113510-boom-box-feels-like-its-lacking-the-boom

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			anyone else getting tired of finding nothing but useless crap when they open those "exclusive" "hard to get" boom boxs?  I'm sure its just my running luck with RNG thats the cause but why are items like these giving out crafting materials or 1 time use items like "teleport transponder"  or 10 min buff potions.  where are all the juicy items!  short of a few raiden costume pieces its been pretty lack luster.  Feels like these boxes aren't living up to how it was being made out to be.	
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			There's people still with Boom boxes?	
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There's people still with Boom boxes?
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There's people still with Boom boxes?
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			Yeah, all 100+ of mine were full of fail, so many flasks that I can't do anything with, so many duplicate ships, etc. Complete waste of time doing anything for them.	
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I've opened about 20.
 
Yeah, they're pretty fiercely lame most of the time. But right in keeping with Carbine's grasp of RNG: "Someone, somewhere, has fun 1 time in 5000, so you should be feeling the fun being the other 4,999!"	
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			Yay more grass decor. I would much rather they apologize by reallocating their entire coding staff to bug fix duty.	
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113 boom boxes, got nothing that give me the feeling i expected...like 10 times the same decorations...3 times a item that are suppose to work like a teleport to my saved location5-6 XP boost... at lvl50 alreadyand the other items? useless pots/decor/dye that are not even  worth 50silver.
 
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	Edited September 13, 2014 by Chillia	
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There's people still with Boom boxes?
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All I ever wanted was that stupid special exile mount.
 
I would have given up a hundred boxes for that mount.	
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I started with about 130. Nearly 60% of my boomboxes were useless 10min flasks. another 20% were decor pieces i already had. the last 8% were dyes i already had. and 10% of them were raiden costume pieces. so far.
 
the only good things i got were 1 haste rune of moxie and 2 elder gems. I'd trade all of the stuff for a mount.	
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There's people still with Boom boxes?
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			i got 5 left i know they are going to b crap	
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			I had 83 or so and ran out like a week and half ago. I also went through what most you did, but I did get a couple dyes that sell for a ton (Dommie Red) and with 3 boom boxes to go I got my Luminous so you still have a shot at good shit.	
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			People even complain about getting FREE LOOT... Seriously, it's just free crap! You're really gonna complain about getting a rune fragment for doing absolutely nothing!? Always gotta have more for less... freakin sharks.	
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People even complain about getting FREE LOOT... Seriously, it's just free crap! You're really gonna complain about getting a rune fragment for doing absolutely nothing!? Always gotta have more for less... freakin sharks.
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When they give out boomboxes as a reward, you'd think it'd be even remotely rewarding to open them. instead its just disappointing. A rune fragment is pretty good to get, but normally its a 15% rep boost that lasts 10 min.. and only works on mob kills.
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There's people still with Boom boxes?
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			Unfortunately Boom Boxes fall victim to the same disappointing RNG that hits other aspects of the game. The chance of getting something is so rare that I consider it the same as playing the power ball. Just not worth even caring.	
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Boom Boxes shall forever be known as Bust Boxes
 
that is all...	
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People even complain about getting FREE LOOT... Seriously, it's just free crap! You're really gonna complain about getting a rune fragment for doing absolutely nothing!?
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People even complain about getting FREE LOOT... Seriously, it's just free crap! You're really gonna complain about getting a rune fragment for doing absolutely nothing!? Always gotta have more for less... freakin sharks.
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I joined a month late so I still have 5 left (I had about 70 I think). What did I get from them? Let's see...
 
A bunch of flasks (exp, renown, rep - all pretty much garbage at 50)
A bunch of dyes (nothing fancy and many I already owned)
Decor items (not much variety in them, some plants and about 5 or so bronze plated somethings - don't remember the name)
A few elder gems - 5 or so
1 part of the entertainer mount customization set (front flair) - I kinda like it on my trask, looks funny with the shiny ball on its head
Raidin' costume (shoulders are the only good looking part)
I don't have high hopes for the last 5 of them.
 
EDIT: Oh, and some rune fragments.	
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			I got a cool glowing horse mount from one, made me happy :D	
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			Still waiting for a Raiden Chest to pop for my BB's so I have a full costume ... I have gotten LOTS of model ships. 0_o	
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Opening the boxes is a matter of luck. Some of the boxes were good, some great and some.. well.. I wanted to close them up again with their contents intact. :P
 
What I would like, would be a way to get them again. I got used to opening a box with my morning coffee and I miss it now. :)	
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			I've gotten 2 complete sets of the raidin' gear, the special mount and pile of flask runes and other consumables I have 9 left, opened one a day every day since launch, I am not dissapointed, they were free	
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I had, oh, 138 boxes, and I got at least 100 flasks, a dozen or so ship models, one piece of the Entertainer set, and a few pieces of the Raidin' set, as well as some decor pieces that are easily obtainable in game and a few bunches of crafting mats, a few runes... Overall, not too happy, but it's free. :P
 
Look at it this way; if WoW croaked for a night, they wouldn't give you anything. They'd just be like, "Oh, sorry about that!" Carbine actually gives you things. :P So hey! Better than other companies. ^^	
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I have gotten mostly various runes and flasks, a few ship (soulbound) models, three pieces of the raiding set (one was soulbound, for some reason), the front flair of the Entertainer set (which is horrible and I don't want to use on any character, and I can't sell it or trade it to anyone else), like 7 elder gems, two or three other decor items that are pretty common even without the boom boxes and, lastly, a repeated common dye. So...yay for RNG?
 
Boom Boxes are like being given free candy. Except you don't know the candy's flavor and texture untill you open it. And you randomly can't give the ones you didn't like to other people who might actually want them. Sometimes you do get an amazing candy, though. But you have to eat all the other ones to find it.	
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Still waiting for a Raiden Chest to pop for my BB's so I have a full costume ... I have gotten LOTS of model ships. 0_o
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			I was really looking forward to the 3 new boxes, thinking (from the preview) they might have reduced the crap content for this occasion. Well, they didn't ... *sigh*	
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			I literally had nothing special in any boom. Hence, thanks Carbine for nothing. is it polite to thank someone for nothing? ... I do not know.	
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			I got a transmat token. *yawn*	
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I had about 70-80 at launch, went through them all.  Nothing too outstanding.  Lots of ship models.  Lots of Raidin'.  I dunno, I don't get too worked up about it; as noted it's free loot.
 
Obligatory: 
Peter: A boat's a boat, but a mystery box could be anything. It could even be a boat.
Lois: Then let's get the boa...
Peter: We'll take the mystery box.
 
The three we got for surviving the great medic reversion of 2014 had an Ionic Yellow dye in it, which I thought was actually kind of snazzy.  I would have preferred black, white, red, or blue, but hey... I might find a use for yellow.
 
I'd like to get more dyes honestly, everywhere.  And possibly trade dyes I have for dyes I don't have!  Pretty freakin' novel concept, right?	
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			They're RNG boxes, nothing more.  Best not to form expectations or make demands of a slot machine, might end up disappointed.	
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			My first boombox gave me a Moxie Rune of Haste, which is just moxie + movement speed. Fail. RNG boxes a la Perfect World. Easy compensation loot.	
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Maybe they should raise the elder gem drop rate for boom boxes, make boom boxes replace elder gems once you're at cap, make the elder gems from these boxes count over the cap, also add a cash equivalent, and that'll give us something to run content for to grind up.  Then, we'll be getting EG at a reduced rate, still making money, and have a very low, but feasible, chance of getting something really awesome.
 
Maybe I'll write that in as a suggestion to keep people running content consistently.	
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Maybe they should raise the elder gem drop rate for boom boxes, make boom boxes replace elder gems once you're at cap, make the elder gems from these boxes count over the cap, also add a cash equivalent, and that'll give us something to run content for to grind up.  Then, we'll be getting EG at a reduced rate, still making money, and have a very low, but feasible, chance of getting something really awesome.
 
Maybe I'll write that in as a suggestion to keep people running content consistently.
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It couldn't hurt to ask.
 
I still have 30 boom boxes left (27 + the 3 they just gave us) because I haven't gotten much of anything out of them. The Moxie rune of Haste was the best thing that I have received. I don't even have a complete raiding costume (a hat and gloves, that's it). All flasks and rune fragments and 4 or 5 EGs.
 
I know it's RNG but damn :(
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I get nothing but flasks...  It's disappointing that the flasks only last like 10 or 20 minutes (I forget, but know it's really short...)  You would think a flask would last at least an hour.  Hell if they wanted to make boomboxes worth it they'd be 24hrs just like the buffs from your house.
 
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Maybe they should raise the elder gem drop rate for boom boxes, make boom boxes replace elder gems once you're at cap, make the elder gems from these boxes count over the cap, also add a cash equivalent, and that'll give us something to run content for to grind up.  Then, we'll be getting EG at a reduced rate, still making money, and have a very low, but feasible, chance of getting something really awesome.
 
Maybe I'll write that in as a suggestion to keep people running content consistently.
 
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			I opened one yesterday. Rune Fragment. oh boy!	
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			For free stuff I didn't think someone would complain.  I mean if you don't want it, they could always remove the thing entirely.	
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The Covert Pistols from a Boom Box.
 
 	
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			I got my 3rd pair of raiden' shoulder pads yesterday, so I agree they are more of a "Meh" box, but you still have a chance to get something cool.  They were free, why complain about free stuff, Meh boxes are not made to gear you up or shower you with plats.	
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For free stuff I didn't think someone would complain.  I mean if you don't want it, they could always remove the thing entirely.
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The only reason I think people are "complaining" is that you expect something awesome, and it's pretty useless for the most part...
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From what I've heard from many people, I actually got very lucky with my boom box drops, so I really can't complain much.
 
However, I don't think anyone would complain if the number of flasks/potions was drastically reduced. ^_^	
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Yeah  I guess,  but  when you got almost 200 of them shouldn't expect them to be that awesome.   
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Opened ~110 so far.
Got 3 or 4 elder gems I think. And the raiden set minus the headpiece.
Rest was garbage.	
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True story, but when you're getting flasks that last 10/20 minutes...  I don't expect to end up with super leet gear or anything, but literally all I've gotten out of thirty-ish boomboxes is flasks...
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I got a lot of decor and dyes from mine,  useless yes but fun.    Also gotten those  flasks I don't even use them :o  just sell.
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Man I WISH I got decor and dyes, lol.  I'm fairly confident in saying that for the thirty-ish I've opened I've gotten nothing buy flasks and a few other consumables.
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			... Do people honestly believe that they would get guaranteed drops of rare things like mounts, mount customizations, costumes, and dyes with every single box? Every post about Boom Box contents clearly state that these are things you MAY get. Not will get. And unless the mount travels on water (like a hoverboard), why bother? Oh. It moves a little faster. Rune Fragments? Like people don't use them or put those on CX at all. Flasks? Aside from the Renown flask, I can see a use for the others, even at level 50. But really, Carbine didn't have to give us anything. Blizzard would have said sorry (if they would have said anything at all). Don't like your Boom Boxes? No one said you had to open them.	
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I had over a 100+ since I signed up for the very first day of Beta.
I am down to my last 3 boomboxes.
 
The only good item I ever received was Dark Energy dye.
A ton of flasks
The opened 10 bronze crippler ships
A ton of consumables and runes
 
Boomboxes are not worth jumping hoops for.
I swear if I open one more bronze crippler ship, I'll scream.
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Imagine the guy beside you who probably just got a Equivar mount from the boom box lol, now put yourself in his shoes and him in yours, he would be the one making these posts hahaha...
 
its all luck and chance.. I think its nice enough they did something for us in terms of this. Good luck to everyone with BOOM BOXES!!
 
This just got a radio song stuck in my head.. the one that goes Boom clap... na na na na na 	
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			Seems like the big problem isn't the big rewards or low chances of getting them, it's that the common rewards are so crap.  That's why I recommended the whole boom box dropping a gem that doesn't count to cap as its "basic" drop and made it a reward for leveling after capping EG.  At least, then, people wouldn't be disappointed with the most common drop from it.  Those flasks are sad.	
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I got a cool glowing horse mount from one, made me happy :D
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Seems like the big problem isn't the big rewards or low chances of getting them, it's that the common rewards are so crap.  That's why I recommended the whole boom box dropping a gem that doesn't count to cap as its "basic" drop and made it a reward for leveling after capping EG.  At least, then, people wouldn't be disappointed with the most common drop from it.  Those flasks are sad.
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Seems like the big problem isn't the big rewards or low chances of getting them, it's that the common rewards are so crap.  That's why I recommended the whole boom box dropping a gem that doesn't count to cap as its "basic" drop and made it a reward for leveling after capping EG.  At least, then, people wouldn't be disappointed with the most common drop from it.  Those flasks are sad.
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But imagine if the boomboxes gave NOTHING if it was bad.. imagine if it was empty for 90% of them... lol
 
THough I guess that might even feel better than receiving mediocre loot from it for some people..
 
 
P.S. I never complain about free stuff lol..
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			appeasement?...no a THANK YOU for participating in beta...i got the warpig just a few days ago...i'm happy with the elder gems, rare models (prolly never see em again  :( )  dyes, i got a translocator to my plot at lvl 10 (yaya house open early!) raidin pieces, flair for mount,...i like FREE...so should you!...and suggestion give us subs booms/month  :lol:	
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			I for one am very grateful for the 3 free BoomBoxes Carbine handed out, I got an elder gems and a recall transponder thing and still have one left to open. I'm grateful because I've been debating following events and doing PTR for them, I even downloaded the PTR last week end. After sampling a few I can safely uninstall the PTR and know I wouldn't waste time in there trying to actually earn these thing. So thanks for the free sample, I would of been livid if I let the PTR absorb my play time on live and of only gotten junk for it.	
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Maybe they should raise the elder gem drop rate for boom boxes, make boom boxes replace elder gems once you're at cap, make the elder gems from these boxes count over the cap, also add a cash equivalent, and that'll give us something to run content for to grind up.  Then, we'll be getting EG at a reduced rate, still making money, and have a very low, but feasible, chance of getting something really awesome.
 
Maybe I'll write that in as a suggestion to keep people running content consistently.
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			If there is  no "boom" to the box then it's just a box free or not. don't dress something up with a fancy name and raise expectations. as we say here on the plains...put lipstick on a pig and it's still a pig.	
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If there is  no "boom" to the box then it's just a box free or not. don't dress something up with a fancy name and raise expectations. as we say here on the plains...put lipstick on a pig and it's still a pig.
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I had over a 100+ since I signed up for the very first day of Beta.
I am down to my last 3 boomboxes.
 
The only good item I ever received was Dark Energy dye.
A ton of flasks
The opened 10 bronze crippler ships
A ton of consumables and runes
 
Boomboxes are not worth jumping hoops for.
I swear if I open one more bronze crippler ship, I'll scream.
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I think most people of this generation need to learn how to adjust their expectations to meet reality.
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Chua agree with this.
Boombox is nice compensation. Just treat like unknown present under christmas tree and is always happy.
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			I admit Boomboxes are very disappointing. 	
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Having said that out of the three I got the only  good thing I got was one elder gem, which is okay I guess? I'm not max level so I don't know if just one is that helpful. I was hoping for cool mounts or something. It's not a good idea to trust too much to hope in life though, or to dwell too hard on disappointments. I have had a lifetime of almost constant disappointments so I have to be careful not to think on them for very long or very hard or I get horribly depressed.
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I know right?
 
Almost as bad as lottery tickets. I've bought like over 50 lottery tickets and never won the jackpot even once! WTF is up with that??
 
If something has a 1/100 change of dropping, around 1/3 of people will open 100 boom boxes without getting one. Just how common do you want the rare stuff to be? You didn't win the jackpot? Get over it.
 
Enjoy them for what they are, a free lottery ticket.	
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