Not enough information to clearly state an answer, but I will say this, hopefully it makes sense.
The lower the tier, the higher the chance that ship will drop before something that is of higher value.
-Hapa
Commanders,
We've received a lot of questions and comments regarding 2020 Santa Containers, and we would like to clarify the situation.
As some of you noticed, certain ships in the containers have much higher drop rates than others. Santa Containers have worked like this since the very beginning, and until 2018 we even mentioned that peculiarity in the items description. After 2018 it was not present in the description anymore, as it was deemed excessive to the already detailed description.
We're sorry that some of you are left disappointed by the Santa Containers this year. We know this is something that a lot of our players look forward to and the last thing we want is to see you upset approaching holiday season. Thus, we will do the following:
We will work on improving the next Santa event with the feedback and concerns you voiced.
Until Sunday, Dec 13, any player is eligible for a one-time re...
We are about to release a public statement and this WILL be put in.
-Hapa
But see, this is the difference in thought.
As a player I KNOW that if I buy a loot crate that is cheap, my chances of getting the big item is going to be lower. Because I read an article and see it say, "you have a chance" this means just that, I have a CHANCE it's not a you WILL, but a you COULD win something. And personally I don't get upset if I don't get something I HOPE for.
Some, do not think this way. To the extent that people are raising pitchforks and torches over it.
I get the disappointment if you don't get what you are hoping for, but this is not something new.
That being said, hate to see you go, but you have almost 10000 battles in game, so you've been around for a sec.
Fair winds and following seas.
-Hapa
They are, A LOT, throughout social media, on reddit in content on YT on stream etc. And VERY rarely are people mentioning as stated above that the articles are nearly identical.
-Hapa
And as I stated above, every single year, we publicly state (not necessarily in articles, but on streams, forum posts, social media etc) that the chances ARE lower for more expensive items.
The reason for this is even when we disclosed as much as we could, people still complained and stated, as they are this year.
-Hapa
Explain how we have "falsely advertised the containers THIS YEAR" just curious.
-Hapa
All I know is, I've been playing since Alpha, and have ALWAYS bought a large pack of containers every year and as a result before I started working for WG I got almost ALL the premium ships. (YES I'M A RECOVERING WHALE!)
-Hapa
No offense, but I have always and WILL ALWAYS give my PERSONAL opinion if asked. Just because I work for WG doesn't mean I HAVE to always be positive about everything. I am being honest, 100% with my opinion. I'm sorry, Flamu's video directly is just inflammatory, anyone that does a little bit of research can see that we HAVE NOT CHANGED our mechanics.
I also understand that people won't believe me, but all I can do, is continue to be straight forward and honest with what I say.
At the end of the day, if you don't like a mechanic or something specifically, it is YOUR CHOICE what to do with your money.
-Hapa
Though I would agree that the wording could be better, it was not intentional, if you look at the size of those articles they are pretty long.
We have to always walk a fine line of an article being TOO LONG and an article being too short. As it seems it's a human trait that reading is OP, we tend to try to cut down the size.
We can literally put EVERY SINGLE little nuance of everything in a mechanic into an article and we will still be told that "we never said something" or we "hid" something or we "lied" about something.
-Hapa
^^^^^Thank you for recognizing this. This is true, we have NOT changed the mechanics in the crates for YEARS! And I know for a fact that we mentioned this during streams and in posts back then, because as a player back then, I agreed if I spent $1, $3 or $5 I should know that my odds of winning a $50 or higher item are going to be low.
Nothing about our Santa Crates this year is NEW except that we added some of the new premium items.
-Hapa
Aloha,
VERY good analysis, however, one thing I would like to add, the mechanics in HOW the rewards work in the Santa Crates has NOT changed in years....
I believe 2016 was the last year you could get dupes with doubloon compensation, I am trying to dig to get a definitive answer. Unfortunately, some of our more colorful public figures will FAIL to mention this as it essentially defuses a lot of their inflammatory language.
-Hapa
I got lucky, my brain was actually engaged that day
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