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Shin-ra

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Post Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:26 pm

Do Silver/Gold Box rewards make you NOT want to open them?

The vast majority of the boxes I open appear to have fairly bad treasure or just money. I have a large surplus of Nuggets and Gemstones from these boxes which have discouraged me from opening any more. I have opened between 15-20 boxes so far and have obtained a high-level treasure or enhancement stones only 3 times.

This may help with the newer servers; however the older servers have little use for such treasures. For now I'm just sitting on these boxes and I'll most likely just sell them.

I do expect some risk of "bad treasure", however the percentages should change based on server age.
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:40 pm

Re: Do Silver/Gold Box rewards make you NOT want to open them?

Personally I just sell any boxes I come across, it's not worth potentially losing 5-10 coins just for a nugget... Which happens to me often :evil: Just my opinion
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:22 pm

Re: Do Silver/Gold Box rewards make you NOT want to open them?

I only open silver boxes because u can get the same things as in a gold box ecxept for less coins
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:28 pm

Re: Do Silver/Gold Box rewards make you NOT want to open them?

adance wrote:I only open silver boxes because u can get the same things as in a gold box ecxept for less coins

The chances of getting better treasures increase with gold boxes.

I just sell them to the NPC. It's worth far more (on average) to do it this way.
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Post Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:49 am

Re: Do Silver/Gold Box rewards make you NOT want to open them?

The things r lame I just sell them when I get them
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Post Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:36 am

Re: Do Silver/Gold Box rewards make you NOT want to open them?

Npc em all!!! Ya. They probably aren't worth opening. I've opened over 20 of them and got a ton of nuggets. Best I got was a scePter
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Post Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:31 pm

Re: Do Silver/Gold Box rewards make you NOT want to open them?

i sometimes open silver ones but i usually just sell em lol. although i dont think it should depend on server age as that can be unfair. someone on server 39 can be the same level as someone on server 30, but since 30 is older they have a better chance of getting a medal, scepter, and/or crown, althugh i do agree these things are nuggets more than anything
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Post Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:22 am

Re: Do Silver/Gold Box rewards make you NOT want to open them?

In my personal experience silver boxes have given me greater rewards than gold boxes, determined by how much coins you spend by opening them and by how much the box is worth.
I've opened I think 3 gold boxes so far; I have sold to npc the rest. The rewards I got were:
1. 23 Enhancement Stones
2. 24 Enhancement Stones
3. 17 coins
Now, when you look at treasure --> buy treasure, a gold box costs 20 coins and sells for 40k money to the npc. So 20 Coins = 1 Gold Box = 40,000 money. Also, 1 coin buys 2000 money. So 1 Coin = 2000 money.
1 Coin = 1 Enhancement Stone, 1 Enhancement Stone = 2000 money (npc) so... totalling it all up in terms of money:
1 Coin = 2000 money = 1 Enhancement stone.
When you open a gold box or a silver box, you have to look at the npc price and determine the box's value and the value of the coins used to open the box to the reward you got from opening the box. So, looking at what I got from the first one (23 Enhancement Stones) 1 Gold box = 40 thousand money = 20 coins. 10 Coins used to open the box = 30 coins usage in all = 60 thousand money OR 30 coins. So it cost me 60 thousand money approximately if you convert them all to money.
I received 23 Enhancement Stones from the box, and we know as stated above 1 Enhancement Stone = 1 Coin = 2000 money. So 23 enhancement stones = 46 thousand money. 1 Gold Box + 10 coins to open it = 60 thousand money. Altogether, I lost 14 coins or 28 thousand money on the deal.
The second one, 24 enhancement stones, is just 2000 money more, so I lost 26 thousand money on the deal instead.
The last one was 17 coins. Here we just convert them into coins instead of money to make it simpler. 1 Gold Box = 20 Coins + 10 Coins to open it = 30 Coins. I received 17 Coins. Altogether, I lost 13 coins on the deal.
Although some people would say that earning 7 coins (because you opened it for 10 and received 17) is a good deal since coins are very rare, I would disagree just because of the calculations stated above. Although I do know some people have different opinions.
I have opened 4 silver boxes in my lifetime also, and I received:
1. Scepter
2. Nugget
3. 18 thousand money (I think)
4. Some amount of enhancement stones, I forget how many though. xD
So. 1 silver box + 5 coins = 15 coins, 1 Scepter = 80 coins. So I basically earned 65 coins on the deal.
A nugget lost 10 coins on the deal.
18 Thousand money (I think) lost 12 thousand money on the deal.
Because of this, I have sold every box I have gotten to the npc because of the money for the techs. :D
But it could just be my bad luck. :cry:

Edit: I'm sorry about the long post guys. :oops:
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Post Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:52 pm

Re: Do Silver/Gold Box rewards make you NOT want to open them?

I never open gold or silver chests. I got money far too often when I did open them and there is no chance for a really spectacular prize. They should add a very rare 1000 coin (or something like that) prize - now that would cause me to open them more often. But was 10 coins to open a chest to get $50K? No thanks.
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Post Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:24 pm

Re: Do Silver/Gold Box rewards make you NOT want to open them?

Thanks everyone for voicing their opinions. I opened one more silver chest just to see if my luck would change and I got another nugget, which gave me nugget #26. What can I do with 26 nuggets on server 102? Absolutely nothing but sell them to the npc. Basically it cost be between 5-10 coins for an item that will sell for 2000 money....I feel a bit gipped.
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