Yep, this is pretty much the way it currently works. Things purchased from within the Crown Store are applied to the server they are purchased on (because you are logged into that server when you make the purchase), and the only things that are truly account-wide are the things that come from the Account system. "Account" upgrades like the Imperial Edition also depend on their source - if you purchased the Digital Imperial Edition, that's account-wide; if you purchased the old Imperial Edition Upgrade from the Online Store, that's account wide; if you purchased the current Imperial Edition Upgrade from the Crown Store, that's server-bound.From what I understand any base account upgrades such as Imperial Edition, loyalty pets etc will be available on both servers as these are account benefits.
However all items purchased in the Crown Store (including DLC) are bound to the server you play on.
From what I understand any base account upgrades such as Imperial Edition, loyalty pets etc will be available on both servers as these are account benefits.
However all items purchased in the Crown Store (including DLC) are bound to the server you play on.
If data were synced globally across eight characters and you just chose a location to play at, then yes, shared crown purchases would make sense.
But you're getting eight unique characters on one server and eight on another. So I think it's fair that a crown purchase only counts toward eight of those characters. If you're going to popularize the idea of 16 characters, then you'll go down a path of people wanting all 16 on one server because they don't want to hop around.
Which, I think, is the more interesting dilemma.
You're right and I agree with you that global synchronization of characters is not what we should be after (and I'm personally not asking for that). But, if they are going to allow the game to be purchased once for both servers then it only makes sense for the DLC to be purchased once for both servers.
The bottom line is that Crown store purchases should not be bound to a server, whether it's a pet, a mount, or a DLC...
-Aletheion
dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »I agree this is silly. I first noticed the issue when CP didn't carry across, and later a horse purchase didn't copy over. Its just how it works. I'm not really sure why they've arranged it that way for the pc servers though, considering ZoS is the one who maintains them.
Weird thing is happening and i can so far not get a clear answer from any of the Zos agents
I sometimes play on the european server because im a european native and od this to upkeep my native vocabulary (believe it or not you will loose it after a while)
When i started playing there everything was transfered from my account and available including my crowns and my emperial edition with all the maps and addons .
now after i purchased the orsinium and emperial city dlc's they are not available on the eu server .
after asking from an explanation i get the run arround
It does not seem fair to me to be forced to pay twice for the same content while according to their claims the dlc's once purchased are available accountwide .
I post this here with 2 goals
1: make every one aware that your dlc and purchases will not carry over and are NOT account wide.
2: Get a concrete answer from ZOS on this issue instead of being given several vague answers and given the run arround.
ps
i have a car for sale but if you wanna drive it across state line you have to pay me the purchase price again
awesome way of making money should have thought of that earlier
If data were synced globally across eight characters and you just chose a location to play at, then yes, shared crown purchases would make sense.
But you're getting eight unique characters on one server and eight on another. So I think it's fair that a crown purchase only counts toward eight of those characters. If you're going to popularize the idea of 16 characters, then you'll go down a path of people wanting all 16 on one server because they don't want to hop around.
Which, I think, is the more interesting dilemma.
You're right and I agree with you that global synchronization of characters is not what we should be after (and I'm personally not asking for that). But, if they are going to allow the game to be purchased once for both servers then it only makes sense for the DLC to be purchased once for both servers.
The bottom line is that Crown store purchases should not be bound to a server, whether it's a pet, a mount, or a DLC. That makes no sense and is completely inconsistent with the direction they've gone for the last 2 years. My monkey isn't bound. My loyalty pets and mounts aren't bound. My Imperial horse isn't bound. My imperial Edition isn't bound. My any race/any faction upgrade isn't bound, My maps from the Adventurer's Pack aren't bound. So, why are Crown store purchases bound causing us to pay double $$ for anything we buy from now on? If they open a third mega-server for Aussies or something then we have to pay triple? I can't believe someone making this decision at ZOS is sitting there thinking this is fair or makes any sense at all. I would imagine they'd want to be making decisions that keep players, not drive them away.
-Aletheion
MerryGinal wrote: »The simple fact that you have to buy twice for a dlc should be enough, if this is not a problem then you are the problem.
RIP logic.
MerryGinal wrote: »And that is stupid, I have friends oversea and I will not play with them because I will have to pay what i already payed for if I want to follow them.
Every other MMO did it so wtf ? (first time a game tell me to buy multiple time the dlc in order to switch server)
Willing to pay for data transfer in something else (and that would be awesome btw) but still...paying multiple time things like DLC (atleast this)...please.
Your case is a good case where you play on one side only I mean...you are not even concern by this really...and server hoping ? Would that be something in this game ?
DaveMoeDee wrote: »It makes complete sense that nothing transfers across servers. They are separate servers.
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It is confusing that the account page says your crown total for PC/Mac but then purchases are server based and not the ESO account, but syncing game content (like CP) is not an option.
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Because I was curious, I changed the setting in my launcher to EU and it wanted to reinstall the game. That seems a pretty big red flag against thinking that the servers are connected. Still, when you buy crowns, do they appear in only one server or both? The account page doesn't seem to differentiate. Despite all I said earlier, if the single crowns purchase appears in both NA and EU accounts and stay synced, so should the DLC purchased with those crowns unless there are clear disclaimers. If they only appear in one server account, than it would be obvious that the DLC will only be for one account.
I faced the same issue a month ago when i started playing only on EU , after I played since beta and bought all dlc on the NA server.
They let you play on both servers for the same money (the main base game) but anything else you have to buy on each server. Doesn't really make sense and yea, a notice from them would have been nice.