Uncollected arena crystals vs regular arena crystals
SlyCat42
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Are they really better? I've been opening up the uncollected ones (mostly because I want that sweet 5 star punisher), but so far what I'm getting from them is worse than what I would get from the normal ones.
Gold seems to be the most common thing to pick up, but at 5x the normal crystal price it's like popping 5 of those and only getting gold.
Kind of hoping they reduce the number of gold slots on the wheel.
Gold seems to be the most common thing to pick up, but at 5x the normal crystal price it's like popping 5 of those and only getting gold.
Kind of hoping they reduce the number of gold slots on the wheel.
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Think of it this way: When you open 10 regular for 20k BC you can get the same amount of gold you get for opening 10 uncollected for 100k. Because it's just the chances of what a regular arena crystal gives you x5
So if you were to get the chance of the minimum on your opening you get screwed x5.
I after opening 21 of the uncollected and got **** I'm not opening anymore anytime soon.
My advice would be to stick with the old ones unless you want that shot at a 5* punisher, which I have yet to see any pics of anywhere.
you can get 225 units from one uncollected arena crystal. And I got 225 units 6 times.
If you open certain amount of crystals in one time, you may get the 4* punisher.
The only difference comes from the 4* and 5* Punisher instead of 3* and 4*.
Errr... wait what? How is it a money grab? You cannot buy arena crystals and in the past you were not even able to farm units. This whole thing where you can farm lots of units from arena crystals only came about a few patches back. They actually gave us a way to farm units in the first place.
I remember when to get suicide masteries you basically had to buy Odins packs just to be able to get the units to put points into them and get cores.
Anyways, I tested it out some more Uncolleced Crystals by opening a bunch from the battlechips for the Black Panther arena. Every single one of them in gold (except 1 energy refill which I was happy to get). It's probably true that it would average out eventually if I opened a ton of them... but they cost 5x as much, which also means 5x more grinding. The time you need to farm that many uncollected crystals is huge compared to just opening the regular ones. I can't grind arena 24/7, so it isn't worth it to me to go for the Uncollected crystals. I need those units!
Won't be opening any more of them until they fix the gold to other prizes ratio. I wouldn't even mind the energy refills I just don't want to get gold every time. The time it takes doesn't equate to the pay out.
Incorrect. It's not a cash grab but rather its how much time and effort are you going to put into arena to get the necessary amount for 10 tries for 5* Punisher.
Ive opened countless amounts of Arena Crystals since the apps first release and never got 4* Pun but I have his 3* variant. The only reason I have for the Uncollected ones is in hopes that the 4* drop rate is identical to the 3* of the regular AC. My first 10 UCA's gave me alot of units but other tries only yielded alot of gold and far less units.
Um, where are you going in the Unit Store to purchase Battle Chips?
Also, if someone was spending money for these crystals, why would you buy Battle Chips in hopes of getting Units instead of Units?
None of your comment makes sense.
Just a breakdown of percentage potential for gold, energy refils, units, four stars and im not even gonna say the 5 star. Buy the opening of 30 plus of these of which 25 odd has been gold im assuming it wise to not purchase them. Please I emplore you to respond and respond with a better answer than it is purely randem!
Agreed, but it's a time commitment. So, the difference between the crystals only being the cost simply means that much more of a time commitment to grind them. In other words, if I want a more even spread of units for fewer battlechips I would have better chances to go for the regular arena crystal unless I want to grind a bunch of arena and hoard those battlechips.
Which is fine, if you have the time and that's what you want to do. I'm just saying it doesn't work as well for me, and for the limited time I have to do arenas the Uncollected crystals are not worth it.
Actually this thread has been pretty enlightening reading about everyone's experience with them. Have you found a lot of units from your Uncollected crystals?
Funny you should mention slot machines, as the crystals that you buy i.e.the new 200 units one, as it's a gamble on what you get then shouldn't they by law have to show the odds?
I'm not familiar with the laws surrounding online gambling so don't know what they have to post or not, but I would guess that's why these mobile games create all of this stuff around the core of the game which is just a glorified slot machine, to skirt the line of whatever that law is, to say this is a fighting game... which it is, I would guess the main question, if there was a legal issue is...is this game more slot machine or fighting game?
I've been playing since June 2015 and as long as I can remember units were always available from arena crystals. Completely funded entire suicides and never spent a penny in early 2016. No flippin' clue what you are talking about.
Despite all that, totally agree that uncollected are a complete waste unless going for Punishers. Over the long haul, the unit drops will probably even out, but the disappointment of poor unit drops here and there make it not worth it to me.