Please Let Us Buy More Character Slots

Cavanoskus

The Elder Scrolls series has always been one that invites replays with new characters, especially for those of us who RP, or who see our characters as different people, with different concepts behind them. I guess you could say seeing them as actual characters, rather than player avatars. For those of us who enjoy alts, and are always coming up with new character ideas, 8 slots seems extremely restrictive. Using myself as an example, I have at least 6 concepts for characters that I would love to experience the ESO world with, but I can't have any of them without eliminating one of my existing characters... the deletion of any of which I would seriously regret. Why should I have to give up Character A, with all the story and atmosphere of Character A, just to have a shot at Character I? To me, and to others like me, they are not interchangeable piles of statistics. They are unique, rounded, fleshed-out characters. I have numerous characters that are like old friends to me now, that I play a version of in every Elder Scrolls game, along with others that I create specifically FOR that game, and ESO is the first Elder Scrolls title that I haven't been able to bring all my long-running characters to, especially since the game itself opens up new character concepts.

ZOS: Please implement the ability to purchase additional character slots!

Cost could be calculated by the amount of character slots you'd normally get with a new game account (8 slots for about $60). That works out to $7.50 per character. Increase it to maybe $10 or even $12 per slot, for the convenience of having your new character on the same account. I'd even pay up to $20 if I had to, although that seems like a bit much. Max us out at 15 possible slots, if need be; if technical limitations call for it. Just let us have more than 8.

I understand that some people don't see the need for even more than one character, but remember the Elder Scrolls does have an emphasis on different playstyles, and it certainly wouldn't hurt anyone if we "altoholics" had the option of more alts. If anything, it would help the game in the long run: more money spent, more replay possibilities, and no increase in server load, as you'll still only be able to have one character online at a time, regardless of how many you have.

ZOS, please put this under consideration.

Herelacfreahelm

Yes I very much want them to add to the crown store the choice to be able to purchase more character slots. Please consider this four us players who want to have more than 8 characters.

I support this.

Volkodav

Jesus Louise!! I would like more slots too,but dont pander to ZOS for the amount you'll cough up! I wouldnt pay $10.00 per slot for an instant.And I wouldnt pay more than 1500 crowns either.It just keeps getting payment prices higher and higher.If that's what you want,then by all means keep asking to give your riches away.If you're a normal person who doesnt get tons of extra free money to throw around,these prices are fine.However,most of us cant afford that.Reasonable prices are more likely to get ZOS's pockets filled in the long run than high prices.

Cavanoskus

Lol chill out, I'm trying to account for the fact that I don't actually know what manner of investment would need to be made on THEIR part in order to implement extra slots. Face it, everything takes up space on a server somewhere, and there is always a physical cost for even intangible things. Please don't address me as if I'm personally responsible for "prices going higher and higher" and please refrain from making assumptions about my own financial situation. I want this implemented, and expressing that I DO understand that there will likely be costs to ZOS to do it, will only help them to see it as a reasonable request, thanks.

Also keep in mind, no matter what they charge, there will always be people up in arms about it being "too expensive."

Theodorus

Well, if money is not a problem, do what I did. Buy a second game account.

Now I have 16 character slots.

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BTW, it's not that inconvenient. They don't have a shared bank, but then, you can mail stuff back and forth in-game.

temjiu

Theodorus wrote: »

Well, if money is not a problem, do what I did. Buy a second game account.

Now I have 16 character slots.

<edit>

BTW, it's not that inconvenient. They don't have a shared bank, but then, you can mail stuff back and forth in-game.

AND....any unlocks you get on one account do not transfer over to the other account. double the price to have equal unlocks. Although I still have 2 accounts (mail stuff over is easier then trying to find a bank sometimes), it would be nice to be able to create my alts on the account that i have everything unlocked on already.

I support this message. give us unlocks, we'll pay for them. though I also think the price should be competitive with other MMO's and they're character slots..1 per 500 Crowns isn't out of the question.

Plus, if you look at it generally, it doesn't impact game-play negatively at all, and it has great potential to bring in more revenue for the game. More Revenue = more game improvements.

Cavanoskus

Theodorus wrote: »

Well, if money is not a problem, do what I did. Buy a second game account.

Now I have 16 character slots.

<edit>

BTW, it's not that inconvenient. They don't have a shared bank, but then, you can mail stuff back and forth in-game.

This is exactly the "solution" I do not want ZOS to tell us to use. Of course anyone can have more characters if they buy a second account. This is about being able to add more characters to a single account, so they can benefit as well from purchases you have made on that account, and have access to no-longer-obtainable mounts and such you may have.

Merlin13KAGL

temjiu wrote: »

Theodorus wrote: »

Well, if money is not a problem, do what I did. Buy a second game account.

Now I have 16 character slots.

<edit>

BTW, it's not that inconvenient. They don't have a shared bank, but then, you can mail stuff back and forth in-game.

AND....any unlocks you get on one account do not transfer over to the other account. double the price to have equal unlocks. Although I still have 2 accounts (mail stuff over is easier then trying to find a bank sometimes), it would be nice to be able to create my alts on the account that i have everything unlocked on already.

I support this message. give us unlocks, we'll pay for them. though I also think the price should be competitive with other MMO's and they're character slots..1 per 500 Crowns isn't out of the question.

Plus, if you look at it generally, it doesn't impact game-play negatively at all, and it has great potential to bring in more revenue for the game. More Revenue = more game improvements.

@temjiu with unlocks, at least on the consequential stuff, it leads to an imbalance (P2W).

For example:

If you have 400 CP's on your account and you unlock two more slots, you would have access to that same 400 CP's on all ten of your characters where everyone else would have access to only 8.

If the primary purpose is for RP, a second account would do the trick nicely. Plus, I would think you would want the opportunity to revisit content for RP purposes this way.

If you want more characters, buy a second account, as many people already have.

CP gain isn't even an issue anymore with a second account with the catchup mechanic (you'll be starting at zero on the secondary account and CP's will gain like crazy.) What exactly, account-wide, are you so concerned with losing this way?

makeyurself

Cavanoskus wrote: »

This is exactly the "solution" I do not want ZOS to tell us to use. Of course anyone can have more characters if they buy a second account. This is about being able to add more characters to a single account, so they can benefit as well from purchases you have made on that account, and have access to no-longer-obtainable mounts and such you may have.

Agreed, it tried making characters on my opposite server, but the lack of connection [dyes, bank, gold, crafts, etc] and account purchases is such a turn off. I have maxed out character slots on both sides and would love to bring a few from my other server to my home server. Even though I'm going through all 3 story/factions multiple times I'm still enjoying myself (even if it's taking me forever to level everyone) and Would love to be able to flesh out more characters to my "team".

Cavanoskus

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

temjiu wrote: »

Theodorus wrote: »

Well, if money is not a problem, do what I did. Buy a second game account.

Now I have 16 character slots.

<edit>

BTW, it's not that inconvenient. They don't have a shared bank, but then, you can mail stuff back and forth in-game.

AND....any unlocks you get on one account do not transfer over to the other account. double the price to have equal unlocks. Although I still have 2 accounts (mail stuff over is easier then trying to find a bank sometimes), it would be nice to be able to create my alts on the account that i have everything unlocked on already.

I support this message. give us unlocks, we'll pay for them. though I also think the price should be competitive with other MMO's and they're character slots..1 per 500 Crowns isn't out of the question.

Plus, if you look at it generally, it doesn't impact game-play negatively at all, and it has great potential to bring in more revenue for the game. More Revenue = more game improvements.

@temjiu with unlocks, at least on the consequential stuff, it leads to an imbalance (P2W).

For example:

If you have 400 CP's on your account and you unlock two more slots, you would have access to that same 400 CP's on all ten of your characters where everyone else would have access to only 8.

If the primary purpose is for RP, a second account would do the trick nicely. Plus, I would think you would want the opportunity to revisit content for RP purposes this way.

If you want more characters, buy a second account, as many people already have.

CP gain isn't even an issue anymore with a second account with the catchup mechanic (you'll be starting at zero on the secondary account and CP's will gain like crazy.) What exactly, account-wide, are you so concerned with losing this way?

Nobody is talking about CP. By "unlocks" we're referring to dyes, purchased Crown Store items, and no-longer-obtainable purchases and loyalty rewards.

Edit to address this:

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

If you have 400 CP's on your account and you unlock two more slots, you would have access to that same 400 CP's on all ten of your characters where everyone else would have access to only 8.

And you can still only play one of those characters at a time. Heck, you could delete one and make a brand new alt and THAT character would have all 400 of your CP immediately despite being a fresh level 1. The end result would be exactly zero difference between having 8 character slots, or 10. One alt at a time, same number of CP. And again, no one is talking about CP. I'm rather confused about how you got that impression in the first place. O_o

TheShadowScout

I would not buy a second account, for all the C-points and crown store unlocks wouldn't carry over...

But I would shell out 1000-1500 crowns per additional character to have a few more then my current eight veteran ranking characters...

Yes, I am a bit of an altaholic.

Take my money, ZOS, give me additional characters!

Jayne_Doe

There is another issue with having more characters, and that is unlocking the hireling passives and thus getting more items on your account. Although, that may not really be an issue since, as others have said, you can have more than one account and mail stuff between accounts.

I also am a roleplayer and would love to create some additional characters, who would have access to the dyes I've unlocked, as well as all my loyalty rewards and limited edition CS content.

Alts to me are not pack mules, they are all characters in their own right, who I do play and have worked on leveling them up. When I try to decide which one I would delete for a new character, I just can't think of deleting any of them!

Tholian1

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

There is another issue with having more characters, and that is unlocking the hireling passives and thus getting more items on your account. Although, that may not really be an issue since, as others have said, you can have more than one account and mail stuff between accounts.

I also am a roleplayer and would love to create some additional characters, who would have access to the dyes I've unlocked, as well as all my loyalty rewards and limited edition CS content.

Alts to me are not pack mules, they are all characters in their own right, who I do play and have worked on leveling them up. When I try to decide which one I would delete for a new character, I just can't think of deleting any of them!

Maybe make the hireling passives account wide so it can't be gamed without even more added expense.

temjiu

Tholian1 wrote: »

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

There is another issue with having more characters, and that is unlocking the hireling passives and thus getting more items on your account. Although, that may not really be an issue since, as others have said, you can have more than one account and mail stuff between accounts.

I also am a roleplayer and would love to create some additional characters, who would have access to the dyes I've unlocked, as well as all my loyalty rewards and limited edition CS content.

Alts to me are not pack mules, they are all characters in their own right, who I do play and have worked on leveling them up. When I try to decide which one I would delete for a new character, I just can't think of deleting any of them!

Maybe make the hireling passives account wide so it can't be gamed without even more added expense.

Didn't they try that at some point in the past? My memory is fuzzy, but I thought they had made some adjustments to the hirelings. Or was that the change that limited you to one days worth of returns at a time? either way, I don't see it as much of an issue. what you can do with extra characters on one account with hirelings, you can do with a second account.

And to answer the previous question by Merlin, Yes, I'm relating to all the unlocks. I spend good real world money to unlock costumes, unlock racial starting areas, imperial stuff, mounts, etc.) and I'd be perfectly willing to pay for extra slots so I don't have to go through all that rigmarole (and personal expense) on another account.

And CP is of course not an issue either way. it's mostly about the unlocks that are account specific.

But I still think that the price needs to be competitive. I'd be willing to pay...but not pay the cost of an entire subscription for a second account. that would simply be silly. it needs to be impacting, but cheap enough that you can afford it on one months (in game) salary. say...500-700 crowns for 2 slots. That makes it a choice of "do i get the cool costume set i wanted, or unlock 2 slots?" or "do i get that new mount, or 2 slots?".

TigerSeptim

What about just allowing everyone to have additional slots? Or there's the "Legacy" system in Star Wars: The Old Republic, where certain things (achievements, racial unlocks, etc.) are shared between all of a player's characters on the same server. I remember creating my first Legacy and seeing the huge list that was brought up by tapping the "L" key (make it a different one in ESO, naturally.)

I'm not a very technical person (yet!) so I don't know how feasible it is to transfer data between servers. Still, as I understand it game studios are always taking ideas from each other (never mind whether it's legal, eh? ) so perhaps a Legacy-type system would work?

P.S. Off topic, but this one is very glad that, in the Elder Scrolls, he doesn't have to pay or play for hundreds of hours just to unlock a "cat man" character. No way was he going to go to all that trouble just to start all over with Kain!

Volkodav

Theodorus wrote: »

Well, if money is not a problem, do what I did. Buy a second game account.

Now I have 16 character slots.

<edit>

BTW, it's not that inconvenient. They don't have a shared bank, but then, you can mail stuff back and forth in-game.

Actually,I too have 16 character slots,but didnt have to buy a second account.I use both NA and EU servers.I dont really worry about sharing items between the servers though.

TheShadowScout

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

Alts to me are not pack mules, they are all characters in their own right, who I do play and have worked on leveling them up. When I try to decide which one I would delete for a new character, I just can't think of deleting any of them!

I tried to make me a pack mule or two. They grew into fully blown characters, V2 at the moment... mission "pack mule" failed!

And yeah, if I could buy more slots and made more characters, they also would be -characters-, not nameless "here, hold onto this for now" slaves...

Jayne_Doe

TheShadowScout wrote: »

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

Alts to me are not pack mules, they are all characters in their own right, who I do play and have worked on leveling them up. When I try to decide which one I would delete for a new character, I just can't think of deleting any of them!

I tried to make me a pack mule or two. They grew into fully blown characters, V2 at the moment... mission "pack mule" failed!

And yeah, if I could buy more slots and made more characters, they also would be -characters-, not nameless "here, hold onto this for now" slaves...

Yeah...a couple of mine actually did start out as pack-mule attempts, but I just couldn't leave them as such. They still have things they're holding onto - all of my characters are used for a certain amount of storage. But they're all characters that I like and want to play and do play.