Extra Character Slot Costs

Desimator

Did they release the crown cost of the extra character slots yet as I can't find any mention of it?

idk

I do not think so but expect between 2500 - 5k. Seems to be a good ballpark.

GeertKarel

If I would guess around 2500 per character slot.
I think 10-15 euro for a character slot might be ok.
5000 points 25-30 euro is just too expensive it costs more then the game is from itself.

and I hope myself that It'll only be as much as buying bankspace/bag space on crown.

Volkodav

If they charge 2500 for just one slot,I'll pass.There's no need for them to charge such a price. Just because it is something we really want doesnt mean it has to be expensive.If they charge the price of the crowns I get,1500,..I dont know.That's $15.00 per slot. I dont think it is worth that much of my money for just one slot. 5,yes.I'd pay that for five slots.
Just my opinion though.

ADarklore

Volkodav wrote: »

If they charge 2500 for just one slot,I'll pass.There's no need for them to charge such a price. Just because it is something we really want doesnt mean it has to be expensive.If they charge the price of the crowns I get,1500,..I dont know.That's $15.00 per slot. I dont think it is worth that much of my money for just one slot. 5,yes.I'd pay that for five slots.
Just my opinion though.

Well, look at how much they charged for the Merchant and Banker. I'd say 2500 is definitely in the realm of possibilities... but one can always hope it is less.

Desimator

I expected to see them at 1000 crowns tbh which means that the 4 slots and the collectors edition would cost the same amount but I can't see them selling a huge number at this price as most people with enough time invested to be at the 8 max character level have upped and left the game I'm sure Zos has data on how many active accounts have or will have 8 max level characters when the DB dlc drops. Although the pessimist in me thinks the price will be high 1500-2500 crowns to begin with to get the cash of those willing to pay with an autumn sale to get whatever they can from the rest and possibly a crown sale and character slot sale at the same time before Christmas to scrape whatever holdouts might remain.

Too pesimistic?

Runs

I think a realistic price point would be 10-15k crowns. I know several people that would pay that much or more. /s

The realm of possibilities for what they will charge only goes up when they see threads like this and many people posting what they would spend. Imagine if the original idea was to charge 500 crowns per, which is realistic as you can get 4 of them which would be 2k, the same as the last two dlc's. But now... they see people think 2500 per is acceptable, time to change the price point.

And in case someone wants to throw out the banker and merchant as example to them not listening to what we say we are willing to pay... Check out post #6 and #7 I am just so curious if the cost would have been the same had a few people not decided to post that day.

Turelus

I am hoping ZOS do the smart thing with this and place a lower cost on it.

So they go with the low cost more sales rather than the high costs some sales.

Their entire crown store pricing scheme (and items such as the horse before that) have always been entirely random and out of touch. However I guess it's the old saying that if it sells for that price then keep doing it.

dtm_samuraib16_ESO

Or begin at a low price, going up per slot bought?

Merely thinking out loud...

EsoRecon

oh you want a new character? $50 pls

VoiDGhOs7

If the price for a slot is going to be 2K+ crowns I would rather buy another copy of the game and make a new account which include 8 free chars for less than 20€.
As some players already said in other threads a fair price would be between 750 and 1.250 crowns which translates in range of 7€ to about 10/11€.

Divinius

Given that you can get 8 more character slots for under $20 ($60 if you actually buy it full price) by simply buying another copy of the game for a second account, the slots should only cost about 500 crowns each. Plus, having a second account has the advantages of being able to play both characters at the same time, and a whole second bank's worth of storage.

But since having the slots on the same account has some advantages as well, they probably could get away with charging slightly more than 500 crowns. They are insane if they price them higher than about 1000 though, since they simply aren't worth that much. And if they do price them higher than that, anyone who buys them is simply stupid. Just get another account.

ADarklore

Runs wrote: »

I think a realistic price point would be 10-15k crowns. I know several people that would pay that much or more. /s

The realm of possibilities for what they will charge only goes up when they see threads like this and many people posting what they would spend. Imagine if the original idea was to charge 500 crowns per, which is realistic as you can get 4 of them which would be 2k, the same as the last two dlc's. But now... they see people think 2500 per is acceptable, time to change the price point.

And in case someone wants to throw out the banker and merchant as example to them not listening to what we say we are willing to pay... Check out post #6 and #7 I am just so curious if the cost would have been the same had a few people not decided to post that day.

They don't make pricing according to forum posts, they have data showing who is purchasing what and for what price; deciding on costs to charge for items involves detailed cost analysis.

GeertKarel

dtm_samuraib16_ESO wrote: »

Or begin at a low price, going up per slot bought?

Merely thinking out loud...

lol no

ADarklore

Divinius wrote: »

Given that you can get 8 more character slots for under $20 ($60 if you actually buy it full price) by simply buying another copy of the game for a second account, the slots should only cost about 500 crowns each. Plus, having a second account has the advantages of being able to play both characters at the same time, and a whole second bank's worth of storage.

But since having the slots on the same account has some advantages as well, they probably could get away with charging slightly more than 500 crowns. They are insane if they price them higher than about 1000 though, since they simply aren't worth that much. And if they do price them higher than that, anyone who buys them is simply stupid. Just get another account.

You failed to mention having to completely level up characters on a second account including CP because CP will be shared account wide on a 'single' account. I don't know many people who would invest time into going through that whole process again when they can simply level a character to 50.

Duiwel

I have wanted this since release and could not believe it wasn't implimented from the start but if it's that expensive I will rather not purchase new char slots...

I like alts, but not THAT much ( already bought a 2nd acc if I really want alts )

2nd acc is cheaper than this 2500 x 4 thing (10k crowns )

Abeille

It is ok for ZOS to put cosmetic and convenience items in the Crown Store for a high price. That's where they should cash in. Limited mounts and costumes, the assistants, that can be expensive, no problem.

But DLC and character slots should have more reasonable prices, in my opinion. I think between 800 and 1000 Crowns per slot is reasonable.

ADarklore

Duiwel wrote: »

I have wanted this since release and could not believe it wasn't implimented from the start but if it's that expensive I will rather not purchase new char slots...

I like alts, but not THAT much ( already bought a 2nd acc if I really want alts )

2nd acc is cheaper than this 2500 x 4 thing (10k crowns )

But how much is your time worth if you're having to completely re-level that second account? Not to mention re-purchasing all the costumes, mounts, etc... if you had any on your original account. Are you also going to subscribe on both accounts, just one, or none? Suddenly when you start thinking about it, paying a bit more for additional character slots doesn't sound so bad.

Brrrofski

I just need a mule

Volkodav

ADarklore wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

If they charge 2500 for just one slot,I'll pass.There's no need for them to charge such a price. Just because it is something we really want doesnt mean it has to be expensive.If they charge the price of the crowns I get,1500,..I dont know.That's $15.00 per slot. I dont think it is worth that much of my money for just one slot. 5,yes.I'd pay that for five slots.
Just my opinion though.

Well, look at how much they charged for the Merchant and Banker. I'd say 2500 is definitely in the realm of possibilities... but one can always hope it is less.

Yeah,..and I didnt buy either one.lol.
I have that very limited fence that takes a whopping 35% from me.15% might be ok,but no more than that. >:{
After that one,I decided no more of them needed by me. XD

Divinius

ADarklore wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Given that you can get 8 more character slots for under $20 ($60 if you actually buy it full price) by simply buying another copy of the game for a second account, the slots should only cost about 500 crowns each. Plus, having a second account has the advantages of being able to play both characters at the same time, and a whole second bank's worth of storage.

But since having the slots on the same account has some advantages as well, they probably could get away with charging slightly more than 500 crowns. They are insane if they price them higher than about 1000 though, since they simply aren't worth that much. And if they do price them higher than that, anyone who buys them is simply stupid. Just get another account.

You failed to mention having to completely level up characters on a second account including CP because CP will be shared account wide on a 'single' account. I don't know many people who would invest time into going through that whole process again when they can simply level a character to 50.

I included that in my "some advantages" to having them all on the same account.

I really think that the vast majority of people that want more than 8 slots are RPers or alt-aholics that probably haven't even reached vet levels yet and have no CP to worry about. But maybe that's just me assigning unfair stereotypes...

ADarklore

Volkodav wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

If they charge 2500 for just one slot,I'll pass.There's no need for them to charge such a price. Just because it is something we really want doesnt mean it has to be expensive.If they charge the price of the crowns I get,1500,..I dont know.That's $15.00 per slot. I dont think it is worth that much of my money for just one slot. 5,yes.I'd pay that for five slots.
Just my opinion though.

Well, look at how much they charged for the Merchant and Banker. I'd say 2500 is definitely in the realm of possibilities... but one can always hope it is less.

Yeah,..and I didnt buy either one.lol.
I have that very limited fence that takes a whopping 35% from me.15% might be ok,but no more than that. >:{
After that one,I decided no more of them needed by me. XD

I bought both and use them both frequently... now that I have them, I discovered I no longer needed to increase my inventory space on new characters because when I'm questing, I can summon the Merchant to buy the crap stuff, then put things I plan to sell to later at the Trade Guild in the Bank, and keep going.

Volkodav

Desimator wrote: »

I expected to see them at 1000 crowns tbh which means that the 4 slots and the collectors edition would cost the same amount but I can't see them selling a huge number at this price as most people with enough time invested to be at the 8 max character level have upped and left the game I'm sure Zos has data on how many active accounts have or will have 8 max level characters when the DB dlc drops. Although the pessimist in me thinks the price will be high 1500-2500 crowns to begin with to get the cash of those willing to pay with an autumn sale to get whatever they can from the rest and possibly a crown sale and character slot sale at the same time before Christmas to scrape whatever holdouts might remain.

Too pesimistic?

Umm,.how do you know that most people who have 8 max chars have up and left the game? No one can know that. No one can even know how many people period have left the game,so,those who left with 8 maxed chars arent open date for any of us to see.
I am not being snarky,it's just that sweeping comments about how many people have done this or that always make me ask this. How can you know?

Divinius

Personally, at 1000 I would probably buy them. At 2000 or higher, I would not. It's as simply as that, in my case.

Also, it would actually be in ZOS's best interest to price them reasonably, since each new character is another character that people would want to buy stuff for, like riding lessons, exp scrolls, and possibly even motifs. If they price them stupidly high, they will be shooting themselves in the foot.

ADarklore

Divinius wrote: »

Personally, at 1000 I would probably buy them. At 2000 or higher, I would not. It's as simply as that, in my case.

Also, it would actually be in ZOS's best interest to price them reasonably, since each new character is another character that people would want to buy stuff for, like riding lessons, exp scrolls, and possibly even motifs. If they price them stupidly high, they will be shooting themselves in the foot.

You make a very valid point... hopefully the bean-counters at ZOS take that into consideration and don't simply look at the slot themselves as the real mony-maker.

STEVIL

I hope for 1k per slot banking on horse upgrades to stem from it.

Pangnirtung

It's getting to be the same as buying hotdogs at the ball park or popcorn at the theater.

With the ability to opt out of subbing ZOS has to make it up somewhere and it seems like this is one of those things that will get marked up substantially.

But then like any consumer I have the choice to buy or pass on the offer.

Fifty character slots and 10,000 slots in my backpack or bank would be great but I can do without them too.

Volkodav

ADarklore wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Personally, at 1000 I would probably buy them. At 2000 or higher, I would not. It's as simply as that, in my case.

Also, it would actually be in ZOS's best interest to price them reasonably, since each new character is another character that people would want to buy stuff for, like riding lessons, exp scrolls, and possibly even motifs. If they price them stupidly high, they will be shooting themselves in the foot.

You make a very valid point... hopefully the bean-counters at ZOS take that into consideration and don't simply look at the slot themselves as the real mony-maker.

Watch them.They'll charge a huge amount of money,and wind up with another blank money making fail.Like the assistants. I wodner if they'll lower the price for these things then?

DeadlyRecluse

If it is 1000 crowns, I'll buy 4. This is what I hope for.

If it is 2500, I'll buy 2. This would be okay.

If it is more than 2500? I'll buy one, then turn to a life of crime to keep funding my gameplay.

ADarklore

Volkodav wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Personally, at 1000 I would probably buy them. At 2000 or higher, I would not. It's as simply as that, in my case.

Also, it would actually be in ZOS's best interest to price them reasonably, since each new character is another character that people would want to buy stuff for, like riding lessons, exp scrolls, and possibly even motifs. If they price them stupidly high, they will be shooting themselves in the foot.

You make a very valid point... hopefully the bean-counters at ZOS take that into consideration and don't simply look at the slot themselves as the real mony-maker.

Watch them.They'll charge a huge amount of money,and wind up with another blank money making fail.Like the assistants. I wodner if they'll lower the price for these things then?

Were the assistants a fail? I bought both and I've seen other players using them as well.

Abeille

Divinius wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Given that you can get 8 more character slots for under $20 ($60 if you actually buy it full price) by simply buying another copy of the game for a second account, the slots should only cost about 500 crowns each. Plus, having a second account has the advantages of being able to play both characters at the same time, and a whole second bank's worth of storage.

But since having the slots on the same account has some advantages as well, they probably could get away with charging slightly more than 500 crowns. They are insane if they price them higher than about 1000 though, since they simply aren't worth that much. And if they do price them higher than that, anyone who buys them is simply stupid. Just get another account.

You failed to mention having to completely level up characters on a second account including CP because CP will be shared account wide on a 'single' account. I don't know many people who would invest time into going through that whole process again when they can simply level a character to 50.

I included that in my "some advantages" to having them all on the same account.

I really think that the vast majority of people that want more than 8 slots are RPers or alt-aholics that probably haven't even reached vet levels yet and have no CP to worry about. But maybe that's just me assigning unfair stereotypes...

Everyone has different reasons. I want to have one character of each race, so I need 10 total slots.

I have 8 vet characters and I'm getting past CP cap with the DB conversion (with the +40 CP for my vr16). Buuut, granted, I am a roleplayer. Roleplayers do not necessarily stay low level forever. Many like to do stuff other than roleplaying too. On my last MMO before ESO, GW2, both the EU and the NA unofficial RP servers were pretty competent and often came on top 3 on both PvP and pve (like, among the first to kill a new world boss, for example).