Official Discussion Thread for "Crown Store Showcase - October 2019"

ZOS_JessicaFolsom

This is the official discussion thread for "Crown Store Showcase - October 2019" blog article.

This month in the Crown Store you’ll find Dragon-slaying gear, spooky furnishings and homes, Daedric companions, and much more. Check it all out in the latest Crown Store Showcase!

TiaFrye

I'm out of crowns but have a little stash of gems, so... Very happy about things I've wanted being gem exclusives.
Sorry folks.

casparian

TiaFrye wrote: »

I'm out of crowns but have a little stash of gems, so... Very happy about things I've wanted being gem exclusives.
Sorry folks.

[snip]

[edited for baiting/non-constructive comment]

Nairinhe

I have no words to describe how much I hate this "crown gems exclusive" crap. I've waited for this pocket watcher since it appeared in datamined items but I just cannot support such disgusting practice

TiaFrye wrote: »

I'm out of crowns but have a little stash of gems, so... Very happy about things I've wanted being gem exclusives.
Sorry folks.

Shame on you

DragonRacer

OF COURSE THE FLIPPIN' SENCHE-RAHT IS CROWN GEM EXCLUSIVE.

*SCREAMING FOREVER INTO THE VOID*

Greysson

This will be an expensive month!

Pinesy

Kinda sad at no NEW furnishing packs. The only thing I see myself buying is the gem senche-raht and the witchy kitty.

Sad it seems the lucky cat landing will be crown only.

Sigh. I'm just tired.

Amphithoe

I really love the "Elder Scrolls Artifacts" I was hoping for Mehrunez Razor but the Ebony Blade is good enough

Will we eventually see armors aswell? Like Saviours Hide or Ebony Mail?

Jolipinator

Still no Honor Guard motif, and Murkmire won't get an anniversary event. Shame.

casparian wrote: »

TiaFrye wrote: »

I'm out of crowns but have a little stash of gems, so... Very happy about things I've wanted being gem exclusives.
Sorry folks.

"I'm really happy about anti-consumer business practices because I'm unusually profligate with my spending! Sorry folks!"

Why are you assuming they spend money on crates? I have 700 gems from the free crates we got last year.

Aliyavana

Volendrung should have been an earnable artifact style for doing the volendrung artifact achievements.

madabarwb17_ESO

Damn. I was hoping Hunters Glade was on that list of houses. I've been looking forward to working with that one for a while. Based on last year i would have expected it to be early October. Anyone got any ideas on when ZOS will randomly put it up. Lol.

Recremen

The Goutfang Senche-Raht mount is a Crown Gem exclusive
The Pocket Watcher pet is a Crown Gem exclusive

Has the sales team or whoever considered not being terrible?

TiaFrye

Jolipinator wrote: »

Still no Honor Guard motif, and Murkmire won't get an anniversary event. Shame.

casparian wrote: »

TiaFrye wrote: »

I'm out of crowns but have a little stash of gems, so... Very happy about things I've wanted being gem exclusives.
Sorry folks.

"I'm really happy about anti-consumer business practices because I'm unusually profligate with my spending! Sorry folks!"

Why are you assuming they spend money on crates? I have 700 gems from the free crates we got last year.

anyone can hoard gems from drops and free promo crates if necessary, yes
i bet next insult someone will trow into us will be "because of people such as you we have these gems exclusives, stop hoarding!"

Bucky_13

TiaFrye wrote: »

I'm out of crowns but have a little stash of gems, so... Very happy about things I've wanted being gem exclusives.
Sorry folks.

Funnily enough I'm the opposite. If this had been a for crowns item, I'd purchase more crowns to buy the mount. However, since it's gems only, I won't bother buying crates where I already have the items I want, in order to get enough gems for it. In short, ZOS will get less money from me by making this gems only compared to a crown purchase.

Sporvan

Sniff where's the bat pet?

Jayne_Doe

Really disappointed that the senche-raht mount and esp. the pocket watcher are gems exclusive. I'm on XB, and we don't get a monthly supply of free gems like PC does. Sure, with the launch of Dragonhold, we will, but we won't get that DLC until November. Not going to buy crates to try and earn enough gems for the pet (which is what I want most). I'd end up spending far more crowns on crates (and there isn't anything in the current crates I want, either), so it'd be a big waste of real money. I'd have spent 1200-1500 crowns on it though, if I were able to purchase it outright.

I'm surprised that Lucky Cat is coming out so soon, and it appears to be given the Orbservatory Prior treatment, i.e. not being limited-time. I already knew it would be Crowns only from there being no gold option on PTS. But, I won't be able to get it until November on XB.

This month, overall, is pretty lackluster...again. Lots of returning items, which is great for players who missed them the first time, but for players who already got the items they wanted the first time around, it leaves little else to buy. I think I might get the familiar, but other than that, there isn't anything I want that isn't locked behind gambling. I'll pick up Lucky Cat, as well, but that's a November purchase for me.

Well...here's to another month of saving my crowns.

Shadow_Akula

Sporvan wrote: »

Sniff where's the bat pet?

^ this. Sky-puppy pet would be much better than an Emote that switches off everytime you move 😐 Was looking forward to a sky-puppy pet ☹️ Oh well looks like I’ll just be getting exorcised home I missed out on last year this month...

CaffeinatedMayhem

Not enough gold or money for all the cool stuff!


Edit: Oh the watcher is gems only? And the senche raht mount? Oh, definitely not enough anything then. Already don't have enough gold for another set of New Moon crates, much less Hollowjack furnishings, and 2 more sets of crates... *especually* since there are no new furnishing recipes in Dragonhold, which there goes my big moneymaker until next May.

RaddlemanNumber7

I guess that reskinned cat is the closest thing we're ever going to get to a real daedra mount. Sad.

Aliyavana

RaddlemanNumber7 wrote: »

I guess that reskinned cat is the closest thing we're ever going to get to a real daedra mount. Sad.

atronach mounts are daedra

Carbonised

I sincerely hope you plan on adding a few more unique furniture item drops to the Witches Festival plunder skulls, considering that there isn't a single new Witches themed item coming to the crown store this month, it's all just re-sells and returns of items we have had the last couple years.
There's still a plethora of furniture items we have not had access to, just look at the wish list in my signature, you could add some of those to the loot tables of witches festival.

Apart from a couple pets, there's nothing new coming this festival, all the stuff you already sold before.

anadandy

Carbonised wrote: »

I sincerely hope you plan on adding a few more unique furniture item drops to the Witches Festival plunder skulls, considering that there isn't a single new Witches themed item coming to the crown store this month, it's all just re-sells and returns of items we have had the last couple years.
There's still a plethora of furniture items we have not had access to, just look at the wish list in my signature, you could add some of those to the loot tables of witches festival.

Apart from a couple pets, there's nothing new coming this festival, all the stuff you already sold before.

Agreed. There are plenty of spooky/harvest themed objects already in the game that could be used.

CMDR_Un1k0rn

I'm gonna' get some hate for saying this, but I only say it because I'm a realist.

I'm glad to see the Hollowjack crates coming back as it does at least mean I can buy a pack with my ESO+ Crowns and with the Gems I already have, I will have enough to buy the Treasure Hunter costume if I don't get a drop.

ArchangelIsraphel

I'm pretty disappointed that the bat pet that was data mined is no where to be seen in this line up of crown store items, I was really looking forward to that one.

Also very disheartened to see the first senche-rhat recolor is crown gem exclusive.

I'm curious though, will the cottage also be available to purchase for gold, as it was last year for those who obtained a specific achievement? Didn't get a chance to grab it last year as I was brand new to the game.

Araneae6537

@Jayne_Doe We don’t get monthly Gems on the PC either. There was a Crown Crate log-in reward last month but that’s not most months that I’ve seen and aren’t the daily rewards on all platforms?

In any case, 100% agree that there are far too many Gem exclusives and not enough available for Crowns. It would seem to me they could incentivize buying crates without totally excluding those who don’t like to pay for RNG and/or don’t like many of the Crown crate items (sorry, not a fan of glowing smoking mounts and pets nor turning my character into a monster, but there are many items I would have bought individually if it had been an option).

Positive: I bought the Hollowjack furnishing pack because I really wanted the reaper crow and the webs and I like the light from the oroboros jack-o’-lantern and the crows around the scarecrow! The Mephala statuette looks cool too!

Negative: Could we have more rotation of Crown items, please? The same costumes have been in store since I started playing this past summer and it would be great to have more rotation. Give me reason to browse the Crown store more often by changing up the costumes, hairstyles, pets and furnishing sets are available please!

Also, sad to see no spider pet, but then again it would probably have been another Gem-exclusive.

Gnatrak

I'm really disappointed from not seeing the Jode's Embrace home in the crown store this month.
I've been dying to throw my money at you for it!

I made a post inquiring about it so I'll drop that here:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/496165/crown-store-showcase-october-2019-houses

Fischblut

I am very interested in many things this month (including from lower crate categories), but I will need to preview some of them in game though.

I would be also interested in Ebony Blade, but only if we could dye it

Finally, the senche raht recolor! I admit, I totally didn't expect it to be gem-exclusive mount... This color looks beautiful, but I don't think that the mount itself is special in any way (no effects or anything) which can justify it being in this section of store. Also I wonder if it will cost 400 gems, because such price is extremely high for ordinary mount Maybe 200 or 100 gems?

Return of both seasons of spooky crates, and in right time too (after a year)! Somewhat weird that each season will return for only 4 days... At least 7 days would be better; or proper duration of 14 days for each returning season.

Return of Toxin doctor costume in regular store, very nice It reminds me of Wild Hunt season (where I bought this costume for 40 gems just to see how it dyes It dyes nicely). If we assume how many crate seasons still have to return this year, in November would be great to have Wild Hunt season, Dwarven season and Xanmeer season. Ok, take one of these for December, but it should not interfere with Scalecaller return like 4 days this/4 days that... Seasons return once a year, so even 14 days is not too much.

I wonder why there was no announcement of Shadowghost mounts return this time They used to return during Halloween.

Carbonised

Two more things @ZOS_SarahHecker

- How long are you going to keep holding on to that Elsweyr Oasis pack now? It was supposed to be revealed months ago, and yet here we are in October and still no sign of it. Come on guys, you keep re-releasing these old furniture packs from years ago, and you won't give us the Oasis pack that was already supposed to be available, but was literally pulled the same day due to a completely unrelated "issue" with the Jode's house, nothing to do with the pack. Gimme Oasis pack.

- No New Moon pet sales, really? Do you really intend to keep doing this from now on, as you did with Bandaari pet and now New Moon? Give us ONE single pet crate in login rewards with a 20 % chance of getting what you want and a 80 % chance for disappointment, then wait for 2-3 months until you can actually buy the damn pet you did want, maybe to go with the matching mount you already had from crates? What a stupid marketing scheme. Obviously people want their matching pet ALONG with the crate mounts, not 2-3 months after the crates when it's even time for a new bunch of crates. Gimme New Moon pets for sale, and not in 2020.

ArchMikem

Why would Dremora ride Senche?