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Will you pay with Gold or Crowns?

Chrysa1is
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The big question! How will you buy your house? Gold or Crowns? (How to separate the P2W from the boyz)

My view is that if you can earn in-game currency to buy these houses, then why would you even spend real money? Forget the crown exclusives because that is just bait. I think if you pay for crowns then you're the reason things will always be expensive in the crown store.

Please be nice. Grab your popcorn guys.
Edited by Chrysa1is on February 6, 2017 4:13PM

Will you pay with Gold or Crowns? 242 votes

Gold
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Crowns
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  • KeiruNicrom
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    Gold
    Gold because my characters have thousands of unused gold while I can barely save money IRL :(
  • Turelus
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    Gold
    Gold, I have the Crowns for the Ebeonheart Manor but I would rather work for it and have an in game goal again.

    Also going to need all those Crowns for the endless exclusive housing items we'll no doubt be seeing from now on.
    @Turelus - EU PC Megaserver
    "Don't count on others for help. In the end each of us is in this alone. The survivors are those who know how to look out for themselves."
  • MalakithAlamahdi
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    Neither
  • jedtb16_ESO
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    lol..... how about both?

    you can own more than one after all...
  • Grileenor
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    Gold
    Gold, because I will wait for Morrowind, before buying some second house in the shop :smile:
  • Tonnopesce
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    Gold
    I just bought a z270 motherboard for my year long PC upgrade so no crowns 4 me
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  • Cadbury
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    With Tic-tacs
    "If a person is truly desirous of something, perhaps being set on fire does not seem so bad."
  • raglau
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    Gold
    I have oodles of gold and also I feel it's something to be earned in game via hard work.
  • Dawnblade
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    Fail poll - no option for neither.

    I find housing (at least as it is right now) lacking, and won't bother with it (non-functional homes with decorations that take up general inventory don't interest me in the least).
  • Liley
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    Gold
    I'll never buy anything in the crown store that I can get ingame via gold or farming. I rather save my real money :)
    Edited by Liley on February 6, 2017 4:19PM
    PC | EU

    Muriel Winterhauch | Magicka Sorcerer


  • theher0not
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    Gold
    I would use crowns if the islands was 5k.

    But since they will probably go for much more I will not spend a single cent on them.
  • MissBizz
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    Both.

    Plan on guild hall with crowns - a small/medium empty house with gold so I can go out, craft furniture and decorate myself, and then furnished Mathiisen Manor because I'll never have enough style stones to make all the awesome Altmer furniture.
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  • Enslaved
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    Not paying at all.
  • kewl
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    Won't spend on housing.
  • Zinaroth
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    I don't know, because I don't know the crown prices, because my server isn't up.
  • Liley
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    Gold
    Zinaroth wrote: »
    I don't know, because I don't know the crown prices, because my server isn't up.

    There is a thread where are crown prices listed.
    PC | EU

    Muriel Winterhauch | Magicka Sorcerer


  • jedtb16_ESO
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    Zinaroth wrote: »
    I don't know, because I don't know the crown prices, because my server isn't up.

    see this......

    https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en-GB/discussion/318996/crown-prices-for-homes-unfurnished-and-furnished-listed-here

    for some reason that goes to the last page of it..... just look at the first post in the thread.
    Edited by jedtb16_ESO on February 6, 2017 4:33PM
  • Tandor
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    Crowns
    As I don't use the dysfunctional trading system, I have very little gold and will therefore use my subscription crowns to buy a better house than I could ever afford otherwise. I doubt very much that I'll spend any real money on it although I'm not opposed in principle to doing so and the housing costs are surprisingly cheap in crowns (not least in comparison to other things like mounts), but prohibitively expensive in gold for casual players or non-traders. Neither option involves anything remotely approaching P2W.
  • BigRiver
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    Crowns
    I'd rather use my gold for other things.
  • MissBizz
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    Zinaroth wrote: »
    I don't know, because I don't know the crown prices, because my server isn't up.

    see this......

    https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en-GB/discussion/318996/crown-prices-for-homes-unfurnished-and-furnished-listed-here#latest

    for some reason that goes to the last page of it..... just look at the first post in the thread.

    @jedtb16_ESO It's because of the #latest in the URL :) It actually will go to wherever is "new" compared to the last time you visit the thread (if you have).
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  • jedtb16_ESO
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    MissBizz wrote: »
    Zinaroth wrote: »
    I don't know, because I don't know the crown prices, because my server isn't up.

    see this......

    https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en-GB/discussion/318996/crown-prices-for-homes-unfurnished-and-furnished-listed-here#latest

    for some reason that goes to the last page of it..... just look at the first post in the thread.

    @jedtb16_ESO It's because of the #latest in the URL :) It actually will go to wherever is "new" compared to the last time you visit the thread (if you have).

    ah.. ok. thanks for that. next time, if there is one i will edit the link..... in fact i'll do that now.
  • driosketch
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    Right I can't do either as the gold purchase option refuses to recognize either that I have the needed gold or that I completed the needed achievement.
    Main: Drio Azul ~ DC, Redguard, Healer/Magicka Templar ~ NA-PC
    ●The Psijic Order●The Sidekick Order●Great House Hlaalu●Bal-Busters●
  • BlackSparrow
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    Gold
    Gold, but I did consider getting Ebonheart Chateau for Crowns, since I'm never going to have 3m of in-game money :D I decided against it when I saw Morrowind will have housing, so I'm holding out to see if a Telvanni-style tower will be available for my Dunmer. The rest of my characters will be getting small-medium houses bought with gold.

    I understand the people who pay with Crowns, especially for the nicer houses. Some people just don't have the time or will to grind up that much money in the game, but they have enough disposable income irl that they can spend that much on entertainment. There's nothing wrong with paying to get things you enjoy in your favorite game... especially when that thing is a cosmetic item available through in-game currency as well.

    But that's the beauty of a system like this: you can choose which option works best for you given your time and resources. Pointing fingers at the other side and going "They're what's wrong with this game" doesn't do anyone any good. :p
    Living vicariously through my characters.

    My Girls:
    "If you were trapped in your house for, say, a year, how would you pass the time?"

    Nephikah the Houseless, dunmer assassin: "I suppose I could use the break. I have a lot of business holdings now that need management."
    Swum-Many-Waters, elderly argonian healer: "I think that I would enjoy writing a memoir."
    Silh'ki, khajiit warrior-chef: "Would this one be able to go outside, to the nearby river? It's hard to fish without water!"
    Peregrine Huntress, bosmer hunter: "Who is forcing me to stay inside, and where can I find them?"
    Lorenyawe, altmer mechanist: "And why would I want to go outside in the first place? Too much to be done in the workshop."
    Lorelai Magpie, breton master thief: "I'd go nuts. Lucky for me, I have a little experience sneaking out!"
    Rasheda the Burning Heart, redguard knight: "I would continue my training to keep my skills sharp."
    Hex-Eye Azabi, khajiit daedric priestess: "I suppose it would be lucky, then, that I built a shrine to Mephala in my backyard."
    Yngva Stormhammer, nord bandit (reformed...ish): "I hate being inside even when I'm not forced to be. GET. ME. OUT."
    Madam Argentia, vampire dunmer aristocrat: "I suppose it would be more of the same. I have a rather... contentious relationship with the sun."
    Mazie gra-Bolga, orc scout: "Uh... I'd have to house train my bear..."
    Felicia the Wanderer, imperial witch-for-hire: "What Lorelai said."
    Calico Jaka-dra, retired khajiit pirate: "This one would like a rest from her grand adventures. Her jewel shop runs out of stock!"
    Shimmerbeam, blind altmer psijic: "Provided that I am confined to Artaeum, I do not think I will want for things to occupy my time."
    Shauna Blackfire, redguard necromancer: "Sounds like paradise. I hate people."
    Kirniel the Undying, cursed bosmer warrior: "I would feel useless, not being able to fight."
    Echoes-from-Dragons, argonian who thinks she's a dragon: "All the better to count my hoard!"

    (Signature idea shamelessly stolen from Abeille.)
  • Kendo12
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    None
  • Tandor
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    Crowns
    driosketch wrote: »
    Right I can't do either as the gold purchase option refuses to recognize either that I have the needed gold or that I completed the needed achievement.

    Make sure that you have the Imperial Edition if it's an Imperial home you're trying to buy.
  • Presceran_Kendel
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    Gold
    Gold for house purchases. Crowns for the occasional store novelty or exclusive, if I can be tempted.
  • Nahtal
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    Gold: but i do not care about this update (housing) if i have enough gold (alrdy have) then maybe try it. For me its play the game, do quest, do dungeons, exploring, crind, that give,s me fun enough, and how more content how better! and also like to sell materials or items. Being in a guild 300+ (lead it is also fun)
    Love to crind, to sell, to explore, to heal, and to have fun.
    Templar Breton vampire HEAL CP463 Lord Massimo 'fire is his friend'
    Templar Argonian QUAN CHI HEAL CP463: 'the light of friendly'
    Nightblade Breton Sjangsung DPS CP463 'does not take souls'
    Zizeng (new char) DPS/HEAL warden (not chinees char)
  • prettynink
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    Neither, unless they are the crown exclusives.
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    561 mag dk dunmer dc (Annaksunamin)(Empress)
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    561 mag nb altmer dc (The Queen Akasha)(Stormproof)
    561 mag plar altmer dc (Sekmet Menchit) (Shehai Shatterer)
    561 heath dk imp dc (The Queen Khalessi) (Offtank)
    561 stam nb bosmer dc (Missandei Unsullied)
    561 stam sorc orc dc (Hannibal Lectress)
    561 stam dk khajiit dc (Maleficent Domina)
    561 stam plar redguard dc (Laggatha Lothbrok)
    561 healer breton dc (Harleen Quindell) aka Boots
    lvl 15 mag plar argonian ep (Sees All Draws)

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  • driosketch
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    Tandor wrote: »
    driosketch wrote: »
    Right I can't do either as the gold purchase option refuses to recognize either that I have the needed gold or that I completed the needed achievement.

    Make sure that you have the Imperial Edition if it's an Imperial home you're trying to buy.

    It's Hunding's Palatial Hall, required Glenumbra Adventurer achievement and 1,295,000 gold. I'll check again when I get home, but I was sure I had both those on my buying character.
    Main: Drio Azul ~ DC, Redguard, Healer/Magicka Templar ~ NA-PC
    ●The Psijic Order●The Sidekick Order●Great House Hlaalu●Bal-Busters●
  • lehran
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    Both. I want the island and that's crown-only, but I'll be getting others for gold (mostly as a warehouse or two to store furnishings in).
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