Official Discussion Thread for "A Guar of Your Own"

ZOS_GinaBruno · July 2014

This is the official discussion thread for the blog article A Guar of Your Own. How can you resist that little face!

ers101284b14_ESO · July 2014

Cute. Can we get guar pets in game without buying it?

Blackwidow · July 2014

"We will not sell in game items in our game store"

.......

I'm fine with pets and frilly stuff in your store. Just don't cross that line into powerful mounts and useful items please.

The starter mount already upset a lot of players, but I chalked that up to the starter box set.

Some will be upset you are selling stuff we can not earn in the game.

Sindala · July 2014

Official because you didn't like the fact I already had a post up about it before you lot did?

nerevarine1138 · July 2014

Blackwidow wrote: »

"We will not sell in game items in our game store"

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I'm fine with pets and frilly stuff in your store. Just don't cross that line into mounts and useful items please.

I don't think they ever said that. Unless they were referring to the distinction you just made between cosmetic things like pets/mounts and actual items.

Goibot · July 2014

Make it an in-game pack mule to carry 100 spaces, then it might sell.

impgirl · July 2014

Can we have a European outlet so we don't get slammed by shipping and import taxes?

Lord_Draevan · July 2014

Include an in-game Guar mount, preferably armored, and I'll buy it :P

Evergnar · July 2014

Blackwidow wrote: »

"We will not sell in game items in our game store"

.......

I'm fine with pets and frilly stuff in your store. Just don't cross that line into powerful mounts and useful items please.

The starter mount already upset a lot of players, but I chalked that up to the starter box set.

Some will be upset you are selling stuff we can not earn in the game.

Agree and I'm one of those who will not support cash shop items in a subscription game. Would have bought it for my nephew if it were just the plush toy but not now.

Devolus · July 2014

Screenshot of the guar pet in-game please?

MasterSpatula · July 2014

How different from the Scuttler will this be?

SantieClaws · July 2014

I always said the only ES item of merchandise I would buy would be a cuddly guar. He is now ordered and Corky Jr will take his rightful place by my PC. It works out to be about £20 in UK money including the shipping. I am not that stuffed about the pet as l tend not to use them but maybe l can learn to love a guar of my own.

Blackwidow · July 2014

REQUEST:

Can we please have pets not take up space in the inventory?

You might sell a few more if you do that.

Thanks.

dannymcgr81b14_ESO · July 2014

Gilvoth · July 2014

awww, he soo cute

lancepro · July 2014

Order placed! Waiting ~2 weeks for that redemption code is gonna be a little tough.

Vashir · July 2014

I ordered one, they are cute. The rest of you... if they handed out 20k free gold I think you'd all complain that it wasn't shiny enough.

dsalter · July 2014

make the ingame pet available as a ultimatly hard drop rate in 3-4 months time and i'll let this muck up slide.

kassandratheclericb14_ESO · July 2014

Bah humbug to you all. lol

*hugs plush guar and shoves money at Zeni*

But yeah...fun items only (and I really don't care if they sale some mounts as long as they don't go faster than your fastest mount or you still must level it from 0.)

Cosmetic stuff, pets, silly things...I'm ok with 100%. Don't sale stuff that makes people have an advantage just because they have more cash in real life.

Vashir · July 2014

Luckily this is just about the plush guar and pet, and none of the other things some of you are worried about :-o

jay122897_ESO · July 2014

Let me first say I am a huge Elder Scrolls fan. I loved all the games and they keep getting better and better. Having an online version now is absolutely awesome. With that being said....PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't go down this route. There are too many lame games out there that do this "do u wanna be the envy of your friends by having this pet/mount etc?...then buy this addon (or in this case a stuffed toy) to get your code to redeem it in game". I feel it cheapens the game and I would rather earn (by achieve or doing "x" number of quests) an in-game item like this. Also too many F2P games pull this stuff just to get $$ out of players. This is a subscription based game and anything you could want should be in-game somehow (achievements, quest rewards, or even just playing for a certain amount of time). This is just my opinion and I felt the need to say it. Again I do love the game and look forward to some of the stuff I've heard is coming.

ebondeath · July 2014

Pets are probably the only thing I'm willing to buy from a cash shop, and a tiny guar was the first thing I wanted as a pet when I saw one.

Well-played, ZOS.

starlizard70ub17_ESO · July 2014

Goibot wrote: »

Make it an in-game pack mule to carry 100 spaces, then it might sell.

You'd be amazed at how fast those in-game pack mules can get killed off by a pack of wolves or skeever. And then die with all your stuff on them. And they also have an annoying habit of wandering off to agro any monster group in the area while you're trying to sneak. Not to mention all the fun you'll have when you and your group is fighting your way through a group dungeon while trying to keep all your packies alive.

pierceoftheender · July 2014

I NEED THIS!!!

Caduryn · July 2014

Pet Price: 20$
Shipping Price: 18$

Anyone found the error?

Orchish · July 2014

So is there no in-game way to acquire this? I have to pay ? despite the fact i am paying a sub fee correct?

DeathTrap · July 2014

Devolus wrote: »

Screenshot of the guar pet in-game please?

Yeah - I'd really like to see what the pet looks like in game.

Night_Watch · July 2014

The toy looks like a nice little thing and the 'bonus' in game pet seems good.

I have bought the imperial edition of the game so it is not fair for me to complain about this being a cash shop item for in game use (the ingame pet).

I do have a problem with buying the plush though!

I went via Bethesda store and saw the following;

Guar Plush = $20

Shipping to my home address = $16

Total = $36

I'm not going to suggest that we should not pay shipping. However having the shipping added almost doubles the price of the Guar Plush for me.

As much as I am tempted to buy several of the toys for friends and me, I'm out!

Just under £12 for the plush is reasonable but the £9+ for shipping makes the toy just too expensive.

Those that buy this toy - enjoy it.

ebondeath · July 2014

lancepro wrote: »

Order placed! Waiting ~2 weeks for that redemption code is gonna be a little tough.

Just curious, where does it say this? I'm reading from my phone so it's entirely likely I missed it, but I can't find it.

And $16-$18 for shipping? Ouch. Was $5 for me.

Night_Watch · July 2014

ebondeath wrote: »

lancepro wrote: »

And $16-$18 for shipping? Ouch. Was $5 for me.

Yep $16 to ship to UK.

Almost doubles the item sale price and is unacceptable. [EDIT: 'unacceptable to me - hence I will not buy. Others may well find the shipping fee acceptable and that is just fine!]

Surragard · July 2014

I would like to see a screenshot because I too am wondering how much different this will look from the Scuttler pet. For those of you asking how to get the in-game pet without the toy I'm sure you'll see the codes go up on eBay by tomorrow.