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KABAM please explain

I'm not really new to this. I played contest of champions in the day. Quickly got on this since I like transformers. I know that the chances are "random" and based on "luck". There is now way possible I am this "unlucky". 17 crystals and I end up with just a 1* bumblebee. That's it? I didn't count all the other dupes before this. But out of 17 I end up with a completely useless bot? I know there is a business model here, but no way can I invest hard earned money into something I have no chance of progressing in. This is rediculous and unacceptable. I have bought packs in the game already, producing dupes of course. Please offer some kind of explanation other than, " it's based on luck". Bc there is no way I'm that unlucky.

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    CandKaneCandKane Posts: 718
    What kind of crystals did you open? Daily crystals tend to drop nothing but 1 stars, but everything else should be 2 star or higher
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    Like 4 daily, 5 waspinator, 7 premium, 1 alliance. All dupes except for the ever helpful 1*
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    I do know the value of a dupe but you can only go so far with dupe 2*. I'll never clear act 2 with dupe 2*
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    CandKaneCandKane Posts: 718
    Wow that sucks, yeah Act 2 without 3* is hard, boss of Chapter 4 has 800-900 PI if I remember right
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    GrrGrr Posts: 24
    You opened 7 premium and 5 Waspinator crystals which have a minimum of 2 star bots in them and only got a single 1 star? lmao ummmmmm riiiiigght..
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    CandKaneCandKane Posts: 718
    Grr wrote: »
    You opened 7 premium and 5 Waspinator crystals which have a minimum of 2 star bots in them and only got a single 1 star? lmao ummmmmm riiiiigght..

    I think he was looking for a 3*, unless I misread that, and just keeps getting 2* dupes. Long odds to do that, although not impossible
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    Stitch626Stitch626 Posts: 286
    There is now way possible I am this "unlucky". 17 crystals and I end up with just a 1* bumblebee.

    Thats how odds work. There is no magical number of crystals you can open that will guarantee you will get exactly what you want. The odds of getting a 3*/4* from a crystal that drops 2-4* bots is still pretty low. Now, if you had opened 100 2-4* bot crystals and only got 2*s from all of those, then sure - I can see the complaint. But 17 crystals is hardly anything - especially when you are including the daily crystal in there as well.

    If you really want a 3* and are not having any luck in the Premium Crystals, then the for-sure way to get a 3* is to complete Act 1 Exploration, or complete the Story of Act 2, or Exploration of Act 2. All of those will reward you with 3* crystals.

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    Exploring gets pretty hard when you only have 1 3*. Kinda the point I'm making. Opening 17 at once is just a one time instance. I have no idea how many other crystals I've opened that were dupes. At least 5 more since writing this. I know chances, but there has to be a little better than what we r currently receiving. Just 1 freakin 3* out of 3 dozen should happen. But it doesn't.
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    MustangjonMustangjon Posts: 1,146
    Rough percentages of 3* is 5% so if you've only opened 30 then you are sadly right on pace
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    Stitch626Stitch626 Posts: 286
    Exploring gets pretty hard when you only have 1 3*. Kinda the point I'm making. Opening 17 at once is just a one time instance. I have no idea how many other crystals I've opened that were dupes. At least 5 more since writing this. I know chances, but there has to be a little better than what we r currently receiving. Just 1 freakin 3* out of 3 dozen should happen. But it doesn't.

    I get your point - I guess I dont get what you want. Do you want Kabam to just give you a 3*? Do you want them to increase the odds of getting 3*'s or 4*'s from the daily crystal or from premium bot crystals?

    Odds are odds. They either play in your favor, or dont. I opened up 10 of those Waspinator crystals awhile back and got 3 brand new 3*'s and 7 2* dupes. Based on that, one could suggest getting 3*s is fairly common - except, its all still just luck. I was VERY lucky. Ive seen people spend hundreds of $$$ on trying to get a featured bot, only to end up with a giant goose egg. In MCOC, I spent almost 3000 Units trying to get a 4* Dormammu and got ZILCH - not even a random 4* or anything that anyone would consider a decent consolation prize.

    Kabam makes their money off getting people to spend money for the chance of getting a good bot. Increasing those odds in anyway, would then take money away from the game in general - which is not a good thing to do so early after release.

    My advise to you is to just stick with it. Eventually you will get a few 3*'s or some 4*'s and you will be backlogged with trying to get them all leveled up for months. You should easily be able to explore all of Act 1 with max 2*'s - and if you have 1-2 3*s with you, it will be a breeze. Act 2 gets dicier near the last couple of chapters and you will need more 3*'s to help with that, but you should still be able to get pretty far into Act 2 without a full roster of 3*'s.
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