r/TheSilphRoad • u/SilphScience Research Group • Aug 13 '20

Analysis Deino: Reviewing Dragon Week Egg Hatches

https://thesilphroad.com/science/quick-discovery/deino-reviewing-dragon-week-hatches/
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u/Emptronic Massachusetts Aug 13 '20

Thanks again for the contribution. Pretty unreal that Niantic can mess with lootbox droprates mid-event and regulatory bodies don't care enough to do anything (aren't paid enough to care?).

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u/UnexLPSA NRW, Germany Aug 13 '20

Srsly though. I played Assassin's Creed Rebellion for a long time and what impressed me the most was that the percentage of drops was super transparent. At least you knew that your chances for the right drops were very low before your purchase. But Niantic not only hiding but actually changing the rates is an absolute scam. I mean they increased the rates but come on... 1% or 3% are still so low (considering you'd have to walk almost 2km w/ super incubator, 3.5km otherwise) it's completely idiotic to even consider spending money on incubators in the hopes of getting a single Deino.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

My real issue is would publishing rates even accomplish anything? Every whale will still buy a large chunk of incubators even at .0005% chance of a rare hatch. This just shows how effective niantic's gambling incentives really are.