So, I bought the 24 pack of Super Packs...
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Absolut_,
Posted on: 2012-02-14 24:38 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I went through 40 packs. They are (un)surprisingly addictive. I have all the costume pieces, tons of reward merits, and something like 76 enhancement boosters.
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Well CRAP. |
Originally Posted by Texas Justice
Careful there UP. If you buy some packs anyway just to sell the ATO's you have a very good chance that one or two accounts will wind up with the wolf and you'll spend waaaaaaay more on the other account(s) in order to get the wolf to keep from killing your soul.
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Got the Black Wolf on my 1st pack of my second account. Dang asymmetry.
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What do enhancement boosters really *do* anyway? I've never used one.|
Originally Posted by Demobot
I went through 40 packs. They are (un)surprisingly addictive. I have all the costume pieces, tons of reward merits, and something like 76 enhancement boosters.
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Lewis
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They increase the level of an IO by 1. It's effectively the same as combining 2 SOs into an SO+
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Originally Posted by UnicyclePeon
What do enhancement boosters really *do* anyway? I've never used one.
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Since I have no interest in the anything other than the ATOs (definitely not the shameless marketing ploy that is the wolf pet), I haven't bought any of the Super Packs. Already got 3 full corr sets, a full dom set, and a full troller set all pretty cheap on the AH. Best part is not spending real money on it.
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Ah no, they don't that. They're way better than that.|
Originally Posted by DreadShinobi
They increase the level of an IO by 1. It's effectively the same as combining 2 SOs into an SO+
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ParagonWiki: Enhancement Booster
Edit: Well on second thought I guess you could describe them as adding a + bonus to IOs since each +1 is 5%. It's just they can go up to +5 or a 1.25 multiplier on the IO value. I was momentarily confused as I've seen them described as increasing the level of the IO and wrongly applied that thinking to your post DS.
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I bought all the Brute IOs on the market, then bought 12 packs for Catalysts so I can have the enhanced versions. 12 packs - not a single Catalysts. I was starting to wonder if I'd read wrong about these dropping catalysts. Did the RNG just hate me?
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Originally Posted by Socorro
I bought all the Brute IOs on the market, then bought 12 packs for Catalysts so I can have the enhanced versions. 12 packs - not a single Catalysts. I was starting to wonder if I'd read wrong about these dropping catalysts. Did the RNG just hate me?
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They also drop in iTrials too remember
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No I'd forgotten that - okay, I'll do some trials then. Thanks |
Originally Posted by EU_Damz
They also drop in iTrials too remember
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You can have all of mine if I can trade them (sadly cannot). From my understanding you can't trade or sell an improved ATIO so...useless to me. |
Originally Posted by Socorro
I bought all the Brute IOs on the market, then bought 12 packs for Catalysts so I can have the enhanced versions. 12 packs - not a single Catalysts. I was starting to wonder if I'd read wrong about these dropping catalysts. Did the RNG just hate me?
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I got one in the three packs I got, would rather have had a costume piece or a purple or something. ;P
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Yes, it did.|
Originally Posted by Socorro
I bought all the Brute IOs on the market, then bought 12 packs for Catalysts so I can have the enhanced versions. 12 packs - not a single Catalysts. I was starting to wonder if I'd read wrong about these dropping catalysts. Did the RNG just hate me?
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I got 2 Catalysts in the first 9 packs I opened; along with 3 or 4 ATIO's and 5 costume parts and a crapton of merits.
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If you've gotten all the costume pieces, then you should get, on average, 2.5 Catalysts per 24 packs.
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Probably a stupid question but...
Is there a way to see if you received the entire costume set? I know I got a few pieces but cannot find them in the costume creator or on a checklist anywhere...
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Unfortunately not.|
Originally Posted by Absolut_
Probably a stupid question but...
Is there a way to see if you received the entire costume set? I know I got a few pieces but cannot find them in the costume creator or on a checklist anywhere... |
There are 11 pieces total, including the beam rifle and the back piece.
The helmet is under "helmets."
The face mask is under face detail 2 (where most of the other chin pieces and facial hair are)
The chest is under "robes."
The sleeves are under "sleeves."
The shoulders are under "shoulders."
The pants are under "tucked in."
The boots are under "boots."
The belt is under "belts."
The gloves are under "gloves."
The rifle will be under weapons if the toon has the beam rifle powerset.
The back piece is under back details.
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Check under the Collections tab in-game. There should be an entry for unlockable costume sets, and the Elemental Order set should be in there.|
Originally Posted by Absolut_
Probably a stupid question but...
Is there a way to see if you received the entire costume set? I know I got a few pieces but cannot find them in the costume creator or on a checklist anywhere... |
Caveat: I haven't looked myself, so I don't know the details firsthand, but that's where the rednames say it should be.
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Got everything except the Shard Gun in first 24.
No wolf in 48 packs but as far as I'm concerned that means I came out ahead. Even a dual inspiration is better than another worthless pet. Especially now that you can only have 1 pet, I am one of the people who gets a lot of use from Vet support pets. Some of my builds can keep them alive almost indefinitely (except against AoE heavy mobs).
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It's definitely there.|
Originally Posted by Bosstone
Check under the Collections tab in-game. There should be an entry for unlockable costume sets, and the Elemental Order set should be in there.
Caveat: I haven't looked myself, so I don't know the details firsthand, but that's where the rednames say it should be. |
So yeah, you can see which ones you have, and the every one that is available under the Collections tab, where badges are.
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This isn't true at all. As Bosstone said, the game actually has an in-game checklist that automatically fills itself out for you. I had mine open when I opened my packs.
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Originally Posted by Anchor
Unfortunately not.
There are 11 pieces total, including the beam rifle and the back piece. The helmet is under "helmets." The face mask is under face detail 2 (where most of the other chin pieces and facial hair are) The chest is under "robes." The sleeves are under "sleeves." The shoulders are under "shoulders." The pants are under "tucked in." The boots are under "boots." The belt is under "belts." The gloves are under "gloves." The rifle will be under weapons if the toon has the beam rifle powerset. The back piece is under back details. |
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I stand corrected about the checklist feature, but the place where the pieces can be found is true.
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
This isn't true at all. As Bosstone said, the game actually has an in-game checklist that automatically fills itself out for you. I had mine open when I opened my packs.
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Aardwolf - level 50 claws/invulnerability scrapper
Anchor - level 50 level gravity/forcefield controller
Dr. Dusk - level 50 mercenaries/dark miasma mastermind
I only got 3 catalysts. But I got a friggin ton of merits, and a ton of atos. I got multiple pros worth hundreds of mils, so I am happy there. For 48 packs I think I made out OK. Got to convert all the merits to stuff I need for IOs. The merits are really really _really_ useful.
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I could only manage 8 packs.
In Total:
5 ATOs (sold 4, kept 1 - slowly buying the others for that set)
9/11 Elemental Origin Pieces (missing the dang gloves and gun - I don't want the gun.)
About 300 merits
And numerous "booster"-style items.
Sad that I can't use my reward merits to purchase more ATOs because I am not VIP.
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Save them up, and then go VIP for a month when I22 goes live, so you can try them out, as well as all the new Incarnate content.
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Originally Posted by War-Nugget
Sad that I can't use my reward merits to purchase more ATOs because I am not VIP.
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In my 24 pack I got the full costume set and one catalyst. Can't remember the full ATIO distribution, but it was pretty scattered across all ATs so I'll probably need to do some marketeering if I want to go for a full set.
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Pants are strictly optional anyway |
Originally Posted by y2g
Bought 12... got all the elemental order pieces except for the pants.
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So sad to be ending ):
I had points to spare on one account and blew it on the 24 pack. On the other I bought enough points for another 24.
I enjoyed it, yes. I like having too many merits and the xp boosters will come in handy. But I'm done spending real money on this.
Again, I had fun. No regrets. And I got it out of my system.