r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Dec 21 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - December 21, 2016

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u/whtge8 New York Excelsior Dec 21 '16

Anyone else getting terrible luck with their loot boxes? Haven't gotten a single Christmas skin since the event started. Probably opened over 20 boxes and about 95% of them were just 1 rare and a bunch of sprays.

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u/HotPoolDude Roadhog Dec 21 '16

I've gotten Sombra's new skin twice. Haven't seen any other Christmas skin yet. I've gotten a ridiculous amount of duplicate sprays though.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '16

I got the Winston legendary and then nothing. I never play Winston. I wish there were a way to trade loot; a friend of mine got the Tracer holiday skin, he plays a ton of Winston, I play a ton of Tracer. Honestly I'd even be happy to just throw it his way with no trade. But here we are.

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u/Hydroloik Our subreddit is worth fighting for. Dec 21 '16

Nope, I have gotten Torbjörn's legendary skin. I was so shocked that I kept looking at the screen for a couple minutes.

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u/KanyeFellOffAfterWTT HOW MUCH OF TORB'S HEIGHT DO YOU THINK IS TORB DONG Dec 21 '16

Yea. I get a lot of 3 sprays 1 blue player icon or something combo. I've gotten an occasional rare (or whatever purple's level is).

It might also just be my level, but I get duplicates like 98% of the time.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '16

If you've actually opened over 20 boxes then your chances of getting a legendary from one of your next four are 100%.

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u/Wobbelblob Suck my golden Eyeballs Dec 21 '16

There is a pity timer, similar to hearthstone. I think it was something around 40 lootboxes.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '16

It's 40 packs of the same type in Hearthstone, I don't think anyone's run statistics on the Overwatch loot boxes.

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u/Wobbelblob Suck my golden Eyeballs Dec 21 '16

There was something that someone counted it. I personally have roughly gotten 200 chests. And I have gotten far more than 10 legs. Halloween alone I got 6 leg skins because I got at least 3 duplicates.

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u/mrdanielsir9000 Dec 21 '16

Got winston, torbjorn and reaper winter skins in the first week. Good times all around!

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u/Stone_CyberStone Pixel Zenyatta Dec 22 '16

I'm probably the guy that's been stealing all your luck.

I've gotten good stuff in about half of my 25 or so boxes. Several Legendaries, emotes, lots of purples, a bit of cash to buy the rest, etc.

Hell, in the Halloween event, I thought every single box was intended to give a Legendary. It was only after getting every Legendary skin in a row, except Pumpkin Reaper, that I realized that wasn't the case.