Thread: Lotto nerfing

What happened to the days where we'd win 5 scrolls of empowerment in the lottery? Or a symbol, or something that people WANTED?

I see the odd sigil coming out of the lotteries these days, 2 per lotto or so (much lower then the 5 flakes we used to get), and filler, like 2xt5 relics, or a 87k rune, or maps to the middle of no-where, or 3 seals (really? what are we to do with 3 seals???), or 25 medallions...

Now to make it SOOO much worse, this flower lottery that I just signed up for regardless. You are giving away 3 of each flower... 3... It costs 6 of each to turn in to get ONE gift box. I know this are still a little tight in the US still in a bit of a depression, but really, these are virtual items, be a little more giving! The even bigger slap in the face is what you (will) win when you win 2 of these lotteries and open a box... Gotta love those recipes and wall paints... (my results of opening 900 flowers worth of boxes has to go in another thread)...

It just feels like winning the lotto isn't winning the lotto anymore. A single run through Foundry T2 gives me roughly 2-3 times what I get from a full lotto win... And the 'extra' lotteries, with the exception of the horse lottos, are generally garbage or your chances are #### (#### chances I can understand if the prices are consistently good).

Originally Posted by Kril

Now to make it SOOO much worse, this flower lottery that I just signed up for regardless. You are giving away 3 of each flower... 3... It costs 6 of each to turn in to get ONE gift box.

I laughed when I saw the lottery for 1/2 a gift box. I'm thinking they may have intended to give away one each of the three flower gift boxes. Or maybe 18 of each flower enough to trade for 3 gift boxes.

Yeah. Lotto results do seem a bit blah recently. On the up side, however, most of the junk they are throwing out no longer takes up bag space ( with an extended wallet ). So you can just sit on it in case any of that junk ever does become worth turning in. Example: I still have flowers floating around from LAST years spring fling. They were vaulted - then hurriedly compressed into the wallet as soon as I realised there would no longer be any costs, gold or bagspace, to retain them that way.
Those characters who dabbled in last years spring fling probably wont be turning them in THIS year, either - because they are below the level cap - and unlikely to hit the cap during this years fling. Seems pointless to attempt to turn in junk at less than the maximum possible range of results.

Best time in my experience for a 'good' lotto? During unscheduled game server downtime. I think they like to use them occasionally by way of apology/distraction/taking the edge off the bitter pill.

I agree! I have not been playing the lottery with such paltrey items and defo lousy numbers of such items as seals, etc...The oly one I fo play in the Angrenost when when there are sigils involved. I haven't won in awhile, either. That is why I suggested Draigoch Scales in an earlier post.

I have been seeing a dramatic lowering of what one gets in the basic weekly lotteries too. Rarely any crit potions, just the junky ones, and very low stacks of food. Usually only one piece of jewelry too.

I realize that Turbine does not need to do these lotteries, and I do appreciate them. I love entering and then seeing if I win anything. And the occasional silly named theme ones are very fun.

BUT, these are items created ingame, and cost Turbine nothing more than the code implemented to send them to us if we win. So why the gradual lowering of quantity and quality in the winnings?

Turbine's just going through the paces of getting us all hooked on the nice store-bought items so that as they ween us off the freebies, we have to spend $ to feed our addiction.

Originally Posted by auximenes

Turbine's just going through the paces of getting us all hooked on the nice store-bought items so that as they ween us off the freebies, we have to spend $ to feed our addiction.

Wait what? The only items I really see from the store that are going out in the auctions are :

Maps, which in my opinion are a complete waste

xp/ixp bonuses which I give away everytime I win them, my toons level too fast as it is, I don't need to level faster, and the ixp ones are an hour long, I can use tea if I wanted to (which I have plenty of and still never use)

Skirmish mark bonuses -> which are fantastic with a nice Barrow Downs 12 man run in a circle for 30-60 minutes, otherwise, bleh. Or did they change this yet?

The odd cosmetic cloak -> meh, most of em are kinda ugly, and my wardrobe is already jammed full at 120 slots...

Renown bonuses -> I have a few of these, gotta get around to using them though, useless if you don't play in the moors.

Mount speed bonuses -> Good for chasing down creeps in the moors, otherwise useless.

So basically they only give out some of the oddities that are either a niche market, or completely unnecessary items.

I don't see it as useless/fringe stuff as what I get from the lotteries. Sure, some of it is fluff, like fireworks and beer, but marks and medallions are well worth my time, as are the odd pieces of jewelry they throw out. The cloaks are generally equipment, not cosmetic (hence useful) and there is cash. Maps, yeah aren't as great as they seem IMO. They sell well in the AH though. Sometimes there is food, it is OK too.

As long as it's not costing me anything to participate in the lotteries, I am happy with anything useful I can join for and maybe win. I believe it's supposed to be fun (and often silly) and not something I feel I am entitled to demand more of, even though I think it would be nice with a lot of free stuff like most others. I just put up suggestions for what they can put in the lotteries once in a while and some of them have even been implemented after a while.

Originally Posted by Kril

Wait what? The only items I really see from the store that are going out in the auctions are :

As the topic of this thread indicates, they have at times in the past given-out some premium items but lately the offerings have been generally less valuable. There have been lotteries that gave out stuff like teal crafting ingredients that are certainly more valuable than potions and run boosts.