Should the Linchal Grand Manor be buyable for Gold bound to achievements/Imperial Edition?

Anne_Firehawk

I voiced it before on the PTS, the Linchal Grand Manor should be available for purchase with Gold instead of being Crownstore only.
It's the Imperial Manor, so let owners of the Imperial Edition buy it with Gold. Or connect it to the Bane of the Goldcoast-Achievement.

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Marabornwingrion

Yes, it should be buyable for Gold bound to the Bane of the Goldcoast-Achievement

I remember when they said there won't be any houses in DLC areas...

Texecutioner187

No, it is good as it is and should remain Crownstore only

My personal opinion is leave it for Crowns just like the Grand Topal Hideaway. Part of the allure is exclusivity. If everyone has one then it will become common housing and then eventually ZOS will have to outdo themselves again to make a more exclusive property. Let's face it.. It's the same as Grand Topal Hideaway and hardly anyone has it and those that do... Well it's pretty awesome to see.

pauli133

jgruberman wrote: »

If everyone has one then it will become common housing and then eventually ZOS will have to outdo themselves again to make a more exclusive property.

While I disagree with your reasoning, I can hardly see ZOS being driven to outdo themselves as being in any way a bad thing.

SodanTok

Whats the point of this poll? Are you trying to prove to ZoS that people want to pay gold for this house? Literally the reason for it being crown only is because they think people will want it very much

Asking people if they want to pay imaginary currency over real one almost always leads to the same result

Anne_Firehawk

Yes, like the other Imperial Houses it should be buyable for Gold if you have the Imperial Edition

SodanTok wrote: »

Whats the point of this poll? Are you trying to prove to ZoS that people want to pay gold for this house? Literally the reason for it being crown only is because they think people will want it very much

Asking people if they want to pay imaginary currency over real one almost always leads to the same result

It's more about preventing people from getting milked like freaking cows for something that shouldn't cost them real €€€

Edit: You could still buy it with crowns obviously like every other house if that makes you feel better.

BlueRaven

No, it is good as it is and should remain Crownstore only

Wait! Wait! Wait!!!

Is this on sale now????

Texecutioner187

No, it is good as it is and should remain Crownstore only

pauli133 wrote: »

jgruberman wrote: »

If everyone has one then it will become common housing and then eventually ZOS will have to outdo themselves again to make a more exclusive property.

While I disagree with your reasoning, I can hardly see ZOS being driven to outdo themselves as being in any way a bad thing.

Perhaps that last bit of reasoning was a stretch. But for those that like the Grand Topal Hideaway and don't have it... Part of what makes it so great is its exclusivity. I feel while the courtyard is by far the best feature of this, the exclusively also adds to it. Would you pay 15k crowns for it if everyone had it? Or would you be more likely to if no one else had it and it was unique to you and your guild? Just throwing that out there...

Texecutioner187

No, it is good as it is and should remain Crownstore only

BlueRaven wrote: »

Wait! Wait! Wait!!!

Is this on sale now????

Thought it goes on sale on HotR release? I see Hakkvilds High Hall in the Crown Showcase... Not Linchal.

BlueRaven

No, it is good as it is and should remain Crownstore only

jgruberman wrote: »

BlueRaven wrote: »

Wait! Wait! Wait!!!

Is this on sale now????

Thought it goes on sale on HotR release? I see Hakkvilds High Hall in the Crown Showcase... Not Linchal.

Yeah. I just rushed online and checked. It is not on sale yet.

This topic made it sound like it just hit the store. I have been waiting on this house for a while.

SodanTok

Anne_Firehawk wrote: »

SodanTok wrote: »

Whats the point of this poll? Are you trying to prove to ZoS that people want to pay gold for this house? Literally the reason for it being crown only is because they think people will want it very much

Asking people if they want to pay imaginary currency over real one almost always leads to the same result

It's more about preventing people from getting milked like freaking cows for something that shouldn't cost them real €€€

Edit: You could still buy it with crowns obviously like every other house if that makes you feel better.

Its not what makes me feel better. I am not going to buy it and I partially agree it shouldnt be crown only. Mostly because it is first house in DLC (and in that zone).
But what I feel does not change the fact that people want this house and ZoS knows it, therefore they ask for higher (real) price. That is just business.

Grumble_and_Grunt

14k = 90€. Really surprised people pay such prices. Especially considering Housing in this game is incredibly neglected with the most limiting of functionality and seen little to no improvements since its release.

Such a shame the direction this game is going, with their new business quarterly model etc. Of which featured little for PvP interactions.

Already looking at this game in Nostalgia nowadays.

Turelus

Without trying to come off like a jerk the poll is basically going to go as follow.

Those who want everything for free will say yes it should be, those who have disposable income will say it shouldn't be.

I would love to see every item from the Crown Store as an in game release, however that's not a viable business strategy for keeping this game going any more.
With the move to buy to play it meant ZOS had to start making the items they sell in the shop ones people actually want, that means a lot of the cool stuff like this house will have to go there.

I'm fine with it being a store only item. I just wish it wasn't a timed exclusive.

Anne_Firehawk

Yes, like the other Imperial Houses it should be buyable for Gold if you have the Imperial Edition

Wouldn't exactly call several million gold "free".

Grumble_and_Grunt

Turelus wrote: »

Without trying to come off like a jerk the poll is basically going to go as follow.

Those who want everything for free will say yes it should be, those who have disposable income will say it shouldn't be.

I would love to see every item from the Crown Store as an in game release, however that's not a viable business strategy for keeping this game going any more.
With the move to buy to play it meant ZOS had to start making the items they sell in the shop ones people actually want, that means a lot of the cool stuff like this house will have to go there.

I'm fine with it being a store only item. I just wish it wasn't a timed exclusive.

Arguably nothing wrong with in game transactions, but within reason. 90€ AND limited time offer. Nobody is arguing free stuff. Most are arguing reasonable pricing.

Akrasjel

Won't happen.

Integral1900

Yes, it should be buyable for Gold bound to the Bane of the Goldcoast-Achievement

I would love to have it but for some reason I can't magic sixty plus pounds out of thin air!!!

also, the last expansion didn't cost that much!!!

Jhalin

Yes, it should be buyable for Gold bound to the Bane of the Goldcoast-Achievement

The trend into cosmetics costing more than major content updates is a sign that the game is in a downward spiral.

Then again, it's been in one for a while now with the direction their "balancing" is going. Make the game unfun to play with mandatory gear grinds and much-too-late-to-work sustain overhauls, increase the divide between overland and vet content to ridiculous degrees, then milk everyone for as much cash as they can before the game crashes and burns.

If I didn't have my guild, I probably wouldn't bother logging on. There's no sense of progression in this game and it may as well be TES: RNG edition.

Anyway, they only get away with this sort of scummy marketing because the player base lets them. They target the whales specifically because that means they don't have to sell as many instances of these items. If they priced reasonably, they'd sell so much more, but that requires confidence that the game is going to last, and as we've seen, the devs don't seem to have that.

Kahina

You're too late. There are people buying it for it's exclusivity.

Anne_Firehawk

Yes, like the other Imperial Houses it should be buyable for Gold if you have the Imperial Edition

Nah I made the poll early enough to change something but ZOS doesn't give a single ***

MLGProPlayer

Yes, it should be buyable for Gold bound to the Bane of the Goldcoast-Achievement

jgruberman wrote: »

My personal opinion is leave it for Crowns just like the Grand Topal Hideaway. Part of the allure is exclusivity. If everyone has one then it will become common housing and then eventually ZOS will have to outdo themselves again to make a more exclusive property. Let's face it.. It's the same as Grand Topal Hideaway and hardly anyone has it and those that do... Well it's pretty awesome to see.

They didn't "outdo" themselves with this property though...

In fact, they did the exact opposite. They generated a flat, rectangular instance. And then they filled it with existing assets. Every single one of those assets was in the game since launch (in the Hollow City). It literally took an hour to make. It's their most unimaginative property yet.