Crate drop rate.

Oldbeefy

Hello, I'm new to these forums and pretty new to ESO.

I don't normally invest in cosmetics, but since we're in lockdown and i've got nothing better to spend my money on, I gave it a whirl. I've created 10 characters, so it was my plan to get some sparkly, flashy mounts to jazz my characters up a bit. Long story short...

60 crates and £120.00 later, I got a grand total of 0 mounts. I thought I'd get a mount in the first batch of 15 crates, but ended up putting it down to bad luck and on to the next 15. You can guess how the rest of the story goes. I've ended up losing all the items I got from the crates by extracting gems, just to get the 1 mount. £120.00 for one mount. I feel like i've been suckered.

Is this pretty normal with crates or have a been extremely unlucky?

Is it purely RNG? If so, techinically, you could spend a shed load of money, without getting something decent.

I've played DOTA 2 and they have a system where the more crates you buy, the more the odds increase of getting some of the more rarer items.

If someone has had a similar experience, please share, it'll make me feel better.

Cheers & stay safe.

Universe

Nothing is guaranteed.
I got a radiant apex from the old daily rewards(1-4 crates) and sometimes I had to open literally 60-100+ crates per radiant apex mount.
It's pure RNG.
Some people waste a lot of money on the crates and get nothing.
I was a bit "lucky" when I opened crates and I didn't spend more than I'm willing to.

akdave0

Gloomspore has had the worst drop rate as far as any season yet. 1200.00 to get all 3 radiant mounts.

Taleof2Cities

It's pure unadulterated RNG, @Oldbeefy ... nothing more nothing less.

Next time maybe try having crates gifted to you for in-game gold. That way you're not out-of-pocket.

There are a few reliable crown brokers out there such as the Tamriel Crown Exchange.

I've never bought crates out-of-pocket.

I've always done it through gifting or through the handful of free giveaways such as the Twitch crates.

But, have several crown mounts including one Radiant Apex one.

Universe

akdave0 wrote: »

Gloomspore has had the worst drop rate as far as any season yet. 1200.00 to get all 3 radiant mounts.

The good thing is that I don't like this crown crates season at all.

Oldbeefy

Alright. Thanks for the replies and advice. Lesson learned! Just for the record, it was 3 Storm Atronauch crates and 1 Gloomspore crate (by mistake).

Kurat

And then people wonder why the game is unplayable and Zos not fixing servers, bugs etc.

bongtokin420insd16

1200 jebus!

Starlock

Yes, you've been suckered. It's gambling. The house ALWAYS wins.

Do yourself a favor by knowing the odds (and that you are gambling) - https://www.crowncrates.com

B0SSzombie

akdave0 wrote: »

Gloomspore has had the worst drop rate as far as any season yet. 1200.00 to get all 3 radiant mounts.

But why though?

1200.00 is so much!

I mean, I get it, it's your money, do what you want with it.

But my god.

Radiance

akdave0 wrote: »

Gloomspore has had the worst drop rate as far as any season yet. 1200.00 to get all 3 radiant mounts.

OMFG that is just... and now we know why they continue these Predatory Practices.

Word to the wise, don't spend money on Crates unless you have that ^ kind of loose change to throw around, you will be sorely disappointed every time. @Oldbeefy

Myyth

Oldbeefy wrote: »

60 crates and £120.00 later, I got a grand total of 0 mounts....

Universe

B0SSzombie wrote: »

akdave0 wrote: »

Gloomspore has had the worst drop rate as far as any season yet. 1200.00 to get all 3 radiant mounts.

But why though?

1200.00 is so much!

I mean, I get it, it's your money, do what you want with it.

But my god.

Some people have much to spare.
I wouldn't be surprised if a billionaire or two are also playing ESO.
They can do what they want with their money.
Though I kind of agree that spending a lot on digital items such as crates even when having all the gold from Erebor/Fort Knox is kind of too much.

Cirantille

If you buy it for mounts issa bad idea

Sylvermynx

I've been very very lucky over time. But I have no idea about Gloomspore crates as there's nothing in them I want. In fact.... there's nothing in the Storm Atro crates I want since I got much of it the last time they were available.

So yeah. Not buying crates this time. ZOS wants my money? They need to step up the game.... I have a lot of discretionary income. But nothing to spend it on....

Kiralyn2000

Oldbeefy wrote: »

I've played DOTA 2 and they have a system where the more crates you buy, the more the odds increase of getting some of the more rarer items.

The consolation system used here is "Crown Gems". Whenever you get a duplicate cosmetic from a crate, you get some gems instead (the more rare it is, the more gems), and you can sell back any consumables or furniture for gems as well. Those gems can then be used to buy 95% of the stuff that's in the crate (there's a tier of super-extra-rare mounts that you can't buy).

Look in the crown store, down in the crate section, to find the gem store. This is also a handy way of seeing what's in the crates before you buy any.


But yeah, if you really just wanted a shiny mount, I'd have looked at the direct-buy ones in the crown store first. Every game I've ever played that has some sort of crate or box, the Rare Prizes are super hard to get. And shiny mounts are always rare.