Hey there Hivians,
I still consider myself a novice to the game, so buying a "Mystery" or Quest potion that cost roughly 1,188 DEC or 742.5 DEC respectively didn't seem that appealing. After, reading some success stories I finally bit the bullet and bought a Mystery Potion yesterday which I was able to use today.
Upon opening the Mystery Potion, I was disheartened at first to receive a Quest Potion.....Basically means I just overpaid about 400DEC for a quest potion. Not a great start!
I then proceeded to complete my daily quest in order to utilize the Quest Potion to receive 5 additional chests.
This is when I became a believer :)
The untamed pack alone more then compensates me for the cost of the Mystery Potion I used. Everything else is just a bonus!
Now to opening the Untamed Pack....
Now if you don't know the first rule of figh....I mean pack opening, ALWAYS make sure you have at least 5 Alchemy Potions AND 5 Legendary Potions. This way each card has an increased chance of being a legendary and/or gold foil card. Thanks for this lesson @clove71
My results:
So, my dear Hivians, lets recap:
- Purchased a Mystery potion, which got me a quest potion.
- Quest potion got me an Untamed pack, 1 Alchemy potion, 2 Legendary potions, a Sand Worm, and 60 DEC.
- The Untamed pack gave me a Luminous Eagle, Sniping Narwhal, Herbalist, Gold Foil Goblin Thief, and an Ice Pixie.
As you can see from my calculations below, after everything was said and done, I made roughly 744 DEC from this transaction. Given, the prices used were the lowest market rate for a single card at the time of this post and the assumption that I could have sold everything for that rate.
I technically would have been much better off had I not opened the Untamed pack and sold it instead. Assuming I could get 2000 DEC for it, plus the savings of not using 5x Alchemy and legendary potions each, I would have profited roughly 2,241.6 DEC. That being said, this was a great learning experience AND a blast!
Thanks for reading and please let me know if any of my assumptions or calculations are incorrect 🤓
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I would recommend to every novel player to buy cards strictly from the market, another good choice is to rent some key cards in order to progress, the rental market is really cheap right now.
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