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4 years ago

What are the chances of you getting an heirloom in Apex Legends?

I've spent a decent amount of money on this game. I've always bought Apex packs so one day I could get a heirloom, but that day still hasn't came yet. I've bought around 200-250 packs and still noth...

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DarthValtrex

Hero (Retired)

4 years ago

@PangPangSheMen Nah, it would be really hard to set up an RNG that functioned like that. They would have to be removing prizes from the prize pool.

It's simpler and easier for Respawn to just do it this way. The only way they could increase the odds of getting heirloom like you suggest would be to remove items from the loot pool once you've received them. But instead of doing that, they give you crafting mats. So the odds always stay the same. Basically they would have to lock those items on the RNG and force it to skip up or down one item until the player had unlocked everything. There are numerous reasons for not doing that though.

PangPangSheMen

4 years ago

@DarthValtrex Okay, I thought the odds were 500 for a guaranteed one (which it is) but I thought it functioned like because its 1/500 and it stacks every pack opened when you open 500 packs it would reach 500/500 and thats how you guaranteed a heirloom, I thought it was that easy to the point where just spending 100 dollars increases the chance big enough for a heirloom, but it turns out the odds don't stack and its much harder then I thought lol. Thank you for the clarification

RockDokRock
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@PangPangSheMen No, as explained earlier I think, per pack, the individual odds are far less than 1/500. You are supposed to be automatically awarded one on your 500th pack.
I think some packs don't count towards this total though. There are a few here who are level 1,000+ who still don't have one so it's a long road potentially.
PangPangSheMen
4 years ago
@RockDokRock yeah I heard you only get around 200 packs when u hit level 500, Idk what happens after level 500 but if you want a free heirloom you'll need levels, treasure packs, and battlepass free packs. I agree, even though all packs are all the same percentage of chance many people get heirlooms before their 500th pack, because they got so many packs, therefore many chances to get lucky so even though all packs are the same odds. If you don't get one you still have another opportunity to get one in the pack right after.
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
4 years ago
@PangPangSheMen No, it does not stack like that. It's not as simple as just increasing the percentage like that. It's RNG based so in order for the odds to increase, they would have decrease the number of other possible outcomes on the RNG. We know they don't do that. We kmow the odds are less than 1% and every time you open a pack it's always less than 1%. It does not matter if you've opened 1 pack or 490 packes.