Official Discussion Thread for "New Ragebound Crown Crates"

James-Wayne · March 2023

Gadamlub14_ESO wrote: »

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James-Wayne wrote: »

If this new crown crate is going to go the way I think it is they deserve all the hate they are about to get....

thankfully Starfield is out this year so I can go clear my head of all these greedy tactics they have been introducing into the game of late, its wrecking the game.

Remember creation club and fallout 76s monetization which was based off the practices started here?

It will be the same in star field and in es6.

I do remember but I dont get into the store side of things in these single player games, just sit down and enjoy the hours and hours of content.

Finedaible · March 2023

blktauna wrote: »

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James-Wayne wrote: »

If this new crown crate is going to go the way I think it is they deserve all the hate they are about to get....

thankfully Starfield is out this year so I can go clear my head of all these greedy tactics they have been introducing into the game of late, its wrecking the game.

Dude, Starfield, assuming it actually lands this year, will be exactly the same. Prepare yourself for that now.

After the Creation Club and Skyrim versionitis I have absolutely no hope in any future titles from Bethesda not being overly monetized cash grabs.

Jarl_Ironheart · March 2023

Honestly the predatory crown store is getting worse with this game. The 15 crown crate bundle was ridiculous in my opinion but this 25 bundle is very unnecessary. On top of it being expensive it also preys on people who really want that polymorph by forcing them to get the huge pack just to get the one thing they want. I haven't seen any other MMO that focuses so hard on the premium store and offer barely anything to earn in game. Whoever is pushing this needs to be stopped but clearly it won't stop because they make dirty money off this crap. They also clearly don't care about rhe players or game due to the large amount of bugs and issues that still plague this game for years.

Wolfkeks · March 2023

8,000 crowns

KENDALLPOP · March 2023

400 gems for an outfit? Please tell me this is some kind of pricing mistake, that is obscene.

BardokRedSnow · March 2023

Please tell me that the gifting bug is now fixed. These crates are amazing. It may not be me giving you my money but trust, someone will be, Because of me.

Elsonso · March 2023

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KENDALLPOP wrote: »

400 gems for an outfit? Please tell me this is some kind of pricing mistake, that is obscene.

It is a costume that shows bare skin. I am surprised it isn't more expensive.

Also, it sells for 8000 Seals.

noblecron · March 2023

I'm just glad the Tribunal one isn't that price

Necrotech_Master · March 2023

Wolfkeks wrote: »

8,000 crowns

thats not as bad of a price as i thought, but its still very pricey, almost as much as most of the notable size crown houses

i really only want the polymorph, so really going to have to debate this cause i dont know if i want to spend nearly $100 on a polymorph (the crown crates are fluff and not being included in my decision, though i know it is still better than nothing the crates are still awful)

VaranisArano · March 2023

RedRoomGaming wrote: »

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Wolf_Eye wrote: »

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RedRoomGaming wrote: »

The one time deal getting the polymorph I get, but once you buy the 25 crates can you get them again? Like say I wanted to buy 100 crates for myself could I do that?

likely no, since the polymorph is directly added to collections, it doesnt all the sudden become a runebox that you can trade if you already had it

I didn’t mean anything like that, what I meant was since the polymorph is a one time thing, are they 25 crates a one time purchase or can we buy more of them? Or once you’ve bought them you can only do the 15 unless gifting gets fixed

In the official article, it says "we’re also introducing a new 25-crate bundle as a one-time purchase ". So I'm assuming you can only buy the 25 pack once.
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So why are people getting so upset about gifting? You bought it for yourself but then want to gift your friend so they get the polymorph but **poof** it’s gone because you can’t purchase it anymore.

Also I get where everyone is annoyed because the polymorph looks amazing and people who can’t afford it won’t be able to get it. Still, once you buy 1 round of 25 crates that’s it. You can’t gift or buy again

The gifting bug means that people who trade gold for gifts are locked out of the deal right now, even though it's a "once per crown trader" sort of thing.

I'm not sure how many crown traders will be gifting the 25-crate bundle once. but I figure there's some who have no interest in the polymorph for themselves.

Animar111 · March 2023

Best purchase I’ve ever made on that 25 crate bundle. Thank you @Zos 😁

Wolfkeks · March 2023

For people who plan to buy the crates there is a bug atm:

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi All. Thanks for the pings in this thread. Wanted to follow up on this issue. Currently 5 Ragebound Crate items not converting into gems. This is not intended. We have let our teams know and they are working on a fix for this. Only the following items are affected, and are not providing a gem breakdown value as intended:
Legendary Reward: Crown Crafting Motif 67: Welkynar Style - 33 gem value

Legendary Reward: Crown Crafting Motif 55: Dreadhorn Style - 33 gem value

Legendary Reward: Orb of the Spirit Queen - 33 gem value

Epic Reward: Reach Chandelier, Hagraven - 13 gem value

Epic Reward: Rite of the Harrowforged - 13 gem value

As for right now, unopened crates will be fixed if you leave them unopened until after the fix is live. Once the fix is available, when you get duplicate of the above mentioned crate items, you'll get the intended gem conversion.

For those who have opened some Ragebound Crates already or still plan on doing so prior to the fix, please keep the items and do not destroy them. When the fix rolls out, you will get the correct gems in the future as long as you do not DESTROY the item.

Thanks again for letting us know and we are working on getting this issue resolved.

ZOS_Kevin · March 2023

Thanks @Wolfkeks. I was just about to repost that here. Appreciate the post.

Alienoutlaw · March 2023

any eta on store coming back online @ZOS_Kevin ?

edward_frigidhands · March 2023

The Bloodrage Shield is way too small and looks way too strange.

It should have a size more along the lines of Drowned Mariner or Sea Giant style shields.

ZOS_Kevin · March 2023

Alienoutlaw wrote: »

any eta on store coming back online @ZOS_Kevin ?

No news on the gifting yet. We checked this morning and the team is still working on a fix.

BardokRedSnow · March 2023

I don't have any issue with the bundle at all. Even if no one's willing to make the one time purchase for me in exchange for the gold, I'd buy it myself just because of the value. I love the crates. Think they're the best we've gotten in a good long while. I do sympathize with those who wanted the polymorph but it wasn't promised to be an individual purchase, and the 8000 crowns plus that really is cheap tbh compared to the value of that same number of crates with the other available bundles.

But I'd be willing to buy more of them myself with gifting available since I have the means to with my gold. Without that tho, nah to the pack and crown crates in general. Pretty much every time I've bought crates with gold, I've always also bought additional crates myself due to being juuuust barely off from my crown gemstones and being impatient. Now tho, it just feels like they want the buyer and seller paying instead. But they said its a glitch so I will wait and see.

All in all tho even if it's a glitch, this is quite disappointing. I feel like this is one of the times they should shut down the crown store and address this with their A team, whoever that may be and get it fixed pronto, just like all the other crown store related issues. It is losing Zos money in the same way, trust.

Ringing_Nirnroot · March 2023

Is the red glow on the Harrowforged Durzog only supposed to be visible to the player?

ZOS_Kevin · March 2023

Ringing_Nirnroot wrote: »

Is the red glow on the Harrowforged Durzog only supposed to be visible to the player?

It should be visible to everyone. Is it not? If so, if you (or a friend) can provide a screenshot, we can get that over to our teams to investigate.

Gadamlub14_ESO · March 2023

so you finally release a new argonian hairstyle. one with lots of feathers and similar to the most coveted of argonian hairstyles being the white river braids. and you stick this ugly horn on the back of it? Why in gods name would you do this.

BardokRedSnow · March 2023

I don’t understand why they’re not shutting down the crown store so they can get this fixed right now, y’all are losing money by not doing so, in relation to gifting crown crates

Necrotech_Master · March 2023

BardokRedSnow wrote: »

I don’t understand why they’re not shutting down the crown store so they can get this fixed right now, y’all are losing money by not doing so, in relation to gifting crown crates

it sounds like they are still working on a fix for that, and if the whole crown store was shut down they would be losing way more money lol

BardokRedSnow · March 2023

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

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I don’t understand why they’re not shutting down the crown store so they can get this fixed right now, y’all are losing money by not doing so, in relation to gifting crown crates

it sounds like they are still working on a fix for that, and if the whole crown store was shut down they would be losing way more money lol

This assumes that they’d have the same amount of resources and manpower if they did shut the crown store down vs not. Typically when they do shut it down we get same day fixes, which is what this needs.

Ringing_Nirnroot · March 2023

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

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Ringing_Nirnroot wrote: »

Is the red glow on the Harrowforged Durzog only supposed to be visible to the player?

It should be visible to everyone. Is it not? If so, if you (or a friend) can provide a screenshot, we can get that over to our teams to investigate.

I’m the one glowing on right and the person on left isn’t glowing, this is on Xbox NA

Cameron991 · March 2023

Ringing_Nirnroot wrote: »

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ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Ringing_Nirnroot wrote: »

Is the red glow on the Harrowforged Durzog only supposed to be visible to the player?

It should be visible to everyone. Is it not? If so, if you (or a friend) can provide a screenshot, we can get that over to our teams to investigate.

I’m the one glowing on right and the person on left isn’t glowing, this is on Xbox NA

I’m very curious on that mount I want to see what happens when you press A I’m not sure if I like this one better then the other harrowstorm and vampire mount

ZOS_Kevin · March 2023

@Ringing_Nirnroot Thanks for sharing the screenshot. Passing this along to see what the team can find.

Chiaroscuro · March 2023

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ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi all, just to follow up here. As noted in the article, "Note that the Shade polymorph is automatically unlocked and added to your collectibles when you acquire this one-off bundle (25 Ragebound Crate Bundle) and is not included in the crates themselves."

We are actively trying to get crown crate gifting back up, but our team is still working through some issues related to gifting. As for feedback around the Shade Polymorph being tied to the Ragebound Crate bundle, we will submit any and all feedback related to this to the team. We know this is new, so your feedback is appreciated here. Thanks all.

I mean, if the team is aware that crate gifting is "bugged", they absolutely should not be releasing a unique polymorph like this that is locked behind a $60-$75 purchase. Many of us longtime players make all of our crown crate purchases with ingame gold, because we have enormous amounts of it with nothing else to spend it on. It is absolutely predatory and deceptive to release this polymorph in this manner at this point in time.

It should be purchasable with gems either indefinitely or until gifting is fixed, or it shouldn't be released at all until gifting is fixed.

Quoting for emphasis. Quoting for strong emphasis @ZOS_Kevin

Papasears1982 · March 2023

how dare you spend money on a game that you like! XD

Animar111 · March 2023

Problem with Voidmother’s Welwa mount.

Was very disappointed that when your character sits on the mount half of your characters leg armour is sunken lower than the mount’s saddle and your character hand is way below where it’s supposed to hold on to.

I definitely think there is an issue with character placement on the mount and needs addressing asap.

Please can you pass this on to the team @ZOS_Kevin

Supreme_Atromancer · March 2023

Hi, some nice stuff in the crown store. I think the apex mounts were very well done. While I'm against some theme being extrapolated past its lore theme ad nauseam, the artistry is superb.

I'm also very happy to see the Hagraven make an appearance as a combat dummy, because it can be used beyond its "intended" purpose of parsing to add interest, character and story to people's houses. More, please!

I'm not super excited about the particular new customised actions available this season. I feel like the category is a fantastic idea, and I'm really excited about future possibilities, but, for instance, changing only the colour of the port to wayshrine animation isn't compelling to me. I'd say the same for the woodcutting one.

The Gyrhawk one was more like what I'd like. As an out-there example, if there was an animation replacer that felt like a sorcerer channelling a portal, or summoning a scamp to harvest stone, that's something I'd snap up in a heartbeat.

A developer once said that the idea of pet skins failed on the unpopularity of the Slate Grey Warden Bear skin. Its strange to me because while there are skins I'd certainly buy, that one itself wasn't appealing. I can obviously only speak for myself, but wanted to say that not being super keen on particular customised actions- those that change only colour, for instance- wouldn't be an indication that I don't like the idea, but the particular execution.