Loot boxes, fun for collectors or dangerously addictive?
These days it's more and more common, you don't really earn new outfits or other items in a game but you can get random items with loot boxes (requisition packs in Halo 5). It's a way of getting a chance to get some amazing items or if you're unlucky you keep getting the same stuff. I think a lot of people like loot boxes but I don't think everyone realizes how this can be a dangerous thing in a game.
Loot boxes are dangerous?
Of course not, that would be ridiculous! But the urge to get new things and certain items might make you want to spend real money (a lot of games with the loot box system allow you to spend real money on more loot boxes) if the way of earning them in the game goes too slow for you. The problem with this is that some people easily spend hundreds of Dollars/Euros on lootboxes just to get items in a game. I can understand that you really want to unlock something cool for your character in the game but you should really know when to quit, because before you know it you spend a lot of money on something that might not even get you what you really want.
Loot boxes don't give you what you want?
Well there's no guarantee to get what you want. You can increase your chances, for example in Black Ops 3 you can spend more keys on a loot box and you get a guarantee that there is a more valuable item in the loot box. Personally I don't think that it's worth three times the amount of one loot box, because in normal loot boxes you can also get good items. I guess some people are just more lucky than others. So one person could open a hundred loot boxes and keep getting items he or she doesn't want and then there's someone that opens one or two loot boxes and gets exactly what he or she wants. I know that this is unfair but unfortunately life isn't always fair...
But what if you want to spend money on loot boxes?
Some people will probably call you an idiot but if you want to spend money on that then that's your decision. It's not a pay to win system so it's not that you're investing in getting a better chance to win, you just get more customization options and with some luck get something cool. So it's not weird if you want to spend some money on that, just be smart and keep it to a minimum because spending hundreds of Dollars/Euros on loot boxes is foolish. Because you can unlock loot boxes with leveling up, so be smart and be patient because there's always a chance you get what you want with a loot box you earned instead of one you had to buy.
Loot boxes are dangerous?
Of course not, that would be ridiculous! But the urge to get new things and certain items might make you want to spend real money (a lot of games with the loot box system allow you to spend real money on more loot boxes) if the way of earning them in the game goes too slow for you. The problem with this is that some people easily spend hundreds of Dollars/Euros on lootboxes just to get items in a game. I can understand that you really want to unlock something cool for your character in the game but you should really know when to quit, because before you know it you spend a lot of money on something that might not even get you what you really want.
Loot boxes don't give you what you want?
Well there's no guarantee to get what you want. You can increase your chances, for example in Black Ops 3 you can spend more keys on a loot box and you get a guarantee that there is a more valuable item in the loot box. Personally I don't think that it's worth three times the amount of one loot box, because in normal loot boxes you can also get good items. I guess some people are just more lucky than others. So one person could open a hundred loot boxes and keep getting items he or she doesn't want and then there's someone that opens one or two loot boxes and gets exactly what he or she wants. I know that this is unfair but unfortunately life isn't always fair...
But what if you want to spend money on loot boxes?
Some people will probably call you an idiot but if you want to spend money on that then that's your decision. It's not a pay to win system so it's not that you're investing in getting a better chance to win, you just get more customization options and with some luck get something cool. So it's not weird if you want to spend some money on that, just be smart and keep it to a minimum because spending hundreds of Dollars/Euros on loot boxes is foolish. Because you can unlock loot boxes with leveling up, so be smart and be patient because there's always a chance you get what you want with a loot box you earned instead of one you had to buy.
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