Looks like drop rates are much lower this time around for new characters. 4 vaults worth spent and I have a 4* baze and my 4* shoretrooper is still 4*.What is everyone else seeing? Unless I had VERY bad luck I will stick to shipments to finish them off....

I had pretty bad RNG as well.. :)

Are baze and shooretrooper going to be in shipments?

I had the same luck exactly. That is some BS. Every other time a new toon was Chromium they were fairly prevalent. Now I didnt get a single Shoretrooper. Wonder if the drops are bugged?

I wonder if they just gave all the new characters "featured" status? So since it is split the drop rate is horrid for a single char. But not as horrid as a non featured char.

I am genuinely pissed off right now. I dropped $200 and didnt get anything. That is ridiculous and not how the game has treated me before. They have made the featured characters much more common and to now somehow change that is complete bullsh!t.

Chromium drop rates for new characters

NyKynoe
9 years ago
"CG_Kozispoon;758197" wrote:
"Darth_Jay77;758111" wrote:
What's going on with the Chromiums? When a new player is released the drop-rate is always good for them,should be able to 7-star it with $200 to $250, which is already steep but what's going on now is horrible. Please say this is a mistake. Baze looks good but not anymore than we'd normally pay.

@EA_Jesse
@CG_Kozispoon

This may be a product of adding a new batch of characters to the Chromium pack all at once. When before we've added one at a time, now we've added twelve.
brolyb593
9 years ago
"Kyno;758266" wrote:
"CG_Kozispoon;758197" wrote:
"Darth_Jay77;758111" wrote:
What's going on with the Chromiums? When a new player is released the drop-rate is always good for them,should be able to 7-star it with $200 to $250, which is already steep but what's going on now is horrible. Please say this is a mistake. Baze looks good but not anymore than we'd normally pay.

@EA_Jesse
@CG_Kozispoon

This may be a product of adding a new batch of characters to the Chromium pack all at once. When before we've added one at a time, now we've added twelve.

Saw this in the megathread and my response is still the same:

Those were all old toons though. It was assumed that Baze and Shoretrooper were the featured toons even by how the notification in game was worded and that the old ones being added were just replacing the ones being taken out. If that is truly the case that is total **** and I am done with this game. I have dropped 3.5k on this game and they expect me to pay how much more to get the new toons? People buying Chromium likely do not need any of those other 12 that were added. Based on how these packs were sold previously this is clear bait and switch tactics. We know that the newest toons are featured with higher drop rates and so we bought in accordingly and yet we get nothing. Unless we get this resolved with some compensation I am done.
vCx-Redemption
9 years ago
"BrolyB593;758269" wrote:
"Kyno;758266" wrote:
"CG_Kozispoon;758197" wrote:
"Darth_Jay77;758111" wrote:
What's going on with the Chromiums? When a new player is released the drop-rate is always good for them,should be able to 7-star it with $200 to $250, which is already steep but what's going on now is horrible. Please say this is a mistake. Baze looks good but not anymore than we'd normally pay.

@EA_Jesse
@CG_Kozispoon

This may be a product of adding a new batch of characters to the Chromium pack all at once. When before we've added one at a time, now we've added twelve.

Saw this in the megathread and my response is still the same:

Those were all old toons though. It was assumed that Baze and Shoretrooper were the featured toons even by how the notification in game was worded and that the old ones being added were just replacing the ones being taken out. If that is truly the case that is total **** and I am done with this game. I have dropped 3.5k on this game and they expect me to pay how much more to get the new toons? People buying Chromium likely do not need any of those other 12 that were added. Based on how these packs were sold previously this is clear bait and switch tactics. We know that the newest toons are featured with higher drop rates and so we bought in accordingly and yet we get nothing. Unless we get this resolved with some compensation I am done.

It sucks ethier way and I feel for y'all that spent $$$ even if I didn't.

That is border line bait and switch with setting. Expectations then getting something totally else. But it's still a gray area.

I bet things will be addressed shortly
NyKynoe
9 years ago
"BrolyB593;758269" wrote:
"Kyno;758266" wrote:
"CG_Kozispoon;758197" wrote:
"Darth_Jay77;758111" wrote:
What's going on with the Chromiums? When a new player is released the drop-rate is always good for them,should be able to 7-star it with $200 to $250, which is already steep but what's going on now is horrible. Please say this is a mistake. Baze looks good but not anymore than we'd normally pay.

@EA_Jesse
@CG_Kozispoon

This may be a product of adding a new batch of characters to the Chromium pack all at once. When before we've added one at a time, now we've added twelve.

Saw this in the megathread and my response is still the same:

Those were all old toons though. It was assumed that Baze and Shoretrooper were the featured toons even by how the notification in game was worded and that the old ones being added were just replacing the ones being taken out. If that is truly the case that is total **** and I am done with this game. I have dropped 3.5k on this game and they expect me to pay how much more to get the new toons? People buying Chromium likely do not need any of those other 12 that were added. Based on how these packs were sold previously this is clear bait and switch tactics. We know that the newest toons are featured with higher drop rates and so we bought in accordingly and yet we get nothing. Unless we get this resolved with some compensation I am done.

I agree just wanted to put it here too for people to see. Kinda a slap in the face to say they added "12 new" toons.

Not sure what they are pushing out with this business model. They are making everything more and more of a gamble.

Some toons stay behind paywall some not, chromium releases, but there is no consistency on when they come out or on how they are offered. People would spend money when they know what they are getting, or at least have a better idea.

Not everyone wants everything to be a gamble.
Xio_UK
9 years ago
Awful drop rates.. awful.. gave up after 4* baze, zero shards on shoretrooper. Bad RNG? Nope looks to either by design, or a mess up. Glad to see Darth Maul popping up... seriously, Leia great. What you used to be able to 7* for, multiply that by 5 to 10.
xXDaRenegadeXx
9 years ago
Just bought 2 vaults and only got 10 baze shards and 10 shoretrooper shards. CG just guaranteed that I will never spend on chromium ever again.
BTTripleZero
9 years ago
When I bought B2 and then he was released FTP 2 months later before all the older PTP toons I learned my lesson that you can't make use past precedent when making decisions in this game. It doesn't matter how previous PTP toons were handled. It frequently doesn't apply to future characters.
brolyb593
9 years ago
"Bulldog1205;758314" wrote:
When I bought B2 and then he was released FTP 2 months later before all the older PTP toons I learned my lesson that you can't make use past precedent when making decisions in this game. It doesn't matter how previous PTP toons were handled. It frequently doesn't apply to future characters.

How and where they go after being in Chromium/Aurodium has changed a few times and yeah many of us have been burned because of it. That is the true gamble with Premium toons I feel. If they are truly top tier they will likely stay premium for a long while (still surprised they let everyone have Wedge as soon as they did) The drop rates however have not changed since day 1.. until now.
xXDaRenegadeXx
9 years ago
"Bulldog1205;758314" wrote:
When I bought B2 and then he was released FTP 2 months later before all the older PTP toons I learned my lesson that you can't make use past precedent when making decisions in this game. It doesn't matter how previous PTP toons were handled. It frequently doesn't apply to future characters.

I bought B2 and Wedge when they were in aurodium and even though they went F2P faster than they should have it didn't bother me because at least I got them. I spent around $150 for each same amount I spent to 7* Echo when he was released in chromium. But this is just ridiculous, spent $200 and all I get are 10 shards????

CG what kind of business is this? If the drop rate was the same as everyone else in chrome then no one would be complaining. In fact more players would even be willing to spend money to get these characters. Instead you just screwed your players that actually spend money and support your game. In the process you have assured yourself that those who are on fence about spending money will now not spend a single dollar. You just screwed yourselves.
BTTripleZero
9 years ago
"BrolyB593;758320" wrote:
"Bulldog1205;758314" wrote:
When I bought B2 and then he was released FTP 2 months later before all the older PTP toons I learned my lesson that you can't make use past precedent when making decisions in this game. It doesn't matter how previous PTP toons were handled. It frequently doesn't apply to future characters.

How and where they go after being in Chromium/Aurodium has changed a few times and yeah many of us have been burned because of it. That is the true gamble with Premium toons I feel. If they are truly top tier they will likely stay premium for a long while (still surprised they let everyone have Wedge as soon as they did) The drop rates however have not changed since day 1.. until now.

At the time, P2P characters had not gone FTP anywhere near that quickly. Very few had at all. It was completely unprecedented. I'm not saying it's exactly the same, but my point is CG has screwed PTP over in the past. You can't assume anything that isn't stated.