25 FC2_Gameface Members 82 posts 9,603 battles Report post #1 Posted December 28, 2017 I finished it out with the one I wanted the most. Got the Kidd in the very last box I intended to buy. Spent just over $300. 3x 20 mega, 2x 5 mega, 3x 5 big. I think the return this year was very close to last. People are just selectively remembering the high points and forgetting the oceans of Ocean Soul cammo from last year. I went mostly with mega boxes because I value the special flags and the extra doubloons and they give you 2x on all that between the ship crates. I had a lot of the offerings going in as I spent considerably more last year, but here's what I got as far as ships: De Grasse Mustsu Okhotnik Gallant Alabama Gulio Duca Hood Kamikaze Kidd Huanghe Perth Bought the Kii with doubloons Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5,210 [OO7] Ducky_shot Members 5,636 posts 12,386 battles Report post #2 Posted December 28, 2017 I needed 3 and got them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,189 [EGO] CaptainTeddybear Members 3,689 posts Report post #3 Posted December 28, 2017 From all the posts about this it appears this year the chance of getting a ship was inversely proportional to how many Premiums you already had. The theory before was it would automatically give you a different ship on the list but I don't think it was 100%. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
870 [WAG] Elo_J_Fudpucker Members 1,804 posts 10,649 battles Report post #4 Posted December 28, 2017 I had a lot of prem to start with, and got all ones I did not have and no dupes and I did not get a Kidd or a Belfast, the only two I lack outside of carriers... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
369 [MIA-I] LancerUlysses Privateers 1,256 posts 12,938 battles Report post #5 Posted December 28, 2017 Got 7 out of boxes, the rest from Halloween Doubloons. Finally got Gremy, Kami and Nik Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
381 [P-V-E] b101uk Members 1,273 posts Report post #6 Posted December 28, 2017 I got 24 ships in all, I already had Belfast, Atlanta, Sims, Warspite, Huanghe, Anshan and Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya, I didn't get any duplicate because there is still 3 ships on the list of available ships from crates I don't have, namely Gremyashchy, Kamikaze and Tirpitz. possible ships: Alabama Kii Kidd Atlanta Blyskawica Indianapolis Sims Scharnhorst Leningrad Hood Warspite Anshan Molotov Arizona Dunkerque Perth De Grasse Duca d’Aosta Mutsu Gallant Admiral Graf Spee Huanghe Giulio Cesare Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya Okhotnik Gremyashchy Kamikaze Tirpitz Kutuzov Atago Belfast Lo Yang Prinz Eugen Nikolay 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
836 [MPIRE] aether_tech Beta Testers 3,734 posts 5,439 battles Report post #7 Posted December 28, 2017 *raises whale flipper* "*sigh...*" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
609 [HINON] Warped_1 Members 1,840 posts 18,644 battles Report post #8 Posted December 28, 2017 Didn't get them ask but I got quite a few, including a couple I was really wanting including Kutozov, Mutsu, and Lowyang. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,211 [USCC2] _WaveRider_ Members 4,935 posts Report post #9 Posted December 28, 2017 Wow - That's a lot of money, but if you got what you wanted then congrats. Looks like you got a lot of fun on the seas ahead! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
25 FC2_Gameface Members 82 posts 9,603 battles Report post #10 Posted December 28, 2017 24 minutes ago, _WaveRider_ said: Wow - That's a lot of money, but if you got what you wanted then congrats. Looks like you got a lot of fun on the seas ahead! It sets me for the year for premium time, doubloons, cammo and enough special flags to get the FXP I need for the upcoming premium that's replacing Missouri as well as grind captains and a few lines faster. The ships are a bonus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
488 [O7] Kevik70 Beta Testers 1,575 posts 9,511 battles Report post #11 Posted December 28, 2017 I bought 25 of the mega boxes and only got the gallant, had much better luck with the big boxes this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
635 [WOLF9] Fletcher7_1944 Members 4,078 posts Report post #12 Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) I needed 6 and got them all- one was even from a gift! Kidd Cesare Duca HuangHe Kii. Gallant Only a handful of duplicates, I was hoping for some USN duplicates, as I could use the 10 pt captains, but no dice. The mountain of other loot was awesome. edit: Forgot about Gallant. I thought there was another DD, but all I could come up with was Vampire. Edited December 28, 2017 by Fletcher7_1944 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,576 [NGAGE] enderland07 Members 3,795 posts 8,832 battles Report post #13 Posted December 28, 2017 I got 20 ships in boxes. /me raises whale flipper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
669 [PVE] Judge_Doom Members 1,703 posts 7,550 battles Report post #14 Posted December 28, 2017 Same here, no duplicates, got: Pearth Hood Dunkerque Gallant Huanghe Duca D'Acosta Leningrad Okhotnik Issue for is I still do not have all of them, even though my port is full of Prem ships, still missing a couple and got another 20 days of being able to buy more boxes, if I so choose to fall off the wagon again. Actually, it is not an issue, rather it scares the hell out of me, my wallet, my bank......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
18 El_Swamp_Rat Members 195 posts 8,926 battles Report post #15 Posted December 29, 2017 Anyone get the Vampire in these boxes? It's the only ship I don't have and missed it when it was on sale.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,193 [WOLF1] Kirov_Six Members 4,327 posts 1,975 battles Report post #16 Posted December 29, 2017 Yeah, got everything possible from boxes that I didn't already have. Even Belfast, Gremy, and Nikolai. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
105 [PNGYN] Viper101 Members 491 posts 3,518 battles Report post #17 Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) Edit: Totally misread the post... Edited December 29, 2017 by Viper101 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
209 [KOOKS] Krautjaeger Modder 682 posts 3,382 battles Report post #18 Posted December 29, 2017 I just needed Kidd, Gremy, Kamikaze and Nikolay I and got them all from one purchase of the medium, red, 20 pack. My gf got them all too, required more purchases as she didn't have many to start off with. Saved a fortune, for real, getting them from boxes than picking them up other times a year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
166 [-AGW-] Skarp_AGW Members 685 posts 3,886 battles Report post #19 Posted December 29, 2017 From boxes: Molotov Sims Leningrad Duca d'Aosta Gallant Dunkerque Mutsu De Grasse Prinz Eugen With the Doubloons I got from the Boxes I bought two ships from the tech tree Giulio Cesare Alabama With Christmas gift cards from the family used the 1:35 XP conversion to push me over the top to get Missouri From a Santa box I got from one of the DoY Campaigns Anshan All in all... no complaints Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
181 [BSL] BearlyHereBear Members 997 posts 16,710 battles Report post #20 Posted December 29, 2017 On 12/28/2017 at 12:54 PM, b101uk said: I got 24 ships in all, I already had Belfast, Atlanta, Sims, Warspite, Huanghe, Anshan and Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya, I didn't get any duplicate because there is still 3 ships on the list of available ships from crates I don't have, namely Gremyashchy, Kamikaze and Tirpitz. possible ships: Alabama Kii Kidd Atlanta Blyskawica Indianapolis Sims Scharnhorst Leningrad Hood Warspite Anshan Molotov Arizona Dunkerque Perth De Grasse Duca d’Aosta Mutsu Gallant Admiral Graf Spee Huanghe Giulio Cesare Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya Okhotnik Gremyashchy Kamikaze Tirpitz Kutuzov Atago Belfast Lo Yang Prinz Eugen Nikolay 1 That would explain why I got 6 Gallants in a row. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5,439 [PVE] AdmiralThunder Members 9,681 posts 17,270 battles Report post #21 Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) Well, I got a ton of ships this year. Way more than I expected to. My very 1st Santa box was a ship actually (Gallant) and my 4th box was as well (Alabama) so I started out hot. I even had a 5 ship score on a 20 pack of $3 boxes. Had a 3 ship out of 20 score too ($5 boxes). I spent way too much on Santa boxes this year though because of the luck I was having. Keeps making me go back. I got a 20 pack of $1 boxes today and got another ship. I even got a ship from a pack of 5 $1 boxes sent to me as a gift. LOL At least I got plenty of value for what I spent, tons of value actually, but oy did I spend. If you want to talk about whales; I am the MobyDick of this years' Santa boxes LOL. Not only did I score big on ships but I got a year + of Premium time between the 180 day one I pulled and all the 30 day ones (it's 7 or 8), I got over 50K Doubloons, and 200K+ Free XP (helped me get Missouri) as well as enough flags and camo to last forever I think. So the only complaint I have is with my own lack of will power. As to did I get what I wanted for ships? Well after last year when all I got was Emden (3 of the stupid things) I just wanted to get a "good" ship. I can check that off for sure. I wanted Alabama the most when I saw the list of the ships available and as said ^^^ got it in the 4th crate. Was also very happy to get a Kutuzov. Belfast was the only other ship I hoped for but so far no joy and I am trying not to buy more. No duplicates technically but do feel I got one and wish they had thought of this so it wouldn't happen. I have the HSF Graf Spee but got a regular one in a box. That really is a duplicate but is not treated as such as one is HSF and one isn't. IMO this should be a duplicate. Also, while I am not trying to sound ungrateful or anything I got a LOT of ships I have zero desire to play. Can't count the times a ship crate appeared and I got stoked hoping to see Belfast only to have another darn DD pop up. Good lord I must have got almost every DD they were doing and I do not play DD's. I also got Mutsu which I had no desire to get. Got Okt Rev too which is kind of meh. But did get quite a few I was happy to get. At least with the ones I don't like I can sell them for millions of credits (once all the ship sales end so I get full value) and make use of the port slot and Capt's elsewhere (man my reserves are over flowing with 10pt Capt's now LOL). So even though I am not thrilled with so many DD's and such it was still a really good haul and value for me and I know how lucky I was to get so many so not really complaining. I only had 4 Premium ships in port before the Santa boxes started. I had Hood, Tirpitz, HSF Graf Spee, and Vampire. I now have the following that I got in a Santa box plus I was able to get Missouri by using the Free XP and Doubloons I got in the Santa boxes (in my port order not received)... Mutsu (might sell) Arizona Sims (selling) Atlanta Kidd (selling) Alabama Missouri Okhotnik (selling) Okt Rev Leningrad (selling) Kutuzov Admiral Graf Spee (selling) Scharnhorst Gallant (selling) Blyskawica (might be the only DD I keep - historical and family reasons - but probably sell) Anshan (selling) De Grasse Giulio Cesare Duca d'Aosta Perth Edited December 29, 2017 by AdmiralThunder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55 LastSamurai714 Members 367 posts 5,499 battles Report post #22 Posted December 30, 2017 Zero ships from boxes club lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
31 Fiona_Marshe Members 289 posts 731 battles Report post #23 Posted December 30, 2017 14 boxes, oceans of flags and camo. Nothing useful to me so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
271 SgtSpud Beta Testers 1,369 posts 16,554 battles Report post #24 Posted December 30, 2017 Already had everything on the list except Huanghe and Kii and received both of them in boxes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
856 [4HIM] ZARDOZ_II Members 2,599 posts 8,708 battles Report post #25 Posted December 30, 2017 One bote (Gallant), a few boxes of dubs, the rest junk flags and camo. Santa crates I got were hit hard by the Grinch bat. Total waste of money for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites