20s6A35-KT Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 There may be more to the story. A few years ago I decided to make my own statistics on the "return per snowball." I had a bunch of accounts of both races on all servers and a lot of time on my hands. I ended up collecting and opening around 1200 snowballs. Each snowball would open a half-dozen times on average, so I had 7000 or so "openings." Enough to make valid statistics. I kept records in a spreadsheet, which is still around. Interestingly, the statistics varied by race and server, mostly in the last step. In other words, opening a snowball from level n to n+1 or n+2, like opening a +5 to give a +6 or +7, had the same probability irrespective of race or server, but one of the steps beyond +10 (brilliant, prism, or something) varied quite a bit. I puzzled about this and eventually concluded it was NCSOFT managing the economy. The event added a lot of high value loot, but I discovered the servers/races where the event added the most were the ones that were lagging in usage and health of the economy. NCSOFT didn't say the statistics varied and I didn't post anything at the time. I did feel some players were getting "cheated," if you can call it that, because there were postings on the forums about how lucrative the event was, but a player on the wrong race/server might be destined to get only 20% as much loot. The previous authors in this thread seem not to realize that statistics can vary. I have no idea if the statistics actually vary this year. With the current rules, it'd be really hard to get 1200 snowballs. I see people above claiming 3000 snowballs, I had snowballs on all the races/servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arhangelos Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 21/12/2018 at 2:53 AM, StarWebIcarii-KT said: I have a terrible RNG on all my accounts, so this year I won't even try the event. It's Xmas and I will be busy with my family so I will have plenty of time to do something better than losing my patience and getting upset by a silly game. Ho...Ho....Ho Merry Christmas to everybody. I am logging in every day with my main and I do not even bother doing the event anymore. I do not get the 2x from the npc and I also my prestige ended like 2 days ago and I will not be renewing it. This game is empty, I am not going to get prestige to get etra pve instance entries that I no longer do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirithq-KT Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 i opened x71 (from my alts) snowballs and nothing, (3 times i went to +9 then fail), useless event ........ i got Icy Shard x2 at +8 (after fail) which is stupid .......... there is no such reward how i read the news ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matsukamy-KT Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 I guess i was lucky, got some good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenericUser8198 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 53 minutes ago, Matsukamy-KT said: I guess i was lucky, got some good stuff. Lucky like a Mega Millions Winner it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachibi-DN Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 its funny how the Dev team think we goin to buy those item on the store, if the rewards almost all are useless xDDDDDDDDDDD they don't even care this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vessttemona-KT Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 HAHAHAHAHA nyerk you all of you with your berding stars, i got the reward i was looking for in this event!!! I FINALLY GOT THE ANCIENT PVE STONES THAT I ALWAYS WANTED!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chibiusa-DN Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 If this event will give just Transformation Scrolls they should have just bring back the Doctors and Nurses event x___x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matsukamy-KT Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Chibiusa-DN said: If this event will give just Transformation Scrolls they should have just bring back the Doctors and Nurses event x___x Huahuahua, i still have hundreds of those scrolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xauieo-DN Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Got and opened around 115 Snowballs, and the result was only 'one' +10. As for the rest, got around 16-18 Bundle's from failures at +7, +8 and +9 (4-5 "+9" bundles out of the), and the +9 bundles only gave me "Transparent Transformation Scroll". Guess would sell away the only +10 one after a few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliseta-DN Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 2k+ snowballs gave only 20 +10 (wont even open them , rubbish rewards). so rate is ~100 for 1 +10 and its 2x worse than before when we had average 1 +10 for ~50 snowballs. Event nerfed, rewards rubbish but it was worth to do it .................................... because got last proof that its not worth to play AION 6.2 on NA in current state. 1) PvE - close to 0 content end game (2 instances for starters, 2 for ppl in 78lvl sets, 2 for ppl in Mythic+ sets and 5 of them is 5.x instances) and one we have is highly limited with entry counts. 2) PvP - no way to get certain items in reasonable amount in game and its mean no way get set to counter ones with compensated gears. 3) 2 weeks ago legion had 15-20+ ppl online, last days maybe 4-6. Since we are in discord etc then know that ALL who left playing another games. P.S. Wont repeat other reasons why its in so bad state because its posted like 12342546 times already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneOneSeven-KT Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 https://youtu.be/mcaHAufkRP0 I think these guys turned up the loot table on the last day. Huge different in term of rewards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aly-DN Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I ended up getting 9 +10 snowballs across all accounts over the two weeks. Four of which I bought with NCoin. (So 5 legit with no money spent.) I got the dreaded stars twice, 5 transformation contracts, a handful of PvE stones and 2 legendary Daevian Skill Boxes. One of which I got on the last day (with some stars!) and one I got in the first week (with some more stars!). I didn't see a difference in the loot tables from the first week to the last. I think the worst thing about this iteration of our beloved snowball event was the really low chance to get anything to +10. In fact, I had a horrible time just getting things to +7 so I could get any reward at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ele-DN Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, OneOneSeven-KT said: https://youtu.be/mcaHAufkRP0 I think these guys turned up the loot table on the last day. Huge different in term of rewards. That resolution holy shit lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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