Reddit AMA Today @ 1:00PM EST

ZOS_JessicaFolsom

mamericus wrote: »

The fact that you need a "lead" e-commerce guy, potentially implying he has an entire team behind him, is scary.

Definitely understand, but it shouldn't be scary. Creating an in-game store hooked up to our account system is a huge undertaking, as is the creation of new pets, mounts, and costumes. Each takes coordination with multiple teams, including art, animation, in some cases audio. There are also in-game economy considerations. Lee has been reading the Crown Store wishlist thread daily.

Goresnort

bugmom wrote: »

The_Great_Maldini wrote: »

Goresnort wrote: »

That shirt and those pants.

Poor man. He needs help. Badly

He is the creative director. Thus he is being creative with his wardrobe. Maybe it helps get the mojo flowing? Either that or his wife does not pick out his wardrobe...

So let me understand - these guys are trying to improve communication, posted a photo so we can see who they are, and so people on the forum need to attack them personally???? What kind of people are you?

In game, I have encountered so many friendly, helpful people. The community is one of the things I love and the people I play with would never do personal attacks in a forum. Who are you people?

Mr. Sage seems like a even headed guy. He can probably stomach a friendly jab

Cuyler

Will @ZOS ever do these events not during your normal business hours? That way players that work the same time as you can have a chance to get involved sometime. (8-5pm est)

ZOS_GinaBruno

Here's the official link: http://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/2tfb48/welcome_to_the_eso_tamriel_unlimited_aua/

Kraven

How much will DLC cost? If it is released one per every 3 months, is it going to sell for the $45 that Unlimited members have paid in subs? Not sure how many console players would pay 45 every 3 months considering they apparently had such an issue with sub model in the first place. So IF dlc is available every 3 months for the expected $10-20 what is the benefit of paying the additional $25-$35? A few crowns?

Wouldn't every player be better off buying the number of crowns that they wanted and the DLC, considering subscribers are only 'renting' the DLC no matter how long they've been subbed? (the content itself becomes locked if they drop their sub a year from now for a month or two, during those two months they don't have access to a $20 DLC even though they've paid a year's worth of subscription?)

3 months seems like a very quick time table to release new content for a B2P game. Take GW for example, it after all has the exact same business model:
Three stand-alone episodes, one major expansion pack, and several "mini"-expansions were released in the series from April 2005 to April 2013

So how long do you realistically see quality rich content worth the price of DLC to be released? How do you balance keeping that DLC cheap while keeping subs, supporting development of cheap content?

Robocles

Gyudan wrote: »

That's much better communication than the PR Live of 2 days ago. Thanks.

Yep... it is... 2 whole hours in the middle of a workday.

Kraven

Additionally: How can anyone believe a single thing that you say as a company? If it is nothing but dishonest PR spin, out right BS, platitudes and deception?

Kraven

Oh simple questions.

What are the numbers? How much money was earned by subscriptions since launch? How many subscribers cancelled since December?

Stonesthrow

Nevermind… grumpy empty stomach.

daneyulebub17_ESO

So far they seem to be ignoring any questions critical of the B2P model change that might require them to justify it or explain their rationale, and are just answering the most basic procedural soft balls. Not many of those, either.

Robocles

daneyulebub17_ESO wrote: »

So far they seem to be ignoring any questions critical of the B2P model change that might require them to justify it or explain their rationale, and are just answering the most basic procedural soft balls. Not many of those, either.

It's a PR move... like the unannounced Live session yesterday.

Buck

Kraven wrote: »

How much will DLC cost? If it is released one per every 3 months, is it going to sell for the $45 that Unlimited members have paid in subs? Not sure how many console players would pay 45 every 3 months considering they apparently had such an issue with sub model in the first place. So IF dlc is available every 3 months for the expected $10-20 what is the benefit of paying the additional $25-$35? A few crowns?

Wouldn't every player be better off buying the number of crowns that they wanted and the DLC, considering subscribers are only 'renting' the DLC no matter how long they've been subbed? (the content itself becomes locked if they drop their sub a year from now for a month or two, during those two months they don't have access to a $20 DLC even though they've paid a year's worth of subscription?)

3 months seems like a very quick time table to release new content for a B2P game. Take GW for example, it after all has the exact same business model:
Three stand-alone episodes, one major expansion pack, and several "mini"-expansions were released in the series from April 2005 to April 2013

So how long do you realistically see quality rich content worth the price of DLC to be released? How do you balance keeping that DLC cheap while keeping subs, supporting development of cheap content?

Great questions.

-I'm wondering how they plan to keep the gold sellers/bots from returning when a Sub is no longer required. But then I think... will I believe their answers anyway. lol

Nikolas

Sindala wrote: »

Ahh yes ofcourse give a Q&A session to Reddit first....our buttholes here on the OFFICIAL forums are still a bit sore after the shafting we have been getting since before Christmas....

New victims over there, they won't know ZOS is going to lie again

Stonesthrow

The answered the riding question, was curious about that:

CHRIS S: Sure thing Jargo. So with the new system your character will have what we call Riding Skills that will replace what was previously tracked on each mount. This maps to the 3 attributes you had previously (speed, capacity and stamina). The highest value you have on your existing mounts will transfer over to the new riding skill system.

With this change, you can choose the look of the mount you want without sacrificing bonuses since that's determined by your Riding Skill now.

Yes they are higher than the previous feeding stats.

Yep, Guars and other mounts will have the visual upgrades just like horses! Your riding skill determines what visual upgrades show up on them.


Also cleared up some store questions:

MATT F: We're aiming for 1.6 to hit PTS sometime next week, so you'll be able to see the Crown Store then. And a note - part of the purpose of PTS is to test and assess the viability of items on the Store, so we can (and probably will) adjust Crown prices for some items and even add or remove items between PTS and going live.

That being said, we're going to have a bunch of costume packs, some discrete costumes, six or so mounts (two guars), six or so vanity pets, stamina potions, health potions, magicka potions, repair kits, soul gems, and the digital Imperial Edition upgrade bundle. We may have a couple of other bundles as well.

You won't be able to purchase any real-world items (hoodies, etc.) with Crowns - those are spent in the crown store only for in-game items. There will be no method in-game earn Crowns.

daneyulebub17_ESO

Robocles wrote: »

daneyulebub17_ESO wrote: »

So far they seem to be ignoring any questions critical of the B2P model change that might require them to justify it or explain their rationale, and are just answering the most basic procedural soft balls. Not many of those, either.

It's a PR move... like the unannounced Live session yesterday.

Yep, kind of a cynical one too. Now they can say they were "responsive" I guess.
(For that many people (6?), they sure aren't answering many questions! They all sharing one keyboard?)

MornaBaine

Reddit...sigh. Hey @ZOS_GinaBruno Will you AT LEAST do us the courtesy of posting the results here so your PAYING players who really don't want anything to do with Reddit can know what's going on????

Kraven

Just like pre-launch, they won't answer real questions. They'll field ones like "Will there be dragons?" a hundred thousand times before answering anything real.

Buck

Stonesthrow wrote: »

Also cleared up some store questions:

MATT F: We're aiming for 1.6 to hit PTS sometime next week, so you'll be able to see the Crown Store then. And a note - part of the purpose of PTS is to test and assess the viability of items on the Store, so we can (and probably will) adjust Crown prices for some items and even add or remove items between PTS and going live.

That being said, we're going to have a bunch of costume packs, some discrete costumes, six or so mounts (two guars), six or so vanity pets, stamina potions, health potions, magicka potions, repair kits, soul gems, and the digital Imperial Edition upgrade bundle. We may have a couple of other bundles as well.

You won't be able to purchase any real-world items (hoodies, etc.) with Crowns - those are spent in the crown store only for in-game items. There will be no method in-game earn Crowns.

and the digital Imperial Edition upgrade bundle ...? in the crown store or does this mean just on PTS? lol

Stonesthrow

Buck wrote: »

Stonesthrow wrote: »

Also cleared up some store questions:

MATT F: We're aiming for 1.6 to hit PTS sometime next week, so you'll be able to see the Crown Store then. And a note - part of the purpose of PTS is to test and assess the viability of items on the Store, so we can (and probably will) adjust Crown prices for some items and even add or remove items between PTS and going live.

That being said, we're going to have a bunch of costume packs, some discrete costumes, six or so mounts (two guars), six or so vanity pets, stamina potions, health potions, magicka potions, repair kits, soul gems, and the digital Imperial Edition upgrade bundle. We may have a couple of other bundles as well.

You won't be able to purchase any real-world items (hoodies, etc.) with Crowns - those are spent in the crown store only for in-game items. There will be no method in-game earn Crowns.

and the digital Imperial Edition upgrade bundle ...? in the crown store or does this mean just on PTS? lol

Huh? Was a multi-tiered question and I hate the way Reddit lays out.

You will be able to buy the Digital Imperial Upgrade with crowns in the Crown Store when this all hits in March. Nothing to do with PTS there.

daneyulebub17_ESO

Yeah, it's looking pretty bad. They can tell us that Jessica is married, respond to questions on Mud Crab Mounts and copy paste pre-written feature lists, but can't answer questions that touch on B2P's effect on other games, their rationale for B2P, or even if there will be a freaking store button in the ui.

Kraven

It's over folks nothing to see here.
A vain attempt to reel in new players through reddit since they care so little for existing customers.
The real questions have been all over, but they will continue to be ignored. Just like players should be use to being ignored by this point.

Good luck with it.

Gorthax

...If you have never played ESO please ask questions. People who have played ESO and have serious questions please don't bother. Classic ZoS and their ignoring of LEGITIMATE questions....AGAIN! lol. None of them are mean either, they just keep ignoring them and only answering questions from people concerned with (this is just an example but is fact) angry joes review and it being the reason they didnt buy the game.

"So my question is this:
1) When will we be able to transfer characters to the console(s) of our choosing.
2) If we transfer our account to said console what is the price.
3) IF I transfer my account to ps4, sicne you guys refuse to let us play with our friends who ONLY game on console, am I still able to access my account on pc but have progress for each game (pc and ps4) be saved to that system. I.e. I can have all my characters on each system but what I do on the ps4 stays on the ps4 what I do on the pc stays on pc.
4) Since it is clear of your intentions, why is it hard to implement a ability to let me play on ps4 one day and then continue on pc the next? I do not want to have to buy the game again just to miss playing with my friends. Nor do I want to start over on console because I do not enjoy doing all that leveling again. Twice to vr14 is enough.
Not being able to play with my friends is a huge let down. I have been here for a year, and I do not like the idea of having to start over, or choosing one system over the other. Made A LOT of allies and enemies on PC. I would miss that interaction just so I could play with my friends who refuse to game on pc"

those were my questions. Ignored as always lol Plus lots of other really good questions concerning the new stuff coming out and what we can expect just go completely ignored. Waste of time.

Aett_Thorn

But at least we'll get bear mounts...right?! RIGHT?!

ArconSeptim

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Join us today at 1:00PM EST to ask us questions about Tamriel Unlimited, ESO Plus, the Crown Store, console, and more! We’ll have members of the ESO development team present including:

• Matt Firor, Game Director
• Paul Sage, Creative Director
• Nick Konkle, Lead Designer
• Chris Strasz, Lead Gameplay Designer
• Eric Wrobel, Lead Combat Designer
• Lee Ridout, Lead E-Commerce Designer

This will be hosted on the ESO subreddit page (linked below), and we’ll answering questions until 3:00PM EST. Hope to see you there!

http://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/2tepef/eso_reddit_ama_from_1pm_to_3pm_est_on_friday/

It's the Gackaaa guy!! Sean Williams!

Kraven

Oh wait one more.

Why not keep the subscription model as is for PC players. Make the game B2P for consoles and then sell the content updates on console only as DLC?
Why the broad sweeping change?

daneyulebub17_ESO

RE: Addons for consoles

None, but...

There will absolutely be numerous useful updates to the console UI, and some of the updates are based on popular PC add-ons. For example, a lot of the functionality in the "Loot Drops" mod is a part of the console UI by default. There are others add-ons we have drawn inspiration from as well, but I'm calling this one out specifically because I really like it.

Oh, so for the consoles, they suddenly start implementing basic MMO features that were too non-minimalist for PCs.

We were DEFINITELY beta testing their console version, folks. Nice of you Add on writers to design the Console UI! How much did they pay you by the way?

MornaBaine

So, to sum up....the crickets seem to have carried the day. Far more questions were NOT answered than were. And many of these were questions they had to have KNOWN were coming. Color me disappointed.

purple-magicb16_ESO

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Gorthax

yea they are just ignoring everything BUT the stupid questions lol it is so sad. Well, maybe more frustrating than sad. GOOD NEWS THOUGH! They did answer ONE question I Had. For $20 you can transfer your account to a console of your choosing WHILE keeping the pc one in tact They are just independent of each other with progress.

MornaBaine

purple-magicb16_ESO wrote: »

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What post?