What infuriates me about crowns is that crowns are account wide (both eu and na) but what you get isn't. If you buy something on eu, the crowns deducted from that purchase apply to both eu and na. I think they should only deduct from the server on which you buy. People who play on both servers are going to have to pay twice for the dlc in order to have it on both servers. This is not fair, it's just plain greed on the part of ZOS.
What infuriates me about crowns is that crowns are account wide (both eu and na) but what you get isn't. If you buy something on eu, the crowns deducted from that purchase apply to both eu and na. I think they should only deduct from the server on which you buy. People who play on both servers are going to have to pay twice for the dlc in order to have it on both servers. This is not fair, it's just plain greed on the part of ZOS.
Gandrhulf_Harbard wrote: »MercyKilling wrote: »This isn't a F2P MMO. You had to purchase the "box" so to speak. There is an initial outlay of money to be able to download/install the game, thus it is not F2P.
I suggest you go check out Craptic...err...Cryptic games and three titles of theirs. Three IP's that they totally ruined, imnsho.
Champions Online.
Star Trek Online.
Neverwinter.
All three of those intellectual properties have been totally ruined by the company by making them F2P. Costs you absolutely nothing to be able to download any of them or even all of them.
Go ahead, I double dog dare you. Play those games and then come back here and suggest that anything in this thread is an abomination that you are "sick of hearing about".
Go and experience for yourself how badly a game developer can ruin things. We've got it pretty good here right now, but there is room for improvement...which is what we all want. Improvement.
I've played all three.
Didn't like Champions.
Was m'eh about Star Trek, but thought the way they handled the transition from Ship based adventures to Away Team based adventures was well done. The store wasn't too intrusive at least as far as I played.
Love Neverwinter - but especially the Foundry. I have had an adventure I designed featured and have a trilogy that is highly rated by those who have played it. Again the store wasn't too intrusive, but more so than in Star Trek. I left when they failed to deliver promised Foundry updates. Of course with Foundry tips (Astral Diamonds) being able to be converted in to Zen (store currency) I had no need to part with real-world cash to get what I needed from the Foundry. I'll freely admit that the very best Foundry adventures (top 15% or so) were miles better than the officially designed game content.
I think a major title like ESO or LOTRO could benefit from similar functionality - the pressure on DEVs to deliver "new content" is lessened because there are, literally, hundreds of new quests added every day, and some of them were many times better than the DEV created content in terms of story-telling, immersion, and the level of combat competence needed to complete them.
All The Best
While Neverwinter is an ok game in terms of gameplay, the cash shop and advertisement is atrocious. It's a perfect illustration of what's wrong with free to play.
MercyKilling wrote: »While Neverwinter is an ok game in terms of gameplay, the cash shop and advertisement is atrocious. It's a perfect illustration of what's wrong with free to play.
It's also a perfect example of how NOT to market to your players. Everything about those three games is half-arsed. Incomplete. Sub-standard...and completely disregards any established lore for the sake of greed.
I see this game STARTING down that road....and all I can do is hope we, the players, band together to stop this atrocity from occurring here.
What infuriates me about crowns is that crowns are account wide (both eu and na) but what you get isn't. If you buy something on eu, the crowns deducted from that purchase apply to both eu and na. I think they should only deduct from the server on which you buy. People who play on both servers are going to have to pay twice for the dlc in order to have it on both servers. This is not fair, it's just plain greed on the part of ZOS.
Ah. That's not cool. Think its an exchange rate thing?
]When I made this thread on April 20th @Giles.floydub17_ESO, I did because, as subscriber that truly wants to continue to subscribe, I wanted to know I did everything I could to let ZOS know my thoughts.
I knew I wasn't alone... The number of threads we have all posted about this shows that.
It's not that I'm saying "give me this or I'll quit " it's more "I don't want to quit but I have no reason not to."
Fine line? Sure. But it's a defined line.
Making use of what resides between the ears are also a good start. The game canned subscription and went b2p & ftp.
Paying monthly for crowns and get minor perks as a token of appreciation is just that. Its not an act of heroism or charity. Its only another way to buy crowns then through the store packs.
Well, I spent enough time trying to convince myself to remain subscribed.
I am 100% willing to resubscribe ZOS! I Still want to be a subscriber and will resubscribe if ESO+ is ever expanded to include other benefits, or when DLC is released. I will continue to be a player and a fan of ESO and a soapboxer on the forms!
Keep the fight up gid we will get the benfits sooner or later.
I personally wanf the multi tier sub system thats been posted on the forums.
I bought the 6 month subscription twice and now I have 2 weeks left and I still want to subscribe but I'm having a really hard time justifying it.
The 10% bonuses really don't interest me and it makes more sense to buy the $40 pack of crowns whenever I need 'em.
I made a thread with suggestions a while ago HERE. It had all sorts of suggestions that included mechanics and features that are not yet part of ESO. The ones that I think are vital to a subscription, and are reasonable to ask for, are:
- Crown Store discount
- Additional Character slots
- Priority Queuing in Cyrodiil
- Greater Character Deletion Limit
- Grant more Crowns per month.
I've actually given up the crusade to get DLC as loyalty bonuses but it would still be nice, as some of the other suggestions in my thread would be, such as monthly treasure maps and early access to Crown Store items.
I feel I need to clarify that I would not use the additional Character Slots (I only play 3) I do not regularly delete characters, and I don't play in Cyrodiil (yet?). The $15 a month is negligible to me. These additional benefits would keep me subbed out of principle. It would make me feel like subscribers are getting something for their money. Especially the Crown Store Discount.
If I'm not spending $15 a month on ESO I WILL just spend the $15 a month on another game. I never did play WOW. I've been thinking of trying FFXI again, or maybe FFXIV.
The point is I WANT to pay the subscription, but I just can't justify it with the current ESO+ benefits. If I don't pay ESO's sub... I'll pay another's. If I pay another's, I'm playing THAT game and not ESO. If I'm playing that game, how can I be in Tamriel buying stuff from the Crown Store.
I would still play ESO because I care about Tamriel. I care about the lore. I have grown up with The Elder Scrolls. It's a part of who I am. Those other games are not.
So, with 2 weeks left of my subscription, I again feel the need to plead with ZOS. I want to give you my money... I just don't want it to feel like charity.
GamerzElite wrote: »I bought the 6 month subscription twice and now I have 2 weeks left and I still want to subscribe but I'm having a really hard time justifying it.
The 10% bonuses really don't interest me and it makes more sense to buy the $40 pack of crowns whenever I need 'em.
I made a thread with suggestions a while ago HERE. It had all sorts of suggestions that included mechanics and features that are not yet part of ESO. The ones that I think are vital to a subscription, and are reasonable to ask for, are:
- Crown Store discount
- Additional Character slots
- Priority Queuing in Cyrodiil
- Greater Character Deletion Limit
- Grant more Crowns per month.
I've actually given up the crusade to get DLC as loyalty bonuses but it would still be nice, as some of the other suggestions in my thread would be, such as monthly treasure maps and early access to Crown Store items.
I feel I need to clarify that I would not use the additional Character Slots (I only play 3) I do not regularly delete characters, and I don't play in Cyrodiil (yet?). The $15 a month is negligible to me. These additional benefits would keep me subbed out of principle. It would make me feel like subscribers are getting something for their money. Especially the Crown Store Discount.
If I'm not spending $15 a month on ESO I WILL just spend the $15 a month on another game. I never did play WOW. I've been thinking of trying FFXI again, or maybe FFXIV.
The point is I WANT to pay the subscription, but I just can't justify it with the current ESO+ benefits. If I don't pay ESO's sub... I'll pay another's. If I pay another's, I'm playing THAT game and not ESO. If I'm playing that game, how can I be in Tamriel buying stuff from the Crown Store.
I would still play ESO because I care about Tamriel. I care about the lore. I have grown up with The Elder Scrolls. It's a part of who I am. Those other games are not.
So, with 2 weeks left of my subscription, I again feel the need to plead with ZOS. I want to give you my money... I just don't want it to feel like charity.
Now your subscription time is over, ZOS wont listen you. I am curious what you did? Re-subbed or canceled?
Well, I spent enough time trying to convince myself to remain subscribed.
I am 100% willing to resubscribe ZOS! I Still want to be a subscriber and will resubscribe if ESO+ is ever expanded to include other benefits, or when DLC is released. I will continue to be a player and a fan of ESO and a soapboxer on the forms!
MercyKilling wrote: »While Neverwinter is an ok game in terms of gameplay, the cash shop and advertisement is atrocious. It's a perfect illustration of what's wrong with free to play.
It's also a perfect example of how NOT to market to your players. Everything about those three games is half-arsed. Incomplete. Sub-standard...and completely disregards any established lore for the sake of greed.
I see this game STARTING down that road....and all I can do is hope we, the players, band together to stop this atrocity from occurring here.
It's sad that the devs are not commenting on feedback being provided.
olemanwinter wrote: »I have subscribed since launch. I even switched to 90 day subscriptions right before it went B2P, so I could support the game. I'M DONE.
I filled out a support ticket and got a form letter. Which is okay, except when I replied why the form letter didn't solve the problem, I got the EXACT SAME form letter back in reply a second time.
So, I came on the forum to discuss how poor this customer service was and my thread was moved to the dusty cellar that is "General Help".
I'll still play the game, a little, for a while. This company will get no more money from me. I'm done subscribing.
That's what these forums are for... right?
Desdemonte wrote: »had so much potential but has been such a failure since launch I have no use for it any more.
In short, their losing more than they're gaining, and they gained a lot back with the Unlimited Launched
- Crown Store discount = I agree it would be nice see some type discount like the have in SWTOR but reminder the have not add much in Crown Store hopeful we get discount when more item have come.
- Additional Character slots = Total i agree here it would not hurt to see more Character slot.
- Priority Queuing in Cyrodiil = I agree here
- Greater Character Deletion Limit = Yes please
- Grant more Crowns per month. = I dont agree with you here if sub for 6 month you get 9000 crown and that is alot so no more crowns
Lava_Croft wrote: »ZOS simply screwed over all of its customers. The only reason people hang around is because they love the game they have invested time and money in. The days of people paying a subscription just to support ZOS seem to be all but over and rightfully so.
Now, who to blame?
DragonSamurai360 wrote: »I want to support ZOS even with all it's issues I am dedicated to the longevity of ESO as a whole.
olemanwinter wrote: »Well, I'm officially done.
I got official word from Zos that if you are a VR14 you can group with ANY level players in ANY level scaled instance and loot every boss, but if you are a lower VR you have to group within your own level range AND the dungeon has to be scaled to the same level....or you can't loot a single boss.
And since I can't stand the thought of grinding any more and you can't find a decent lower VR group.....I'm gone.
Unsubscribing now.
olemanwinter wrote: »Well, I'm officially done.
I got official word from Zos that if you are a VR14 you can group with ANY level players in ANY level scaled instance and loot every boss, but if you are a lower VR you have to group within your own level range AND the dungeon has to be scaled to the same level....or you can't loot a single boss.
And since I can't stand the thought of grinding any more and you can't find a decent lower VR group.....I'm gone.
Unsubscribing now.