Nazon_Katts wrote: »nerevarine1138 wrote: »
I suspect any would do.
I agree, an entire year's worth of subscription should not be granted less crowns than a single month after unlimited.
I agree, an entire year's worth of subscription should not be granted less crowns than a single month after unlimited.
Why am I reminded of this story?
You really want people to answer that???
I agree, an entire year's worth of subscription should not be granted less crowns than a single month after unlimited.
Why am I reminded of this story?
You really want people to answer that???
Not really, but the arguments presented in this thread bear a striking similarity, do they not?
I agree, an entire year's worth of subscription should not be granted less crowns than a single month after unlimited.
Why am I reminded of this story?
I agree, an entire year's worth of subscription should not be granted less crowns than a single month after unlimited.
Why am I reminded of this story?
The circumstances are a little different. In our case we would have worked for the man for 10 days and at the end of 10 days he announced that anyone who works for him the 11th day will receive 1500 coins for that day and every day onward. Then he told those of us that had worked for him the previous 10 days that, as a token of his sincerest thanks, he would be giving us 100 coins per day for a total of 1000 crowns... I mean coins.
Also... I ALWAYS thought that story was kind of messed up. I know the money is meant to be salvation and how salvation will be given to all no matter how long they have followed Christ but my problem has always been is that salvation isn't quantifiable, it's intangible... so to equate salvation to money is like equating with being safe with having sandwiches... it's a flawed metaphor.
Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »pvpaddict42 wrote: »Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »Whats insulting is people crying that theyre getting ANYTHING AT ALL.
How many MMOs have gone F2P/B2P in the past and gave you ANYTHING as far as a cash equivilent for your prior time in the game?
Ill wait.
Veteran rewards have been a staple of games in many MMOs. You can certainly look at Champions Online as an example of a game that started as subscription and went F2P and many of the veteran reward sets (like costumes) went to their cash shop. So yeah, they certainly should be rewarding the players that stuck with them through the months, it's pretty much standard procedure these days.
Veteran Rewards are equal to actual money being returned to you in the form of Crown Points?
Yeah Okay buddy.
Im still waiting.
PS. As a subscriber thats been with the game prior to B2P. You are getting perks in the form of mounts and pets as you continue your subscription. So that right there is your Veteran Rewards.
Im still waiting for the example of a company paying you back in any amount for your time in game that can be used in their Store.
@Livvy THAT would have been awesome! if they announced in Jan... all current subscribers will start earning 1500 points from now so that when ESO:TU launches, if you've been a subscriber Jan, Feb & March, you will have 4500 Crown.
But the REASON LOTRO players had so many turbine points is they had like 2000 turbine points from 4 months of earning 500... is this correct or did they get even more on top of that?
I also really liked LOTRO's answer to:
What brought this decision about? Was it to counter a drop in subscriptions, or to grow the brand?
"Well, we definitely liked what we saw in DDO, without a doubt. We saw the community really grow, we saw a lot of opportunity for players who had tenure with the game to provide advice and support for new players. We felt that while LotRO was really doing well as a subscription game, we could really grow the experience and make it a much more rich and full experience for all of the players we currently have and the players who wanted to get in but were turned off by the subscription."
http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/06/04/lotro-goes-free-to-play-massivelys-interview-with-turbine/
@Livvy THAT would have been awesome! if they announced in Jan... all current subscribers will start earning 1500 points from now so that when ESO:TU launches, if you've been a subscriber Jan, Feb & March, you will have 4500 Crown.
But the REASON LOTRO players had so many turbine points is they had like 2000 turbine points from 4 months of earning 500... is this correct or did they get even more on top of that?
I also really liked LOTRO's answer to:
What brought this decision about? Was it to counter a drop in subscriptions, or to grow the brand?
"Well, we definitely liked what we saw in DDO, without a doubt. We saw the community really grow, we saw a lot of opportunity for players who had tenure with the game to provide advice and support for new players. We felt that while LotRO was really doing well as a subscription game, we could really grow the experience and make it a much more rich and full experience for all of the players we currently have and the players who wanted to get in but were turned off by the subscription."
http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/06/04/lotro-goes-free-to-play-massivelys-interview-with-turbine/
Exactly! THAT would have made sense to me and felt like a real reward that wasn't outlandish but made us feel like our time supporting the game up to that point meant something and gave us something to use in the new update.
I think the reason we had a pretty good number of turbine points was just the fact they let us accrue them leading up to the launch of F2P. I don't remember getting anything extra. But it was a while ago, so I could be wrong.
Keep telling everyone about that about the Senche if you like, it still doesn't add up to what they said and did about it.
There was never a 12 month requirement. There couldn't be, on March 17th the game won't even have been out for 12 months and the first month doesn't count. I don't remember who said it during the livestream, but they simply misspoke.Keep telling everyone about that about the Senche if you like, it still doesn't add up to what they said and did about it.
Dropping the requirement for a 12 month active subscription period to a 10 month non-consecutive subscription already made the Senche a lot less valuable. They could easily have made those 10 months into if you've had previously earned loyalty rewards, and have 10 months in subscription, you are eligible to receive the mount.
The way it's set up now is just a meaning for them to get players to buy more subscription and thus ESO+ in the last weeks before TU release.
500/month would probably let you buy every single item in the store on release day, then there would be no reason to buy crowns or a sub.
Sad to say not a good business choice for them.
500/month would probably let you buy every single item in the store on release day, then there would be no reason to buy crowns or a sub.
Sad to say not a good business choice for them.
No it's not, it would give you 5500 crowns, +500 from game purchase is 6k in crowns. It takes about 20k to purchase everything on the store.
There was never a 12 month requirement. There couldn't be, on March 17th the game won't even have been out for 12 months and the first month doesn't count. I don't remember who said it during the livestream, but they simply misspoke.
I agree, an entire year's worth of subscription should not be granted less crowns than a single month after unlimited.
Why am I reminded of this story?
I agree, an entire year's worth of subscription should not be granted less crowns than a single month after unlimited.
Why am I reminded of this story?
Except in this case we have been paying and supporting this buggy release for what is essentially 15 cents a month for the 15 dollars we were charged to play this game "premium" game.
I mean this would be different if the items in the cash shop were less then 50 crowns each. but even the cheapest items will take up 2 months of that paid subscription from launch. When SWTOR went free to play and gave cartel credits for each subscribed month not even they were that cheap and they were being run by EA.
Sorry but even with the new mount and mask I still feel the stab of betrayal and disrespect for the year long loyalty I gave to this game as ZoS mistreats with this utter token support from the people I helped made sure they received food and support during their most trying and risky launch of an MMO like this.
What's the harm in boosting that number to 300 hundred if you subscribed for more then 3 months? I am not asking because for a castle, I just want some actual appreciation and courtesy.
nerevarine1138 wrote: »I agree, an entire year's worth of subscription should not be granted less crowns than a single month after unlimited.
Why am I reminded of this story?
Except in this case we have been paying and supporting this buggy release for what is essentially 15 cents a month for the 15 dollars we were charged to play this game "premium" game.
I mean this would be different if the items in the cash shop were less then 50 crowns each. but even the cheapest items will take up 2 months of that paid subscription from launch. When SWTOR went free to play and gave cartel credits for each subscribed month not even they were that cheap and they were being run by EA.
Sorry but even with the new mount and mask I still feel the stab of betrayal and disrespect for the year long loyalty I gave to this game as ZoS mistreats with this utter token support from the people I helped made sure they received food and support during their most trying and risky launch of an MMO like this.
What's the harm in boosting that number to 300 hundred if you subscribed for more then 3 months? I am not asking because for a castle, I just want some actual appreciation and courtesy.
I'm sorry, did your subscription not grant you access to the servers while you were paying it? Because that's what your money was paid for.
This is not a well-earned reward. This is not a reimbursement. This is a gift.
I agree, an entire year's worth of subscription should not be granted less crowns than a single month after unlimited.
Why am I reminded of this story?
Except in this case we have been paying and supporting this buggy release for what is essentially 15 cents a month for the 15 dollars we were charged to play this game "premium" game.
I mean this would be different if the items in the cash shop were less then 50 crowns each. but even the cheapest items will take up 2 months of that paid subscription from launch. When SWTOR went free to play and gave cartel credits for each subscribed month not even they were that cheap and they were being run by EA.
Sorry but even with the new mount and mask I still feel the stab of betrayal and disrespect for the year long loyalty I gave to this game as ZoS mistreats with this utter token support from the people I helped made sure they received food and support during their most trying and risky launch of an MMO like this.
What's the harm in boosting that number to 300 hundred if you subscribed for more then 3 months? I am not asking because for a castle, I just want some actual appreciation and courtesy.
I don't see why LOTRO and SWTOR keep getting brought up in how /they/ do things... from my understanding of the general outlook on those games... isn't that kind of the opposite of the type of model people want? Not sure about LOTRO since I didn't play it.. but the cartel store from SWTOR (and their overall payment system) was gross, plus it screwed up the in game market.
Keep telling everyone about that about the Senche if you like, it still doesn't add up to what they said and did about it.
Dropping the requirement for a 12 month active subscription period to a 10 month non-consecutive subscription already made the Senche a lot less valuable. They could easily have made those 10 months into if you've had previously earned loyalty rewards, and have 10 months in subscription, you are eligible to receive the mount.
The way it's set up now is just a meaning for them to get players to buy more subscription and thus ESO+ in the last weeks before TU release.
I don't see why LOTRO and SWTOR keep getting brought up in how /they/ do things... from my understanding of the general outlook on those games... isn't that kind of the opposite of the type of model people want? Not sure about LOTRO since I didn't play it.. but the cartel store from SWTOR (and their overall payment system) was gross, plus it screwed up the in game market.
I am the opposite, where I am only familiar with LOTRO, not SWTOR. But the reason I think it is a direct comparison is because LOTRO very much started out just like it is starting out here. Their store got much worse and much more important with time. Which is the same fear I have for the ESO Crown Store. LOTRO may be bad now, and not something we want in ESO. But it doesn't mean it started out that way. And all we're talking about now is the inception.
I don't think anyone is saying we want it to be like LOTRO is now, current day. Just the fact we're stuck with them implementing this, so why shouldn't past subscribers have earned something they can do with it when it goes live. Like those that were stuck with it in other games.
We're forced to accept this new model if we want to play the game, just as we were when LOTRO went F2P. I personally think it is VERY similar.
But wouldn't requesting more free crowns make them put more items in the crown store (since they would be giving away free stuff from it, and now need more items to keep interest), essentially making it more important? I'm just thinking of the effect giving people more crowns could have, because nothing is truly "free" and cause and effect exists >.>
I can agree, it is very similar, which is why I'm afraid of pushing ZoS too close down the same road and making the crown store too important.
But wouldn't requesting more free crowns make them put more items in the crown store (since they would be giving away free stuff from it, and now need more items to keep interest), essentially making it more important? I'm just thinking of the effect giving people more crowns could have, because nothing is truly "free" and cause and effect exists >.>
I can agree, it is very similar, which is why I'm afraid of pushing ZoS too close down the same road and making the crown store too important.
I can see your point. I personally think them adding more and more to the crown store is totally inevitable. And past subscribers getting a little more worth placed on their past time in game wouldn't have any effect on how aggressive they were with the crown store.
Even if they had handled it like LOTRO, we wouldn't be able to buy everything in the store as it stands now. And we all know many many more things are on the horizon to be added.