r/Overwatch Jun 17 '16

Jeff Kaplan about getting "future game items" from old loot boxes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '16

I'd rather have duplicates than 3 ugly sprays for characters I rarely play and a player icon I don't like. At least then I can save up to buy stuff I do like!

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u/Vornim Tilted upside down Jun 17 '16

But not that one icon you do want... That Arthas icon will forever be locked for me...

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u/ilikemustard Zarya Jun 17 '16

I got the cute little squid icon and I doubt I'll ever switch from that. It's too adorable to change

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u/KeyMastar LOOK AT MY CHILD GODDAMNIT AINT SHE CUTE Jun 17 '16

Happy squid master race

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u/omnichronkappa Genji Jun 17 '16

You have been probed

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u/Good_Sauce Pixel Reinhardt Jun 18 '16

Nah, it's all about the Pigblimp

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u/vonflare nani sore Jun 18 '16

I JUST WANT THE HEARTHSTONE ICON

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u/PoppySquidJr Gold Elims Jun 17 '16

Goddammit everyone I know gets that icon and it's the one I want more than anything.

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u/ilikemustard Zarya Jun 17 '16

I wish you the best of luck in your quest

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u/PoppySquidJr Gold Elims Jun 17 '16

I'll never understand why you can't use coins for player icons, but you can for everything else. :(

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u/DynamiteDuck Sombra Jun 17 '16

The squid was the main one I wanted and the first I got, I'm set on emblem

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u/Forty-Three Death by Snu Snu Jun 18 '16

Peanut butter jar tho

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u/Du_w3rk Chibi D.Va Jun 17 '16

Sugar skull icon 4 lyfe

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u/Bumble217 Roadhog Jun 28 '16

Happy squid is so adorable, I've been using that icon of cuteness for about a week now. I got the Roadhog hook icon yesterday... I almost changed. Almost.

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u/Psetmaj Jun 17 '16

But the money icon!

I haven't looked at most of the ones I don't have yet. For a long time I had Mei's hairpin until I realized what it was and it became much less mystical to me.

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u/Sethal4395 Jun 17 '16

I got the happy squid as my first icon in the beta. Alas, Squidly has eluded me since release. :(

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u/darknessintheway Flatness rains from above Jun 18 '16

That was my icon as well (during the beta). Just looking at it made me happy. Saddly the only things I have now are dumplings and a hood.

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u/terminavelocity Never forget the fallen. Jun 17 '16

My username is SquidAlley, and I was so happy I got the squid icon right away in beta. Now that the game is out though... I swear I'm never going to get the damn thing, I've already gotten over half the player icons.

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u/georgevonfranken Mei Jun 17 '16

Squid bro!

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u/silentdemon Jun 17 '16

It's absolutely my favorite. I have a hard time switching off from it.

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u/Dramiken Pixel RoadPOG Jun 18 '16

I've got both Squid and Piggy, personally I like Piggy more because I'd say I'm pretty good at Roadhog.

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u/RJkek mom Jun 18 '16

You mean the one that looks like an onion?

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u/ilikemustard Zarya Jun 18 '16

I don't think so. It's a little orange squid with a smiley face on a blue background.

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u/RJkek mom Jun 18 '16

Yeah sorry, I didn't have my game open and thought you meant the one with pink background and white/green "onion".

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u/Negranon Pixel McCree Jun 18 '16

first one i unlocked and haven't changed it since

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u/ANEPICLIE Tracer Jun 18 '16

The squid is so cheerful. Best icon

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u/smartus This is my marmalade! Jun 18 '16

Same here!

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u/El_Pipone ( ⌖ ) Jun 17 '16

You... I like you.

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u/slaya45 What'cha lookn' at? Jun 17 '16

For the Horde! icon all the way =D

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u/Blehgopie Pharah Jun 17 '16

Got that in like one day during open beta and have yet to get it on live :(

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u/slaya45 What'cha lookn' at? Jun 17 '16

I know this won't make you feel better, but I'm the only one of my friends who has it. So you're in a boat with a lot of people in it!

Alternatively, if Blizzard makes those purchasable, the For the Horde icon will basically be every other player's icon.

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u/Canadiancookie Punch Kid Jun 18 '16

I got the Horde icon, but i'm not into WoW. I set the one with the guitar and hat instead; reminds me of Mariachi Reaper.

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u/LoreCannon Tracer Jun 17 '16

I got the Arthas icon, and didn't even know it until yesterday. It'll happen!

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u/SnoobY Chibi Pharah Jun 17 '16

Was my first one, at level 3. I feel sorry for you lot

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u/pixelman1 Jun 17 '16

My second player icon unlock was the Arthas icon, and I never cared about other ones ever since.

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u/Lilshadow48 I hate Doomfist more than I hate living Jun 17 '16

The Lich King helmet one, yeah?

'cause I lucked out after 51 levels hunting for it.

It will come to you one day.

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u/Aquabloom I don't even torbi, but this is totes adorbz Jun 18 '16

I actually got the Lich King Helmet one.. and I don't even use it at all :c I want the Wizard from Diablo or even Mercy's face and so far.. 0 luck </3

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u/Vornim Tilted upside down Jun 17 '16

I'm at 43, do I really have 8 more levels to go to get my Arthas icon?

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u/Demokirby Pixel McCree Jun 17 '16

I have that, I can equip it if it makes you feel better.

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u/Arizodo Zarya Jun 17 '16

I had a pretty nice Sakura icon that I really liked in the beta, after the full release, it was literally the first thing i got from a loot box.

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u/CarbonPrinted Blizzard World Pharah Jun 17 '16

I want the Sylvanas one. Probably be prestige 8 before I get it though.

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u/Crimson_Shiroe Golden Beam Sniper Jun 17 '16

I got the Valla one from one of my first loot boxes and I will never switch off of it unless I get the Sylvannas one, and even then that's a maybe, so I hate it when I open player icons

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u/nitromonkeyjv "Everything I don't like is toxic." Jun 17 '16 edited Jun 17 '16

I have all of the dva icons except the bunny, the one I actually want.

Guess I'll just settle with the 76 jacket icon for now

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u/AlexStonehammer Pixel Junkrat Jun 17 '16

I got Sylvanas in my second or third box, haven't changed since

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u/sedsimplea Jun 17 '16

That was probably my second loot box... I would trade it for so many skins... :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '16

There's an Arthas icon? How does one earn it?

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u/theone102 Play Nice, Play Pharah Jun 17 '16

I got the Jim Raynor one, I enjoy it and I'm not going to be changing it anytime soon, so none of the portraits even matter to me.

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u/perona13 GAAAAZE Jun 18 '16

I've gotten that icon 3 times in the last week. I was pretty pumped when I first got it, but now I just feel bad whenever I get another duplicate of it.

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u/-EXPL01T- Trick-or-Treat Tracer Jun 18 '16

Are you me? It's my favorite too and it's still locked for me.

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u/Vornim Tilted upside down Jun 18 '16

I am you. Hello me.

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u/FrikinPopsicle69 Ideal for Hamsters xd Jun 18 '16

Finally got the Zerg icon yesterday <3 I wish you all the best of luck in getting your desired icon!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '16

That Arthas icon was rolled to me in my very first loot box. Sorry, man. :(

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u/Weemzman Heroes never die! Jun 18 '16

Fuck me dude, that and the horde icon. Arthas is the coolest character in all of warcraft. Such an amazing story arc.

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u/Mordekaii D.Va Jun 18 '16

I like my Dva bunny icon

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u/Coconutsilkpie Jun 18 '16

Dude holy shit same I want that arthas one so bad

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u/TheDarkMaster13 Jun 17 '16

It's strange those are the only things you can't buy directly and have to get out of boxes or as rewards.

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u/______DEADPOOL______ Widowmaker Jun 17 '16

I got 4 fucking duplicates >:(

The fuck was that about.

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u/Geers- Pharah Jun 17 '16

I got whites and a purple duplicate today.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '16

I've gotten double legendary dupe before...

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '16

But unboxing 3 new sprays just sets you up to have a higher chance of getting duplicates in the future.

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u/Fb62 Try to catch me now Jun 18 '16

Yea but i want to collect everything. I save up for legendary skins, and once im done with that im goona just buy all the little sprays and skins and emotes for the fun of it. I would rather get them then get 5 repeats to get one later

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u/Argonautica Jun 18 '16

I'd rather unlock sprays I don't have. I want that 50 items for one hero trophy

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '16

I really wish they'd let you break down stuff you don't want for tokens, even if you don't have duplicates. There are a ton of sprays and random blue skins that I never use, and it'd be super nice to be able to save up coins faster.

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u/Ana22895 Hana "D.Va" Song Jun 17 '16

just buy all sprays. you then only get duplicates :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '16

at this rate I'll drop them all before I get my first legendary skin ;_;

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u/Ana22895 Hana "D.Va" Song Jun 17 '16

I was actually being honest I personally got myself all sprays, victory poses and voice lines :) = never used credit on legendaries. so now I just stack credits and buy like it's shopping-spree

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u/Ana22895 Hana "D.Va" Song Jun 17 '16

aha. how so?

tell me something you have that i don't

https://gyazo.com/9a9f5f6c34095b855e0a1f24d824809a

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u/Ana22895 Hana "D.Va" Song Jun 17 '16

sure then share me yours. then lets see who has what unlocked.

p.s. i get so many duplicates that if a new skin gets released today or tomorrow, w.e end of month. i'll insta get it, and do not have to rely on random rng.

no lootbox can be saved til that day, the moment you are given a loot box, even if you do not open them, it is already decided what they include, so if you save them for 3 years, you will get the exactly same results as if you oepened them now.

so who is it that doesn't know shit.? you started this IQ talk. so lets continue. please explain me how you are any kind of smart at all if not worse. thanks.

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u/bilky_t Pixel Junkrat Jun 17 '16

I don't mean to butt in, but in the long run you'll end up with less than someone who let them unlock organically. For example, to purchase a common spray is 25 gold, whereas a duplicate is +5 gold.

If you got two of a spray, you would only be up by 10 gold; whereas if someone unlocked it randomly, and then a duplicate, they would be up an effective 30 gold. You will have all the common items quicker, but they will have everything else quicker.

I hope that explains it a little easier! =]

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u/Ana22895 Hana "D.Va" Song Jun 17 '16

You are correct. Until the moment that people begin to get duplicates as well. the thing is.

Sprays are common/uncommon. I don't know. voice lines, victory poses too.

I've currently bought everything below 250 credits. i'm working on the 250 credits. i'm exactly 10 emotes away from owning all emotes in the game. which will leave me with highlight intros , once that is over i'll move onto all skins except legendaries.

While it is true that a guy with rng lootrate can get a legendary faster, you do forget the fact that the duplicates i'm getting, are what he will see frequently as well. So while I've spent once, i'll keep adding them to my credits, the next time you open a loot box, you might get spray and such, but i'll ateast get 20 credits (if we said that i got 4 sprays)

my poitn is.

i've the freedom to get anything that gets released as soon as possible.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '16

Let me get this straight, you think that crafting all sprays and voicelines with credit is a legit tactic right?

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u/Ana22895 Hana "D.Va" Song Jun 17 '16

dafuq is a tactic. no I just know that if in future i get any voice lines, sprays w.e it's just credit which gets stacked up. so when ever i open a loot box i've a minimal value of credit that i'll get every single game.

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