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What are Crown Crates?

LindsC
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When are they coming and where can I find more information on them?

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  • k9mouse
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    I hope never. One have to spend real money for a (very, very bad) RNG change to get outfits and mounts. It is just a money grab by ZOS.
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  • Danikat
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    You buy a box from the crown store for 400 crowns. Inside are 4 random items from a selection. (There were 72 possible items in the version on the PTS.) Some are items available directly on the crown store, some are limited time items which are no longer available any other way, others are exclusive to the crates.

    The possible items are divided into different tiers (consumable, superior, epic, legendary and apex) and the higher tiers are much rarer. In the vast majority of cases you'll get 3 consumables and 1 superior tier cosmetic item.

    If you get a cosmetic item it is automatically unlocked on your account. If you get one you already have you're compensated with crown gems, which can be used to purchase different cosmetics. On the PTS each item returned just under 1/3 of it's value in gems, so to buy a superior tier reward you had to get 4 duplicate superior tier rewards. We've been told the number of gems will be increased when they're actually released but we don't know how much.

    There's lots of discussions about them in the PTS section of this forum, and you can find videos of people opening them on Youtube so you can see exactly what was involved.

    As for when they're coming all we've been told is 'later this year'.
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  • AzraelKrieg
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    Expected time frame was in November. Unaware if that has changed due to customer feedback in relation to the drop rate of the crates and the amount of crown gems you received from items you already owned.
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  • Abeille
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    Expected time frame was in November. Unaware if that has changed due to customer feedback in relation to the drop rate of the crates and the amount of crown gems you received from items you already owned.

    We should know soon enough. I imagine the November Crown Store Showcase should be published this week.
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  • Resfeber
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    Search function not working OP? ;)
    The search function is probably full of the catfights of opinions about the thing. ;)

    I'd stay off of the forum discussions and stick to youtube and articles if you're looking for basic facts on what crates are. (Although Dani already covered it well.) If you're looking for public opinions check out the forums.
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  • Balibe
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    Abeille wrote: »
    Expected time frame was in November. Unaware if that has changed due to customer feedback in relation to the drop rate of the crates and the amount of crown gems you received from items you already owned.

    We should know soon enough. I imagine the November Crown Store Showcase should be published this week.
    The November Showcase was released a five days ago on 10/26. There was no mention of crown crates .....

    The link is here ..... Official Discussion Thread for "Crown Store Showcase: October 26th, 2016"

    Oddly there were no pets or mounts listed for November .....
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  • Palidon
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    What are Crown Crates?

    They are boxes soon to be offered via the Crown Store that will take a lot of your money.

    For those of you who are going to throw away money left and right on those crates in hopes of getting something you can use good luck. You would get better odds gambling in Vegas.
    Edited by Palidon on October 31, 2016 11:16AM
  • SHADOW2KK
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    Search function not working OP? ;)
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