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    Purchasing Keys for Encrypted caches

    I have most of the items from Encrypted caches (through game play).

    If I purchase a key with real money through PSN, is it possible that I will get nothing in return?
    ...other than smashing my 1 key into 3-6 Cipher key fragments?

    Or is there an mechanism for real money purchases to guarantee an item(s) in return for dollars spent?

    Otherwise the premium vendor ECs seems like just a way to take money and give nothing in return.... ?
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    A key purchased with real money is no different than one collected in game. You are very likely to get nothing. It is a gamble and the house will win.
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    Originally Posted by mckrackin5324 Go to original post
    A key purchased with real money is no different than one collected in game. You are very likely to get nothing. It is a gamble and the house will win.
    That can't be correct.

    UbiSoft wouldn't take a customer's money and give them nothing in return. It's bad business.

    Could we get a CM to comment on this scenario?
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    You do get something in return: key fragments. Buying a key with real money doesn't guarantee you will get an item.

    Personally, I have not been playing that much lately and got ~30 from NPC drops, which I am holding for, well, I don't know... I am not that much into cosmetics, but I'll use them eventually if something decent is released.
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    Originally Posted by III_Hammer_III Go to original post
    You do get something in return: key fragments. Buying a key with real money doesn't guarantee you will get an item.
    is released.
    But I already have 10 key fragments in the form of 1 key, which I purchased with actual money,
    Why would I want to turn those 10 fragments into 5 without getting something in return?

    Originally Posted by III_Hammer_III Go to original post
    Personally, I have not been playing that much lately and got ~30 from NPC drops, which I am holding for, well, I don't know... I am not that much into cosmetics, but I'll use them eventually if something decent is released.
    How do you know that there is nothing decent now... it's all surprises!?!
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    Real money does not mean you will get anything. Same chance as using a key you earned in game. Dont do it. The drop rate has been played with that it drops even less now than it did when they first brought out the caches. Its all ,money making BS from a company that likes to give people a half baked game and charge full price for it. Think about it.
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    Yea, the duplicates are terrible.
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    Originally Posted by RushLoongHammer Go to original post
    Yea, the duplicates are terrible.
    Yep i for 2 of 3 i get duplicates and the other one is a weap skin or a backpack skin. Haven't had anythin new xept the stuypid skins very rarely get a emote witch is the selebration what witch is a dupe
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    Originally Posted by Mad-Cap Go to original post
    I have most of the items from Encrypted caches (through game play).

    If I purchase a key with real money through PSN, is it possible that I will get nothing in return?
    ...other than smashing my 1 key into 3-6 Cipher key fragments?

    Or is there an mechanism for real money purchases to guarantee an item(s) in return for dollars spent?

    Otherwise the premium vendor ECs seems like just a way to take money and give nothing in return.... ?
    Confirmed in other threads - a waste of money.
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    Originally Posted by Mad-Cap Go to original post
    That can't be correct.

    UbiSoft wouldn't take a customer's money and give them nothing in return. It's bad business.

    Could we get a CM to comment on this scenario?
    Was confirmed by one of the designers of the feature during a stream :
    Encrypted Caches are a pure RNG gamble, not a stock of item to buy in random order.

    You will get dupes, you WILL loose money on dupes.

    Never - EVER - buy any kind of loot caches in any game with real money.
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