Is there ever going to be a FREE new zone?

Vhozek

Remember when you had to pay for a product? Lol

Strider__Roshin

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Daus wrote: »

The Monster Hunter series generates more profit than ESO, and they don't charge for DLCs nor do they have loot crates.

Monster Hunter isn't an MMO. It's much smaller than an MMO and has far less content than an MMO.

Quality over quantity. It's an MMO in a sense that you play with players all over the world, meet up with them and socialize in lobbies, etc. There's a ton to do in Monster Hunter games, and although the quest log isn't nearly as extensive, the amount of enjoyment you acquire from them far exceeds that of a typical MMO.

DieAlteHexe

Daus wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Daus wrote: »

The Monster Hunter series generates more profit than ESO, and they don't charge for DLCs nor do they have loot crates.

Monster Hunter isn't an MMO. It's much smaller than an MMO and has far less content than an MMO.

Quality over quantity. It's an MMO in a sense that you play with players all over the world, meet up with them and socialize in lobbies, etc. There's a ton to do in Monster Hunter games, and although the quest log isn't nearly as extensive, the amount of enjoyment you acquire from them far exceeds that of a typical MMO.

Never heard of it. Might have to look into it. Thanks for the mention.

altemriel

good question!

but yes, nothing is for free, the programmers need to be paid, you know...

Ruckly

I'm all for a new free zone. An open world pvp quest zone. Something that would never happen in a dlc because pvp would complain about questing and pve would complain about having to pvp. A zone where anyone could crush bot trains. A zone without arrows or circles to tell you exactly where the quest location is. A big game hunters zone. A zone that could be thrown together by skyrim mod makers for free. A zone that would empty all other zones because everyone wants to get in on the royal rumble.

DieAlteHexe

Ruckly wrote: »

I'm all for a new free zone. An open world pvp quest zone. Something that would never happen in a dlc because pvp would complain about questing and pve would complain about having to pvp. A zone where anyone could crush bot trains. A zone without arrows or circles to tell you exactly where the quest location is. A big game hunters zone. A zone that could be thrown together by skyrim mod makers for free. A zone that would empty all other zones because everyone wants to get in on the royal rumble.

Ooooh! Then I'd have all those other zones to myself! Think of the resources I could gather since there's no way in hell I want to be ContentFodder for anyone.

Ruckly

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

I'm all for a new free zone. An open world pvp quest zone. Something that would never happen in a dlc because pvp would complain about questing and pve would complain about having to pvp. A zone where anyone could crush bot trains. A zone without arrows or circles to tell you exactly where the quest location is. A big game hunters zone. A zone that could be thrown together by skyrim mod makers for free. A zone that would empty all other zones because everyone wants to get in on the royal rumble.

Ooooh! Then I'd have all those other zones to myself! Think of the resources I could gather since there's no way in hell I want to be ContentFodder for anyone.

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.

Wouldn't you like to get away?

Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

DieAlteHexe

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

I'm all for a new free zone. An open world pvp quest zone. Something that would never happen in a dlc because pvp would complain about questing and pve would complain about having to pvp. A zone where anyone could crush bot trains. A zone without arrows or circles to tell you exactly where the quest location is. A big game hunters zone. A zone that could be thrown together by skyrim mod makers for free. A zone that would empty all other zones because everyone wants to get in on the royal rumble.

Ooooh! Then I'd have all those other zones to myself! Think of the resources I could gather since there's no way in hell I want to be ContentFodder for anyone.

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.

Wouldn't you like to get away?

Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

Well, Cheers to you too but what on earth does that have to do with what I wrote?

Beyond my ken.

Ruckly

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

I'm all for a new free zone. An open world pvp quest zone. Something that would never happen in a dlc because pvp would complain about questing and pve would complain about having to pvp. A zone where anyone could crush bot trains. A zone without arrows or circles to tell you exactly where the quest location is. A big game hunters zone. A zone that could be thrown together by skyrim mod makers for free. A zone that would empty all other zones because everyone wants to get in on the royal rumble.

Ooooh! Then I'd have all those other zones to myself! Think of the resources I could gather since there's no way in hell I want to be ContentFodder for anyone.

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.

Wouldn't you like to get away?

Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

Well, Cheers to you too but what on earth does that have to do with what I wrote?

Beyond my ken.

You go to all those zones you have to yourself grinding resources when you can go to a zone where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came.

DieAlteHexe

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

I'm all for a new free zone. An open world pvp quest zone. Something that would never happen in a dlc because pvp would complain about questing and pve would complain about having to pvp. A zone where anyone could crush bot trains. A zone without arrows or circles to tell you exactly where the quest location is. A big game hunters zone. A zone that could be thrown together by skyrim mod makers for free. A zone that would empty all other zones because everyone wants to get in on the royal rumble.

Ooooh! Then I'd have all those other zones to myself! Think of the resources I could gather since there's no way in hell I want to be ContentFodder for anyone.

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.

Wouldn't you like to get away?

Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

Well, Cheers to you too but what on earth does that have to do with what I wrote?

Beyond my ken.

You go to all those zones you have to yourself grinding resources when you can go to a zone where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came.

Ah. Well, no thanks cos as I said, I've no interest in being PvP fodder. Didn't pay to be someone else's "content".

Not a bad idea in the main though, I know a lot of folks would enjoy such a zone.

notimetocare

Astrid_V wrote: »

Mangybeard wrote: »

They have to make money.

Didn't they make Craglorn as free zone...?

Craglorn came out when sub was required

thomas1970b16_ESO

I hope not. They need money to continue developing this game.

GimpyPorcupine

ZOS is an entertainment business, and if they don't stay in business, who keeps the servers running?

I'd like to add a question for the OP. Can I come to your place of employment and get the product/service sold there for free? That would be really nice.

Ruckly

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

I'm all for a new free zone. An open world pvp quest zone. Something that would never happen in a dlc because pvp would complain about questing and pve would complain about having to pvp. A zone where anyone could crush bot trains. A zone without arrows or circles to tell you exactly where the quest location is. A big game hunters zone. A zone that could be thrown together by skyrim mod makers for free. A zone that would empty all other zones because everyone wants to get in on the royal rumble.

Ooooh! Then I'd have all those other zones to myself! Think of the resources I could gather since there's no way in hell I want to be ContentFodder for anyone.

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.

Wouldn't you like to get away?

Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

Well, Cheers to you too but what on earth does that have to do with what I wrote?

Beyond my ken.

You go to all those zones you have to yourself grinding resources when you can go to a zone where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came.

Ah. Well, no thanks cos as I said, I've no interest in being PvP fodder. Didn't pay to be someone else's "content".

Not a bad idea in the main though, I know a lot of folks would enjoy such a zone.

The good old days during wow vanilla when there were open pvp servers and no quest circles or arrows. You were others peoples content but they were also yours. You duck and dodge through the woods trying to avoid being ganked by a lvl 60 then you have to cross the road and a lvl 60 cruises along and one shots you and you respawn and run back. Adds more depth to questing when the bogey man can jump out from behind a tree at any moment. But there were also pve servers of course. Just want to relive one of the greatest periods in mmos.

DieAlteHexe

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

I'm all for a new free zone. An open world pvp quest zone. Something that would never happen in a dlc because pvp would complain about questing and pve would complain about having to pvp. A zone where anyone could crush bot trains. A zone without arrows or circles to tell you exactly where the quest location is. A big game hunters zone. A zone that could be thrown together by skyrim mod makers for free. A zone that would empty all other zones because everyone wants to get in on the royal rumble.

Ooooh! Then I'd have all those other zones to myself! Think of the resources I could gather since there's no way in hell I want to be ContentFodder for anyone.

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.

Wouldn't you like to get away?

Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

Well, Cheers to you too but what on earth does that have to do with what I wrote?

Beyond my ken.

You go to all those zones you have to yourself grinding resources when you can go to a zone where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came.

Ah. Well, no thanks cos as I said, I've no interest in being PvP fodder. Didn't pay to be someone else's "content".

Not a bad idea in the main though, I know a lot of folks would enjoy such a zone.

The good old days during wow vanilla when there were open pvp servers and no quest circles or arrows. You were others peoples content but they were also yours. You duck and dodge through the woods trying to avoid being ganked by a lvl 60 then you have to cross the road and a lvl 60 cruises along and one shots you and you respawn and run back. Adds more depth to questing when the bogey man can jump out from behind a tree at any moment. But there were also pve servers of course. Just want to relive one of the greatest periods in mmos.

I remember those servers and how much yowling, complaining about balance, about gankers and roving bands of high levels who would, effectively, take over entire zones.

Lenses...sometimes rose coloured.

Frankly, I have enough challenge in RL that I don't need it in a game but YMMV. I game to relax and unwind.

hydrocynus

Hey. I bought this new car a few years ago and by OP's logic I should be expecting the manufacturer to walk in out of the blue and install a sound system out of the goodness of his heart.

Ruckly

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Ruckly wrote: »

I'm all for a new free zone. An open world pvp quest zone. Something that would never happen in a dlc because pvp would complain about questing and pve would complain about having to pvp. A zone where anyone could crush bot trains. A zone without arrows or circles to tell you exactly where the quest location is. A big game hunters zone. A zone that could be thrown together by skyrim mod makers for free. A zone that would empty all other zones because everyone wants to get in on the royal rumble.

Ooooh! Then I'd have all those other zones to myself! Think of the resources I could gather since there's no way in hell I want to be ContentFodder for anyone.

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.

Wouldn't you like to get away?

Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

Well, Cheers to you too but what on earth does that have to do with what I wrote?

Beyond my ken.

You go to all those zones you have to yourself grinding resources when you can go to a zone where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came.

Ah. Well, no thanks cos as I said, I've no interest in being PvP fodder. Didn't pay to be someone else's "content".

Not a bad idea in the main though, I know a lot of folks would enjoy such a zone.

The good old days during wow vanilla when there were open pvp servers and no quest circles or arrows. You were others peoples content but they were also yours. You duck and dodge through the woods trying to avoid being ganked by a lvl 60 then you have to cross the road and a lvl 60 cruises along and one shots you and you respawn and run back. Adds more depth to questing when the bogey man can jump out from behind a tree at any moment. But there were also pve servers of course. Just want to relive one of the greatest periods in mmos.

I remember those servers and how much yowling, complaining about balance, about gankers and roving bands of high levels who would, effectively, take over entire zones.

Lenses...sometimes rose coloured.

Frankly, I have enough challenge in RL that I don't need it in a game but YMMV. I game to relax and unwind.

You sound like your talking about Cyrodiil lol.

DieAlteHexe

Ruckly wrote: »

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Frankly, I have enough challenge in RL that I don't need it in a game but YMMV. I game to relax and unwind.

You sound like your talking about Cyrodiil lol.[/quote]

Do I? Well, all the more reason to avoid it then.

logarifmik

It's a pure capitalist company, so think for yourself. Mostly the content here is made not for the people, but for the money they are ready to provide. The moment is structured that way.

Takes-No-Prisoner

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Daus wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Daus wrote: »

The Monster Hunter series generates more profit than ESO, and they don't charge for DLCs nor do they have loot crates.

Monster Hunter isn't an MMO. It's much smaller than an MMO and has far less content than an MMO.

Quality over quantity. It's an MMO in a sense that you play with players all over the world, meet up with them and socialize in lobbies, etc. There's a ton to do in Monster Hunter games, and although the quest log isn't nearly as extensive, the amount of enjoyment you acquire from them far exceeds that of a typical MMO.

Never heard of it. Might have to look into it. Thanks for the mention.

There was a beta period this past weekend for PS4. It's got slow mythical action based combat, but unlike the guy you quoted who thinks its MMO material it's really more similar to a dungeon crawler with 4 friends either online or offline. You all fight the boss together and over come different mechanics as a group. The mechanics aren't static. For example: when I did a 2-man group with a boss, we chased it into a swamp with a ramp and wall. I jumped onto the creatures head, smacking it with attacks, it charged into a wall in an attempt to get me off. So I jumped onto its tail to avoid taking damage and getting stunned. Things like that.

Then I cut its tail off.

DieAlteHexe

Takes-No-Prisoner wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

Daus wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Daus wrote: »

The Monster Hunter series generates more profit than ESO, and they don't charge for DLCs nor do they have loot crates.

Monster Hunter isn't an MMO. It's much smaller than an MMO and has far less content than an MMO.

Quality over quantity. It's an MMO in a sense that you play with players all over the world, meet up with them and socialize in lobbies, etc. There's a ton to do in Monster Hunter games, and although the quest log isn't nearly as extensive, the amount of enjoyment you acquire from them far exceeds that of a typical MMO.

Never heard of it. Might have to look into it. Thanks for the mention.

There was a beta period this past weekend for PS4. It's got slow mythical action based combat, but unlike the guy you quoted who thinks its MMO material it's really more similar to a dungeon crawler with 4 friends either online or offline. You all fight the boss together and over come different mechanics as a group. The mechanics aren't static. For example: when I did a 2-man group with a boss, we chased it into a swamp with a ramp and wall. I jumped onto the creatures head, smacking it with attacks, it charged into a wall in an attempt to get me off. So I jumped onto its tail to avoid taking damage and getting stunned. Things like that.

Then I cut its tail off.

That sounds interesting and quite beyond my geezer-ish abilities. I will pass this along to a couple friends though, sounds right up their alley.

Thanks!

Mureel

zaria wrote: »

Astrid_V wrote: »

Mangybeard wrote: »

They have to make money.

Didn't they make Craglorn as free zone...?

Craglorn was made then game had subscription,

No. Game ALWAYS had REQUIRED sub until they changed it and added crown store after a month of ignoring everyone asking what was going on.

Subscription became optional as in you could stop paying AFTER craglorn.

Prof_Bawbag

Axoinus wrote: »

It's already free if you subscribe.

That's akin to saying playing online on either the Xbox or PS4 is free if you subscribe to their premium service.

disintegr8

Free new content wouldn't come via new zones, dungeons, trials or quests. It would only come in the same sort of way that poisons were introduced into Alchemy, or new crafting materials to line up with gear cap increases or new skills, crafts, etc.

We have just had transmutation for trait changing, that was free - as in you do not need to buy ant DLC to access it. I think that transmography is in the pipeworks - for style changes to gear/weapons.

ZOS need to pay wages and providing free stuff does not pay the bills.

Jpk0012

Can we get a paid zone that isn't an empty wasteland?

kargen27

SirFilip wrote: »

Geez I guess people don't like free stuff.

When someone offers you something for free that often means a hidden cost you must search for. They could give us a free DLC but it might end up looking like this:

lonestarranger

No because when they do give us anything free, people always complain about it. So they charge a price to hear the complaints.

KochDerDamonen

The fact that there is anything released for free is a blessing upon you all. Dare ye not question them, lest almighty ZOS stop that entirely.

R4TTIUS

@SirFilip u my friend need a life coach, or go back to school or summin, you are not ready for the outside world

newtinmpls

SantieClaws wrote: »

, The Rosy Lion turns into a fine dining restaurant

Now, now, don't be talking down the Rosy Lion...it's a lovely place!!