The Akaviri Crate opening thread.

Araneae6537

Drammanoth wrote: »

Kudos to ZOS for allowing us to get the goodies at the start of a month, not at the END.

Huge, HUGE kudos to you guys!

Again, chapeau bas.

Oh, as for me, I didn't get any mount - just got a pet and some head markings, BUT still, I am happy to have had this opportunity.

Exactly! I mostly got Gems, but that’s okay, it was a bit of extra fun each log in and Gems are always appreciated!

whitecrow

Day 5: Snowy sabre cat cub, which I already had.

Czeri

I actually got a resplendent sweetroll from the crate yesterday. I couldn't believe it, as it's usually just trash.

Blackbird_V

All I've received is psychological abuse and torture from Pacrooti's obnoxious voice lines suggesting, hinting, and manipulating me/you/everyone into buying more crates.... by itching those gambling addiction and lack of impulse control tendencies.

AuroranGoldenEagle

All in all, from the crates I recieved Akaviri shoulders and boots, two major adornment circlets, pony from the preview crate and basic gems. Wasn't a good run here for me, but gave me enough gems to get the Solstheim earrings which was my goal for these

Danikat

I saved up my crates to open all together and just got the last one today.

The two things notable things are both slight variants on things I already had: a jerboa which is apparently slightly lighter than the one from the collectors pack (but looked the same in torch light) and a black camel with a slightly different floral pattern from the one that was a login reward at some point.

I've only just opened the crates and nothing else was interesting enough to stick in my memory. Outfit styles and markings I'll probably never use I think, and stuff I traded for a couple of gems. (I could swear the junk used to give about 10 gems per item, but I suppose I'm remembering wrong.)

Arizona_Steve

Blackbird_V wrote: »

All I've received is psychological abuse and torture from Pacrooti's obnoxious voice lines suggesting, hinting, and manipulating me/you/everyone into buying more crates.... by itching those gambling addiction and lack of impulse control tendencies.

I've learned to open crates with my headphones off.

Araneae6537

Blackbird_V wrote: »

All I've received is psychological abuse and torture from Pacrooti's obnoxious voice lines suggesting, hinting, and manipulating me/you/everyone into buying more crates.... by itching those gambling addiction and lack of impulse control tendencies.

You could also probably ask for them to be deleted if they really are bad for you or you could not accept the log in reward.

Or as has been suggested, if it’s Pacrooti you find particularly annoying (or tempting?), you can open crates with the sound off.

We all have options.

KiltMaster

My grand total was body markings I already had and a new pet that I didn't particularly want. But it was a nice few days of free gems.

Arizona_Steve

Araneae6537 wrote: »

We all have options.

We do, but that is not the point here. I'm in agreement with @Blackbird_V that the whole implementation around the Crown Crates is extremely manipulative, and quite frankly, offensive. The people behind it should be ashamed of themselves.

Allowing Pacrooti no voice when I'm opening free crates does help considerably.

cozmic72

A reminder that crates are not worth buying.

Araneae6537

Arizona_Steve wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

We all have options.

We do, but that is not the point here. I'm in agreement with @Blackbird_V that the whole implementation around the Crown Crates is extremely manipulative, and quite frankly, offensive. The people behind it should be ashamed of themselves.

Allowing Pacrooti no voice when I'm opening free crates does help considerably.

It seems very much the point to me. I find the implication of manipulation to be offensive, which is why I responded. I buy Crown crates when there is enough in them that I want and I feel like doing so and I feel that the entertainment I have gotten has been a good value. When it does not appeal to me, I do not buy them. It’s of course valid to decide that it is not worth it to you at all. The point is to each own our own decisions, which is not to deny that there aren’t a variety of motivations and emotions involved, but we wouldn’t be playing a game in the first place if that were not so.

Nightowl_74

I opened my last crates today and the first item was a pet repeat, disappointing, but then the final one redeemed the batch with a Floral Shorn Camel. I sort of collect camel and horse mounts....not in a completionist way, but in an "if I see a nice one in the lower gem or crown bracket I'll pick it up" way. Camel and horse mounts and pet dogs, make me happy.

SickleCider

I collected all of mine and opened them together. I got a pull for the Helkarn wolf mount, which I already had. I got the baby guar from the preview crate and was pleased with that. Does he think he's going to battle, silly little man?!