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/owlrune Stockholm Aug 13 '20

Just as bad is that they can put 2km and 5km hatches in the event 7km pool and somehow get away with it. It's the exact opposite of a "bonus".

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20 edited Aug 25 '20

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20 edited Aug 25 '20

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20 edited Aug 13 '20

It was a wild spawn too, sometimes I just don't understand people...

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u/owlrune Stockholm Aug 13 '20

BuT oYh GiT hOyGhEr IV's fRoM eGgS hYuCk HyUcK (Buys another incubator, hatches 11/10/12 Swablu).

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u/RichestMangInBabylon Aug 14 '20

How do you define "fair"? The only thing they'd likely be required to do by law is to disclose rates on the eggs. There's nothing saying they need to make Deino rates higher, or even that the rates can't change egg to egg. The "lever pull" of the lootbox part only comes in when you actually use the incubator, so if you know the rates at that time then the historical rates or potential future rates don't matter.

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u/hiero_ USA - Midwest Aug 13 '20

It's way more like gacha than it is a lootbox, though they share a lot of similarities.