How is the vengeance Obsidian card chosen?


(Cletus_VanDamme) #1

So it seems that the Vengeance Obsidian loadout will be just the one loadout, not like the Culprit case where all loadouts for the merc are a possibility to get.

How exactly is the loadout chosen?

Will there be a poll? Will a SD graph determine which loadout was used the most throughout the event?

It’d really suck to get a Hollunds Proxy or a PDP / Felix Vassily.


(SereneFlight) #2

They’ll just choose the worst possible card.


(Jostabeere) #3

Obviously they do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXiLNqPV_uI


(MarsRover) #4

From what RazielWarmonic posted here, there isn’t even a guarantee that it won’t be the same loadout as existing Founders, Beta Fighters and recent Humble Bundle cards.


(Matuno) #5

The Founders and Beta Fighter cards were RNG too, right? At least, I’ve seen different loadouts running around.


(doxjq) #6

I think the beta ones were. I’ve seen a video of some guy opening a beta case which was RNG. Founders weren’t though.

I personally don’t think the culprit case should be RNG. It’s going to be a crapfest all over again when some people get the best card for said merc and others get terrible ones.


(MarsRover) #7

The Founders and Beta Fighter cards were RNG too, right? At least, I’ve seen different loadouts running around.[/quote]

I don’t have any Founders or Beta Fighters. Founders were fixed, I assumed that Beta Fighers were also. If no then OK, my only gripe is with duplicating previous one-of-a-kind special cards.

The Obsidian is a fixed loadout. For example, as much as I would like to get my hands on a MO11 Vassili, this loadout was among the Founders so maybe it’s not wise to pick it again. On the other hand Founders cards are very rare, so that’s not the best example. Humble Bundle cards were sold 2 months ago so the overlap of people buying those AND the culprit Obsidian is huge. It would be uncool if SD picked one of those loadouts for the Obsidian.

The 500 cycle culprit case also could be made slightly less annoying. This would be a good occasion to introduce a system to prevent special loadout duplicates. By special I mean only Obsidians/Culprit etc, not the regular CW/WtD/ReV cards. When you open a case the system checks if you have any special cards for this merc. If you have any you have an option to exclude those loadouts so you don’t get a duplicate. It’s a small gesture that would go a long way to reduce disappointment.

At minimum, it should ask if you want to exclude the culprit Obdisian loadout because 11,(1)% of players will get a duplicate :frowning:


(Szab95) #8

Or maybe implement second edition with these cases so the cards are more balanced and nobody will have duplicate


(Matuno) #9

Would be uncool if they picked any of the Humble Bundle cards either way, because they straight up SUCK.


(Captain_Forward) #10

Would be uncool if they picked any of the Humble Bundle cards either way, because they straight up SUCK.[/quote]

Hey, don’t touch my K51 Fragger!


(Matuno) #11

Would be uncool if they picked any of the Humble Bundle cards either way, because they straight up SUCK.[/quote]

Hey, don’t touch my K51 Fragger![/quote]

Okay, except that one. And there was this one random card drop that was okay too.
But everything else… GAH


(Captain_Forward) #12

Would be uncool if they picked any of the Humble Bundle cards either way, because they straight up SUCK.[/quote]

Hey, don’t touch my K51 Fragger![/quote]

Okay, except that one. And there was this one random card drop that was okay too.
But everything else… GAH[/quote]

Well, agreed. At least I got the SUPA RARE GLITCHED PHONIX LOADOUT and not something like a Rhino or Phantom ones.


(DexterGrif) #13

Would be uncool if they picked any of the Humble Bundle cards either way, because they straight up SUCK.[/quote]

Hey, don’t touch my K51 Fragger![/quote]

Okay, except that one. And there was this one random card drop that was okay too.
But everything else… GAH[/quote]

The Aura one was alright!


(Sorotia) #14

[quote=“grumpyBull;28497”]So it seems that the Vengeance Obsidian loadout will be just the one loadout, not like the Culprit case where all loadouts for the merc are a possibility to get.

How exactly is the loadout chosen?

Will there be a poll? Will a SD graph determine which loadout was used the most throughout the event?

It’d really suck to get a Hollunds Proxy or a PDP / Felix Vassily.[/quote]

You make it sound as if the Hollunds or PDP are bad weapons…her Remburg loadouts suck and at least with the PDP maybe newbs can kill something?

It would really suck to have her win to see her get a Remburg loadout, not to mention the fact that she has a obsidian with her only decent Remburg loadout.


(BazBling) #15

Would be uncool if they picked any of the Humble Bundle cards either way, because they straight up SUCK.[/quote]

Hey, don’t touch my K51 Fragger![/quote]

Okay, except that one. And there was this one random card drop that was okay too.
But everything else… GAH[/quote]

Well, agreed. At least I got the SUPA RARE GLITCHED PHONIX LOADOUT and not something like a Rhino or Phantom ones. [/quote]

HUH… What is this Supa Rare Glitched Pheonix Loadout you speak of?


(nokiII) #16

[quote=“Baz;173803”]HUH… What is this Supa Rare Glitched Pheonix Loadout you speak of?
[/quote]

The Humble Bumble Bundle Phoenix has a Crotzni but actually should’ve a KEK-10.

see: http://a55.imgup.net/Phoenix77b9.JPG


(Captain_Forward) #17

Would be uncool if they picked any of the Humble Bundle cards either way, because they straight up SUCK.[/quote]

Hey, don’t touch my K51 Fragger![/quote]

Okay, except that one. And there was this one random card drop that was okay too.
But everything else… GAH[/quote]

Well, agreed. At least I got the SUPA RARE GLITCHED PHONIX LOADOUT and not something like a Rhino or Phantom ones. [/quote]

HUH… What is this Supa Rare Glitched Pheonix Loadout you speak of?
[/quote]

This one:
[spoiler]http://i.imgur.com/3d1QsG3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1CW5cPU.jpg

[/spoiler]

This one is C72, but for unknown reason main weapon is Crotzni. And the weirdest thing that it is even mentioned in the name of loadout, CR72 (which is nonexistent in every other quality).

Actual C72:
[spoiler]http://i.imgur.com/TupShTs.jpg
[/spoiler]


#18

If we had numbers we could determine if that Phoenix card is even more rare than Founders cards. :stuck_out_tongue:


(Jostabeere) #19

Would be uncool if they picked any of the Humble Bundle cards either way, because they straight up SUCK.[/quote]

Hey, don’t touch my K51 Fragger![/quote]

Okay, except that one. And there was this one random card drop that was okay too.
But everything else… GAH[/quote]

Well, agreed. At least I got the SUPA RARE GLITCHED PHONIX LOADOUT and not something like a Rhino or Phantom ones. [/quote]

HUH… What is this Supa Rare Glitched Pheonix Loadout you speak of?
[/quote]

This one:
[spoiler]http://i.imgur.com/3d1QsG3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1CW5cPU.jpg

[/spoiler]

This one is C72, but for unknown reason main weapon is Crotzni. And the weirdest thing that it is even mentioned in the name of loadout, CR72 (which is nonexistent in every other quality).

Actual C72:
[spoiler]http://i.imgur.com/TupShTs.jpg
[/spoiler][/quote]

Special Editions pretty often have different loadouts as normal cards. Like the Beta fighters mostly have the stiletto, even on cards without it.


(Captain_Forward) #20

Would be uncool if they picked any of the Humble Bundle cards either way, because they straight up SUCK.[/quote]

Hey, don’t touch my K51 Fragger![/quote]

Okay, except that one. And there was this one random card drop that was okay too.
But everything else… GAH[/quote]

Well, agreed. At least I got the SUPA RARE GLITCHED PHONIX LOADOUT and not something like a Rhino or Phantom ones. [/quote]

HUH… What is this Supa Rare Glitched Pheonix Loadout you speak of?
[/quote]

This one:
[spoiler]http://i.imgur.com/3d1QsG3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1CW5cPU.jpg

[/spoiler]

This one is C72, but for unknown reason main weapon is Crotzni. And the weirdest thing that it is even mentioned in the name of loadout, CR72 (which is nonexistent in every other quality).

Actual C72:
[spoiler]http://i.imgur.com/TupShTs.jpg
[/spoiler][/quote]

Special Editions pretty often have different loadouts as normal cards. Like the Beta fighters mostly have the stiletto, even on cards without it.[/quote]

Yes, founders all have a stiletto, but that’s completely different thing. There’s no sense to give to ONE card, which is also requre some RNG to pull out from a case, a different primary weapon.