to try and push people who want a sure outcome to just buy all of them for 1.5 times the price of Path of Fire Ultimate? Yeah, that's a little exaggerated.Make skins more expensive* if you want to; just let me pick the one I want. I don't want to gamble. *By "more expensive" I mean something reasonable, say, the price range of Gliders; the 2000 gems price tag (aka barely cheaper than the whole expansion) for a single mount is also utterly preposterous, no matter the added effects. Another option, if you're going to stick to the loot box route, is to add a mechanism for earning them in-game (and earn them reliably, not through another RNG mechanism), even if it's at a much lower rate (say, weekly or even monthly). I mean, every single game that has loot boxes gives you some loot boxes for playing the game, and offers more for real money purchases. Even GW2's other loot box system (black lion chests/keys) can be acquired by playing, and the gem purchase is just a way to get more rolls faster. So why not do something similar here?
I'm gonna say…love the skins, hate the RNG.I have blown literal thousands of euros on gems to buy skins, outfits and glider skins. But only because I knew what I was getting for my money. The random loot box aspect, and the "7-days only!" deal to try and push people who want a sure outcome to just buy all of them for 1.5 times the price of Path of Fire Ultimate? Yeah, that's a little exaggerated.Make skins more expensive* if you want to; just let me pick the one I want. I don't want to gamble. *By "more expensive" I mean something reasonable, say, the price range of Gliders; the 2000 gems price tag (aka barely cheaper than the whole expansion) for a single mount is also utterly preposterous, no matter the added effects. Another option, if you're going to stick to the loot box route, is to add a mechanism for earning them in-game (and earn them reliably, not through another RNG mechanism), even if it's at a much lower rate (say, weekly or even monthly). I mean, every single game that has loot boxes gives you some loot boxes for playing the game, and offers more for real money purchases. Even GW2's other loot box system (black lion chests/keys) can be acquired by playing, and the gem purchase is just a way to get more rolls faster. So why not do something similar here?
