TERA Lootbox ‘Refresh’ Coming On April 28
Over the past few years, lootboxes, lockboxes, or whatever you want to call them, have become extremely controversial owing to the fact that players have to pay real money for a chance to get random items. The ESRB has even added a new rating for games with randomized elements that players can buy with real-world cash. With that in mind, En Masse Entertainment will be changing up the way they handle lootboxes in TERA starting on April 28th.
“Beginning with the new Dyable Memorial Dress Loot Box, and eventually encompassing every loot box ever offered for sale, this refresh will remove guaranteed items and random consumables from loot boxes, and replace them with a series of Modular Chests filled with items usable by any player. Loot boxes will also now display the percentage chances of pulling chase items, so that players can make informed purchase decisions.”
The new lootbox will contain a themed collection of items and will be stackable and instantly tradeable through the Trade Broker to allow players to keep their inventories clutter-free. En Masse Entertainment says that the lootbox refresh will be an ongoing project and that the changes will eventually be rolled to all other lootboxes in the next release. In addition, the pricing and content of items in the Metamorphic Emblem Shop will be adjusted as a result of the removal of Metamorphic Emblems as guaranteed items.
Head over to the TERA official site to learn more.
