Merlin13KAGL wrote: »And what people are forgetting is you're not getting Crowns. You're getting an item bought with Crowns, an in-game item, bought with another in game item, in trade for gold (which is also only obtainable in game.)
Pretty sure, by very definition, this makes gold an in game item.
Zero IRL currency or IRL item of value is being exchanged here, and it's not a far walk to determine that if you trade an item worth [insert tooltip gold vendor value here], then you could exchange that amount of gold the same way.
It's been answered. No need to make it harder than it needs to be.
Another way to look at it, is you can't convert IRL $ into gold (violation of ToS), and you can't convert gold into IRL $ (still gold selling, as someone would have to produce the $). This is neither of those things.
As such gold has in game 'value' only.
Dragonnord wrote: »Merlin13KAGL wrote: »And what people are forgetting is you're not getting Crowns. You're getting an item bought with Crowns, an in-game item, bought with another in game item, in trade for gold (which is also only obtainable in game.)
Pretty sure, by very definition, this makes gold an in game item.
Zero IRL currency or IRL item of value is being exchanged here, and it's not a far walk to determine that if you trade an item worth [insert tooltip gold vendor value here], then you could exchange that amount of gold the same way.
It's been answered. No need to make it harder than it needs to be.
Another way to look at it, is you can't convert IRL $ into gold (violation of ToS), and you can't convert gold into IRL $ (still gold selling, as someone would have to produce the $). This is neither of those things.
As such gold has in game 'value' only.
So, you mean that we can buy crowns from TESO website, Steam and Twitch using IRL money and NOW ALSO from players using in-game gold?
Dragonnord wrote: »Merlin13KAGL wrote: »And what people are forgetting is you're not getting Crowns. You're getting an item bought with Crowns, an in-game item, bought with another in game item, in trade for gold (which is also only obtainable in game.)
Pretty sure, by very definition, this makes gold an in game item.
Zero IRL currency or IRL item of value is being exchanged here, and it's not a far walk to determine that if you trade an item worth [insert tooltip gold vendor value here], then you could exchange that amount of gold the same way.
It's been answered. No need to make it harder than it needs to be.
Another way to look at it, is you can't convert IRL $ into gold (violation of ToS), and you can't convert gold into IRL $ (still gold selling, as someone would have to produce the $). This is neither of those things.
As such gold has in game 'value' only.
So, you mean that we can buy crowns from TESO website, Steam and Twitch using IRL money and NOW ALSO from players using in-game gold?
No. You are NOT getting crowns. You are getting an IN GAME ITEM. There is no way to convert the item back into crowns or convert crowns into an non in-game item. Real world currency is only viewed at as a non in-game item here.
Dragonnord wrote: »Dragonnord wrote: »Merlin13KAGL wrote: »And what people are forgetting is you're not getting Crowns. You're getting an item bought with Crowns, an in-game item, bought with another in game item, in trade for gold (which is also only obtainable in game.)
Pretty sure, by very definition, this makes gold an in game item.
Zero IRL currency or IRL item of value is being exchanged here, and it's not a far walk to determine that if you trade an item worth [insert tooltip gold vendor value here], then you could exchange that amount of gold the same way.
It's been answered. No need to make it harder than it needs to be.
Another way to look at it, is you can't convert IRL $ into gold (violation of ToS), and you can't convert gold into IRL $ (still gold selling, as someone would have to produce the $). This is neither of those things.
As such gold has in game 'value' only.
So, you mean that we can buy crowns from TESO website, Steam and Twitch using IRL money and NOW ALSO from players using in-game gold?
No. You are NOT getting crowns. You are getting an IN GAME ITEM. There is no way to convert the item back into crowns or convert crowns into an non in-game item. Real world currency is only viewed at as a non in-game item here.
You didn't get my point. Buying the crowns and getting the mount, pet, dlc, etc. yourself or asking someone else to get the mount, pet, dlc, etc. from the crown store and send it to you it's exactly the same.
Dragonnord wrote: »Dragonnord wrote: »Merlin13KAGL wrote: »And what people are forgetting is you're not getting Crowns. You're getting an item bought with Crowns, an in-game item, bought with another in game item, in trade for gold (which is also only obtainable in game.)
Pretty sure, by very definition, this makes gold an in game item.
Zero IRL currency or IRL item of value is being exchanged here, and it's not a far walk to determine that if you trade an item worth [insert tooltip gold vendor value here], then you could exchange that amount of gold the same way.
It's been answered. No need to make it harder than it needs to be.
Another way to look at it, is you can't convert IRL $ into gold (violation of ToS), and you can't convert gold into IRL $ (still gold selling, as someone would have to produce the $). This is neither of those things.
As such gold has in game 'value' only.
So, you mean that we can buy crowns from TESO website, Steam and Twitch using IRL money and NOW ALSO from players using in-game gold?
No. You are NOT getting crowns. You are getting an IN GAME ITEM. There is no way to convert the item back into crowns or convert crowns into an non in-game item. Real world currency is only viewed at as a non in-game item here.
You didn't get my point. Buying the crowns and getting the mount, pet, dlc, etc. yourself or asking someone else to get the mount, pet, dlc, etc. from the crown store and send it to you it's exactly the same.
It's not according to Gina.
Dragonnord wrote: »Merlin13KAGL wrote: »And what people are forgetting is you're not getting Crowns. You're getting an item bought with Crowns, an in-game item, bought with another in game item, in trade for gold (which is also only obtainable in game.)
Pretty sure, by very definition, this makes gold an in game item.
Zero IRL currency or IRL item of value is being exchanged here, and it's not a far walk to determine that if you trade an item worth [insert tooltip gold vendor value here], then you could exchange that amount of gold the same way.
It's been answered. No need to make it harder than it needs to be.
Another way to look at it, is you can't convert IRL $ into gold (violation of ToS), and you can't convert gold into IRL $ (still gold selling, as someone would have to produce the $). This is neither of those things.
As such gold has in game 'value' only.
So, you mean that we can buy crowns from TESO website, Steam and Twitch using IRL money and NOW ALSO from players using in-game gold?
No. You are NOT getting crowns. You are getting an IN GAME ITEM. There is no way to convert the item back into crowns or convert crowns into an non in-game item. Real world currency is only viewed at as a non in-game item here.
DaveMoeDee wrote: »Dragonnord wrote: »Merlin13KAGL wrote: »And what people are forgetting is you're not getting Crowns. You're getting an item bought with Crowns, an in-game item, bought with another in game item, in trade for gold (which is also only obtainable in game.)
Pretty sure, by very definition, this makes gold an in game item.
Zero IRL currency or IRL item of value is being exchanged here, and it's not a far walk to determine that if you trade an item worth [insert tooltip gold vendor value here], then you could exchange that amount of gold the same way.
It's been answered. No need to make it harder than it needs to be.
Another way to look at it, is you can't convert IRL $ into gold (violation of ToS), and you can't convert gold into IRL $ (still gold selling, as someone would have to produce the $). This is neither of those things.
As such gold has in game 'value' only.
So, you mean that we can buy crowns from TESO website, Steam and Twitch using IRL money and NOW ALSO from players using in-game gold?
No. You are NOT getting crowns. You are getting an IN GAME ITEM. There is no way to convert the item back into crowns or convert crowns into an non in-game item. Real world currency is only viewed at as a non in-game item here.
Disappointing when they ask a question that was directly answered by the post they are responding to. You would think people would read the posts they respond to.
But if their point was that you can farm gold now to get crown store items by finding someone willing to trade, that is a valid point.
Can people gift upgrades, like DLC?
Dragonnord wrote: »DaveMoeDee wrote: »Dragonnord wrote: »Merlin13KAGL wrote: »And what people are forgetting is you're not getting Crowns. You're getting an item bought with Crowns, an in-game item, bought with another in game item, in trade for gold (which is also only obtainable in game.)
Pretty sure, by very definition, this makes gold an in game item.
Zero IRL currency or IRL item of value is being exchanged here, and it's not a far walk to determine that if you trade an item worth [insert tooltip gold vendor value here], then you could exchange that amount of gold the same way.
It's been answered. No need to make it harder than it needs to be.
Another way to look at it, is you can't convert IRL $ into gold (violation of ToS), and you can't convert gold into IRL $ (still gold selling, as someone would have to produce the $). This is neither of those things.
As such gold has in game 'value' only.
So, you mean that we can buy crowns from TESO website, Steam and Twitch using IRL money and NOW ALSO from players using in-game gold?
No. You are NOT getting crowns. You are getting an IN GAME ITEM. There is no way to convert the item back into crowns or convert crowns into an non in-game item. Real world currency is only viewed at as a non in-game item here.
Disappointing when they ask a question that was directly answered by the post they are responding to. You would think people would read the posts they respond to.
But if their point was that you can farm gold now to get crown store items by finding someone willing to trade, that is a valid point.
Can people gift upgrades, like DLC?
I meant the OTHER response from Gina. And Gina hasn't confirmed yet if CURRENCY is considered an ITEM or not, even when she was asked with the straght question for a Yes or No.
Dragonnord wrote: »Merlin13KAGL wrote: »And what people are forgetting is you're not getting Crowns. You're getting an item bought with Crowns, an in-game item, bought with another in game item, in trade for gold (which is also only obtainable in game.)
Pretty sure, by very definition, this makes gold an in game item.
Zero IRL currency or IRL item of value is being exchanged here, and it's not a far walk to determine that if you trade an item worth [insert tooltip gold vendor value here], then you could exchange that amount of gold the same way.
It's been answered. No need to make it harder than it needs to be.
Another way to look at it, is you can't convert IRL $ into gold (violation of ToS), and you can't convert gold into IRL $ (still gold selling, as someone would have to produce the $). This is neither of those things.
As such gold has in game 'value' only.
So, you mean that we can buy crowns from TESO website, Steam and Twitch using IRL money and NOW ALSO from players using in-game gold?
No. You are NOT getting crowns. You are getting an IN GAME ITEM. There is no way to convert the item back into crowns or convert crowns into an non in-game item. Real world currency is only viewed at as a non in-game item here.
Y'all already got it covered
ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »To clarify, trading an in-game item for other in-game items is allowed; trading in-game items for real-world money or other out-of-game items is strictly prohibited.
alainjbrennanb16_ESO wrote: »ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »To clarify, trading an in-game item for other in-game items is allowed; trading in-game items for real-world money or other out-of-game items is strictly prohibited.
@ZOS_GinaBruno nice dipolamtic answer but what they are doing is in fact is using real world money, no matter what way you put it, to buy crowns with real life money and then trade for in game gold is skirting the terms, so in other terms like with guild trades it has become p2w.
ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »To clarify, trading an in-game item for other in-game items is allowed; trading in-game items for real-world money or other out-of-game items is strictly prohibited.
But the question is...is a Crown Store item considered an in-game item (since it is found in-game) or a out-of-game since it's purchased with crowns ie real money? That seems to be where all the confusion is.
A Crown Store item is considered an in-game item.
ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »To clarify, trading an in-game item for other in-game items is allowed; trading in-game items for real-world money or other out-of-game items is strictly prohibited.
But the question is...is a Crown Store item considered an in-game item (since it is found in-game) or a out-of-game since it's purchased with crowns ie real money? That seems to be where all the confusion is.
A Crown Store item is considered an in-game item.
This makes sense. It used to bother me hearing about the crown-for-gold trading going on, but since both crown store items and gold are considered "in-game items" without any real world value it makes sense why it isn't considered trading money for gold. Since they are both considered in-game items ZOS might as well allow crown store items to appear in the trading window just to make the process simpler and to give both parties peace about not being scammed out of their crowns/gold.
EDIT: not sure this "Mykael" is a credible source. We really need an iron clad, unquestionable statement here.
So, is there an acceptable crown vs gold exchange rate yet?