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They couldn't really change the loot ticket system for the current set of 30 skins, it wouldn't be fair to the people who already got the skins they wanted (aside from doing a full cash refund to everyone who bought gems to use on skins, which would probably be infeasable). It's a bit of a disappointment but at least they aren't continuing the system in the future.

I doubt they're reading this for suggestions but... maybe change the implementation so that like every 3rd ticket you buy you get to choose the mount rather than RNG. That way people would still buy multiple skins at a time (which is what they really wanted when they designed this system) but at least SOME of the RNG would be mitigated. As a side note, I'm really just kind of done with GW2 if they don't change this. You can say I'm overreacting all you want but I was just really looking forward to getting mount skins. I got the Ultimate edition just so that I would have some gems to get mounts, naively thinking that it would be similar to how you get gliders. I only have about 2000 gems left (spent some on inventory/bank/character slots) thinking it would be enough. Well... it would get me 5 skins which means I'd have a1/6 chance of getting a specific which is ridiculous. I'm trying here, but I just can't not feel a bit betrayed by all of this.

They are letting players buy them outright if you buy the bundle. It's not cheap, but it's there. And you could win the lottery if you just buy a ticket for every possible combination of numbers. That's ridiculous and you know it. To compare 1:30 chance to 1:1,000,000+ chance is absurd.You're right, the lottery isn't nearly as bad because people can more intuitively understand how little of a chance of winning they actually have; it's essentially nothing. Here, if you spend 6000 gems on skins you still only have a coin toss chance of getting the skin you want, which to some people might actually seem like a "good deal".

They are letting players buy them outright if you buy the bundle. It's not cheap, but it's there. And you could win the lottery if you just buy a ticket for every possible combination of numbers. this. everyone arguing "it's not gambling because you can buy them all" is wasting time on pointless semantics. except for a tiny portion of dedicated collectors and/or whales, most people only want a handful of these 30 skins, not every last one. every skin they pay for but don't want is a lost dice roll. just because there's a fixed total number of possible times to lose doesn't mean it isn't gambling. Call it gambling if you want, but this is nothing different than getting a random drop.No, random drops aren't meant to exploit people's tendency to buy chances at winning things even though the odds are stacked against them.

Anyways, you can't seriously argue that they expect the average person to buy the whole set. They know that most people will behave just the way I described, they'll buy tickets until they get the skin they want.

They are letting players buy them outright if you buy the bundle. It's not cheap, but it's there.And you could win the lottery if you just buy a ticket for every possible combination of numbers.