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Gunthar
Commander
2938 Posts
    
 | | 11/13/2006 5:05 PM |
| Posted By smilinIrish on 11/13/2006 2:14 PM
Out of 4 cases that my group purchased, there were no duplicates within the cases.
Of course, it sounds funny to me, to hear complaints about distribution with randomly packaged minis. hehe.
Very true, but some people think they should beat the random packaging, and WotC has (to an extent) aquiesced, as TRUE random packaging was more prevalent in Harbinger than now. | |
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Bert the Troll
Commander
3964 Posts
Adelaide
| | 11/14/2006 4:48 PM |
| Posted By PaSquall on 11/10/2006 4:08 PM Posted By kandimann69 on 11/10/2006 3:58 PM
Does wizards claim that each rare is as rare as any other rare? I don't know if wotc claim anything, but I recall there was a thread for the underdark set where someone posted the contents of around 200 boosters, and it was found that there was no "very" rare. All the rares were randomly distributed. (of course it could have changed by now, but there is absolutely no proof of this ; unless someone posts the contents of 200 BW boosters...)
Wizards only 'claim' to supply random mini's.
They don't claim to have rares, uncommons or commons or any such beast in thier boosters/cases, only random minis.
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"Mutton yesterday, mutton today, and blimey, if it don't look like mutton again tomorrer." Bert the Troll - The Hobbit
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Halofurry
Sneak
65 Posts
Ohio
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 11/14/2006 5:04 PM |
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is the first time I've heard of duplicate rares in a Blood Wars case.
It does suck but unlike in Wardrums it at least doesn't seem to be a
common problem.
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And unlike in Wardrums at least the rares in Blood War are good. 
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Champion of the Gelatinous Cube. Nemesis of Gnomes and Dinosaurs.
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. ~ Terry Pratchett | |
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PaSquall
Underboss
1399 Posts
| | 11/15/2006 7:31 AM |
| Posted By Bert the Troll on 11/14/2006 4:48 PM
They don't claim to have rares, uncommons or commons or any such beast in thier boosters/cases, only random minis.
???
Probably something I didn't get in your post... | |
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Against the giants called shot : huge cloud giant female
Demonweb called shot : ghost | |
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Bert the Troll
Commander
3964 Posts
Adelaide
| | 11/15/2006 6:53 PM |
| Posted By PaSquall on 11/15/2006 7:31 AM Posted By Bert the Troll on 11/14/2006 4:48 PM
They don't claim to have rares, uncommons or commons or any such beast in thier boosters/cases, only random minis. ??? Probably something I didn't get in your post...
Boosters/cases only claim to have random minis inside.
WoTC doesn't promise/state that you will get 1 rare, 3 uncommons, & 4 commons in a booster, just that you will get 8 random minis.
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"Mutton yesterday, mutton today, and blimey, if it don't look like mutton again tomorrer." Bert the Troll - The Hobbit
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rtcmc
Sneak
146 Posts
Eugene, OR
| | 11/15/2006 9:49 PM |
| Posted By Bert the Troll on 11/15/2006 6:53 PM Posted By PaSquall on 11/15/2006 7:31 AM Posted By Bert the Troll on 11/14/2006 4:48 PM
They don't claim to have rares, uncommons or commons or any such beast in thier boosters/cases, only random minis. ??? Probably something I didn't get in your post... Boosters/cases only claim to have random minis inside. WoTC doesn't promise/state that you will get 1 rare, 3 uncommons, & 4 commons in a booster, just that you will get 8 random minis.
I don't know that that would protect them if you got a booster with 8 commons. They'd still have to let you exchange it in all likelyhood, at least in most states. This just seems like more misguided legal weaselness to me (a lot of the legal weasel manuevers don't actually work, but they sound good so they turn away some folks who might complain)
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PaSquall
Underboss
1399 Posts
| | 11/16/2006 11:11 AM |
| Posted By Bert the Troll on 11/15/2006 6:53 PM Posted By PaSquall on 11/15/2006 7:31 AM Posted By Bert the Troll on 11/14/2006 4:48 PM
They don't claim to have rares, uncommons or commons or any such beast in thier boosters/cases, only random minis. ??? Probably something I didn't get in your post... Boosters/cases only claim to have random minis inside. WoTC doesn't promise/state that you will get 1 rare, 3 uncommons, & 4 commons in a booster, just that you will get 8 random minis.
You're right.
However WotC chose to create different rarity levels.
It would be very easy to prove that an 8-common booster is far less valuable than an 8-rare one.
I don't have a clue if this could lead to legal problems for them anyway, I'm no lawyer.
However it would drive MANY consumers away and the game might even die (most people are unhappy to find a "bad" rare in their booster. Imagine how it would be with a complete random distribution...)
So distribution is not completely random : 1R, 3U and 4C. That's a fact.
I don't have a problem with that anyway. | |
Vindicated Champion of the PSEUDODRAGON
(Unhappy) vindicated champion of the DRYAD
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Zyla
Underboss
1201 Posts
| | 11/20/2006 8:47 PM |
| | When someone gets a duplicate of a bad rare they feel cheated out of a possible good rare, when someone gets a duplicate of a good rare they feel they got lucky they didnt get a bad rare. | |
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Dordledum
Commander
3463 Posts
Netherlands
| | 11/21/2006 6:59 AM |
| Posted By Zyla on 11/20/2006 8:47 PM
When someone gets a duplicate of a bad rare they feel cheated out of a possible good rare, when someone gets a duplicate of a good rare they feel they got lucky they didnt get a bad rare.
how true,
D. | |
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Champion of the Huge Spider (WotDQ 46/60), A New Umber Hulk (DoDe 57/60), and the Orog Fighter! | |
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pauler81
Sneak
61 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 11/21/2006 7:29 AM |
| Posted By Zyla on 11/20/2006 8:47 PM
When someone gets a duplicate of a bad rare they feel cheated out of a possible good rare, when someone gets a duplicate of a good rare they feel they got lucky they didnt get a bad rare.
You make a really good point there! | | | |
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Luisjoey
Underboss
1704 Posts
Caracas Venezuela
| | 11/22/2006 11:48 AM |
| Posted By Zyla on 11/20/2006 8:47 PM
When someone gets a duplicate of a bad rare they feel cheated out of a possible good rare, when someone gets a duplicate of a good rare they feel they got lucky they didnt get a bad rare.
Jajaja Really true! | |
Knight of the Quori
Champion of King Kaius III of Karrnath
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Dordledum
Commander
3463 Posts
Netherlands
| | 11/23/2006 5:46 AM |
| I have had no duplicates in my cases since Archfiends, not this time either.
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Member of the Bearded Devils
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