Official Discussion Thread, "Level Up Your Arcanist To Unlock A Free In-Game Reward Bundle"

ZOS_Kevin · July 2023

This is the official discussion thread for, "Level Up Your Arcanist To Unlock A Free In-Game Reward Bundle"

"Unleash the power of Necrom’s new class and reach level 10 during the Ascent of the Arcanist promotion to unlock a slew of magical rewards!"

Arthtur · July 2023

This should be a reward for Achievement (Lv 50 Arcanist), not a limited time "free" bundle. But oh well, Crown Store more important than in game rewards.

prof-dracko · July 2023

Cool, time to make a new character, get the bundle then immediately delete it. Not a fan of this trying to push people into making new Arcanists, no doubt to pad some numbers. I expect there'll be a few angry people who already have full character slots without Arcanists complaining that they don't want to delete one to make room as well. Very underhanded marketing technique and one I really hope doesn't get repeated with future classes, unless you feel like adding comparable rewards for all classes at lvl 10?

ZOS_Kevin · July 2023

prof-dracko wrote: »

Cool, time to make a new character, get the bundle then immediately delete it. Not a fan of this trying to push people into making new Arcanists, no doubt to pad some numbers. I expect there'll be a few angry people who already have full character slots without Arcanists complaining that they don't want to delete one to make room as well. Very underhanded marketing technique and one I really hope doesn't get repeated with future classes, unless you feel like adding comparable rewards for all classes at lvl 10?

If you have already leveled up an Arcanist, you can just claim the reward. That's outlined in the article. And if you have necrom, we added a character slot. This bundle is themed around the arcanist. So nothing underhanded here. Everything is outlined upfront.

Ingenon · July 2023

Thanks for the promotion! My Arcanist is already beyond level 10, so I appreciate that you will give the rewards anyway. Good to see the twitch drops active for ESO streamers. I'll have to see when one of my favorite streamers is on while I'm playing.

Wolfkeks · July 2023

I already had the torchbug but thanks for the body and face markings and xp scrolls, still need to level some characters ^^

Soraka · July 2023

Cool thanks! I like free stuff!

FluffyBird · July 2023

Strange that ZOS feels the need to entice players into playing the new class. Someone in the management is unhappy with numbers, it seems.

TheImperfect · July 2023

Thank you, love the body and face markings!

Elsonso · July 2023

FluffyBird wrote: »

Strange that ZOS feels the need to entice players into playing the new class. Someone in the management is unhappy with numbers, it seems.

On the surface, probably, but given the rewards, I don't think they are in any panic mode. I mean, someone is usually always unhappy with the sales numbers and think they could be larger.

Destai · July 2023

@ZOS_Kevin This is a good example of something time-limited that should've been a permanent in-game reward for playing the toon.

FluffyBird wrote: »

Strange that ZOS feels the need to entice players into playing the new class. Someone in the management is unhappy with numbers, it seems.

That was my first thought too. Personally, not a fan of the rewards, just into the theme. Honestly, not having to do horse dailies and other tedium would make me way more willing to play the new class. I can't play it at the expense of my other toons, time's too limited.

SeaGtGruff · July 2023

FluffyBird wrote: »

Strange that ZOS feels the need to entice players into playing the new class. Someone in the management is unhappy with numbers, it seems.

I think they chose the new class because it's part of the newest chapter. Based on what I've been seeing in the game since the launch of Necrom, there are a lot of players who created Arcanist characters long before this offer even existed.

It seems more likely that this offer was timed to overlap with the base game being offered for free by the Epic Game Store. It could help entice newcomers into buying the Necrom upgrade to go along with their free copy of the base game. A lot of them would probably be doing that, anyway, so they can join other players in the new zone.

Starshadw · July 2023

Dear ZOS: first, it's nice to offer folks some free gifts for trying out the new class.

However, to offer the Devoted Torchbug pet in the bundle has me side-eying you all over the place. That pet has always been rare and exclusive, so it feels more than a little "meh" to suddenly decide you're offering it to everyone. Why not make it a green torchbug pet, to go along with the green scheme of the Arcanist? That would keep the rarity of the Devoted Torchbug, and would only require re-coloring the pet's glow.

tomofhyrule · July 2023

Starshadw wrote: »

However, to offer the Devoted Torchbug pet in the bundle has me side-eying you all over the place. That pet has always been rare and exclusive, so it feels more than a little "meh" to suddenly decide you're offering it to everyone. Why not make it a green torchbug pet, to go along with the green scheme of the Arcanist? That would keep the rarity of the Devoted Torchbug, and would only require re-coloring the pet's glow.

I have to disagree.

I've been chasing that thing for ages, but every time a streamer's been doing a giveaway, my RNG was just never there. It's nothing short of frustrating that obtaining that was always a luck-based mission, and I saw people who won multiple times and I never hit the jackpot once.

I can totally see offering exclusive mounts or pets to show off that you participated in the beta, or that you did the latest trial trifecta, or what have you. I just don't think "I'm luckier than you" is something that is an equivalent flex.

Besides, streamers are moving more to offering the pink torchbug now instead of the green anyway, so at this point it's the pink one that is the super exclusive. And I'm sure that since that's now the streamer offering, there might be another even more exclusive color coming eventually (we've also seen blue and white ones in Apocrypha, so I bet one of those may end up being the new 'exclusive' color).

Reverb · July 2023

Is this what we’re doing for a Necrom event instead of one with tiers unlocked at different levels of community participation and a house or DLC at the end, like we’ve done for previous chapters?

Maitsukas · July 2023

Reverb wrote: »

Is this what we’re doing for a Necrom event instead of one with tiers unlocked at different levels of community participation and a house or DLC at the end, like we’ve done for previous chapters?

That is currently active on PTS and will appear for all platforms (PC-EU/NA, PS-EU/NA, XBOX-EU/NA) most likely in mid-to-late September.

ZOS_Kevin · July 2023

Reverb wrote: »

Is this what we’re doing for a Necrom event instead of one with tiers unlocked at different levels of community participation and a house or DLC at the end, like we’ve done for previous chapters?

As @Maitsukas mentioned, the community event typically happens during Q3 of the year. We will have more news on that event soon at a later time. The current promotion is only meant to be focused on the Arcanist.

SleepyJoe90 · July 2023

I'm well miffed.
Why can't these rewards be applied automatically? I've been leveling up an Arcanist since Necrom launch, she's now over level 40, but because I take a two week vacation that happens to encompass this event I'm unable to claim claim them in game.

count_dingo · July 2023

@ZOS_Kevin any chance this will come back, perhaps during an event? Got this reward for two family members, thought we had 1 more day and missed out on the kiddo's award for it.

ZOS_Kevin · July 2023

count_dingo wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin any chance this will come back, perhaps during an event? Got this reward for two family members, thought we had 1 more day and missed out on the kiddo's award for it.

This was a limited time promotion, so we don't have plans to bring it back soon. But we can pass along the feedback to maybe have it appear again.