Just an observation about gemstones

OrangeMarine··1 votes·1,162 views

I bought like 50 lootboxes when the gemstones were first released. Back then, I would get at least 1, but usually 2, sometimes 3 gemstones per 10 boxes. I probably got 15 gemstones from these 50 boxes. I can't be sure, but I've gotten total ~50 gemstones, some from S chests, maybe 3 from Blue essence, and the rest from hextech chest bundles.

I have obtained near 50 gemstones.

recently i had some money to burn so I bought a few more sets of 10 because i was bored. Not one gemstone in 30 boxes. It's not exact but you would think that if i got 15 from 50 during the first month or two of gemstones release, buying half as many should get me something like at least 5. Not one. NOT ONE.

Kinda of really shady that they have so drastically reduced the gemstone drop rate yet entice people to waste money (A LOT OF money) on these worthless boxes that often contain crap champion shards, and with the additions of wards shards, fucking ward shards and emotes to lower your probability probably even more (at least of actual skins).

tl:Dr dont waste ur money on the racket that is hextech chests

8 Comments

Vekkna1 votes

You can add up the number of gemstones you've received by looking at your balance and factoring the cost of gemstone items you've purchased. It shouldn't be that hard.

15 gemstones from 50 boxes is like winning the lottery and being struck by lightning in the same day.

OrangeMarine1 votes

now it is, and that's my point.

but Im telling you I bought these the first couple of weeks when gemstones were announced and the droprate was MASSIVELY higher.

I got at least one, often 2-3 gemstones per bundle of 10. And i bought probably a good $200 of lootboxes. I stopped buying them a couple months later when I realized I was getting less than 1 gemstones per ten.

Ill do what you said though so we can get some numbers

Vekkna1 votes

I bought a $100 RP and spent it on bundles the first day chests dropped. I got 1 gemstone. There are videos on youtube of players spamming chests until they hit 10 gemstones, and the cost was just astronomical.

Here, this dude. He got 10 gemstones at 312 boxes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtzppiBT8rM

OrangeMarine1 votes

ok im chilling now but i'll open a ticket next time im bored, do some calculation and get back to you.

I have bought 2 skins with 10 gemstones, have over 20 left, and have even transmuted single stones into box/key combos so im guessing my total is something near 50 gemstones.

I probably exaggerated, but i can't have spent more than $500 on chests, and I really don't think i've gotten many from S obtained (free) chests. I might have bought 3 for like 150k BE or whatever.

Even if i've gotten 10 from S chests, we're talking about 35 gemstones or so for $500.

Im gonna figure this out xd

maybe i should buy a lottery ticket

OrangeMarine1 votes

also, 10 chests now costs about 2000 RP. $100 is 14k RP, so you can get about 70 chests for $100. So if I spent $200, thats 140 chests.

so ur saying you got 1/140 /??????????????

OrangeMarine1 votes

it's like they "hotfixed" the gemstone drop rate because people were getting too many at first.

IF you didn't buy a lot of boxes within the first month (or less) that they came out, you can't relate

OrangeMarine1 votes

how can I see full RP / purchase history, it only shows til past october in the client?

Vekkna1 votes

You have to submit a ticket now.

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