ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »This is the official discussion thread for the blog article ESO Subscriber Loyalty Program. Thanks for spending your time with us, and we hope you'll enjoy this token of our gratitude!
RichterVonStrid wrote: »Not gonna happen unless it is just a costume for a mount you already have. They aren't going to give you any free stuff that will make your character more powerful than another's. Even if only slightly. The new players who don't qualify for rewards will complain about how it is an unfair advantage.
Holycannoli wrote: »RichterVonStrid wrote: »Not gonna happen unless it is just a costume for a mount you already have. They aren't going to give you any free stuff that will make your character more powerful than another's. Even if only slightly. The new players who don't qualify for rewards will complain about how it is an unfair advantage.
Who says a loyalty mount has to be more powerful than other mounts in game? They'd have the same stats but look different.
RichterVonStrid wrote: »Holycannoli wrote: »RichterVonStrid wrote: »Not gonna happen unless it is just a costume for a mount you already have. They aren't going to give you any free stuff that will make your character more powerful than another's. Even if only slightly. The new players who don't qualify for rewards will complain about how it is an unfair advantage.
Who says a loyalty mount has to be more powerful than other mounts in game? They'd have the same stats but look different.
It would make you more powerful than those who have no mount. Handing someone a free mount when new players have to bust their rumps to pay a ridiculous amount of gold for one is incredibly unfair. Not really a hard concept to grasp. It would be a terrible business move since many would rage quit, and it would break the economy of the game as it stands. Why would anyone bother to save the tens of thousands of gold for a mount if they just gave you a free one after three months? Why would anyone pay real money to buy a mount on their website if there was a free one? Not gonna happen. They would be idiots to do it.
Nox_Aeterna wrote: »It would make you more powerful than those who have no mount. Handing someone a free mount when new players have to bust their rumps to pay a ridiculous amount of gold for one is incredibly unfair. Not really a hard concept to grasp. It would be a terrible business move since many would rage quit, and it would break the economy of the game as it stands. Why would anyone bother to save the tens of thousands of gold for a mount if they just gave you a free one after three months? Why would anyone pay real money to buy a mount on their website if there was a free one? Not gonna happen. They would be idiots to do it.
Nox_Aeterna wrote: »It would make you more powerful than those who have no mount. Handing someone a free mount when new players have to bust their rumps to pay a ridiculous amount of gold for one is incredibly unfair. Not really a hard concept to grasp. It would be a terrible business move since many would rage quit, and it would break the economy of the game as it stands. Why would anyone bother to save the tens of thousands of gold for a mount if they just gave you a free one after three months? Why would anyone pay real money to buy a mount on their website if there was a free one? Not gonna happen. They would be idiots to do it.
@Nox_Aeterna
The reason mounts cost so much is to make a gold sink. Same thing with bank spaces. Introducing free slots and horses would detract mildly from the amount of gold being sunk into those slots.
If you were going to do a mount reward, you would want it to be like the imperial mount where it only costs 1g, but reward it after 1 year of paid subscription time. Also, you would make it so it costs more to feed that particular horse than the others, but that you can level it to 99 instead of to 50...
Why after 1 year? well by the time a year rolls around, players will have already sunk gold into mounts. So giving them a status symbol mount would be activating another chance for gold sinking to prevent further inflation. By having it cost more to feed, and be able to feed it more, you are essentially reintroducing another gold sink.
As a note, the imperial edition does not break the economy of the game, though it certainly reduces the effectiveness of mounts as a gold sink.
ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »Yes, that's fine.kanaris933eb17_ESO wrote: »Awesome! One question though, i am renuing my sub every month with paysafe (meaning i never set up a 3 month sub time). Will I be still eligible for it?
GuitarNerd wrote: »So I haven't been playing for 3 months yet but once i reach the 3 month mark will I still get the pet?
Just a thought...
Why would other players down the road be rewarded the same when it was us who went through all the shenanigans of a failed product launch?
I agree with a loyalty program, but these past few months have been unlike any others in the future (I hope) We were (dare I say we still are) essentially paying to TEST your product, and that doesn't seem fair.
Something of value that can be traded 10 years down the road for all subscribers that have stuck it out through the beta and these last few months? That sounds feasible.
I did send in a ticket because of all the errors and reports I've sent in and got a measly 3 days free ($1.25 worth) - not even close to 25% of 1 hours worth at minimum wage to put that into perspective.
ETA: At least remove Trophies and Pets from the inventory and bank counts! having 10 pets using up 10 slots is just silly