I've seen some people (not here, but elsewhere on other sites and in chat) say they're going to openly laugh and mock people who sport crown crate exclusives. Whether that becomes true or not, and just how widespread it may be if it is true... I don't know and really cannot know. Personally, as much as I'd almost want to, I don't really advocate for that as I believe in people buying what they want with their own money for whatever reason they want. Even if I think it's a bad move. But that's not to say others will restrain themselves from such. Given how much backlash there has been with no real give on it from ZOS, I wouldn't be surprised if some people did go right to the source - the people who buy them in the first place. Again, no idea how widespread it would be if anyone even does do that, but it is something to think about.
"ESO Welcomes Crown Crates"
Ok guys, put your hands up, i want to see who welcomes them. No dont be shy, i dont have axe, maybe... no no, just put your hands up.
Anyway, trash for 400 crowns, thats must buy /s
I'm waiting to see what items will be only exclusive in future, I hope nothing. Sadly hope died today.
O/
I welcome them. I have many crowns and nothing I want to purchase in the store...so now I have a place to put those membership crowns
lordrichter wrote: »I don't see the problem with the crown crates. Yeah, they're RNG, but it's gambling. People still drop $5, $10, or $20 on scratch off tickets that more often than not net them with either a free ticket to try again or nothing at all, yet you don't see people whining about how bad the RNG win rate is. They still go out and buy them not because they're guaranteed a win, but because they might.
Crown crates are better than the normal lottery because you'll at always get at least something of value be it in the form of some item or converted gems to spend later once you've saved enough. Simply put, you always win. And, just like with the standard lottery you can choose to participate or not. There's nothing that forces anyone to buy the crates nor does anyone lose anything by not buying them. All the items are either aesthetic or have questionable usefulness. In other words, those that do buy the crates don't end up more powerful than those that don't.
So, for those of you who like gambling, I think this is probably a decent way to fulfill that itch. For those that don't, you can rest assured that you're not missing out on anything useful. For those that want to collect absolutely everything in the game, I guess you're SOL unless you wanna drop beaucoup bucks on a lottery. At least, in the end, the mad cash you spent will get you something, unlike actual lottery. In the end, people will play the crown crate lottery because people like gambling. I know I will.
Good luck!
Welcome to the party, better late than never.
In other news, your local grocery store has introduced a new concept. Mystery Food Bags. Rather than walking up and down aisles, you just buy a Food Bag for US$5 and get a random assortment of 4, sometimes 5, items from the store. In each bag, everyone is guaranteed one or more choice items from our stock of ramen noodle soups and meat broths, plus you get a chance to get one exclusive prime cut of meat, as well as many new items not available in the store, like premium bakery items and special purchases. What's more, if you get a second item from the meat or bakery departments, you can turn it in for a special token that you can spend on exclusive Food Bag foods!
Let me also tell you about the cool new Mystery Car program that your local car dealer is coming out with. For a low low US$15,000, you are guaranteed a random car from our line of used cars, or even a chance to get the latest Italian sports cars! If you buy two packages, you get to keep both cars! Details next week.
I know you are looking forward to this. People like gambling.
Enjoy your RNG gamble boxes. I am absolutely certain that you will be satisfied with each and every one of them.
So while I am not against any of this. It does take quite the nerve using the word "welcomes" in the title of this article. Really? Does it look like it is being welcomed? If I'd get such a welcome somewhere I'd be sure not to let the door hit me on the way out.
I have defended these crates, and I still don't really care they are there. But with such an outcry on the forums you dare say they are welcomed? If you want to make the impression that you do not read what your community thinks at all, well, congratulations, you hit it spot on.
Your marketing strategy keeps baffling me. It's almost an insult.
rmerlb16_ESO wrote: »ZOS is releasing these as a mean to increase their revenue. They are, after all, a business, who depends on revenue to fund development, pay employees, and reward investors. Seeing how ZOS decided to split the loot tables into "seasons", I suspect that after the first season, the marketing department will look at numbers:
- How much did we make selling crates?
- How much did it cost to design the exclusive items?
Then a purely financial decision might be made. If they don't sell enough crates to justify developing exclusives, then they will consider their options:
- Drop prices
- Increase drop rate / desirability of crate content
- Sell the exclusive items separately, at a higher price than the usual item
- Drop the whole idea
However if they do generate enough sales to justify the increased development cost, then all the naysayers will have been wrong, and they will keep going ahead with it, with the income increase benefiting everyone involved (both at ZOS and in the player base).
I've been gaming for 25 years and the market is finally (over)saturated enough that I can pick and choose where my money goes. Thing is, I WANT some of my money to go to ESO. I love the Elder Scrolls franchise and was super excited because this is the first MMO I've tried that my wife didn't hate immediately.
Logicbomb00 wrote: »Let's say I get the Frost Mare mount in a Crown Crate (that I already have and spent around 2500 Crowns for) does this mean that I'll be able to swap it for 2500 Crowns worth of Crown Gems?
Callous2208 wrote: »Who do I gotta tag to get some info about actual content updates and future plans? @ZOS_HeatherPowers?
"ESO Welcomes Crown Crates"
Ok guys, put your hands up, i want to see who welcomes them. No dont be shy, i dont have axe, maybe... no no, just put your hands up.
Anyway, trash for 400 crowns, thats must buy /s
I'm waiting to see what items will be only exclusive in future, I hope nothing. Sadly hope died today.
O/
I welcome them. I have many crowns and nothing I want to purchase in the store...so now I have a place to put those membership crowns
@shadoza
Then why not advocate for the items to be sold directly, instead of having to gamble for them? You'd still have a place to spend all the crowns that you're apparently sitting around on. I mean you do actually want the items, right? And hey, you know what's even better about direct sales? You actually get the goods and services you were looking for! So if you want the items locked behind the gambling boxes, you ought to be super ticked that you might spend all those crowns you have saved up and not get anything.
I am against WoW being B2P + Subscription AND having a cash shop on top of it, hence why I've never played it. Unturned is F2P from a small developer. It isn't a large studio with multiple revenue sources on three major platforms. CS:GO also has a $15 price point, skins can drop directly, and you can buy what you want directly from the Steam marketplace without having to gamble.
Whether the skin is gambling-only or bought with cash, it's still just a skin. It makes zero difference to your gameplay.
Just because they don't change gameplay doesn't mean people don't put value on them for other reasons.
And they do actually have the possibility of changing gameplay for people who partake in RP.
Callous2208 wrote: »Everyone in here talking about welcoming these things to support future projects and content, but I can't get a straight answer anywhere on what if any future content is planned. Haven't had a quality expansion added since Orsinium so what's up? You got the dweebs and basement dwellers ready to drop bank for the thrill of opening the box and not the items within. So what are you gonna do with that money?
Logicbomb00 wrote: »I've seen some people (not here, but elsewhere on other sites and in chat) say they're going to openly laugh and mock people who sport crown crate exclusives. Whether that becomes true or not, and just how widespread it may be if it is true... I don't know and really cannot know. Personally, as much as I'd almost want to, I don't really advocate for that as I believe in people buying what they want with their own money for whatever reason they want. Even if I think it's a bad move. But that's not to say others will restrain themselves from such. Given how much backlash there has been with no real give on it from ZOS, I wouldn't be surprised if some people did go right to the source - the people who buy them in the first place. Again, no idea how widespread it would be if anyone even does do that, but it is something to think about.
Hmmm. I'm not one to individually harass people over their choices, but I'm also one that kinda gets caught up in mob mentalities. If I came across 15-20 people jeering and /thumbsdown-ing someone on an atronach mount, I wouldn't be able to help joining in and condemning them along with the others......
Callous2208 wrote: »Everyone in here talking about welcoming these things to support future projects and content, but I can't get a straight answer anywhere on what if any future content is planned. Haven't had a quality expansion added since Orsinium so what's up? You got the dweebs and basement dwellers ready to drop bank for the thrill of opening the box and not the items within. So what are you gonna do with that money?
Because I do not share you opinion, this makes me a "dweeb and Basement dweller?" Seriously, we have a full basement, but no one and nothing lives down there...it's used for utility and emergency only. I enjoy the thrill of the chase and it never matters if I catch something...nothing wrong with that.
As a supporter of the Crown Crates, I do not care where the money goes. Once it leaves my hand it is no longer mine and not on my mind.
lordrichter wrote: »They make nothing selling Crown Crates.
They make money from us in four ways. They sell the initial game license, they sell Crowns, they sell ESO Plus subscriptions, they sell merchandise in the Bethesda ESO Store.
With Crowns, it does not matter what you purchase in the Store, or if you purchase anything at all. What Crown Crates do is deplete Crown reserves and encourage purchase of additional Crowns.
Giving a monthly free crate (even if to subscribers only) would make it better.
The sheer, terrified, unfounded panic on display here is… I've never seen anything like it, in 30+ years of playing online games since early BBS's.
Logicbomb00 wrote: »I've seen some people (not here, but elsewhere on other sites and in chat) say they're going to openly laugh and mock people who sport crown crate exclusives. Whether that becomes true or not, and just how widespread it may be if it is true... I don't know and really cannot know. Personally, as much as I'd almost want to, I don't really advocate for that as I believe in people buying what they want with their own money for whatever reason they want. Even if I think it's a bad move. But that's not to say others will restrain themselves from such. Given how much backlash there has been with no real give on it from ZOS, I wouldn't be surprised if some people did go right to the source - the people who buy them in the first place. Again, no idea how widespread it would be if anyone even does do that, but it is something to think about.
Hmmm. I'm not one to individually harass people over their choices, but I'm also one that kinda gets caught up in mob mentalities. If I came across 15-20 people jeering and /thumbsdown-ing someone on an atronach mount, I wouldn't be able to help joining in and condemning them along with the others......
@ZOS_GinaBruno These kinds of scenarios possibly arising are a serious problem that should be addressed, even from the marketing point of view. And those scenarios may or may not be limited to just crate exlusive items: people who never bought a crate own retired items now put in crates; some newer players might not even realise its an old retired item.
I would not want to be made to feel bad for owning an item that originally brought me hours of joy . And it may very well happen to many people whether they got their items earlier or from crates.
(Also being unwilling advertisement for crates when using old exlusive/retired items gives bad vibe to many who dont embrace the crates but love their old items.)
I was once called a "rich *** ", propably by some little kid, when changing and dyeing multiple costumes at the the dye station; that made me laugh. But being mocked for this crate shenenegans sake would make me angry.
Most other mmos with mystery boxes give some sort of chances of obtaining a freebie now and then; naturally to get new people to buy boxes, but quite possibly also to avoid their box customers getting harrassed for sporting the items.
Giving a monthly free crate (even if to subscribers only) would make it better.
Putting all the non themed items in the store some time after the crate season is over, and cycling retired items in the store would make it hugely better and lessen the hate toward crates a lot!
Community does not seem to "welcome" the crates very well so far .
rmerlb16_ESO wrote: »lordrichter wrote: »They make nothing selling Crown Crates.
They make money from us in four ways. They sell the initial game license, they sell Crowns, they sell ESO Plus subscriptions, they sell merchandise in the Bethesda ESO Store.
With Crowns, it does not matter what you purchase in the Store, or if you purchase anything at all. What Crown Crates do is deplete Crown reserves and encourage purchase of additional Crowns.
That's a contradiction there. You say yourself that crown crates will encourage the purchase of additional Crowns. Then looks to me that selling Crown Crates does allow them to make money.
Callous2208 wrote: »Callous2208 wrote: »Everyone in here talking about welcoming these things to support future projects and content, but I can't get a straight answer anywhere on what if any future content is planned. Haven't had a quality expansion added since Orsinium so what's up? You got the dweebs and basement dwellers ready to drop bank for the thrill of opening the box and not the items within. So what are you gonna do with that money?
Because I do not share you opinion, this makes me a "dweeb and Basement dweller?" Seriously, we have a full basement, but no one and nothing lives down there...it's used for utility and emergency only. I enjoy the thrill of the chase and it never matters if I catch something...nothing wrong with that.
As a supporter of the Crown Crates, I do not care where the money goes. Once it leaves my hand it is no longer mine and not on my mind.
The opinions of people who are addicted to throwing their money away and admittedly have no concern for the direction of the video game they're playing, do not concern me. I don't go and laugh at the people leaving the casino looking like they are a breath away from jumping off a bridge, nor do I care to acknowledge their stories about how much they enjoy the thrill of the chase. I am here to play a video game. As such, content is priority one, quality of life features and side distractions follow after. This is an mmorpg and not an online casino, therefore the focus shouod remain on the things i have asked about. I would however, not mind it if they milked you good folks who love gambling dry, in an effort to bring new and fantastic actual content to this video game, for those of us who are here to play a video game. Since...this is a video game.
Edited all the name calling and curse words out cuz I'm on thin ice.
Callous2208 wrote: »Callous2208 wrote: »Everyone in here talking about welcoming these things to support future projects and content, but I can't get a straight answer anywhere on what if any future content is planned. Haven't had a quality expansion added since Orsinium so what's up? You got the dweebs and basement dwellers ready to drop bank for the thrill of opening the box and not the items within. So what are you gonna do with that money?
Because I do not share you opinion, this makes me a "dweeb and Basement dweller?" Seriously, we have a full basement, but no one and nothing lives down there...it's used for utility and emergency only. I enjoy the thrill of the chase and it never matters if I catch something...nothing wrong with that.
As a supporter of the Crown Crates, I do not care where the money goes. Once it leaves my hand it is no longer mine and not on my mind.
The opinions of people who are addicted to throwing their money away and admittedly have no concern for the direction of the video game they're playing, do not concern me. I don't go and laugh at the people leaving the casino looking like they are a breath away from jumping off a bridge, nor do I care to acknowledge their stories about how much they enjoy the thrill of the chase. I am here to play a video game. As such, content is priority one, quality of life features and side distractions follow after. This is an mmorpg and not an online casino, therefore the focus shouod remain on the things i have asked about. I would however, not mind it if they milked you good folks who love gambling dry, in an effort to bring new and fantastic actual content to this video game, for those of us who are here to play a video game. Since...this is a video game.
Edited all the name calling and curse words out cuz I'm on thin ice.
You are making assumptions. I do not gamble. I do not pay for the crowns; they are provided via my membership...which I do pay for. But I think I get your message. You are saying that your own opinion is what is important to you. Many, if not all, think that way. However, I disagree with your delivery.
I believe more players enjoy the Crown Crates than is what is represented here. Time will certainly tell. In the game The Secret World, some players were very vocal about the introduction of a "loot crate" into the store. The folks felt certain that no one would purchase them. They became the TSW's top seller from the store. Because the "loot crates" were so popular, themed bags, and party bags, were introduced. They, too, are best sellers. The crown crates might be a best seller for TESO as well.
I believe more players enjoy the Crown Crates than is what is represented here. Time will certainly tell. In the game The Secret World, some players were very vocal about the introduction of a "loot crate" into the store. The folks felt certain that no one would purchase them. They became the TSW's top seller from the store. Because the "loot crates" were so popular, themed bags, and party bags, were introduced. They, too, are best sellers. The crown crates might be a best seller for TESO as well.
lordrichter wrote: »rmerlb16_ESO wrote: »lordrichter wrote: »They make nothing selling Crown Crates.
They make money from us in four ways. They sell the initial game license, they sell Crowns, they sell ESO Plus subscriptions, they sell merchandise in the Bethesda ESO Store.
With Crowns, it does not matter what you purchase in the Store, or if you purchase anything at all. What Crown Crates do is deplete Crown reserves and encourage purchase of additional Crowns.
That's a contradiction there. You say yourself that crown crates will encourage the purchase of additional Crowns. Then looks to me that selling Crown Crates does allow them to make money.
They make money selling Crowns, not Crown Crates. All that matters, at the end of the day, is how much revenue they make from the Crowns they sell. Not how many Crown Crates.
Edit: With my ESO Plus Crowns, I can buy 45 Crown Crates during a year and not have to buy a single additional Crown. This nets ZOS absolutely no extra revenue from me. None. Zip. Were I to do this, the Crown Crates would simply be part of my ESO Plus subscription.
I won't be using my ESO Plus Crowns for this, just to be clear.
Ahnastashia wrote: »lordrichter wrote: »rmerlb16_ESO wrote: »lordrichter wrote: »They make nothing selling Crown Crates.
They make money from us in four ways. They sell the initial game license, they sell Crowns, they sell ESO Plus subscriptions, they sell merchandise in the Bethesda ESO Store.
With Crowns, it does not matter what you purchase in the Store, or if you purchase anything at all. What Crown Crates do is deplete Crown reserves and encourage purchase of additional Crowns.
That's a contradiction there. You say yourself that crown crates will encourage the purchase of additional Crowns. Then looks to me that selling Crown Crates does allow them to make money.
They make money selling Crowns, not Crown Crates. All that matters, at the end of the day, is how much revenue they make from the Crowns they sell. Not how many Crown Crates.
Edit: With my ESO Plus Crowns, I can buy 45 Crown Crates during a year and not have to buy a single additional Crown. This nets ZOS absolutely no extra revenue from me. None. Zip. Were I to do this, the Crown Crates would simply be part of my ESO Plus subscription.
I won't be using my ESO Plus Crowns for this, just to be clear.
If they see a significant increase in crown purchases and also many crown crate purchases, I'm going to say I believe they will see the connection, and will see the introduction of crown crates as a "huge success". If however, they do not see an increase in crown purchases and little to no crown crate purchases, I would think that would be a message that their crown crates failed. Am I wrong here?