just like with trading cards

lootboxes have set weights, not rates

God I hate EA, but I love Battlefront 2

@StØic but it can change whenever the devs want

you arent gauranteed a rare card

but its got a certain rarity

it's RNG not "x amount is in circulation"

^

its % based

don't pay for games, play good F2P/B2P games like path of exile and guild wars or stick to AA/indie devs

^

the larger the amount of lootboxes opened

every single AAA studio atm is looking for ways to rinse you

then that's worse

PoE is best F2P

and they're following EA's lead

the larger the amount of "rares" that get opened

making billions

the demand remains

i never ended up fucking with PoE

the supply sustains

if you cannot possibly win unless enough are opened to increase the pool that's fixed

i just downloaded it and played a bit last night. POE seems legit

they're releasing some free expansion today

pirate

looks p. cool

i need a new torchlight

everything you said minus the specific terms for digital

could be applied to TCGs

so tell me once more

besides tangibility, what's really the difference between lootboxes and TCG's

wait..... there IS a new torchlight coming

fml

I spend all my time on console so it’s all spend grinding in game currency or Exp cause I’m not willing to throw money on microtransactions

both are gambling with aftermarket based values, neither is guaranteed to give you something valuable but the potential is there

and one thing you forgot

you can print more cards

just as devs sell infinite lootboxes

if the demand were high enough

the TCG's would keep up the same

type your entire thought out in one shot rather than 5 words then hitting enter. it's less spammy