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I've been logging into the beta weekends and open beta for quite a bit haven't gotten anything but the costume mail letters, how/where do you get these boomboxes?
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only question i have is..once you log in, how long do you have stay logged in to be counted for that day? or can i log in and right back out and still be counted and rewarded?
 
Im asking because i cant play everyday ( I don't want to.. want WS to stay fresh for release ) i have leveled one of everything to 7-15 to get an idea what class i want to play.. so im saving the content for live!	
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only question i have is..once you log in, how long do you have stay logged in to be counted for that day? or can i log in and right back out and still be counted and rewarded?
 
Im asking because i cant play everyday ( I don't want to.. want WS to stay fresh for release ) i have leveled one of everything to 7-15 to get an idea what class i want to play.. so im saving the content for live!
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The problem with "bonuses" like these are they feel like "penalties" to others who for one reason or another can't participate certain weekends or haven't heard about this giveaway (Thanks for the e-mail, Carbine...).
 
I've read through most of the pages, and I've seen a lot of "Why the hate? I for one will enjoy the boxes." - Well yes, you will, because you'll get the boxes.
 
Let me be the one to say "Here's why - I won't enjoy the boxes, because I won't get them". As someone able to play games more than most it feels like a penalty, when there is no other way of earning these vanity items (except waiting with your fingers crossed for events post-launch).
 
Regards someone who has been testing the beta extensively since before New Year. I'll get 4 custome pieces whilst someone who has been able to log in for a minute every day since the latest beta weekends might get a lot more.	
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The problem with "bonuses" like these are they feel like "penalties" to others who for one reason or another can't participate certain weekends or haven't heard about this giveaway (Thanks for the e-mail, Carbine...).
 
I've read through most of the pages, and I've seen a lot of "Why the hate? I for one will enjoy the boxes." - Well yes, you will, because you'll get the boxes.
 
Let me be the one to say "Here's why - I won't enjoy the boxes, because I won't get them". As someone able to play games more than most it feels like a penalty, when there is no other way of earning these vanity items (except waiting with your fingers crossed for events post-launch).
 
Regards someone who has been testing the beta extensively since before New Year. I'll get 4 custome pieces whilst someone who has been able to log in for a minute every day since the latest beta weekends might get a lot more.
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			So If I understand this right, I cannot gain the boxes anymore because I skipped a day?	
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So If I understand this right, I cannot gain the boxes anymore because I skipped a day?
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You understand wrong.
 
You get boxes for EVERY day you log in.
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You sure?
 
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			Can you see how many Boom Boxes you have accumulated so far?	
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Can you see how many Boom Boxes you have accumulated so far?
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No, the problem is people just need to get over feeling they have to have it all.   :P
 
It happens.  It's not unfair.  It's not a penalty.  Just bad luck.   :P
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3 boxes per day is freakin scary, even more so if they are per character. 3 days per weekend, assume ~3weeks of open beta, ~33 days, 100 boxes. Even with one item per box and housing items not taking inventory space as such(as now you can crate decor as soon as you get them), that is insane. Even people that do log in 4-5 times during all this time, that's 15 boxes. A whole freakin lot of taken inventory space.
Don't take me wrong, I love free goodies, but it seems like people will be flooded with those things, and due to lack of inventory space comfort of playing will decrease considerably.
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That's a ridiculous statement. For some people playing games is about having it all - denying people their right to feel that way is absurd. A way of thinking enhanced by achievement systems etc. Especially considering MMOs are supposed to be grand games you can grind and explore for a long, long time. Completionists are here to stay. You don't have to feel this way, and when you are not a completionist yourself, it's quite obvious why you think people like me am the problem. Carbine made a decision, and you can call that bad luck for some, although I'd rather call it bad behaviour. Leaving things up to chance is okay by a large margin - if you can make up for it with time invested in one way or another. That would be in the spirit of the grindfest which is an MMO.
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The Entertainer:
 
Yo Dawg,
We heard you like boomboxes,
So we strapped a boom box to your boom box mount
So you can boom box while you boom box.	
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Hmmm, sooo many boxes.  Could I, perhaps, get a CRATE to put my boxes in?  Otherwise my inventory will overflow!
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Boxception
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So 3x4+30 days of logging in.... Times 3 boxes.... 126 boxes? Is there a upper limit? Or are we only getting these on the first character we create and we have to pass them around or will I be getting 126 per character?
 
1) The XP buffs better be removed on death and be less than 11% buffs. Otherwise it will be to easy to level up in under 50hrs (yes some people level that fast but not through just questing I don't think)
2) Unique Runes? Id assume these are just lower level stuff? Seems odd to have a potential advantage over others because I logged in during an open beta
3) Weapons? Again another advantage over people who found out about the game post launch? Unless we will be able to have weapon costume pieces and these are essentially costume piece weapons?
4) Sweet more housing items! Hopefully not unique to these boxes. (Its gonna screw with the prices if there not unique)
5) Unique Costumes are cool. I wonder what they will look like....
6) Mounts... Non unique right? It always sucks to find out you cant get the coolest mount in the game cause you were late to the party
7) More.... Dyes? Food? Medshots? Bags? AMPs? Scavenged Supplies? Chest of Crafting Components? Trunk of Tarnished Tints? I don't know what else there could be.
 
Its just to similar to what F2P games have with there "mystery boxes".... Kinda leaves a bad taste in my mouth when I think of the similarities.
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			Question about the boomboxes: Are the items awarded from the boomboxes going to be bound to the character that opens them? or Will it be able to be tossed to alts? 	
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I know they want to  hand these out as rewards for helping the devs and special events.
but tbh id rather also have something like a monthly challenge that allows you to earn 1-3
 
This would
Promote logging / subscribing each month
Give people who cant get them due to timing/ location the opportunity to get them
Give people who are cursed by the rng gods another chance at the items they want
 
 
while im probably going to get the maximum anyway, i know friends who wont and it always sucks to miss out due to reality, id rather things be restricted behind effort rather than  you must be available for this limited time/event slot
 
 
 
 	
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			So anything can be in those boxes? Nothing that's exclusive or anything?	
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			bit confused about the wording on this.. do we get one for every day we logged in for any period of time, or do you have to log in EVERY DAY durring a period to get the boombox? Seems if its just 3 per day you log in for a bit that would be a lot of boomboxes	
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bit confused about the wording on this.. do we get one for every day we logged in for any period of time, or do you have to log in EVERY DAY durring a period to get the boombox? Seems if its just 3 per day you log in for a bit that would be a lot of boomboxes
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Question about the boomboxes: Are the items awarded from the boomboxes going to be bound to the character that opens them? or Will it be able to be tossed to alts? 
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Can someone explain how this boomboxes system works? do I have to pre-order the game and then log in everyday to get them?
or do I also get them from playing the free 10 days open beta?	
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Can someone explain how this boomboxes system works? do I have to pre-order the game and then log in everyday to get them?
or do I also get them from playing the free 10 days open beta?
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You receive them against your account. You don't have to buy preorder to start getting them, but eventually you have to buy preorder/buy game to get them once game is released. I'm not sure you have to specifically preorder either, just buy game some time after start, because well, you cannot access game after release if you didn't buy it. :P And you'll get boomboxes in the game after release. I hope it makes sense! 
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i have pre order deluxe....i am logging in everyday of beta....where do I get my daily mystery boxxes/and/or rewards?
 
thank you
 
 	
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@rexxdude - you can open them starting early access, just like it says
 
question- are the mounts going to be account wide like WoW, or account bound/trade? A bit of clarity here would help.
 
question2- can only open one a day and will end up with like 100+...If we are unable to login for a day is it use it or lose it or do we just have that pool of BB that is there till we use them? For use them or lose them I am thinking along the lines of LOTRO daily hobbit presents. If you don't log in before the reset time you lose the present for that day	
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As a completionist myself, I have been looking forward to this game for a long time. I have been signed up for beta 2,5 year, signed up 1 month after signup was released. Have participated in alot of competitions on fansides and steams, but never came in to the beta, besides a little bit of stesstesting. Well that was okay, because Carbine stated that no one will carry anything over to release.
After I saw the release date announced and the option to preorder and get some nice preorder bonuses and the FAQ stated you just had to buy the game before launch to get all the stuff, I decided to buy the game in May.
I can now see you have been given away some secret preorder/beta unique mount/items and only written about it a very few places including a previous closed forum. Do you really just want us to guess all such stuff in the future? and do you think its a fair way to treat your fans/customers?
Also I did only but Digital Deluxe because I wanted the option to collect all stuff, if I liked the game. That's some of the funny things about new games, that you have that option, but now thats pointless.
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Man I couldn't fathom developing an MMO when every single, minuscule thing developers try to do is met with public rage and outcry. Listen up, no one is able to please every single person, and when those in power try to please every single person, nothing gets done...because it isn't possible.
 
You can be left with game developers who don't do a damn thing for anyone, for fear of the public outcry, or you can have developers that do cool stuff. How about all the whiny sense of entitlement masses calm down for once and just accept things. I promise you, you will like the environment you are in a lot more.	
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Oh man I really like the things we can get already.
I wonder if there are totally new mounts not the same ones with a new pattern or color.
Doesn't mean I don't like these, they are super rad. 
still I'd love to have a huge Rowsdower as a bike mount.
 	
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Anyone know the max amount of boxes earnable now? Including beta weekends, bonus weekends, open beta and the name reservation apology(5 boxes)?
 
Also, was it ever explained how these boxes are going to be distributed among your characters? In my head I'm imagining;
A: account inventory where you open the box there and send to a character.
B: choose a character to send a box to and open it in game
 
I have a feeling its gonna be B, and it would suck for example if your character got a mount it already had that could've been sent to an alt, unless the items you open are "account-bound-on-equip".	
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Anyone know the max amount of boxes earnable now? Including beta weekends, bonus weekends, open beta and the name reservation apology(5 boxes)?
 
Also, was it ever explained how these boxes are going to be distributed among your characters? In my head I'm imagining;
A: account inventory where you open the box there and send to a character.
B: choose a character to send a box to and open it in game
 
I have a feeling its gonna be B, and it would suck for example if your character got a mount it already had that could've been sent to an alt, unless the items you open are "account-bound-on-equip".
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You can only open 1 every 22 hours... Don't think that will be an issue.
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I played Beta for about a month and just did the pre-order a few days ago.. 
How will boxes be distributed and how do you guys know who is going to get them?
 
Awesome beta!
 
Best Regards and can't wait for live,
JacNdeX	
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Oh man I really like the things we can get already.
I wonder if there are totally new mounts not the same ones with a new pattern or color.
Doesn't mean I don't like these, they are super rad. 
still I'd love to have a huge Rowsdower as a bike mount.
 
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Anyone know the max amount of boxes earnable now? Including beta weekends, bonus weekends, open beta and the name reservation apology(5 boxes)?
 
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Monday April 21st was the additional bonus beta day, and that next weekend if you pre-ordered or were registered already you should have received a key (I did) for the bonus
beta weekend starting Friday April 25th - Sunday April 27th	
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Can someone clarify this line from the announcement:  
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"There is no limit to the number of boxes you can earn between now and launch, but you have to log in each day of the beta if you want to be counted!" 
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Does that mean since I missed a few days in this open beta that I -won't- get a Boom Box?
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			Are the boom boxes only for people who pre-ordered before they played on any beta weekends? I played for roughly half of the open beta and pre-ordered my deluxe edition yesterday after the open beta ended. Am I eligible to recieve boom boxes?	
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Are the boom boxes only for people who pre-ordered before they played on any beta weekends? I played for roughly half of the open beta and pre-ordered my deluxe edition yesterday after the open beta ended. Am I eligible to recieve boom boxes?
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If you redeemed the game key on the same account you used in the open beta, you will have boom boxes.
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It sounds like there are people who know more about the account inventory than I.
 
Does anyone know if the box goes in the AI, but empties to your inventory when opened? Or do the prizes go to the AI when the box is opened, then you can choose to redeem them on any toon?
 
I'm really hoping for the latter. There are few things more disappointing than having to throw away a mount or special item token just because you already have it on that character,or worse, can't use it on that character at all. Anyone who has spent their Hallow's End repeatedly smashing the HH can relate to this dilemma.	
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And the best part of all? These boxes don't even require keys to open.
 
Officially better than Team Fortress 2.
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			are these boxes better to open at cap? or does it not really effect drop tables	
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			Just hope the boxes can be stacked or, if not, aren't forcefed into inventory..  	
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Hey guys, i played the open beta under a different email than that of the one that i bought the game with... the reason is being the new email i am making a game email account. is there any way i could get the credit for playing the open beta 7 out of the 10 days transferred over to the account i pre-ordered with? i can supply the old email and answer some questions based on the account. please respond, cause i would love to have the mystery boxes.. seeing as how i did earn them..
 
thanks Dalrian	
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Don't really care what's in them, since there's a greater mystery i discovered in ob...
 
anyone knows what in those "box of greatest disappointnes" (in german "box der größten Enttäuschung")?^^
 
You can buy one for 4 plat and 75 gold in illum... and i fear i will buy them once i have the money for it... and i smell dissappointment xD	
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Sorry for my laziness, just don't want to scroll through 21 pages so don't know if this is already answered. I bought my game from a different site and they gave me a pre-order key which includes headstart and they will give me a standart edition key tomorrow or something. I played during beta with my pre-order key. The thing I want to ask is this separate key situation creates any problems for getting boom-boxes, cuz I participated to beta with my pre-order key, but will continue to play with my standart edition key? The same question applies for getting 5 boom-boxes as dev apology for name reservation problems.
 
P.S.: Asking here cuz have an open ticket about this, but didn't get answered...	
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Sorry for my laziness, just don't want to scroll through 21 pages so don't know if this is already answered. I bought my game from a different site and they gave me a pre-order key which includes headstart and they will give me a standart edition key tomorrow or something. I played during beta with my pre-order key. The thing I want to ask is this separate key situation creates any problems for getting boom-boxes, cuz I participated to beta with my pre-order key, but will continue to play with my standart edition key? The same question applies for getting 5 boom-boxes as dev apology for name reservation problems.
 
P.S.: Asking here cuz have an open ticket about this, but didn't get answered...
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Boomboxes are tied to account. As long as the keys are applied to the same account, you will get them.
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Hey I just read on a community facebook forum thingy this guy saying that cougar posted that only 185 people got the maximum amount of boxes, anyone know any of this? link maybe?
 
Edit: Nevermind found it. Turns out there was a bug, The correct number is 716	
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			I don't want to scroll through 21 pages, but will we get them by launch or headstart? I want presents. I love opening presents, and I want to open them RIGHT NOW.	
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			i see a lot getting those boom boxes somehow after playing for an hour or more i still don't got pre order or boom boxes...also my saved up highway gear not there ...how to resolve....only missed first beta weekend rest i all attended..it is linked to account or is it linked to char name..?	
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			So...am I only supposed to be able to open 1 box per 24 hours? I have 56 boxes to get through, and that seems pretty ridiculous...	
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			113 here, and yes, 1/day.	
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			They forgot to hand out boxes ....... Another bug.	
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			So after opening one I have 118 boxes, you really expect me to wait nearly 4 months to see what I've gotten?  I feel like I would have been better off with less boxes so I wouldn't be as salty.	
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			So I feel like I got slighted some boomboxes. I logged in for all of the pre-order betas and open beta and I should be getting some for the fiasco with the name reservations. Am I forgetting anything else that gave boomboxes? What's the max number people have gotten. It says in game I'm at 110 which seems a bit off to me...	
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			the cooldown on these things has GOT to go....	
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			You cant allow people to just open them all. Do you not all realize it will flood the servers with them and destroy the economy. Come on people think. you want to have all your crap now an not be able to sell any of it for more than 20 silver or would u rather wait and have it sell for 20 plat. and have money if you get lucky an get something nice. Plus i think they are a little busy than to worry about your stupid boom boxes. Like you know the poeple who cant even get online like myself and others.	
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You cant allow people to just open them all. Do you not all realize it will flood the servers with them and destroy the economy. Come on people think. you want to have all your crap now an not be able to sell any of it for more than 20 silver or would u rather wait and have it sell for 20 plat. and have money if you get lucky an get something nice. Plus i think they are a little busy than to worry about your stupid boom boxes. Like you know the poeple who cant even get online like myself and others.
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			Oh wonderful box design. If you accidentally right click, it salvages. Well, at least I can try and open the other 37.	
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Oh wonderful box design. If you accidentally right click, it salvages. Well, at least I can try and open the other 37.
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Oh wonderful box design. If you accidentally right click, it salvages. Well, at least I can try and open the other 37.
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			zoinkkkkk they should really have not done that... I too right clicked to open... I was wondering why I got nothing zzzzzzzz	
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			I played in the beta, but I don't have none of those Boom Boxes...	
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			Like everyone else I looked forward to getting my Boom Boxes even if I could only open one every 24 hrs ...however the OP said I'd get three (3) boxes for every day I logged into the game during pre-order weekends and open beta. I know it's been a while since I've been to school and sat in a math class but i'm pretty sure that 86 boxes divided by 3 per day = 28.6666667~ days so I'm thinking I was shorted a box?? 86 is the number of boom boxes listed on my first character so unless i'm stupid at math something didn't add up right for me seeing as I shouldn't have an odd number after my division :p	
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			Everyone that has preordered got 5 Boom Boxes as an apology for the complications concerning the name reservation. So you got 81 boxes for beta log in, which is 26,0 days.	
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			The opening up one a day is killing me. Could we maybe increase it to 3 a day?	
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			Just be happy that you got any :( /cry 	
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Any calculations on loot tables and drop chances?
In 4 days I got 2x trees and 2x 10min exp. potions :angry:	
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			I mean, a boat's a boat.  But the box could be anything...  It could even be a boat!	
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			would a boat be cool, I was thinking about that the other day, I am like there is a lot of water everywhere at least in the starting zone, but then again hover goes on water so.. sort of eliminated that idea.	
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They need to up the minimum value of box loot, cause you feel let down when its a rune fragment or some crap.
 
I like the dyes, i know i'll never get a mount from them, just make it something that's cool and happy to have.	
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Just got THE useless item... lulz
 
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Flask of Minor Reputation: Increases Reputation gained from kills by 15% for 10 minutes. Only one Flask can be active at a time.
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Oh wonderful box design. If you accidentally right click, it salvages. Well, at least I can try and open the other 37.
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Oh wonderful box design. If you accidentally right click, it salvages. Well, at least I can try and open the other 37.
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Like everyone else I looked forward to getting my Boom Boxes even if I could only open one every 24 hrs ...however the OP said I'd get three (3) boxes for every day I logged into the game during pre-order weekends and open beta. I know it's been a while since I've been to school and sat in a math class but i'm pretty sure that 86 boxes divided by 3 per day = 28.6666667~ days so I'm thinking I was shorted a box?? 86 is the number of boom boxes listed on my first character so unless i'm stupid at math something didn't add up right for me seeing as I shouldn't have an odd number after my division :P
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So I feel like I got slighted some boomboxes. I logged in for all of the pre-order betas and open beta and I should be getting some for the fiasco with the name reservations. Am I forgetting anything else that gave boomboxes? What's the max number people have gotten. It says in game I'm at 110 which seems a bit off to me...
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the best I ever got out of a boom box is an elder gem...
 
*sigh* So I can earn 100+ times its value in a week. I mostly get.... lamps. guess its trying to tell me to look on the bright side of common level items.	
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			I definitely played the beta for more then 5 days... And I only got 15 boxes.. Now I don't know what to do should I take out a ticket?	
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			Ok I give up...apparently I'm missing something.  The previous posts said to "right click from your bag to get the item." however when I mouse over the boombox it says 'right click to SALVAGE' ....so HOW do I get the stuffs in the box?!?!	
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Ok I give up...apparently I'm missing something.  The previous posts said to "right click from your bag to get the item." however when I mouse over the boombox it says 'right click to SALVAGE' ....so HOW do I get the stuffs in the box?!?!
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			I got the Luminous Equivar mount (so pretty /drool), two Raidin' costume pieces, and some cool dyes/decor items. A few times I've gotten nothing but crafting materials or, ugh, only a flask. I've done all right so far though. I really want the Warpig though and the entertainment flair.  I still have 19 left so my fingers are crossed.	
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