This is pretty drastic, it makes Keys go from meh to really powerful because action economy is so crucial (it’s why teaming up is relevant, to have “quicker” actions).

With Kevan’s vote, Card’s and Samzeman’s vote, that’s 3 greenticks.

If Card or Samze have an ally (and I’m not one or I’m bluffing), there’s nothing I can do to stop this from enacting.

So, . And prayers.

Note that this alters the unlocking process to destroy the Key as well as the Lockbox, making them both worth half a Money. (In the current rule only the Lockbox is destroyed.)

Yes. Value-wise, its a free crate turn and +1 Health, compared to Black Marketting.

Just the free crate turn makes it amazing (health doesn’t seem to be much of a concern. It used to be, back when the proposal I had to shoot down allowed you to Dim Mak people with your turn, via so many cractions. But we’ll see).

What do you mean by “free crate turn”?

Black Market lets you trade any three items; this only lets you trade two very specific ones. You could be wasting an inventory slot waiting for a second item that someone decides not to share with you, or that gets Fuelcanned, or that never even turns up.

Yes, and you can Black Market the key itself if you have to.

The way I’m imagining the game situation is that we’re in a very similar race to Diabecko I’s Distance thing. But it’s a race of gaining non-Consumables, with some luck in for the 20% chance of there being Money or a non-Consumable for you to take at all.

And you can give to others your progress in the race.

Basically, a Key would be either as good as any other non-Consumable you want to get anyways, or a better way to get Money than those non-Consumables, putting it, in how much “worth” it is, between a regular non-Consumable and Money itself.

A really good item!

But you’re gambling on a Lockbox turning up and being offered to you. If it isn’t, a Key is the worst possible non-Consumable to have held onto, because it doesn’t do anything. Other items give you bonuses or let you take useful Cractions, but a Key is just a Key.

Would you trade your Binoculars for a Key, if someone offered right now?

No, because it would cost us each 2 Cractions, but if trade was always totally free for all of us then yes.

So maybe not a straight box-money trade, but perhaps the benefit could be improved. I would perhaps suggest that the box 100% gives an item, and perhaps has a chance at a structural item to sweeten the deal. As it is right now however I will have to say

(woops I forgot I already voted lol, just reflexes)

i’m eager to see new lockbox things, but i prefer a risk to it as well. maybe that’s just me

There’s still a lot of risk here. You have to fight or negotiate to actually get your hands on a Lockbox when one gets delivered, and are likely to fail. And a highest-Priority player poised with a Key risks becoming a target for other players.