JoseDelgadoCub17_ESO wrote: »It's a replay driver that I don't think ZOS will want to remove from the game.
It's a matter of "if we charge $30 to change the race on any character to include a Max level character, how much revenue does that gain us in the short term and how does it effect revenue on the long term?"
Short term they'd see a revenue spike, but long term they'd see less replay, higher player attrition, and perhaps even enough to offset the short term revenue spike resulting in a 0 net gain. Who is likely to keep flowing capital into the business? Someone who is Maxed out and just changes his race for a flat fee, or someone who rerolls a new race and replays to get a Max character again? Tough question to field, but I have no doubts it's the kind of conversation these ZOS employees sit down in long meetings to discuss.
Leave it in the hands of the pros. I wouldn't tell a surgeon how to do his job, and I wouldn't expect him to tell me how to do my job, and I apply the same reasoning to any career professional that has done what they do for years and become proficient enough in the practice to get paid to do it.
most of WoW shop sales are from services not mounts/pets
which is funny because they even sale near level cap toons.
It's a replay driver that I don't think ZOS will want to remove from the game.
It's a matter of "if we charge $30 to change the race on any character to include a Max level character, how much revenue does that gain us in the short term and how does it effect revenue on the long term?"
Short term they'd see a revenue spike, but long term they'd see less replay, higher player attrition, and perhaps even enough to offset the short term revenue spike resulting in a 0 net gain. Who is likely to keep flowing capital into the business? Someone who is Maxed out and just changes his race for a flat fee, or someone who rerolls a new race and replays to get a Max character again? Tough question to field, but I have no doubts it's the kind of conversation these ZOS employees sit down in long meetings to discuss.
Leave it in the hands of the pros. I wouldn't tell a surgeon how to do his job, and I wouldn't expect him to tell me how to do my job, and I apply the same reasoning to any career professional that has done what they do for years and become proficient enough in the practice to get paid to do it.
I am playing the game less because I can't be the race I want to be. I'm not about to grind 250+ hours to get VR14 for the 10% more magicka. I would rather "grind" and hour an hour and a half at work and pay for it. Work is a grind 5 days per week, I don't want to add hundreds of hours to my normal weekly grind.
JoseDelgadoCub17_ESO wrote: »It's a replay driver that I don't think ZOS will want to remove from the game.
It's a matter of "if we charge $30 to change the race on any character to include a Max level character, how much revenue does that gain us in the short term and how does it effect revenue on the long term?"
Short term they'd see a revenue spike, but long term they'd see less replay, higher player attrition, and perhaps even enough to offset the short term revenue spike resulting in a 0 net gain. Who is likely to keep flowing capital into the business? Someone who is Maxed out and just changes his race for a flat fee, or someone who rerolls a new race and replays to get a Max character again? Tough question to field, but I have no doubts it's the kind of conversation these ZOS employees sit down in long meetings to discuss.
Leave it in the hands of the pros. I wouldn't tell a surgeon how to do his job, and I wouldn't expect him to tell me how to do my job, and I apply the same reasoning to any career professional that has done what they do for years and become proficient enough in the practice to get paid to do it.
most of WoW shop sales are from services not mounts/pets
which is funny because they even sale near level cap toons.
...and you have the earnings reports to support that claim? Perhaps a statement from Blizzard stating this is the case?It's a replay driver that I don't think ZOS will want to remove from the game.
It's a matter of "if we charge $30 to change the race on any character to include a Max level character, how much revenue does that gain us in the short term and how does it effect revenue on the long term?"
Short term they'd see a revenue spike, but long term they'd see less replay, higher player attrition, and perhaps even enough to offset the short term revenue spike resulting in a 0 net gain. Who is likely to keep flowing capital into the business? Someone who is Maxed out and just changes his race for a flat fee, or someone who rerolls a new race and replays to get a Max character again? Tough question to field, but I have no doubts it's the kind of conversation these ZOS employees sit down in long meetings to discuss.
Leave it in the hands of the pros. I wouldn't tell a surgeon how to do his job, and I wouldn't expect him to tell me how to do my job, and I apply the same reasoning to any career professional that has done what they do for years and become proficient enough in the practice to get paid to do it.
I am playing the game less because I can't be the race I want to be. I'm not about to grind 250+ hours to get VR14 for the 10% more magicka. I would rather "grind" and hour an hour and a half at work and pay for it. Work is a grind 5 days per week, I don't want to add hundreds of hours to my normal weekly grind.
Subjective. I work in excess of 60 hours a week, and I refuse to grind in any game, ESO included. If it's not fun, I literally don't have time for that bull***. Market is flooded with awesome games and I'll be damned if I'm going to burn my free time doing anything less than having fun gaming. This is subjective. Many would fundamentally disagree with me, but they're likely to busy grinding right now to comment.
grimsfield wrote: »Or.... ZOS could just revamp race passives and make stupid passives like swim speed disappear.
grimsfield wrote: »Or.... ZOS could just revamp race passives and make stupid passives like swim speed disappear.
Do. Not. Touch. My. Swim. Speed.
Seriously, doesn't anybody play this game for fun?
JoseDelgadoCub17_ESO wrote: »JoseDelgadoCub17_ESO wrote: »It's a replay driver that I don't think ZOS will want to remove from the game.
It's a matter of "if we charge $30 to change the race on any character to include a Max level character, how much revenue does that gain us in the short term and how does it effect revenue on the long term?"
Short term they'd see a revenue spike, but long term they'd see less replay, higher player attrition, and perhaps even enough to offset the short term revenue spike resulting in a 0 net gain. Who is likely to keep flowing capital into the business? Someone who is Maxed out and just changes his race for a flat fee, or someone who rerolls a new race and replays to get a Max character again? Tough question to field, but I have no doubts it's the kind of conversation these ZOS employees sit down in long meetings to discuss.
Leave it in the hands of the pros. I wouldn't tell a surgeon how to do his job, and I wouldn't expect him to tell me how to do my job, and I apply the same reasoning to any career professional that has done what they do for years and become proficient enough in the practice to get paid to do it.
most of WoW shop sales are from services not mounts/pets
which is funny because they even sale near level cap toons.
...and you have the earnings reports to support that claim? Perhaps a statement from Blizzard stating this is the case?It's a replay driver that I don't think ZOS will want to remove from the game.
It's a matter of "if we charge $30 to change the race on any character to include a Max level character, how much revenue does that gain us in the short term and how does it effect revenue on the long term?"
Short term they'd see a revenue spike, but long term they'd see less replay, higher player attrition, and perhaps even enough to offset the short term revenue spike resulting in a 0 net gain. Who is likely to keep flowing capital into the business? Someone who is Maxed out and just changes his race for a flat fee, or someone who rerolls a new race and replays to get a Max character again? Tough question to field, but I have no doubts it's the kind of conversation these ZOS employees sit down in long meetings to discuss.
Leave it in the hands of the pros. I wouldn't tell a surgeon how to do his job, and I wouldn't expect him to tell me how to do my job, and I apply the same reasoning to any career professional that has done what they do for years and become proficient enough in the practice to get paid to do it.
I am playing the game less because I can't be the race I want to be. I'm not about to grind 250+ hours to get VR14 for the 10% more magicka. I would rather "grind" and hour an hour and a half at work and pay for it. Work is a grind 5 days per week, I don't want to add hundreds of hours to my normal weekly grind.
Subjective. I work in excess of 60 hours a week, and I refuse to grind in any game, ESO included. If it's not fun, I literally don't have time for that bull***. Market is flooded with awesome games and I'll be damned if I'm going to burn my free time doing anything less than having fun gaming. This is subjective. Many would fundamentally disagree with me, but they're likely to busy grinding right now to comment.
you can look up the numbers but it's pretty obvious.
back in thunderlord a lot of top guilds race changed to troll.
for WoD a lot of PvP players faction changed to alliance ( no horde player on top 5 pages)
They make tons of money off it and it's expensive
JoseDelgadoCub17_ESO wrote: »also all of complaining saying classes will be next are just proving my point how y'all literally know nothing about MMO's
Lots of MMO offer race/sex changes.
literally none of them offer class changes.
I will pay a good amount to change my race in ESO.
Arguments against race change:
1. "It would be lore breaking" - Who cares, don't do it yourself. You will never know that I changed my race because you don't play with me. It will only affect you if someone you play with changes race, and most of the time people that care that much about lore play with like minded people so no harm...
2. "...but you can just re-roll a new character". - Not wasting my 400 hours that I have put into this game to get another character of the same class to max level. My time is worth way more than my money.
3. "People would just change race every time ZOS makes an update for the FotM build" - Not if they charge $30+...
4. "Racial passives are not that important" - End game content would disagree. My wood elf NB healer gets no bonus from his racials. Why does he have to suffer because I thought I would be a DPS, but my group decided that they didn't want to have a healer so I had to step in?
ZOS... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
You should just re-roll. There is no way ZOS will even consider this.
Analyzing your points:
1. Yes, it would be lore breaking. And one of the main reasons I love ESO is because of their amazing deep lore, that has not been broken in the way you describe for decades.
2. Every one else has to! Plus ES is about the journey, not the end game.
3. 30$ plus is not that much. Most people have jobs, and can easily cash out 30 bucks. You are just limiting the age range.
4. Yeah, they are important. But they are the only reason to change your race in my opinion. the passives are helpful, but in all sincerity for a while as a joke i was a stam build dps tank high elf sorc. Yeah it was a joke but I did fine without them.
Basically, I can understand your anguish. But there is no way it will happen for money, if you're lucky it might be a in game one time quest. Either way, don't get your hopes up.
ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »Short answer is DKs likely won't be seeing a ton of changes before we go live; this class is still quite powerful (as it should be being a tank), even after some of the adjustments we've made to other classes and abilities.
I love how some people think changing a race will suddenly make them better.
It wont. Re-roll, because if you're blaming race, you really need to learn the mechanics of this game better.
I will pay a good amount to change my race in ESO.
Arguments against race change:
1. "It would be lore breaking" - Who cares, don't do it yourself. You will never know that I changed my race because you don't play with me. It will only affect you if someone you play with changes race, and most of the time people that care that much about lore play with like minded people so no harm...
2. "...but you can just re-roll a new character". - Not wasting my 400 hours that I have put into this game to get another character of the same class to max level. My time is worth way more than my money.
3. "People would just change race every time ZOS makes an update for the FotM build" - Not if they charge $30+...
4. "Racial passives are not that important" - End game content would disagree. My wood elf NB healer gets no bonus from his racials. Why does he have to suffer because I thought I would be a DPS, but my group decided that they didn't want to have a healer so I had to step in?
ZOS... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
You should just re-roll. There is no way ZOS will even consider this.
Analyzing your points:
1. Yes, it would be lore breaking. And one of the main reasons I love ESO is because of their amazing deep lore, that has not been broken in the way you describe for decades.
2. Every one else has to! Plus ES is about the journey, not the end game.
3. 30$ plus is not that much. Most people have jobs, and can easily cash out 30 bucks. You are just limiting the age range.
4. Yeah, they are important. But they are the only reason to change your race in my opinion. the passives are helpful, but in all sincerity for a while as a joke i was a stam build dps tank high elf sorc. Yeah it was a joke but I did fine without them.
Basically, I can understand your anguish. But there is no way it will happen for money, if you're lucky it might be a in game one time quest. Either way, don't get your hopes up.
Just like ZOS was never going to drop the sub model and initiate a cash shop, right?
I love how some people think changing a race will suddenly make them better.
It wont. Re-roll, because if you're blaming race, you really need to learn the mechanics of this game better.
Yes I am blaming my race. I am blaming my Khajit race on my Magicka Build Sorcerer to have 10% less magicka, 9% less magicka regen, and 4% less elemental dmg than if I had the proper race. Has nothing to do with game mechanics and everything to do with A.) ZOS changing the game up significantly in 1.6 and B.) racial passivse are WAY too powerful.
At this point I'd pay 100$ to change my race.
Perhaps he was playing a stamina based sorc before 1.6 and has choosen khajiit for the massive self heal from melee crit combined with the weapon damage stacking sorcs provided both things nerfed with 1.6pugyourself wrote: »I love how some people think changing a race will suddenly make them better.
It wont. Re-roll, because if you're blaming race, you really need to learn the mechanics of this game better.
Yes I am blaming my race. I am blaming my Khajit race on my Magicka Build Sorcerer to have 10% less magicka, 9% less magicka regen, and 4% less elemental dmg than if I had the proper race. Has nothing to do with game mechanics and everything to do with A.) ZOS changing the game up significantly in 1.6 and B.) racial passivse are WAY too powerful.
At this point I'd pay 100$ to change my race.
Why in the world would you choose a khajit magician build Sorc? Is this your first Elder Scrolls game? If so, did you read the race tooltips? Or did you just want to be a cat? How many levels did it take to realize ya done goofed?
At this point I'd pay 100$ to change my race.
I love how some people think changing a race will suddenly make them better.
It wont. Re-roll, because if you're blaming race, you really need to learn the mechanics of this game better.
Yes I am blaming my race. I am blaming my Khajit race on my Magicka Build Sorcerer to have 10% less magicka, 9% less magicka regen, and 4% less elemental dmg than if I had the proper race. Has nothing to do with game mechanics and everything to do with A.) ZOS changing the game up significantly in 1.6 and B.) racial passivse are WAY too powerful.
At this point I'd pay 100$ to change my race.
pugyourself wrote: »I love how some people think changing a race will suddenly make them better.
It wont. Re-roll, because if you're blaming race, you really need to learn the mechanics of this game better.
Yes I am blaming my race. I am blaming my Khajit race on my Magicka Build Sorcerer to have 10% less magicka, 9% less magicka regen, and 4% less elemental dmg than if I had the proper race. Has nothing to do with game mechanics and everything to do with A.) ZOS changing the game up significantly in 1.6 and B.) racial passivse are WAY too powerful.
At this point I'd pay 100$ to change my race.
Why in the world would you choose a khajit magician build Sorc? Is this your first Elder Scrolls game? If so, did you read the race tooltips? Or did you just want to be a cat? How many levels did it take to realize ya done goofed?
At this point I'd pay 100$ to change my race.
You have been asking for this since May, and started another thread in July.
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/97941/will-we-ever-be-able-to-change-our-race
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/120423/i-implore-you-let-me-change-my-race
You could have paid some kid the $100 to grind out 7 other characters of the race you want by now. You certainly could have done it by now yourself. The fact that you are still going on about this character tells me your still playing it, a year later. So, it can't be that bad. You can't complain about the amount of time it would take to bring this character up to level, because it is 1/50th the time you have spent making threads asking for someone to do something for you that you can solve yourself.
The quick and easy solution is staring you in the face, take it.
pugyourself wrote: »
pugyourself wrote: »
It makes way more sense to me to put a small amount of time into making a post for something that you care about compared to you putting time researching my previous posts to post something that you are against.
pugyourself wrote: »
So it is P2W to change your race to an Altmer but not P2W if you rolled an Altmer initially?
pugyourself wrote: »
Saying it would be P2W is false. At best that comment is going against the argument saying racials are not important.
pugyourself wrote: »
So it is P2W to change your race to an Altmer but not P2W if you rolled an Altmer initially?
pugyourself wrote: »pugyourself wrote: »
Saying it would be P2W is false. At best that comment is going against the argument saying racials are not important.
Race is important in this game. Certain races are better for certain builds.pugyourself wrote: »
So it is P2W to change your race to an Altmer but not P2W if you rolled an Altmer initially?
That is what I am saying. Paying real money to make your current toon more competitive = P2W.