30 Cobalt Cases Opened

(_Sniff_) #1

Opening 30 Cobalt Cases and getting 3 cobalt loadouts!

[spoiler]I made a couple comments about cards not being more powerful than others. This thread tells me I’m wrong. I could very well be wrong. It has a lot of good info though so I suggest taking a read!
http://forums.dirtybomb.nexon.net/discussion/10985/psa-cards-above-bronze-do-give-you-gameplay-benefits-not-just-skins[/spoiler]

(Ardez1) #2

Dat money you dropped… lol

(Ceres) #3

You are free to sponsor my team if you wish :slight_smile:

(_Sniff_) #4

Shit I’ll be a team mascot if you want. All I do is troll and be loud anyways.

(avidCow) #5

Excuse my ignorance, SD, but I don’t understand why I would take Rhino with a shotgun.

OH, and the cobalts look like run of the mill CTF skins.

Thanks to Sniff for the video.

(_Sniff_) #6

Rhino’s shotgun is his secondary. His Secondary is his long range option. His minigun is his primary.

(avidCow) #7

aha, I get it. dats nasty.

(_Sniff_) #8

@MissMurder Is it possible to get repeat cobalt cards?

(umberInlet) #9

@Sniff It’s possible to get a repeat of any card I think.

(BomBaKlaK) #10

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I laught so hard !! Are you getting an orgasm ?

Mouhahahahahha

(_Sniff_) #11

am I getting a what?

(NuclearSharkhead) #12

Actually Rhino’s minigun is his Ability. His shotgun is his primary and his revolver is his secondary. Much like how Nader’s launcher is her ability and her primary is an SMG.

(_Sniff_) #13

Actually Rhino’s minigun is his Ability. His shotgun is his primary and his revolver is his secondary. Much like how Nader’s launcher is her ability and her primary is an SMG. [/quote]
Yes you are technically right. I’m sorry that I was unclear. I was meaning more that although his primary weapon is the shotgun the main staple of Rhino is his minigun. I consider the shotgun a secondary in that regard.

(Szakalot) #14

Actually Rhino’s minigun is his Ability. His shotgun is his primary and his revolver is his secondary. Much like how Nader’s launcher is her ability and her primary is an SMG. [/quote]
Yes you are technically right. I’m sorry that I was unclear. I was meaning more that although his primary weapon is the shotgun the main staple of Rhino is his minigun. I consider the shotgun a secondary in that regard.
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There are very few cases when you don’t want to use the minigun:

  • it overheated
  • for some reason you have to fire on the move (pushing in an exposed location)
  • long-range - use secondary
  • enemy has very good cover

Everything else, minigun is the way to go. And its very easy to maintain fire while not overheating it (and there is even 40% longer before overheating perk, lol)

(_Sniff_) #15

I personally prefer the N20 perk. Having the quick spinup time means you can burst and be more accurate while keeping the heat down at the same time. Makes long range harassment a lot of fun!

(Amerika) #16

Kudos opened 20 cases yesterday and didn’t get a Cobalt in the first 10 but got 3 Cobalt’s in the second 10. For the kind of money you have to put in going for a Cobalt card you’d actually want to use on a Merc you’d actually want to use does not appear worth it from a rational point of view. But fun if you’re a gambler, like shinies and want to support Dirty Bomb existence!

(Eox) #17

If you guys want some numbers…

Following the video, on 30 cases opened :

  • 22 are silver.
  • 6 are gold.
  • 2 are cobalt (not counting the bushwhacker one : it’s was opened before the video).

~73% of cards are silver cards.
20% of cards are gold cards.
~7% of cards are cobalt cards.

Expect the real drop rates to be :

  • 75% silver.
  • 20% gold.
  • 5% cobalt.
(Daergar) #18

Were any of the cobalt cards unique relative to gold’s lineup?

(Daergar) #19

Yeah, I traded up with that one in mind, second try the bronze dropped. Victory!

(DB Genome editor) #20

So far I’ve been able to collect pics for 13 Cobalt loadouts, they break down as follows in terms of matching loadout levels:

  • Available at Bronze and up: 2
  • Available at Silver and up only: 8
  • Available at Gold and Cobalt only: 3
  • Unique to Cobalt: 1 (a shinny new Aura R73)

It’s not surprising to see a 9th loadout since it would give a nice symmetry of 3 loadouts per primary weapon, but I get the impression that at this time this one was included by accident.

Another thing I notice that may be an accident as well is that there are 2 different sets of Cobalt skins out there at the moment, one that has a subdued tone on tone grey pattern with blue details (comes with bluish chrome gun skins) and one that has a high-contrast sawtooth / triangles pattern with white details (comes with blue-bodied guns):

http://i.imgur.com/BTMC20d.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/P27rI72.jpg

These are obviously different loadouts, but loadout cards exist for both skin versions of a same loadout: