So a while ago, the community got mad because of all the gambling elements in the game. WG promised to do better.
It was ok for a while, but this event is really taking the cake.
1) WG is obfuscating the true cost of the bundles by hiding them not behind 1, but 2 virtual currencies. A currency that you can only get with real money (some in the premium shop) and dubs (in the armory).
This is done deliberately to obscure the true cost of the bundles. Also, you need to gamble TWICE to potentially get to the stuff you want.
Personally, I think this is treading on the player base that was pleading WG to better last year.
2) There are three main prizes for the highest gambling stack, of which the first advertised is a TIX box. However, the contents of this box are only visible once you are able to buy it. Sure you can look it up on a website, yet there is NO link, mouseover, or other indication pointing you there. Only if you google for this, you will find it.
Surprise, the TIX box ONLY contains the FXP boats and a few meh-coal ships, the marco, the Z-44 and the Pomm.
So I get advertised that I can gamble for a TIX box, I dont get it as a first pull, but want to try, say, 10 pulls, then I first need to gamble to gamble!
Then, only after x pull I can find out that the advertised 'TIX box' is actually a crap BOX, containing mediocre content.
I play this game regularly, and did not know that the TIX box only contained these meh-boats, there's no Tulsa, no Neustra, no Kearsarge.
@Seraphice, please give feedback to the commercial guys that THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!
You promised to do better regarding gambling and transparency. Now you gave us an event that REQUIRES double gambling and a non-transparent reward. Sorry WG, but you suck.