Do the Crown Crate seasons cycle?

ThePrinceOfBargains

I really don't like the idea of paying for these things, as they seem like a total rip outside of dumb luck, but I'm REALLY bummed that I don't have one of these Wild Hunt mounts. I mean part of me is like "okay, it's a good thing I missed this because I probably would've wasted too much money trying to get what I want." But the other part of me REALLY wants it. Like bad enough to hurt somebody. Well okay, maybe not the bad. Maybe like a light 3 second pinch ~Pepper

AzraelKrieg

They do cycle every three months or so but since this is only the third season we don't know if they repeat at any point.

Prof_Bawbag

I don't see them repeating too soon. The amount of items I seen in-game related to the above crates was considerably less than what I witnessed with the storm crates for various reasons (the novelty factor, and people believing the crates were more likely to drop items than they actually were etc etc). I suspect a repeat batch of crates would see even less sales as the majority of those people who bought into them first time around would probably not touch them again as there would be no need to.

Of course my mere observations are probably waaaaaaaaay off, and only ZoS truly know. Then there's the fact a lot of people got 6 free crates this season if they both pre ordered and subbed. That too tells me they're attempting to snare more people due to the poorer uptake.

I don't mind crates, and can only speak for myself but for me to even consider buying any the batch (season) would have to involve fresh apex mounts and more items not seen before.

Epona222

We don't know, they've not been going for a full year yet!

starkerealm

I'll throw this idea out again: An ESO+ perk should be the ability to buy from an extended selection of crates, including past seasons.

Yeah, sure, it's weird and messed up, but, it would be one more thing to plop down on the list of reasons to subscribe.

ThePrinceOfBargains

Hopefully not. We're not supporting this... ~Pibb

Jayne_Doe

starkerealm wrote: »

I'll throw this idea out again: An ESO+ perk should be the ability to buy from an extended selection of crates, including past seasons.

Yeah, sure, it's weird and messed up, but, it would be one more thing to plop down on the list of reasons to subscribe.

I like this idea, but I don't see them implementing it, as it would take away from crate sales. People would just sub and then buy what they want - unless the amount they get from the sub and specific purchases is greater that what they get from those who have spent hundreds trying to get what they want from the RNG.

I could see them offering a limited selection of items from past seasons, if they never intend to repeat the crates. The limited selected would probably not include the apex mounts. Or, if they repeated a theme, but offered new items, then I could see them offering the old items during the same crate season to ESO+ members.

starkerealm

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

I'll throw this idea out again: An ESO+ perk should be the ability to buy from an extended selection of crates, including past seasons.

Yeah, sure, it's weird and messed up, but, it would be one more thing to plop down on the list of reasons to subscribe.

I like this idea, but I don't see them implementing it, as it would take away from crate sales. People would just sub and then buy what they want - unless the amount they get from the sub and specific purchases is greater that what they get from those who have spent hundreds trying to get what they want from the RNG.

I could see them offering a limited selection of items from past seasons, if they never intend to repeat the crates. The limited selected would probably not include the apex mounts. Or, if they repeated a theme, but offered new items, then I could see them offering the old items during the same crate season to ESO+ members.

To be fair, if someone is subscribing specifically to access earlier crates, that's a win for ZOS. If they spend 15 bucks to then buy a 1500 crown bundle of crates, that's 30 bucks for that bundle. If they're buying a bunch of crates, then spending 15 bucks to gain access to a larger gem pool... it's still more money being paid out to ZOS for those items.

I mean, I agree, I don't see ZOS implementing something like this, but at the same time, it's not really a loosing proposition for them. They would end up with more money (even if it's not much) to increase the potential pool of buyers for these items. It's also stuff where the actual development costs have already been committed. So it's just further return on investment afterwards.

To be fair, I also think that the crates, in general, would benefit from having more options up at one time. As it is, there's a practical limit on crates, where eventually you will run out of things to get from them (aside from consumables). So it would make some sense to give users more options to pick from (even without ESO+). Letting crate seasons overlap, would be one efficient way to do that. For example, if crates lasted for 6 months, but new seasons started every 3, then after that, subscribers got access to the last 12 months worth of crates.