i keep getting augments in the shrine

[OldManSkills]

i put between 75k-99k and i only get augments now , no gear and im missing plenty gear items like the scorpion miho masks.

something is fishy

[Shaoh_Kahn]

Yes. The way the Shirne gates content is as follows (give or take):

• To begin with, the Shrine throws up 99.9% skins for 100K Koin; 99.9% gear / finishers / intros/outros for 75~99K

• When the player reaches their "cap" (measured across the entire content suite of the game, not just what the Shrine spits ot specifically), the drop rate reduced dramatically

• After maybe 20 skins of this diminishing drop rate, the Shrine will no longer drop skins for 100K -- save for perhaps once in a blue moon -OR- when something that has not been thus far unlocked (example: a Tower challenge) is completed

• The 75~99K gear / finishers / intro/outro drops operate identically: near 100% drops up until a predetermined "cap" is reached (in my experience, 40~50% total content accessed), its returns diminish -- all the way until nothing but useless Augments (*cannot be used in any PvP mode, contradictory to what was promised and the gems appearing at the char. select load-out screen) and insulting "Konsumables" used only to acquire more useless e-junk.

In other words, all the substantive content is gated by a DIMINISHING RETURNS ALGORITHM that ensures players cannot access more than ~50% of the total available content across the game (*different for all players -- some might get much more content for a given char. than another will), without beating the game's near impossible and interminable Towers of Time challenges -OR- (far more likely... which is the entire object of the scam) by buying the content via the time-release "Premium shop", using game's surrogate and real-world cash purchasable currency, "Time Krystals".

I tried to warn people of this from the first week of release onward; even posting related topics in Reddit and beyond (that went kind of viral, TBH). I was paying close attention to the hacking scene for this game, and all indications were, from day-dot onward, that the RNG system operated inside a framework strictly delimiting potential content access, and that a "diminishing returns" code -- similar to RPG's, where the more one upgrades a character's attributes, the less the upgrades are effectively worth; until it's barely worth upgrading any longer (done for game balance) -- was used to accomplish this.

Theses systems were meticulously designed to 1) work in concert with one another, to push players into paying to access the content that they legally own, had already paid premium price for, and which they rightfully had access to via reasonable in-game completion tasks; and 2) to avoid raising the "loot box" warming flags to anyone au fait and litigious enough to potentially take them to task for the machinations. The irony being, that what they came up with more like RANSOMWARE than "loot boxes"... Which is unequivocally illegal! 😂

Of course, few listened... Because the MK franchise is the fighting game that non-fighting-game players play. ¯\_(v_v)_/¯

[flclafi]

Scorpion's "Miho Demon" mask is usually found in respawned blindfold chests, that is how I got it and a few others on reddit reported getting it. I also get augments often but still get gear and skins after a few donations, wish there weren't augments in it at all though.

[Iroh]

I can second that, the miho demon mask I also got from a blindfold chest. Just reset all the chests then open all the blindfold ones in the center area and the six that are right where you first start out in the Krypt rinse and repeat.

The Krypt issue seems to go a little bit further than constantly slowing progression. I watched a video of a hacker that had got all the available items and there are items marked as Krypt that are not on the loot tables at all. Things like Lui Kangs young justice and sub zero tundra costume are currently impossible to get.

[OldManSkills]

Originally posted by Susanoo:

I can second that, the miho demon mask I also got from a blindfold chest. Just reset all the chests then open all the blindfold ones in the center area and the six that are right where you first start out in the Krypt rinse and repeat.

The Krypt issue seems to go a little bit further than constantly slowing progression. I watched a video of a hacker that had got all the available items and there are items marked as Krypt that are not on the loot tables at all. Things like Lui Kangs young justice and sub zero tundra costume are currently impossible to get.

all the blindfold chest for me doesnt give anything anymore but augments and konsumables.

[Iroh]

Originally posted by OldManSkills:

Originally posted by Susanoo:

I can second that, the miho demon mask I also got from a blindfold chest. Just reset all the chests then open all the blindfold ones in the center area and the six that are right where you first start out in the Krypt rinse and repeat.

The Krypt issue seems to go a little bit further than constantly slowing progression. I watched a video of a hacker that had got all the available items and there are items marked as Krypt that are not on the loot tables at all. Things like Lui Kangs young justice and sub zero tundra costume are currently impossible to get.

all the blindfold chest for me doesnt give anything anymore but augments and konsumables.

Keep trying if you only have a few more items to unlock it'll take some time. Like the guy above explained diminishing drop rates and all.

[OldManSkills]

this ♥♥♥♥ is driving me insane ive spent over 30 million coins now