• Red_October@piefed.world
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    Counterstrike has had loot boxes for many years, they weren’t recently added. What was recently added was a mechanic that allows 5 lower value items (certain gun skins) to be exchanged for a random higher value item (glove or knife skins). It’s acting to level the market. If anything, this change serves to inhibit loot box gambling by cutting the possibility of hitting a real money jackpot.

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      If anything, this change serves to inhibit loot box gambling by cutting the possibility of hitting a real money jackpot.

      Oh, I didn’t think of that. With the smaller difference betwen the most expensive and least expensive items, gambling gets less random in terms of return.

      That’s an improvement, though I still think the whole systems should be taken out.

      That there is a “counter strike skins investment ‘industry’” is utterly insane.