Mystic Cubes. Answer From The Devs Please.

As the titel says. Is about the Mystic cubes.

Level 50 is upcoming & I have a lot of friends saving cubes with the explanation that they first will open them when the expansion is online, but I once asked one of the devs on the test-server who told that already from when the cubes drop is determined what's inside of them / meaning is already decided if it's just a pink item or maybe even an unique. (SO NEVER MISS A CUBE!)

Now the question. Is this true? If so. Does it mean that when your level 50 and open the cubes you still get level 45 items from the current cubes you collected back then or will you get level 50 items?

Please let the community know & don't end up "trolling" us more then you usually do. Thanks lol..

 

<not_a_dev>I can tell you that I started saving my cubes at level 40 and opened all 160 of them at level 45. All the items were level 45 items. I can't imagine that this behavior would change. </not_a_dev>

 

Thank you. Just seems way to easy to gear up quick when level 50 comes then.

 

Just goes to show that you shouldn't believe everything you hear. When we had the fremium, I saved cubes on my lower level toons and opened them at 40 and they were all level appropriate.

 

Or level 45 as many do. It does mean that you don't get the nifty stuff when you are at a lower level. The equipment you have at level 41 may not be the best it could be as you aren't opening all the cubes as they come. It is a bit of a trade-off.

 

And remember, on lower lvl than 40, cubes have blocked chance for uni drop from them. This is official answer at forums from dev. And still we have not disclaimer about it when we buy a premium.

 

You are spreading disinformation.
There is no such thing as blocked chance for low level players. It is all like it should be ... the game mechanism is working that way.
You can't get level 20 unique item from Destructor ... why should you get level 45 unique item from the cubes on your low level character? (knowing that it is level 45 unique set)
It is simple ... level up to 40+ and you can get it.
Get familiar with the game mechanism ... you get specific unique item from specific monster ... if you are not level 45 you can't enter Teleportarium ... meaning you can't get Destructors level 45 unique items.
Same with the premium set ... if you have no premium you can't get mystic cubes. If you do have premium you can't get unique item that is not suited for your level (-+ 5 levels).
It is simple as that.

 

no trakilaki,

Why did my lvl 25 mage have a lvl 40 sargon unique?
I think it should be explicitly said that it doesn't drop the unique.

 

All cubes drop level apporate gear with max items +5 levels from your level. The game has had that forever and everyone has known this fact. If you got a sargon item it was not from a level 25 or 30 mob it was from a chest or from a level 40 mob. There is no deception here on BPs part. You just want something changed to benifit yourself. I really don't think, nor has it been proven, that if you farm cubes and keep til your level 40; that it blocks you from obtaining uniques. There is absolutely no prof that are set, what they are going to be, when they drop or when you pick them up. There is deception in that tale because it lacks prof.

 

The Producer and Community Managers generally don't have the time to answer Forum Posts; they are probably lucky to have time to read them. Moderators generally don't have the authority to speak for other staff, so maybe this will help.

Items from cubes always have been appropriate to the current level for my toons. It does not matter when the cubes were earned, or how long they have been in a locker.
Drops were better for me when cubes were first introduced. Some of my network have reported great drops or uniques later on, but absence from the game, or other factors, may have been in effect for them.

While I'm on the subject of drops:
Items from Big Point and DSO are always subject to marketing decisions, as to their cost and availability. It is not surprising that a new item may receive an extra promotion for a short time, just to spread the word and increase activity.
The down side is that items can fall out of favor by staff, through design or neglect, and players see the results in reduced drops and lower results. Sometimes the program never cycles back up, the goods don't get normal or expected, and eventually players abandon that part like a hot rock.

Generally, the micromanagement of the drops and the mix seem to be improving over time; likely someone at DSO is now up on their game. Some items only are available in events or in certain maps.
The mix of items, essences, frags, ander, and such seem reasonable to me over time, but that is sure to be a personal opinion.
Maps do have their own level and character for drops, what's hot and what's not. And if the servers get overloaded, drops disappear when DSO cuts back on the minion graphics (or so it seems to me). It does appear that cube drops have an on/off switch; that could be just clunky programming.
There still is a related issue of rare drops, stuff that just seems to be unreasonably hard to find. Some stuff is so hard to find, they might as well be myths! Maybe it's a programming glitch. Probably DSO has discontinued them for some reason.
Some items fall into the "very rare" category. Is it reasonable to get dozens of some top prizes in the same monthly event, but the "one you need" takes 100 runs? It is true that some players have earned better success rates by polishing their toons, but goals need to be achievable to not poison the players.

We do appreciate those amazing surprise drops, a chest will huge ander, an item of higher value than expected, an item worth a closer look at the stats, etc. Things out of the ordinary give us something good to chat about. Thanks.

 

drops from mystic cubes are often gems . I haved saved alot of cubes up to open when i am lvl 50 hoping i will get lvl 50 exo-s and maybe a few 50 legi-s, will this be the case?
Mostly i open my cubes because i can use the gems. My biggest drop from a cube has been a+60 diamond, why would i want to keep that in a cube until i am lvl 50.
so stockpiling cubes has disadvantages and advantages

 

Unrelated to the Mystic Cubes but related to drops is that it seems (to me at least) that the drops of lockpicks has gone down considerably. Also, during moon events, the drops of frags in non-event maps goes up. Just a comment....