# 5.3 Update out in the Amazon App Store
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-3-update-out-in-the-amazon-app-store/67579
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 9, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-3-update-out-in-the-amazon-app-store/67579 "2020-12-09T10:16:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-3-update-out-in-the-amazon-app-store/67579/42 "2020-12-10T11:05:00Z")
> [@Sytro](#):
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> But you know, we live in XXI century and we can get answers easily…
We can ask questions easily, and they can get ignored just as easily. Getting a qualified answer tends to be surprisingly difficult. 😉
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### Author:  [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-3-update-out-in-the-amazon-app-store/67579/43 "2020-12-10T12:01:48Z")
> [@Sytro](#):
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> Currently haven’t seen a single team made by players after 5.2 arena change.
You have. You just refuse to let your eyes see it.
Face it man, the AI takes our draft teams and reorders them them for Defenses for other opponents. And has been doing it since day 1 one of the rework. As I’ve said from day 1 of the rework.
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### Author:  [@Arelana](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Arelana)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-3-update-out-in-the-amazon-app-store/67579/44 "2020-12-10T13:03:21Z")
So…another monetization-focused update? This “vault” thing is going to fill up with loot that we have to pay to receive?
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### Author:  [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-3-update-out-in-the-amazon-app-store/67579/45 "2020-12-10T13:34:31Z")
Seems like 505 Games made a mandate that every patch would come with a way monetize the game more to justify the patch… Even if the patch doesn’t add actual new content outside of QoL adjustments or bug fixes.
The plan was probably made in 2019, and no one bothered to adjust it as 2020 unfolded.
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### Author:  [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-3-update-out-in-the-amazon-app-store/67579/46 "2020-12-10T14:33:55Z")
> [@Arelana](#):
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> So…another monetization-focused update? This “vault” thing is going to fill up with loot that we have to pay to receive?
The part that has me really worried is how the game itself just seems to fade away bit by bit. We used to fight battles to achieve something game related, like placing well on a leaderboard, racing other guilds for trophies or finally beating that level 500 pure faction delve. Nowadays it feels increasingly like playing a shopping simulator, with battles just serving as a way to pass time while the next offer loads up.
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### Author:  [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-3-update-out-in-the-amazon-app-store/67579/47 "2020-12-14T09:21:19Z")
> [@Elroy](#):
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> Improvements in new user experience, VIP chests, the Arena, and various bug fixes round up this update. For more details, please visit
Hold up, improvements to the VIP chests?
What’s this?
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### Author:  [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-3-update-out-in-the-amazon-app-store/67579/48 "2020-12-14T10:22:50Z")
> [@TheIdleOne](#):
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> Hold up, improvements to the VIP chests?
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> What’s this?
Word has it that they will only contain troops, no stuffing like traitstones. I seem to recall the mythic chance going up from 1% to something like 1.75% as side effect.
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### Author:  [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-3-update-out-in-the-amazon-app-store/67579/49 "2020-12-14T11:21:30Z")
hmm… a bit long overdue. don’t really hear anyone talk about using vip chests anymore
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### Author:  [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-3-update-out-in-the-amazon-app-store/67579/50 "2020-12-14T11:42:24Z")
I am unsurprised. Epic tasks mean players in active guilds get enough resources that VIP chests are no longer mandatory to stand a chance of getting the new mythics when they are released. And there are enough gem sinks present in the game that new players may prefer to help their guild weekly than buy VIP chests with a chance of duplicate mythics.
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