Gathering Supplies order of crates

blynknz · June 2016

A question for challenges & missions about gathering supplies and there are empty chests.
When you start the challenge, are the chests predetermined which ones contain goods
Or
Is it the order that you open the chests?

Note: I know that the chests change each time you do the challenge, but I have just wondered what determines which chests have the goods.

DLich · June 2016

I believe I saw somewhere that it's prederermined.

It doesn't matter what chest you choose the first chest you press would give you the same reward regardless of which chest you pressed. If you're destined to get 3 gold as the first chest you press it matters not which chest you choose; the reward behind it would be the same.

Of course this can't be proven but I don't think there's individual prized behind each ones.

First chest gets xp
Second chest gets supplies
Third chest gets armor.

Weather you press the top right or bottom middle first; your going to get whatever the first press gives.

Hope this helps.

lmfgunnut · June 2016

@DLich I believe @blynknz is referencing in mission crates that you search to complete the mission.

blynknz · June 2016

@lmfgunnut, yes that is correct. The crates in the mission.
I know that the crate rewards are predetermined.

Neil_J · June 2016

You ever had a disconnect just after you've opened the crates?
I have, and when reloaded, I've had to open them again. I opened 3 different ones and got exactly the same rewards as previously - and I'm not the only person to have reported this occurrence......
So, yes, your reward is predetermined.

CarloStaten · June 2016

Also, in games similar to this where you open "crates" after a mission your rewards are predetermined when you start the mission.

DLich · June 2016

@lmfgunnut & @blynknz I have never considered the order in which you open the crates to have any bearing on the goods themselves. I have tried doing research to determine what makes Silver and Gold tickets appear after a mission.

I have tried -

Having my survivors line up the same way at the end of the mission as they did to start off the mission
Having my survivors line up in the opposite way at the end of the mission as they did to start off the mission
I have logged if every walker was killed in the first shot
I have tried all female survivors, all male survivors, all same type of survivor, all different type of survivor
I have tried bringing along one low level survivor in exploration
I have tried to complete the mission in less turns than required (before walker respawn)
I have tried killing every walker on screen before ending the mission
I have tried leaving 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 walkers on screen before ending the mission

And in every instance the chests spawn completely randomly. I have not noticed any type of pattern regarding a way to get "more tickets"

*I should notate that all of my trials were done on Exploration missions of Supplies. I did not keep logs of this type of data since to me anytime there is 3+ tickets (one of which is gold) it's a successful *attempt*

If anyone has any type of tricks to get silver & gold tickets at the end of the missions please share

Lones · June 2016

From what I have experienced this far is when I have use all of the watch movies option to open more crates and then play another mission, upon opening the crates there will be more golden or silver tickets. But because you can only open 3 crates, so it looks like the game 'want/encourage' us to use gold to open more crates.

I once tried my luck and use 50 golds to open 6 more crates and only got Rare gears. Bad luck I guess..

Lones · June 2016

@Neil_J
Yes I once have the same experience like it too..

LadyAquila · June 2016

Yowza @DLich! That is some serious experimentation. You deserve a bonus gold crate for all that work!

OneLessTitan · June 2016

@DLich -- I'm not sure if actually did those experiments or whether you are just joking....but I'm pretty sure the rewards are determined when you launch the mission, so any attempts at manipulation during the mission are futile.

DLich · June 2016

I didn't keep a physical chart of the information, but I have tried those sequences at different times and noticed tickets are random.

DoTak · June 2016

@DLich
You didn't try doing the mission with the screen upside-down

Fester17 · June 2016

DLich said:
@lmfgunnut & @blynknz I have never considered the order in which you open the crates to have any bearing on the goods themselves. I have tried doing research to determine what makes Silver and Gold tickets appear after a mission.

I have tried -

Having my survivors line up the same way at the end of the mission as they did to start off the mission
Having my survivors line up in the opposite way at the end of the mission as they did to start off the mission
I have logged if every walker was killed in the first shot
I have tried all female survivors, all male survivors, all same type of survivor, all different type of survivor
I have tried bringing along one low level survivor in exploration
I have tried to complete the mission in less turns than required (before walker respawn)
I have tried killing every walker on screen before ending the mission
I have tried leaving 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 walkers on screen before ending the mission

And in every instance the chests spawn completely randomly. I have not noticed any type of pattern regarding a way to get "more tickets"

*I should notate that all of my trials were done on Exploration missions of Supplies. I did not keep logs of this type of data since to me anytime there is 3+ tickets (one of which is gold) it's a successful *attempt*

If anyone has any type of tricks to get silver & gold tickets at the end of the missions please share

I don't have any data to support this, but I have noticed that when I get less than three stars on a challenge mission that has a recommended level higher than my survivors, I get a gold ticket chance more often. It's almost as if they are trying to make amends for your injured survivor.

DLich · June 2016

@brentp17 I've never tried data collecting on a challenge. Typically up until 200 stars the pulls are unusable. I have Lvl 17 survivors and don't need Lvl 13 gear so I never even bothered to check.

But I do get tons of radios in challenges. Never paid attention if they were from gold or silver tickets. Maybe I'll start next week (for radios at least)

theRealBender · June 2016

I don't think @DLich was joking. I'm pretty sure, even though I thought it was obvious, a dev has stated in the past that it was only the RNG determining tickets in these crates.

But I'd like to point out (FYI this is a different topic) that I get WAY more tickets doing Challenge missions than I do from Exploration missions.

DLich · June 2016

@theRealBender regarding trying different types of survivors snd kills and "finishing position" I have absolutely tried all those I mentioned above. None of which showed an increase in the quantity of tickets.

I do believe the game gives an absorbadent amount of tickets in challenges for reasons I'm not sure of (maybe to entice people to play then knowing most players aren't able to use the equipment drops and the supplies/XP drops are minimal in comparison to the exploration missions)

Radios do seem to come in abundance. Gold drops are somewhat decent also. But less than 200 stars that's pretty much the only thing usable in challenge missions.

Injury or not; tickets in challenges are aplenty. Even when on unlimited gas (see my thread regarding exploration missions in comparison)

Fester17 · June 2016

DLich said:
@brentp17 I've never tried data collecting on a challenge. Typically up until 200 stars the pulls are unusable. I have Lvl 17 survivors and don't need Lvl 13 gear so I never even bothered to check.

But I do get tons of radios in challenges. Never paid attention if they were from gold or silver tickets. Maybe I'll start next week (for radios at least)

I'm talking about using level 17 survivors to beat, say, a level 20 challenge mission. When one or more of my survivors get injured, I seem to be rewarded with a gold ticket chance more often.

DLich · June 2016

Up until last week I never attempted to get above 170 on my old guild (600 max guild ranking total non competitive guild) but so far I have 283 and I think that's where im gonna top off. Getting slaughtered with Lvl 21 req levels.

If I could at least get 1 star I could determine if I have your kind of luck @brentp17 but the challenge Gods have spoken to me and hsve said "NO MORE DLICH"

blynknz · June 2016

Neil_J said:
You ever had a disconnect just after you've opened the crates?
I have, and when reloaded, I've had to open them again. I opened 3 different ones and got exactly the same rewards as previously - and I'm not the only person to have reported this occurrence......
So, yes, your reward is predetermined.

Dude, the 2 posts before your post clarified that I wasn't talking about the reward crates, I was talking about them missions/challenges when you have to open crates.

And now after @DLich post, everything is about the Rewards

Ovidmikel · June 2016

@blynknz I remember someone saying there was a trick to opening the boxes in the challenge maps or guess you could say not opening all crates to activate the exit or at least the one in that challenge but I never found out how I think his name was @hittyouoff

Neil_J · June 2016

@blynknz Crossed wire somewhere perhaps, but I was referring to the mission/challenge crates too.

blynknz · June 2016

@Neil_J. Ok. But when you talk about open 3 crates then opening 3 different crates, and mention rewards. It really sounds like you are talking about the rewards you get one you complete the mission.

I've just never notice anyone mention the supplies order before.

Achillas · August 2016

Most missions the chests are predetermined.
So you maybe lucky to finish in just 3 chests finding all supplies.
BUT there are some campaign missions that it is always the last chest, such as find the key in the dead corpse.

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