The Daily reward system is a bit broken...
FluidEmotion wrote: I think it is a bit broken in a negative way. The main reason is because the mystery box has a very poor pay out. Before the complainers begin to harass this thread, which at thi...
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@beeblebrox900: Yes, as they are now, mystery boxes have a very bad pay out. Since it's relevant to this thread, I am copy/pasting the odds of getting something good from them:
#4: Daily Bonus Mystery Box
Donuts/Premium Items can be obtained from the Mystery Box you get on the 5th day of the daily bonus. You have ~13% chance of getting a premium item or Donuts from a Mystery Box, and the Lemon Tree has a 10% chance of being pulled from the Mystery Box. The Donuts listed in (parentheses) is what you'll receive IF you already have the initial prize. So, if you already have Squeaky Voice Teen, you can't get him again. Instead, the reward is substituted with (Donuts).
Prize: / Odds:
Lemon Tree 10%
3 White Fences 4%
Bench with Towel 4%
10 Donuts 2%
Squeaky Voice Teen (30 Donuts) 2%
Homer Buddha 1%
30 Donuts 0,04%
Tire Fire (40 Donuts) 0,02%
Lard Lad Donuts 0,01%
Total 23,07%
These odds are borrowed from another thread by Simpsons00001, and the url is: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9286548.page
Sorry, for making this a bit messy, but since I am not level 2, I cannot upload pics or use the proper BBcodes. The table for odds and prizes is in the form of a picture at the abovementioned url. Perhaps a level 2 forum user, or a mod could repost this post for me.
Anyway, as this table states, it is less than a 25% chance you get something good in your mystery box. If I were working in EA, I would jack up these chances to 33%. I would increase the odds of getting 10 donuts, Squeaky Voice Teen and Homer Buddha up to 3% each. And maybe add a few more items like Apple trees and Orange Trees and perhaps a chance of getting 5 donuts as well. You should win something good atleast every third box.
But most importantly EA should really renovate their lowest pay-outs. The mystery box would be something a new player would really be exited about opening up. Imagine getting crap three weeks in a row. You'd stop get exited about this box, as so many long-time players have. I have only played for about three weeks myself, and I am not that far away from the level cap. Perhaps another three weeks. Those parking lots and hedges could be beneficial if I got some more every time I got them.
EA could even mix it up a bit more. They could give out former free limited items, this way players that started late, could atleast have a chance of getting unique items that they otherwise could not get. The Laramie vending machine would feel like a premium item for a new player, which would otherwise never be able to get it. I think this would be an easy way of making more players ALOT more happy with their prizes. It would feel more even more valuable than it was. And by itself the vending maching was worth about $3000 dollar in-game. This would be a perfect prizerange. I'd actually like to see as much as $10.000 in-game cash as kind of "low prize jackpot".
This suggestion would even make the mystery box seem a bit more worth it for 6 donuts, if you were interested in buying one.
#4: Daily Bonus Mystery Box
Donuts/Premium Items can be obtained from the Mystery Box you get on the 5th day of the daily bonus. You have ~13% chance of getting a premium item or Donuts from a Mystery Box, and the Lemon Tree has a 10% chance of being pulled from the Mystery Box. The Donuts listed in (parentheses) is what you'll receive IF you already have the initial prize. So, if you already have Squeaky Voice Teen, you can't get him again. Instead, the reward is substituted with (Donuts).
Prize: / Odds:
Lemon Tree 10%
3 White Fences 4%
Bench with Towel 4%
10 Donuts 2%
Squeaky Voice Teen (30 Donuts) 2%
Homer Buddha 1%
30 Donuts 0,04%
Tire Fire (40 Donuts) 0,02%
Lard Lad Donuts 0,01%
Total 23,07%
These odds are borrowed from another thread by Simpsons00001, and the url is: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9286548.page
Sorry, for making this a bit messy, but since I am not level 2, I cannot upload pics or use the proper BBcodes. The table for odds and prizes is in the form of a picture at the abovementioned url. Perhaps a level 2 forum user, or a mod could repost this post for me.
Anyway, as this table states, it is less than a 25% chance you get something good in your mystery box. If I were working in EA, I would jack up these chances to 33%. I would increase the odds of getting 10 donuts, Squeaky Voice Teen and Homer Buddha up to 3% each. And maybe add a few more items like Apple trees and Orange Trees and perhaps a chance of getting 5 donuts as well. You should win something good atleast every third box.
But most importantly EA should really renovate their lowest pay-outs. The mystery box would be something a new player would really be exited about opening up. Imagine getting crap three weeks in a row. You'd stop get exited about this box, as so many long-time players have. I have only played for about three weeks myself, and I am not that far away from the level cap. Perhaps another three weeks. Those parking lots and hedges could be beneficial if I got some more every time I got them.
EA could even mix it up a bit more. They could give out former free limited items, this way players that started late, could atleast have a chance of getting unique items that they otherwise could not get. The Laramie vending machine would feel like a premium item for a new player, which would otherwise never be able to get it. I think this would be an easy way of making more players ALOT more happy with their prizes. It would feel more even more valuable than it was. And by itself the vending maching was worth about $3000 dollar in-game. This would be a perfect prizerange. I'd actually like to see as much as $10.000 in-game cash as kind of "low prize jackpot".
This suggestion would even make the mystery box seem a bit more worth it for 6 donuts, if you were interested in buying one.
