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Can't belive ZoS decided to cash grab skins..

Medakon
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As the title says, I can't belive they are doing this... again!

If you complete this new Horn of reach challange you recive this casual skin:
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However, ZoS decided to screw over their PvE players by implementing this reskin that looks way beter, and you can this with no effort, just purchase it with IRL money:
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This is a total reskin of cradle of shadow:
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Skins was the only thing ingame that couldnt be bought with crowns currecny, but now your trying to cash in on this aswell? Why not add maelstorm arena gear, trial gear, and golden jewlery on your crownstore aswell while your at it?

You are making skins from crown store looking beter than skin obtained from playing the game, well done Zenimax.
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  • Khenarthi
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    Can't believe you missed the Mindshriven skin over a year ago. This is nothing new.
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  • xSkullfox
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    Or all the mounts which they only repaint to sell.....
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  • Medakon
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    Khenarthi wrote: »
    Can't believe you missed the Mindshriven skin over a year ago. This is nothing new.

    Don't you see I said "again"?
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  • Luigi_Vampa
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    Medakon wrote: »
    As the title says, I can't belive they are doing this... again!

    If you complete this new Horn of reach challange you recive this casual skin:
    5c6ac55ba141eef17bdc2be675fc3446.png

    However, ZoS decided to screw over their PvE players by implementing this reskin that looks way beter, and you can this with no effort, just purchase it with IRL money:
    fe6eb400285fa17bcee025b4a5c25163.jpg

    This is a total reskin of cradle of shadow:
    Spiderkith-naked-Argonian.jpg

    Skins was the only thing ingame that couldnt be bought with crowns currecny, but now your trying to cash in on this aswell? Why not add maelstorm arena gear, trial gear, and golden jewlery on your crownstore aswell while your at it?

    You are making skins from crown store looking beter than skin obtained from playing the game, well done Zenimax.

    Buying a skin isn't P2W. Buying BIS gear is.
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  • anitajoneb17_ESO
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    Medakon wrote: »
    you can this with no effort, just purchase it with IRL money.

    You guys must tell me where is this beautiful country you live in, where IRL money kinda grows on trees.
    Where I live, IRL money means effort. More than anything in the game actually. (Which is why it is, you know, a game... :-) )



  • redshirt_49
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    MMO maintenance and upkeep + content updates costs a sum of money you can't quite imagine.

    That money cannot be maintained by sales alone if you're trying to run a company and pay your employees and pay for server bandwith at the same time.

    Crown Store additions and Crates and the likes are essential to the continued existence of the game, like it or not.
  • RavenSworn
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    Medakon wrote: »
    As the title says, I can't belive they are doing this... again!

    If you complete this new Horn of reach challange you recive this casual skin:
    5c6ac55ba141eef17bdc2be675fc3446.png

    However, ZoS decided to screw over their PvE players by implementing this reskin that looks way beter, and you can this with no effort, just purchase it with IRL money:
    fe6eb400285fa17bcee025b4a5c25163.jpg

    This is a total reskin of cradle of shadow:
    Spiderkith-naked-Argonian.jpg

    Skins was the only thing ingame that couldnt be bought with crowns currecny, but now your trying to cash in on this aswell? Why not add maelstorm arena gear, trial gear, and golden jewlery on your crownstore aswell while your at it?

    You are making skins from crown store looking beter than skin obtained from playing the game, well done Zenimax.

    I like the fact that you equate skins with maelstrom arena gear and trial gear. Fun stuff.
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  • NordSwordnBoard
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    This is the answer to vampires who want to look good but can't get other skins.

    Next might be some skin to directly appease those folks, after they all buy this one, of course.

    I look at it this way: buy the cool skin, and rent the dlc for a month to get titles and jigsaw makeup. This allows me to avoid those dungeons in a random pug with a level 10 new toon in the future.
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  • Prof_Bawbag
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    I wonder how some people sleep at night. They're not screwing anyone over. You still get the content, you'll still get a title(s) and you'll still get a skin. Oh wait, that's everything you get in the other dungeons too. There's a helluva lot wrong with the CS and the game in general and a skin ain't one of them.

    On the plus side, you'll still obtain a skin which you can't get in store. Whether you wear it or not or even like it is neither here nor there. Even better, you can decide to buy the content knowing exactly what you're getting. I'd begin to see the point if this was shown after the purchase of the content, but it's not. You know what you're getting thus able to make an informed choice.
  • BlazingDynamo
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    I'm surprised it took this long. It's been a long long time since a skin was in the crown store. Especially when the vMoL skin was all the rage they didn't bring one in.

    It literally means nothing so just don't buy it I guess. I'm more disappointed about the Blood Forged skin they yanked from the game to sell later on. That was a low blow.
    Edited by BlazingDynamo on August 3, 2017 1:54PM
  • Slurg
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    I'm ok with buying this with the IRL money I earned myself instead of having to rely on other people being competent in group content to get it.
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  • sickboy2808
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    Its looks great. I might buy it as i cant commit to running dungs anymore due to RL.
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  • Dantaria
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    Pfffffffffffff.

    First of all, yes. Equating skin, which is pure cosmetics, to vMA weapons is a logic fallacy on sooo many levels, I can't even begin to describe it.

    Second... you do realize that they actually look differently, right? As in - you can easily distinguish one from another? Then why do you care? Everyone will know that you got your skin for conquering vCoS, while the guy with Ebon bought his skin in Crown Store.

    As a proud owner of well-deserved Dro-M'Athra skin, I would be hella pissed if they put it in Crown Store. But would I give a s**t if they put, for example, red version of it in CS? No. For as long as earn-through-in-game-achievements skins are easily distinguishable from the ones you can buy... I honestly don't see the problem.

    Also - looking better is subjective. I find Spiderkith skin fugly, but kinda cool in disturbing way. Totally would wear it on malicious, villain char if I ever make one (dedicated to Assassins Guild, for example). Ebon? Just fugly.
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  • zaria
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    Medakon wrote: »
    you can this with no effort, just purchase it with IRL money.

    You guys must tell me where is this beautiful country you live in, where IRL money kinda grows on trees.
    Where I live, IRL money means effort. More than anything in the game actually. (Which is why it is, you know, a game... :-) )
    No money trees there you live?

    Grinding just make you go in circles.
    Asking ZoS for nerfs is as stupid as asking for close air support from the death star.
  • SASQUATCH0
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    There's still another skin coming with bloodforge so yeah earn that one if you're butt hurt about the crownstore one.
    Edited by SASQUATCH0 on August 3, 2017 1:25PM
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  • DPShiro
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    SASQUATCH0 wrote: »
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    That will be on Crown Crate/Store.
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  • AlnilamE
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    I'm sorry, but the skin that you get from the Horns of the Reach challenge is much better than the other two.

    I won't be paying any money for those.
    The Moot Councillor
  • xRIVALENx
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    Personally I am fine with the skin being released in the Crown Store, we are not forced to purchase it, nor does it give us an advantage. What I do take issue with is the priority of micro transactions over content and game fixes, ESO has the potential to be a great game if one can balance the scale.
  • greylox
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    Lol cry more
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  • ValkynSketha
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    SASQUATCH0 wrote: »
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    Think you still live in a cave, this skin was scrapped from bloodforge challenger achev reward and was put as a crown store purchase, instead they put a hat as a reward that looks like ***, and their excuse, we blah blah want players to be able to wear both dungeons reward blah blah.
  • Flaminir
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    OH NO!!!

    You mean the 'Cosmetics only' cash shop is selling something cosmetic???

    Got to admit... never saw that one coming! >:)


    Seriously... all sarcasm aside, the price that you pay for getting the game for free each month is that ZoS need to sell cosmetic stuff to make money to keep the game running... that cosmetic stuff has to be desirable, and some of it will be cash shop only or else nobody would buy it.

    There is really no arguement against this without being firmly sat in the 'Wanting your cake and to eat it' boat.
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  • runagate
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    Skins can be fugly or you can design thematically around them.
    Khenarthi wrote: »
    Can't believe you missed the Mindshriven skin over a year ago. This is nothing new.

    dolob_soul_shriven_skin.png


    That horsey makes a wonderfully echo-ey sound when it neighs. Best mount sound there is.
    Edited by runagate on August 3, 2017 1:39PM
  • Stovahkiin
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    Those are all extremely ugly anyway
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  • SASQUATCH0
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    SASQUATCH0 wrote: »
    gp_crwn_skin_bloodforged_1x1.jpg

    Think you still live in a cave, this skin was scrapped from bloodforge challenger achev reward and was put as a crown store purchase, instead they put a hat as a reward that looks like ***, and their excuse, we blah blah want players to be able to wear both dungeons reward blah blah.

    Well that's dumb
  • Scyantific
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    SASQUATCH0 wrote: »
    SASQUATCH0 wrote: »
    gp_crwn_skin_bloodforged_1x1.jpg

    Think you still live in a cave, this skin was scrapped from bloodforge challenger achev reward and was put as a crown store purchase, instead they put a hat as a reward that looks like ***, and their excuse, we blah blah want players to be able to wear both dungeons reward blah blah.

    Well that's dumb

    Don't worry you'll be able to have a chance to get it when the next crown crate season arrives :trollface:
  • Smasherx74
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    Dantaria wrote: »
    Pfffffffffffff.

    First of all, yes. Equating skin, which is pure cosmetics, to vMA weapons is a logic fallacy on sooo many levels, I can't even begin to describe it.



    I wasn't aware of there being levels of logical fallacies.

    As far as I can tell it's just a false equivalence.
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  • Inarre
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    *Zos puts cosmetics in cash shop*

    "WEELLL *** GUESS WE MAY AS WELL MAKE THE GAME PAY TO WIN"
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    runagate wrote: »
    Skins can be fugly or you can design thematically around them.
    Khenarthi wrote: »
    Can't believe you missed the Mindshriven skin over a year ago. This is nothing new.

    dolob_soul_shriven_skin.png


    That horsey makes a wonderfully echo-ey sound when it neighs. Best mount sound there is.

    It also calls you a fool sometimes. :)
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  • deepseamk20b14_ESO
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    Well, I have a job. I work hard at this job of mine. In the end I get money. I then spend a extremely small portion of that money on a skin. My job is a daily/repeatable dungeon quest. I beat it everyday. Heck, sometimes I even level up! Therefore, I earned this skin lol.
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