I’ve talked about my love/hate relationship with Atlantica’s gamble boxes twice already (here and here), but since Christmas brought us the Santa’s Reserve for only a dollar (which is why I call them buck boxes, and they shall be known as such), I thought I’d talk about it once more.
A lot of people like to complain about IM boxes when they buy hundreds of them and get nothing. Hell, sometimes I do it. However, gamble boxes are just that, gamble boxes. And it is highly advisable to only spend what you can lose. If you can lose what most consider a full month’s rent and utilities, more power to you (and donate to Yvi’s cause), but for most, spending $1,000 on a game is not obtainable, nor advisable.
I got the urge to open boxes. So I went for these buck boxes, because well, you got 13 for 10 dollars, and you can get a few really good stuff out of it, including rare decorations/mounts that are valued at 45+ billion in game. My husband also did it.
I opened a total of 50 boxes.
I made over 100 billion in just decorations ALONE.
My husband opened a little less.
He made just 10 billion.
My husband raged as he saw me pull a Frozen Sagi, Mighty Thor’s, and a regular Drake…all in different occasions. On top of it, I got roughly 20 billion in other stuff.
Buck boxes, in my opinion, are a good deal…if you’re lucky. By the way, I did not sell the rare deco. I have one on Yvi, and I actually was planning on selling the Mighty Thor’s wings but my heart was too big and gave them to my husband with the condition that he won’t sell them.
The point is though, your mileage may vary. You may get really lucky and make billions out of a few boxes. Or you can spend thousands and get nothing. I personally wouldn’t have spent the money I did on buck boxes if they were 10 bucks with the same odds. But I got 100 bil in 3 dollars. That’s a good deal, but the odds could’ve been reversed.
Remember: IM boxes are a gamble. If you really want to spend on the IM in game, Atlas Ore is usually the best way to go. It will save you the insanity that opening gamble boxes ensues.
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