I think I remember these packs your talking about, I came into the game right when they left, and now that I think about it I wonder why they where cut since they sound, and if I remember right where pretty much perfect, since you had a great chance to get the tiem you wanted because of the fact that you could choose the grade of item and the type of item you got, and on top of that if BW wanted to fix the GCC they could just go back to these packs.

First, Thanks for the great post. I've had better luck then most with the packs, now so far I've gotten 23, so I'm not going to pretend I've been able to test out the drop rate in such a large scale as you've be able to, but, from those 23 packs, I've gotten about the same number of chance cubes, one gold item (a Revolution mount), a decent amount of silvers, and a lot of bronze. Now, from the chance cubes I actually had better luck, I received 3 gold items,(two rare decos, and a gold upper armor pack), Now like I've said, I got lucky, very lucky from what your post has said about the drop rate, and many others have had very much the same thing happen with the drop rate, I think that if the Chance cubes are going to stay the same and have the same drop rate in the CM packs, they should at least have a decent drop rate on the gold items, now that could be done several way, they could just increase the drop rate on gold items, they could also decrease the drop rate of bronze, and thus in a sense increase the drop rate of golds, now from my own experience and it would seem yours as well, the silver drop rate is actually decent, so that's an upside I suppose. Again thanks for the great post and I hope BW sees posts like this one the many others and at least try's to fix the Chance cubes.

I've seen a lot of reviews and complaints about Grand chance cubes since they where released, some justified, and some just rants by trolls, I will agree that they have a far to high chance to drop in place of other items, (I believe that the number was around 60% last time I checked), and this has caused the problem that they tend to wipe any chance of getting the items that BW has been advertising and telling the community about. However, and this is my main point, I believe that BW has come up with a solution to a problem most of you have not even considered (unless I missed a post and this turns out to be pointless), I was on the GTN yesterday just doing what I always do, buying, selling, and a little underhanded trading, and while I was browsing some rare armors the thought hit me "what happens when there's no more of this armor" I mean its bound to happen, slowly but it will happen, as the Cartel packs and the spare armor are sold and bound to other players these rare items will once and for all die off and only exist to the lucky players that got them, Oh sure there may be a a set or weapon that pops up every once in a while, but sooner or later they will be gone, for good. And here is where you might guess that the Chance cubes come in, they (as said in the description) have a chance to give you ANY item that was ever released in the Cartel market, now the chance of getting what you might want is very, very low, but still the chance is there and its bound to happen to someone who then might sell it on the GTN, and thus keep the item alive with out it losing its rarity. I see three good solution to the current problem, One, they lower the drop rate of the chance cubes to a rate that allows the buyer to not only get the Cubes but also the items they bought the pack for. Two, they remove the Chance cubes from the CC packs, but they add a CC pack that is just Chance cubes, thus allowing a person to take that risk of getting a very rare item with out destroying there chances on the original CC pack. and last but not least number Three, a combination of the two where we have a lower chance to get Cubes on the original pack and also add a CC pack for only Chance cubes. Well those are my thoughts, if I've missed a major point or not seen a potential problem with my ideas or even the idea of the problem its self, please inform me in the comments below. Thank you.