Vault

[DontMisunderstand]

So, I've been playing Arena since before War of the Spark. Throne of Eldraine caused me to quit the game for a few years, came back when March of the Machines was new. Now my wildcard list is saying something about a Vault, and I have no idea what it is. Every time I open packs, the % goes up, so I assume it has something to do with that, but can anybody tell me what this Vault thing actually does? I presume something happens when it gets to 100%, but what exactly is it that's going to happen?

[Gilga ™ |Yonaguni|]

You will recieve some free wild cards.

[Θωμάς76]

You get 1 Mythic wildcard 2 Rares and 3 UIncommons. I think the rewards were better in the past but I never payed attention, something like 2 Mythics 3 Rares 4 Uncommons.
Here you can see how it works https://mtgazone.com/vault/

[DontMisunderstand]

Originally posted by Θωμάς76:

You get 1 Mythic wildcard 2 Rares and 3 UIncommons. I think the rewards were better in the past but I never payed attention, something like 2 Mythics 3 Rares 4 Uncommons.
Here you can see how it works https://mtgazone.com/vault/

That's kinda absurd considering what it seems to take to unlock it. 5000 duplicates that don't go into your collection will be rewarded with... 6 wildcards.

[Kurt Angle's Neck]

Originally posted by DontMisunderstand:

Originally posted by Θωμάς76:

You get 1 Mythic wildcard 2 Rares and 3 UIncommons. I think the rewards were better in the past but I never payed attention, something like 2 Mythics 3 Rares 4 Uncommons.
Here you can see how it works https://mtgazone.com/vault/

That's kinda absurd considering what it seems to take to unlock it. 5000 duplicates that don't go into your collection will be rewarded with... 6 wildcards.

Well... no. At most it would take 1000 duplicates to unlock the vault, and that's if you were to somehow only get duplicates of uncommons. Be grateful there's any system like in this place at all, they could just as well let you keep 5+ copies of each card and give you nothing.

[Θωμάς76]

1 point for a Common 3 for an Uncommon until you get 1000 points (20 Gems for a 5th Rare, 40 Gems for a 5th Mythic). And I agree it is absurd.
When there weren't Mythic packs for 1300 coins if you had all the rares from a set there was no other way other than wild cards to get the rest of the Mythic cards you missed. If you bought a pack you would get 20 Gems. The economy of this game is absurd.
Imagine pricing the whole game for 5000$ in Steam, that is how much their Gem economy says it is worth.

[Kurt Angle's Neck]

Originally posted by Θωμάς76:

Imagine pricing the whole game for 5000$ in Steam, that is how much their Gem economy says it is worth.

No, that's just some random number you decided on. If you were to convert the price of the game from dollars to gems, it would cost 0 gems. The game is free. There are plenty of legitimate things to complain about, what's the sense in making things up? Just detracts attention from the actual issues.

[Θωμάς76]

Originally posted by Kurt Angle's Neck:

If you were to convert the price of the game from dollars to gems, it would cost 0 gems. The game is free.

If you log in to grind it is not free.

[Berserkr]

Originally posted by Kurt Angle's Neck:

Be grateful there's any system like in this place at all, they could just as well let you keep 5+ copies of each card and give you nothing.

I wish it was like Eternal but it is what it is

[Kurt Angle's Neck]

Originally posted by Θωμάς76:

Originally posted by Kurt Angle's Neck:

If you were to convert the price of the game from dollars to gems, it would cost 0 gems. The game is free.

If you log in to grind it is not free.

If you aren't required to pay money, it's free. Your time has no dollar value.

[Winter Wolf]

Originally posted by DontMisunderstand:

Originally posted by Θωμάς76:

You get 1 Mythic wildcard 2 Rares and 3 UIncommons. I think the rewards were better in the past but I never payed attention, something like 2 Mythics 3 Rares 4 Uncommons.
Here you can see how it works https://mtgazone.com/vault/

That's kinda absurd considering what it seems to take to unlock it. 5000 duplicates that don't go into your collection will be rewarded with... 6 wildcards.

It used to be worse.

[DontMisunderstand]

Originally posted by Kurt Angle's Neck:

Originally posted by DontMisunderstand:

That's kinda absurd considering what it seems to take to unlock it. 5000 duplicates that don't go into your collection will be rewarded with... 6 wildcards.

Well... no. At most it would take 1000 duplicates to unlock the vault, and that's if you were to somehow only get duplicates of uncommons. Be grateful there's any system like in this place at all, they could just as well let you keep 5+ copies of each card and give you nothing.

I guess I'm misunderstanding the article. It says you only get points for every 5th common or uncommon. So, if it takes 1000 points and 5 commons is 1 point, that's 5000.

[DontMisunderstand]

Originally posted by Θωμάς76:

1 point for a Common 3 for an Uncommon until you get 1000 points (20 Gems for a 5th Rare, 40 Gems for a 5th Mythic). And I agree it is absurd.
When there weren't Mythic packs for 1300 coins if you had all the rares from a set there was no other way other than wild cards to get the rest of the Mythic cards you missed. If you bought a pack you would get 20 Gems. The economy of this game is absurd.
Imagine pricing the whole game for 5000$ in Steam, that is how much their Gem economy says it is worth.

Wait you get gems for duplicate rares and mythics? That's awesome.

[Θωμάς76]

Originally posted by Winter Wolf:

It used to be worse.

What do you mean? Didn't we get 2 Mythics 3 Rares when we opened the Vault? Maybe I remember wrong.

Originally posted by DontMisunderstand:

Wait you get gems for duplicate rares and mythics? That's awesome.

It doesn't feel that it adds up to anything if you ask me.

[DontMisunderstand]

Originally posted by Θωμάς76:

Originally posted by Winter Wolf:

It used to be worse.

What do you mean? Didn't we get 2 Mythics 3 Rares when we opened the Vault? Maybe I remember wrong.

Originally posted by DontMisunderstand:

Wait you get gems for duplicate rares and mythics? That's awesome.

I doesn't feel that it adds up to anything if you ask me.

Well, considering normal gameplay involves getting 0 gems total ever, it's pretty huge.

[Argstein]

Originally posted by DontMisunderstand:

I guess I'm misunderstanding the article. It says you only get points for every 5th common or uncommon. So, if it takes 1000 points and 5 commons is 1 point, that's 5000.

by "5th common" it means every common after the 4th common since when you get the 5th it instantly disappears getting converted into vault progress and you again remain with 4 commons