So Bioware is not backing down from the "Grab Bags"

lol! It's already happened. I was on the PTS today and I bought one of those cartel bags. I used it and got a few cool things but what stood out was this really bad a** speeder.



Now, Section X, where I stood, was not particularly crowded but as I moved through other areas peeps asked me where I got the speeder and proceeded to try their luck by purchasing loot bags until they got their drop. I left and don't know if they ever did, but this is a case in point.

From what I've seen and used of the Cartel Market, I wouldn't say it is innovative, but I do like what I see. And... the loot bag worked for me. lol.

I'm with you, Wraiven.

And if anyone thinks I can't stand by my principals they can check my post history on STO forums (which ends abruptly after STO added their own grab bags). I will quit any game that adds exclusive items to "grab bags".

GOd forbids you wouldn't feel like a special little snowflake.

I must have missed something.

Are Bioware going to suspend or otherwise penalise me if I don't spend Actual Cash Money in their shop? Because my plan was to spend the 500 free coins I get every month, and play the game as a subscriber, and not actually spend another red cent. So, from my perspective, I'm going from paying $15 a month to play, to paying $15 a month to play, and here's some CCs into the bargain. Maybe I'll get something nifty. Maybe not. Maybe I will find other things to spend my coins on.

Lunafox, I'm sorry you spent money you now regret having spent for these boxes in some other game. It sucks, and I hope that you sustained no lasting financial or psychological damage. If you feel yourself in danger, put your credit card in a glass of water in the freezer, to give you a bit of thinking time before impulse purchases.

But as miserable as it may have been, no one put a gun to your head. No one, unless, as I say, I've missed something, is going to insist that you buy anything - not mystery boxes, not Legacy unlocks, not ANYTHING - from the shop if you have any kind of objection to doing so. But for most of us, it's a giddy little thrill and a bonus on top of our subscription.

Just so we are clear here, the prizes in these boxes are virtual things - bunches of pixels, often charmingly animated and admired by passers-by - that you use to play a game. You are not going to get a Maserati, or the keys to a condo.

Challenge accepted. See you in a few months when you change your mind.

The gambling bags are fine. The problem is, many of the items in the bags are only available from the bags (the GTN nonsense notwithstanding.. unless you're sitting on 50 million credits). They need to allow the items to be purchased in the store. I'm willing to bet they will make far more money that way because I doubt people are stupid enough to keep spending real money on a "chance" of getting something specific.

Then again, I'm probably overestimating the intelligence of gamers... I do that fairly often.

you are... and not just gamers... everything from lotto and casinos down to kids with collectible card games are willing to blow tons of cash on maybe getting what they want

Slight difference in GW2 you can loot chest key on mobs.

I never bought a key in Gw2. Paying for gambling isn't my cup of tea.

Assuming they go through with this ********, no you won't.