Crown price ranges are realistic or crazy for unfurnished houses?

BuddyAces

Too high...

I personally think the prices are way to high for an unfurnished home in a game! I could literally go out and buy some cool things for my real home for that price. I am not really understanding people's reasons for thinking these prices are ok. I bought crowns on sale so I have loads of them.. good for you! It should be expensive so not everyone is running around with the title for owning all 3 manors.. Um it's just a title in a game that pretty much doesn't tell anyone anything other then you are a rich professional farmer.. If you don't like the prices don't buy it.. That's so not the point!! Come on people quit trying to justify these prices!

STEVIL

Sensible

This is what i expected - available in game for gold - these are pure convenience - and they are priced thinking the estates and larger homes will be joint purchases - by say a guild for manors or a small group for large house.

A four man unit commonly running together can buy a large house or medium house with joint donations for cheap.

Also, the crown prices favor the larger types over the smaller - manor vs med+sm costs are quite different on crown vs in game gold.

I am not surprised at all.

Now to finish my planning.

FriedEggSandwich

Other....

10000 crowns is about £40 (5500 = £23.99), which is not too bad all things considered. If you saved all your ESO+ crowns it would take you a little over 6 months to be able to afford 10k. I wouldn't go as far as to say it's sensible, but it's not too high either. I half expected the largest houses to cost closer to £100 so I'm relieved if they cost less than £50.

NewBlacksmurf

Too high...

Frondale wrote: »

MyKillv2.0 wrote: »

10k too high for a manor? Someone people would complain if Zo$ sold it for 2gold.

I am actually shocked the prices are that small. I thought for certain the manors would be 20k minimum. I am estaic to hear 10k....I don't really care if it is furnished or not. Decorating the thing is the fun part for me.

The decorating is the part I enjoy the most also.

I am torn between perhaps 3 homes to purchase however

I have decided to use crowns to buy my home and then use ingame gold or crafting to furnish it.

A higher decorating count would be awesome especially for decorating the gardens is my only wish so we can really get creative to our hearts content. Storage also and the beds are usable to gain a sleep bonus. We might get those later.

I have spent more real dollars buying Sims games than the dearest manors. Purely because I love to design and decorate.

Can someone confirm to me as I have not played the PTS this time. If I buy a particular faction home, I can use any style of furniture I like? I am not restricted to that faction only?

Cheers
Fron

@Frondale

Have you read the PTS thread?

You can buy or craft but you gotta find the schematic/recipe

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/311708/pts-patch-notes-v2-7-0-homestead/p1

jircris11

Sensible

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

What are your thoughts?

*Edits to help and create better clarification*

In short UNFURNISHED prices:

-apartments start at 1,000 (confirmed) crowns
-Small home range: 3100 -4000 crowns
-Medium range 5000-6500 crowns
-large range 7500-8500 crowns

All the way up to manors for 10k crowns (confirmed) and up....Thoughts

Again these are unfurnished prices, so expect much higher prices for furnished and the crown exclusive manor was not announced.
@ZOS_JessicaFolsom or @ZOS_GinaBruno being that we have no bearing on furnished prices, when will an article be posted showing the furnished crown exclusive manor?

most will vote to high but then again 1 crown is too high to them lol. These are not "must haves" and honestly its still cheaper then other mmos as far as cost go, hell swtor a basic house to fully unlock is around 10k cartel coins...thats almost 100 bucks.

smacx250

Sensible

Frondale wrote: »

Can someone confirm to me as I have not played the PTS this time. If I buy a particular faction home, I can use any style of furniture I like? I am not restricted to that faction only?

Cheers
Fron

@Frondale - yes, you can mix and match styles to your heart's content (as long as it's available - there seems to be some questions regarding some imperial styles).

baratron

Surprised....

Bearing in mind that recent mounts have been 4500 Crowns and that the limited edition Crown version of the Dro M'Athra Motif is 6000 Crowns, I'm surprised. Especially considering how much you can fit into an Apartment or Small House.

I'm not saying that the prices are reasonable or sensible, just comparing them to other items which have been released recently.

Druwe

Too high...

Given that a lot of us still subscribe monthly and get 1500 crowns per month, we contribute financially to Zenimax's coffers on a regular basis and support the game we all play. Is 3 months subs really worth a house????

NewBlacksmurf

Too high...

baratron wrote: »

Bearing in mind that recent mounts have been 4500 Crowns and that the limited edition Crown version of the Dro M'Athra Motif is 6000 Crowns, I'm surprised. Especially considering how much you can fit into an Apartment or Small House.

I'm not saying that the prices are reasonable or sensible, just comparing them to other items which have been released recently.

@baratron
Surprised the price is so high or so low, etc?

Frondale

Sensible

smacx250 wrote: »

Frondale wrote: »

Can someone confirm to me as I have not played the PTS this time. If I buy a particular faction home, I can use any style of furniture I like? I am not restricted to that faction only?

Cheers
Fron

@Frondale - yes, you can mix and match styles to your heart's content (as long as it's available - there seems to be some questions regarding some imperial styles).

Thank you for the answer. I have imperial edition also.

Banana

Other....

I'm going to pass. Expensive yes for something that is basically useless.

Bigevilpeter

Sensible

Since its a cosmetic that does nothing at all in the game they can make it as expensive as they like.

Also the large houses and manor cost millions of gold so if u want a shortcut with real money you need to be willing to pay.

personally I will just buy a 60k gold house and be absolutely satisfied

baratron

Surprised....

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

baratron wrote: »

Bearing in mind that recent mounts have been 4500 Crowns and that the limited edition Crown version of the Dro M'Athra Motif is 6000 Crowns, I'm surprised. Especially considering how much you can fit into an Apartment or Small House.

I'm not saying that the prices are reasonable or sensible, just comparing them to other items which have been released recently.

@baratron
Surprised the price is so high or so low, etc?

Surprised it's that low. I was expecting 10k Crowns for a Small or Medium House.

As it is, you can buy an unfurnished Medium House for free with, er, I think six months of ESO Plus subscription?

Kalante

Too high...

I would have to be high, drunk, and coked up, all at the same time in order to buy anything above 5k crowns at once.

Cously

Too high...

I don't think the price is worth considering the lack of functionality, the small player cap and limitations of items that can be placed. I suppose am fortunate to not have any interest in Crown exclusive houses. I'll settle for a large house purchased with in game gold for my guild and that's it.

ZOS has to either make housing worth or decrease the prices. For instance the Daggerfall Overlook, I'd spend hours watching it, for months even before we could enter it. I was in love with it, I said I'd buy it. I am sitting on 18,000 Crowns right now. I could buy it...but even if I can afford, the price is too high. The fact the castle can only hold 24 people defeats the purpose of using it as a RP spot or guild hall. The fact the castle only holds 700 furnishings means that it will still look empty even if you place everything.

Old Mistveil Manor can hold 600 furnishings and is 1/3 of the size of the castle. That means you can make the place more decorated and detailed. I can do with the 12 player cap since we lowered our expectations about the guild events thing. I know many guilds will suffer because of the cap though. I'm quite disappointed with the housing's details and RNG involved. Grind is acceptable, the house editor is awesome, but there are a lot of tweaks you guys can try to improve quality of life.

ADarklore

Sensible

So... to all the players who kept telling me over and over, "they won't charge that high, because the house is the 'hook' for you to buy items for the house"... perhaps next time they'll consider that Veteran players have been around long enough to see the outrageous pricing of Crown Store items, new players don't like to believe us, think ZOS is their friend and wants to do them a favor. Well, here's the REALITY CHECK for you.

Vudokan

Too high...

baratron wrote: »

Bearing in mind that recent mounts have been 4500 Crowns and that the limited edition Crown version of the Dro M'Athra Motif is 6000 Crowns, I'm surprised. Especially considering how much you can fit into an Apartment or Small House.

I'm not saying that the prices are reasonable or sensible, just comparing them to other items which have been released recently.

Did it ever occur to you that the prices of recently released items have been set higher for this very reason? To prepare us for the housing sticker shock? Just because a motif that is available via in-game gold and/or grinding a dungeon is massively, offensively overpriced, we should all be happy about housing prices by comparison?

This is why prices will continue to ramp up and ramp up, because there are few people who are able to think critically about the value vs cost equation being presented here.

Elara_Northwind

Surprised....

tbh... I thought they'd be more I have two houses in mind tat I am completely in love with, and still have not decided which one I am going to buy, bot both will apparently be 7.5-8.5k. Obviously, I would liek for them to be cheaper, but considering a motif is 6k on the crown store right now, I don't think its as bad as it could have been...

Skayaq

Sensible

A little higher than I had hoped, but not outragesly so, I considere that to be sensible.

Aquanova

Too high...

I'd spend 100$ if it were furnished. Unfurnished at that price is ridiculous.

danno8

Surprised....

Considering you get 1500 per month in crowns for subbing, just playing the game for 6 months will get you a free manor.

I am surprised it is so low.

Cpt_Teemo

Other....

danno8 wrote: »

Considering you get 1500 per month in crowns for subbing, just playing the game for 6 months will get you a free manor.

I am surprised it is so low.

I thought you get crowns upfront so if you subbed up for the 6 month I guess that could work for most of us, but another problem is you can't add onto your months till the time period is over which is pretty dumb imo.

danno8

Surprised....

Kyle1983b14_ESO wrote: »

danno8 wrote: »

Considering you get 1500 per month in crowns for subbing, just playing the game for 6 months will get you a free manor.

I am surprised it is so low.

I thought you get crowns upfront so if you subbed up for the 6 month I guess that could work for most of us, but another problem is you can't add onto your months till the time period is over which is pretty dumb imo.

I go month to month, so that I can take breaks at any time. If you get it in 6 month chunks you get it all up front.

I think people like me who sub, but find nothing interesting to spend our crowns on will find the prices low, but I can see how those who do not sub, and need too buy crowns up front would find the price to be too high.

Then again, you can just use gold in game, so there is no real issue either way.

Damianos

Too high...

Vanity homes in games like eq2 where you can only purchase them from the microstore run from 750 - 2000 at most, which I can see that Zeni is clearly choosint to moneygrab at this so, of course it will cost players five to ten times more. Which means either they aren't making as much or think that players are going to come out of their pockets on at least half of the playerbase to get the larger ones unfurnished.

FuriousMonk313

Too high...

theher0not wrote: »

I am never going to spend more than 5k and that is only if it is an island. For anything else I am not spendin more than 3 at most.

But after seeing Dro'm-athra motif for 6k I bet the houses will be extremley over priced.

I agree that was what I was expecting to spend tops.... thinking that the cost of an island was going to be around 5500 Crowns, but now that I see that 5500 crowns is the cost range for a medium house, it's very disappointing. It seems as though the price of items in the crown store are getting higher and higher.... first the Elk mount, then the Dro'm-athra motif and now the unfurnished houses. If this is going to be the new trend for the crown store, then I will no longer be getting crowns

Elsonso

Surprised....

I figured manors would be in the 9k-12k (~10k) furnished. Closer to 5k unfurnished.

acw37162

Other....

Expected

magnusthorek

Other....

Shocking, but not surprised eith ZOS greed that only keeps reaching these levels because people in US (or places with better valorized currency) still paying.

Those living in one of the shittiest countries of globe (economically speaking) just can't have shiny things

kamimark

Sensible

So, at the upper end, 1cr = 400g. That's a very generous conversion rate. Fortifying meals are something like 1cr = 2.5g (10*100g/400cr, player prices are 20% of that), Dro-m'athra style is 1cr = 32.5g (13*15000g/6000cr).

But it needs to be generous, since spending $100 (depending on sale) on an empty house in a game is a lot.

Damianos

Too high...

FriedEggSandwich wrote: »

10000 crowns is about £40 (5500 = £23.99), which is not too bad all things considered. If you saved all your ESO+ crowns it would take you a little over 6 months to be able to afford 10k. I wouldn't go as far as to say it's sensible, but it's not too high either. I half expected the largest houses to cost closer to £100 so I'm relieved if they cost less than £50.

10,000 crowns is not £40. It costs $88 plus tax in the US to get 10,000 crowns. Which is £70.13 not sure where you got your math from.