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Spent 500$ and didn't get a single box, how come EME?
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Happened to me too, but with 35 lucky cat lootboxes (felicity). ofc, i got only the fed bills from all 25 of 'em
A nice move from them, however this idea is focused on items that gives you advantages on games (at least their examples is obviously that) when here in Tera some people are gambling for accesories and costumes to make more cute/cool their characters. (But this can be good for royal dragons lootboxes).
It would be interesting to see how people react if lootboxes shows their chances to get said item (some of them could be 0.05% or even less)
https://theintercept.com/2017/12/08/video-games-loot-boxes-gambling-gaming-star-wars-battlefront-2/
If it passes in California, it'll be a very short time before it arrives in EME's home state considering the types in Seattle.
TERA on NA is rated M.
Probably fake though, but I'll bite. owo
Showing percentages aren't going to fix the problem, just like how slapping a label on everything we eat didn't change eating habits. Those who buy loot boxes already know the odds are against them, they don't need some disclaimer to know that. The rest of what he talked about doesn't apply to games like Tera either, these laws would be targeted at AAA games where a large portion of the audience would be younger.
This is just another example of politicians who don't know what they're talking about just trying to get attention. If you want to see how it doesn't work, feel free to look at China. They clarified their laws for online games as of May 2017 (and began random checks), this included the requiring devs/publishers to list content inside loot boxes, the odds of getting them and even displaying and keeping a record of everything obtained and by who for at least 90 days. China also even requires an ID and without verifying your ID with one that belongs to an adult you're limited as to what you can do in games there. China even enforces a spending limit per session.
Despite all that, loot boxes are still everywhere. Even for games developed in the West and brought to China loot boxes stay, they only change a couple things and follow the display+recording regulations.
you need to spend whatevers in your bank account to get what you want okay? okay.
It's all about informed decision. Knowing that my chances are .00001% that I'll receive an item from a loot box and still blowing $500 on them is different from not knowing the odds and assuming that I'll get an item eventually. Someone who isn't familiar with how the loot box scheme works would naturally spend more on them than someone who is well informed.
I agree that people would still blow their money on loot boxes regardless of whether or not the odds were posted. Some people with a lot of money to burn may actually prefer lower chances of winning because it would increase the rarity (value) of an item.
Normal people would've stop at 100$, heck, I stopped at 50$.
If 50$ doesnt give me a good deal, i ain't going further than that...