Extra Character Slot Costs

GeertKarel · May 2016

milking the cow until the cow is dry.

Epona222 · May 2016

It ought not to be too high, given that I can buy a whole new account/copy of the game with 8 character slots for £20, which is £2.50 per character. I wouldn't mind paying a bit more than that for the convenience of having the new character on my main account, but if it's 2500 they can forget it, basically...

GeertKarel · May 2016

I know some people who buys everything zos ever releases he even purchases 18k for upgrading a horse to the max when he makes a new character beside that motifs for 5k per piece etc.. he spent over 2500 euro already lol.

Volkodav · May 2016

ADarklore wrote: »

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.

Well,from all the posts I have read here,a ton of people dont want to buy them because of two things.Their limitations,and prices.I am glad you like them though. I guess it is rather strong to call them a fail. Rather a mistake in executing,maybe? Dont you wish they had all the same services that the ingame ones already do? I mean the Merchant and the Banker.
The Fence isnt very good either.

ADarklore · May 2016

Epona222 wrote: »

It ought not to be too high, given that I can buy a whole new account/copy of the game with 8 character slots for £20, which is £2.50 per character. I wouldn't mind paying a bit more than that for the convenience of having the new character on my main account, but if it's 2500 they can forget it, basically...

So you'd rather invest in all new costumes, time into completely starting over leveling, instead of paying a bit more to have all of that done already? Sorry, but my time is worth more than that... considering how long it took me to get to 400 CP and how much money I've spent in costumes, assistants, etc. Yeah, I'd pay extra for the slots so that I have access to all of that.

BloodMagicLord · May 2016

I feel like these slots, and maybe a few other things, should be awarded for loyalty to the game. I mean I expect they're going to just charge extortionate prices for us to have a few INSERT statements run on whatever database holds characters, which will be sad as I really need the space and have already spent well in excess of £100 on this game.

dtm_samuraib16_ESO · May 2016

GeertKarel wrote: »

dtm_samuraib16_ESO wrote: »

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

Merely thinking out loud...

lol no

OK, care to elaborate why not?
It does make a tiny bit of sense, in a way?

ADarklore · May 2016

Volkodav wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

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.

Well,from all the posts I have read here,a ton of people dont want to buy them because of two things.Their limitations,and prices.I am glad you like them though. I guess it is rather strong to call them a fail. Rather a mistake in executing,maybe? Dont you wish they had all the same services that the ingame ones already do? I mean the Merchant and the Banker.
The Fence isnt very good either.

It would be nice, but not necessary. I have repair kits to repair and I typically wait until my armor is below 20% to repair- usually I come across a wandering merchant before I have to use a kit anyway. The banker not having access to Trade Guild isn't a bit deal either, I have enough bank space to hold the things I plan to sell later (will be even more space once Craft Bag launches). On my other, longer-term characters I spent gold/crowns to max out their personal inventory... with the Merchant and Banker, I no longer need to spend that on new characters. So sure, it cost me more initially for the assistants, but in the long run, for someone like me who creates and deletes characters when I get bored, it works out better in the long term.

Epona222 · May 2016

ADarklore wrote: »

Epona222 wrote: »

It ought not to be too high, given that I can buy a whole new account/copy of the game with 8 character slots for £20, which is £2.50 per character. I wouldn't mind paying a bit more than that for the convenience of having the new character on my main account, but if it's 2500 they can forget it, basically...

So you'd rather invest in all new costumes, time into completely starting over leveling, instead of paying a bit more to have all of that done already? Sorry, but my time is worth more than that... considering how long it took me to get to 400 CP and how much money I've spent in costumes, assistants, etc. Yeah, I'd pay extra for the slots so that I have access to all of that.

Costumes are unnecessary, as are mount skins and stuff. I already have 2 accounts, 1 at the CP cap and the other at 300+ CP (even my EU account which I only started playing about a month ago is over 200 CP already) - so no, I do not mind that in the slightest.

Volkodav · May 2016

FloppyCatfish wrote: »

I feel like these slots, and maybe a few other things, should be awarded for loyalty to the game. I mean I expect they're going to just charge extortionate prices for us to have a few INSERT statements run on whatever database holds characters, which will be sad as I really need the space and have already spent well in excess of £100 on this game.

Talking about Loyalty will get people's feathers ruffled about who is loyal and who deserves something given for Loyalty.
It all depends on what you call Loyalty.
Sticking with the game since the first? Subbing since the first? Hours played? How many maxed characters you have?(an idiotic idea)
Or Crowns bought,which someone thought was a good idea. I dont,but they do.(another idiotic idea)
These are just my opinions.
(I am changing my signature to this: "Just my humble opinion".So this way people will know I am only stating my opinion and not to get all riled.)

ADarklore · May 2016

Epona222 wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

Epona222 wrote: »

It ought not to be too high, given that I can buy a whole new account/copy of the game with 8 character slots for £20, which is £2.50 per character. I wouldn't mind paying a bit more than that for the convenience of having the new character on my main account, but if it's 2500 they can forget it, basically...

So you'd rather invest in all new costumes, time into completely starting over leveling, instead of paying a bit more to have all of that done already? Sorry, but my time is worth more than that... considering how long it took me to get to 400 CP and how much money I've spent in costumes, assistants, etc. Yeah, I'd pay extra for the slots so that I have access to all of that.

Costumes are unnecessary, as are mount skins and stuff. I already have 2 accounts, 1 at the CP cap and the other at 300+ CP (even my EU account which I only started playing about a month ago is over 200 CP already) - so no, I do not mind that in the slightest.

Yikes... I could never do that. That was one thing I hated on DCUO and stopped me from playing alts... the grind to the top (even worse in DCUO than ESO). I enjoy alts, trying new builds, but not when I would have to completely start over. At least in DCUO we could switch powers and other options to change your main... but if you wanted an alt, the repeat of the grind was something I just could not do a second time.

GeertKarel · May 2016

dtm_samuraib16_ESO wrote: »

GeertKarel wrote: »

dtm_samuraib16_ESO wrote: »

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

Merely thinking out loud...

lol no

OK, care to elaborate why not?
It does make a tiny bit of sense, in a way?

crown store items are already expensive don't give them a reason to up the price every time you buy a slot.

if you buy ice cream you simply not pay more money every time you add 1 ice cream to the order.

and for Zenimax it is just a bit of data they have to add to their mega server.

dtm_samuraib16_ESO · May 2016

GeertKarel wrote: »

dtm_samuraib16_ESO wrote: »

GeertKarel wrote: »

dtm_samuraib16_ESO wrote: »

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

Merely thinking out loud...

lol no

OK, care to elaborate why not?
It does make a tiny bit of sense, in a way?

crown store items are already expensive don't give them a reason to up the price every time you buy a slot.

if you buy ice cream you simply not pay more money every time you add 1 ice cream to the order.

and for Zenimax it is just a bit of data they have to add to their mega server.

Oh man, you got that so wrong:
I said to make the first one very cheap, and go up by price per slot bought.
I never said to make it expensive.

Volkodav · May 2016

GeertKarel wrote: »

dtm_samuraib16_ESO wrote: »

GeertKarel wrote: »

dtm_samuraib16_ESO wrote: »

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

Merely thinking out loud...

lol no

OK, care to elaborate why not?
It does make a tiny bit of sense, in a way?

crown store items are already expensive don't give them a reason to up the price every time you buy a slot.

if you buy ice cream you simply not pay more money every time you add 1 ice cream to the order.

and for Zenimax it is just a bit of data they have to add to their mega server.

Um,.whenever I have bought one ice cream,Ive had to pay extra for the second.Even if I get one cone with one scoop.If I want another I have to pay more.
dtm_samuraib16_ESO is saying that this would be the situation.

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vamp_emily · May 2016

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.

I am against high prices, but $15.00 is not much for the entertainment value you will get from that one character ( that is if you play as much as I do ). I personally think they might charge more than that.

I wish they would lower their prices on some things like costumes.

GeertKarel · May 2016

Volkodav wrote: »

GeertKarel wrote: »

dtm_samuraib16_ESO wrote: »

GeertKarel wrote: »

dtm_samuraib16_ESO wrote: »

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

Merely thinking out loud...

lol no

OK, care to elaborate why not?
It does make a tiny bit of sense, in a way?

crown store items are already expensive don't give them a reason to up the price every time you buy a slot.

if you buy ice cream you simply not pay more money every time you add 1 ice cream to the order.

and for Zenimax it is just a bit of data they have to add to their mega server.

Um,.whenever I have bought one ice cream,Ive had to pay extra for the second.Even if I get one cone with one scoop.If I want another I have to pay more.
dtm_samuraib16_ESO is saying that this would be the situation. .

Haha, well that won't happen anyway since zenimax never introduced such a thing in the crown store (yet).
if you compare it to bankspace, bag upgrade and horse speed upgrades.

code65536 · May 2016

It's also a matter of simple economics that they'll sell more quantity if the price was reasonable.

For example, I really need one more slot. Nice to have two. Wouldn't mind three or four.

If it were 1K per slot, I'd probably buy all four.

If it were 2K per slot, I'd probably just buy two.

More than that, I'll likely just buy the one that I need.

Cuyler · May 2016

What's the msrp of a box now? I'd say divide that by the 8 character slots you get when you buy a new account and that's your number. plus a little more, just because.

I think I paid $60 USD, so that's $7.50 a character. So maybe 700-1000 crowns per slot?

Volkodav · May 2016

vamp_emily 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.

I am against high prices, but $15.00 is not much for the entertainment value you will get from that one character ( that is if you play as much as I do ). I personally think they might charge more than that.

I wish they would lower their prices on some things like costumes.

I play every day for around 5 hours or so. And ye s,I am certain they will price the slots far more than what I mentioned.I was simply saying what I would pay and what I wouldnt. Why is it so bad to have something affordable for some people who may not have $25.00 or more to buy one slot for a character.It isnt about the usage you will get out of that one character.It is about availability.For the players. Also,if it is priced fairly low,more people will pay for it. Hence more profit for ZOS,and the players arent upset over pricing.

Lord_Eomer · May 2016

Should be 1500 max..

Volkodav · May 2016

Lord_Dexter wrote: »

Should be 1500 max..

I agree wholeheartedly.

DRXHarbinger · May 2016

Someone explain why you'd need a 9th slot. Obviously to rework your original class but picked a poor race for it right?

DeadlyRecluse · May 2016

vamp_emily wrote: »

I am against high prices, but $15.00 is not much for the entertainment value you will get from that one character ( that is if you play as much as I do ). I personally think they might charge more than that.

I wish they would lower their prices on some things like costumes.

100 percent agree. I have 32 days played on my main.

If 15 bucks gets me another 32 DAYS of entertainment, I won't complain. Even my lowest played character at this point, a level 30 BWB toon, has over 15 hours played. That's a dollar an hour, if we run with the 15 dollar figure. A helluva lot cheaper than most entertainment (movies, restaurants, ladies of the night).

Cuyler · May 2016

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

Someone explain why you'd need a 9th slot. Obviously to rework your original class but picked a poor race for it right?

So I can try a dirty stam sorc which otherwise would be waste of a slot

code65536 · May 2016

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

Someone explain why you'd need a 9th slot. Obviously to rework your original class but picked a poor race for it right?

I want one of each class/resource combination. That's 8 characters.

With the over abundance of BoP and the max bank space being so low, I also need mules. I actually have two mules with 200 inventory space each holding nothing but bound gear--nothing else.

The introduction of the crafting bags will help some, but my bank only has a max of 240 spaces, and my two gear mules have 400 spaces between them.

I also have a second account for muling all the stuff that isn't bound...

Volkodav · May 2016

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

Someone explain why you'd need a 9th slot. Obviously to rework your original class but picked a poor race for it right?

Some people just like to have fun making new characters and playing them new ways. Like each race using different classes,different skills,and different weapons. It can take more than 8 slots to do that.
I have had to dump one of my characters because I realized that I wanted to rename it,or wanted to use a different class that I hadnt tried before.Personally,I would rather not have of kill one of my guys.

GeertKarel · May 2016

Volkodav wrote: »

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

Someone explain why you'd need a 9th slot. Obviously to rework your original class but picked a poor race for it right?

Some people just like to have fun making new characters and playing them new ways. Like each race using different classes,different skills,and different weapons. It can take more than 8 slots to do that.
I have had to dump one of my characters because I realized that I wanted to rename it,or wanted to use a different class that I hadnt tried before.Personally,I would rather not have of kill one of my guys.

If it is just for the name you can always contact customer support, they most likely only help you with such things if you have eso +

DeadlyRecluse · May 2016

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

Someone explain why you'd need a 9th slot. Obviously to rework your original class but picked a poor race for it right?

8 vet characters (one of each resource/class combo)
1-2 bank characters
2-4 dedicated nonVet PvP character slots

That's what I crave/need.

dtm_samuraib16_ESO · May 2016

Oh hell, I just think of something: y'all know how most here are commenting on the lack of punishment in which ZOS (failed) to act versus exploiters, right?
I made the idea, since, and I cannot disagree, perma-banning tons of people, is a sound idea, to actually REWARD those that did not.
Well: an extra Character Slot would be nice. :P

khele23eb17_ESO · May 2016

code65536 wrote: »

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

Someone explain why you'd need a 9th slot. Obviously to rework your original class but picked a poor race for it right?

I want one of each class/resource combination. That's 8 characters.

With the over abundance of BoP and the max bank space being so low, I also need mules. I actually have two mules with 200 inventory space each holding nothing but bound gear--nothing else.

The introduction of the crafting bags will help some, but my bank only has a max of 240 spaces, and my two gear mules have 400 spaces between them.

I also have a second account for muling all the stuff that isn't bound...

You should have at least one dead guild with 500 bank slots by now :P