You! Over there! The one who doesn't buy crates!
Sheezabeast
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Tell me the secret to it. Because of some real life things called bills, I can't get any crowns this month at all, so just the 3 free crates will be all I get. How do I not give a crap about the cool new shiny things. I am a lover of shiny things 
Help motivate me to not mope about this.
Help motivate me to not mope about this.Grand Master Crafter, Beta baby who grew with the game. PC/NA. @Sheezabeast if you have crafting needs!
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Recremen✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I'm pretty sure that most of us who make an effort not to buy also love shiny things (I sure do!) but so object to the method of acquisition that we just can't bring ourselves to participate. For me, I dislike it so much that I don't even open the free ones. I don't want to advertise anything that's gambling-box-exclusive whatsover.
Now what will work for you? Idk I'd hope the fiscal responsibility would be enough. You could also think of it this way, though : when you buy the gambling boxes, you are not buying shiny things. You are buying a random assortment of silly consumables. The chance to get a shiny thing is just a nice bonus and not the main feature. If it were the main draw then I'm pretty sure ZOS would already be stepping into legally murky waters, let alone pending issues in various states and nations. So just buy into the lie a bit and see where that gets you. Do you really want to spend however much on a nonrefundable fiat currency just so you can buy a few random consumables? Prooooobably not, but still up to you.Men'Do PC NA AD Khajiit
Grand High Illustrious Mid-Tier PvP/PvE Bussmunster30 -
Sjizzle✭✭✭Stop buying Crates and all gambling things!!!
and then maybe finally we will see clean games without gambling boxes17 -
Sharee✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭After playing the game for so long, i don't see monsters, i see hit boxes, i don't see buildings and walls but polygons and textures.
When you reach this state, anything new in the crates will be just a bunch of cosmetic pixels to you, and you not only won't be tempted to buy it, it won't even register on your radar.
That's my secret
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Sheezabeast✭✭✭✭✭
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✭In my Country (Bulgaria) the Avarage MONTHLY payment is 350 Euro , Do you think we can spare Money for virtual cosmetic crap instead of buying food and actual clothes ?
You are SPOILED suck it up and move on.24 -
GeorgeBlack✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭In my Country (Bulgaria) the Avarage MONTHLY payment is 350 Euro , Do you think we can spare Money for virtual cosmetic crap instead of buying food and actual clothes ?
You are SPOILED suck it up and move on.
I was going to write something else, but then my Bulgarian friend here said something important.
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LadyAstrum✭✭✭✭✭
✭It's not real stuff. Gain some perspective. None of it is real, there is more to life than chasing pixel dreams. I've surprised myself by not buying any outfit slots, and my crate purchasing has been minimal. I don't relish being a bag of blood for corporate vampires, so there's that too.~ "You think me brutish? How do you imagine I view you?" - Molag Bal #misunderstood ~6 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Conspiracy theories and moral stances aside (as these small protests will change nothing,crates are a huge commercial success and here to stay)
It's more a question of justification, and balance. Allocate yourself a budget for this hobby (which is actually very cheap in hobby terms) and stick to it. Just ignore fancy pixels you don't need if you don't have the budget. Or save up and get them, it's just basic life morals / balance / control.
And remember to buy all your crowns in the 50% off sale...then everything is half advertised price. And if you wait till objects are on sale, you get double discount!
Xbox One | EU | EP
Beardimus : VR16 Dunmer MagSorc [RIP MagDW 2015-2018]
Emperor of Sotha Sil 02-2018 & Sheogorath 05-2019
1st Emperor of RavenwatchAlts - - for the Lolz
Archimus : Bosmer Thief / Archer / Werewolf
Orcimus : Fat drunk Orc battlefield 1st aider
Scalimus - Argonian Sorc Healer / Pet master
Fighting small scale with : The SAXON Guild
Fighting with [PvP] : The Undaunted Wolves
Trading Guilds : TradersOfNirn | FourSquareTraders
Xbox One | NA | EP
Bëardimus : L43 Dunmer Magsorc / BG
Heals-With-Pets : VR16 Argonian Sorc PvP / BG Healer
Nordimus : VR16 Stamsorc
Beardimus le 13iem : L30 Dunmer Magsorc Icereach4 -
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✭✭✭Sheezabeast wrote: »
You see? Had a 50% chance and lost. With scam crates your chance to lose is way higher, like (let's say) 95%.8 -
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✭✭✭✭✭TelvanniWizard wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »
You see? Had a 50% chance and lost. With scam crates your chance to lose is way higher, like (let's say) 95%.
What I’m curious about is what is the percentage of people getting these “super apex” mounts. The black smoke senche, the blue flame wolf, the icy skeletal senche, etc. Becuase I’ve heard horror stories of people spending $300USD or better, and receiving nada to show for their money.
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✭✭TelvanniWizard wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »
You see? Had a 50% chance and lost. With scam crates your chance to lose is way higher, like (let's say) 95%.
What I’m curious about is what is the percentage of people getting these “super apex” mounts. The black smoke senche, the blue flame wolf, the icy skeletal senche, etc. Becuase I’ve heard horror stories of people spending $300USD or better, and receiving nada to show for their money.
Me too. Know someone in one of my guilds that blew nearly 400€ trying. And I got one in a freebie crate and I don't even like the durn things.
Not a big fan of the crates. In fact, I don't buy them anymore. I would rather spend my crowns on other stuff.
Dirty, filthy casual aka Nancy, the Wallet Warrior Carebear Potato Whale Snowflake0 -
MacCait✭✭✭✭✭
✭After playing the game for so long, i don't see monsters, i see hit boxes, i don't see buildings and walls but polygons and textures.
When you reach this state, anything new in the crates will be just a bunch of cosmetic pixels to you, and you not only won't be tempted to buy it, it won't even register on your radar.
That's my secret
(only slightly exaggerated)
Duuuuuude... it's like you totally broke free of the Matrix
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✭Sheezabeast wrote: »Tell me the secret to it. Because of some real life things called bills, I can't get any crowns this month at all, so just the 3 free crates will be all I get. How do I not give a crap about the cool new shiny things. I am a lover of shiny things Help motivate me to not mope about this.
You still get to see them riding around and you don't get that pit in your stomach when you spend lots of cash and get nada. It might even be more of a treat since you only get to see the really rare ones once in a while.What I’m curious about is what is the percentage of people getting these “super apex” mounts. The black smoke senche, the blue flame wolf, the icy skeletal senche, etc. Becuase I’ve heard horror stories of people spending $300USD or better, and receiving nada to show for their money.
Somebody did an add on that recorded all of this. If I recall correctly, the percentage was actually the same per mount on the super apex as on the apex mounts. You just see a lot less of them because most apex mounts come from gems as you are less likely to get a mount first than 400 gems. There was a thread that compiled all crate seasons so far. I just don't remember where it is.
I am mostly pleased with the current state of ESO. Please do continue to ban cheaters though and you guys have to find out who is duping gold and how because the economy is currently non-functional.0 -
Dredlord✭✭✭✭✭After playing the game for so long, i don't see monsters, i see hit boxes, i don't see buildings and walls but polygons and textures.
When you reach this state, anything new in the crates will be just a bunch of cosmetic pixels to you, and you not only won't be tempted to buy it, it won't even register on your radar.
That's my secret
(only slightly exaggerated)
Duuuuuude... it's like you totally broke free of the Matrix
meanwhile the rest of us have plenty of stam yet are unable to break free at all...8 -
MacCait✭✭✭✭✭
✭After playing the game for so long, i don't see monsters, i see hit boxes, i don't see buildings and walls but polygons and textures.
When you reach this state, anything new in the crates will be just a bunch of cosmetic pixels to you, and you not only won't be tempted to buy it, it won't even register on your radar.
That's my secret
(only slightly exaggerated)
Duuuuuude... it's like you totally broke free of the Matrix
meanwhile the rest of us have plenty of stam yet are unable to break free at all...
haha... you just need to give Wrlord some love with your CP ;P1 -
craftycarper73✭✭✭✭✭never bought a cash crate yet, never will buy a cash crate, can i afford to buy a cash crate, yes i can, im lucky enough to have a very well paid job, but prefer to spend my money on things that make my life comfortable, not some crap that offers nothing in terms of value to the game.
pay bills, eat well and dont be head turned buy the *** crates.Born, Bred & Made in Manchester UK, RIP 22 Angels. 22/05/2017
PC-EU
The Place by Tony Walsh Please ReadThis is the place in the North West of England
It’s ace, it’s the best and the songs that we sing
From the stands, from our bands set the whole planet shaking
Our inventions are legends! There’s nowt we can’t make and
So we make brilliant music. We make brilliant bands
We make goals that make souls leap from seats in the stands
And we make things from steel and we make things from cotton
And we make people laugh, take the mick summat rotten
And we make you at home and we make you feel welcome
And we make summat happen, we can’t seem to help it
And if you’re looking for history then yes, we’ve a wealth
But the Manchester way is to make it yourself
And make us a record, a new number one
And make us a brew while you’re up, love. Go on!
And make us feel proud that you’re winning the league
And make us sing louder and make us believe it
that this is the place that has helped shape the world
And that this the place where a Manchester girl
Name of Emmeline Pankhurst from the streets of Moss Side
Led a Suffragette City with sisterhood pride
And this is the place with appliance of science
We’re on it, atomic, we strut with defiance
In the face of a challenge we always stand tall
Mancunians in union delivered it all
Such as housing and libraries, and health, education
And unions and co-ops, the first railway station
So we’re sorry! Bear with us! We invented commuters!
But we hope you forgive us – we invented computers!
And this is the place Henry Royce strolled with Rolls
And we’ve rocked and we’ve rolled with our own Northern Soul
And so this is the place to do business, then dance
Where go-getters and goal setters know they’ve a chance
And this is the place where we first played as kids
And me Mam lived and died here, she loved it she did
And this is the place where our folks came to work
Where they struggled in puddles, they hurt in the dirt
And they built us a city. They built us these towns
And they coughed on the cobbles to the deafening sound
Of the steaming machines and the screaming of slaves
They were scheming for greatness, they dreamed to their graves
And they left us a spirit, they left us a vibe
The Mancunian Way to survive and to thrive
And to work and to build, to connect and create and
Greater Manchester’s greatness is keeping it great
And so this is the place now we’ve kids of our own
Some are born here, some drawn here but we all call it home
And they’ve covered the cobbles, but they’ll never defeat
All the dreamers and schemers who still teem through these streets
Because this is a place that has been through some hard times
Oppressions, recessions, depressions and dark times
But we keep fighting back with Greater Manchester spirit
Northern grit, northern wit in Greater Manchester’s lyrics
And there’s hard times again in these streets of our city
But we won’t take defeat and we don’t want your pity
Because this a place where we stand strong together
With a smile on our face, Mancunians Forever
And we’ve got this* as the place where a team with a dream (*Forever Manchester)
Can get funding and something to help with their scheme
Because this is the place that understands your grand plans
We don’t do No Can Do, we just stress Yes We Can!
Forever Manchester’s a charity for people round ‘ere
You can fundraise, donate. You can be a volunteer
You can live local, give local. We can honestly say
We do charity differently, that Mancunian Way
And we fund local kids, and we fund local teams
We support local dreamers to work for their dreams
We support local groups and the great work they do
So can you …help us help… local people like you?
Because this is the place in our hearts, in our homes
Because this is the place that’s a part of our bones
‘Cos Greater Manchester gives us such strength from the fact
That this is the place. We should give something back.
Always remember. Never forget. Forever Manchester.9 -
ssorgatem✭✭✭✭TelvanniWizard wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »
You see? Had a 50% chance and lost. With scam crates your chance to lose is way higher, like (let's say) 95%.
What I’m curious about is what is the percentage of people getting these “super apex” mounts. The black smoke senche, the blue flame wolf, the icy skeletal senche, etc. Becuase I’ve heard horror stories of people spending $300USD or better, and receiving nada to show for their money.
I have yet to see any of those in-game.1 -
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✭✭It’s all trash anyone with a wallet can get.
Earn in-game skins/titles/costumes and rock those.7 -
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✭There's a lot to be said for self-control, and I've begun to admire people who ride around on their basic or cheap crown mounts. They're the savvy ones.
Online games bring all kinds of income levels together, some can afford to splurge all over the crown store and not think twice, others need to be more frugal. Buy what you can afford, if that means none, then that's what it means. ZoS doesn't care where the money comes from, the crown store is aimed at higher income brackets, or people flashing their credit cards, so look after yourself and don't sweat the pixel stuff. Truth is it's all fools gold anyway.~ "You think me brutish? How do you imagine I view you?" - Molag Bal #misunderstood ~2 -
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✭I only have one crown store mount- that's the Guar. I used to be a subscriber, but eh... After realizing it's the same thing, only retextured I'd just make them in Skyrim instead (and make them better). I mean some have mesh changes with visual effects, but that's easy to throw in NifSkope and put it in there. I couldn't care less who was riding what.Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies!1 -
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✭✭You can make countless combinations with the new outfit system so you can have your shiny looks and pay bills too.PC - EU (AD)Septimus Mezar - Altmer Sorcerer
Septimus Rulanir - Orsimer Templar
Septimus Desmoru - Khajiit Necromancer
Septimus Iroh - Dunmer Dragon Knight
Septimus Thragar - Dunmer Nightblade
Septimus Jah'zar - Khajiit Nightblade
Septimus Nerox - Redguard Warden
Septimus Ozurk - Orsimer Sorcerer3 -
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✭The RNG in this game for lack of a better word is Crap. If you have to gamble, I would suggest going to Vegas. You would get better odds there than trying your luck with the ESO Crown Crates.6 -
Menelaos✭✭✭✭After playing the game for so long, i don't see monsters, i see hit boxes, i don't see buildings and walls but polygons and textures.
When you reach this state, anything new in the crates will be just a bunch of cosmetic pixels to you, and you not only won't be tempted to buy it, it won't even register on your radar.
That's my secret
(only slightly exaggerated)
You Sir just reached the endgame....und Gallileo dreht sich doch!
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✭I have the same problem...Crown crates and me = huge dent in wallet.
I also seem to want to collect everything, clothes and mounts. (except camels, you can keep those) and I mean I don't even use them all!! and yet I have 4 characters and like 20 mounts. Whhhyy..
Edited by AnviOfVai on March 9, 2018 9:24AM"I appear at my lord's behest, or perhaps I was always here, and you merely lacked the ability to see me."
PS4 - EU
AD - Pet Sorcerer - Damage Dealer - 160
DC - Warden - Werewolf - in - progress - 160
DC - Templar - Tank - 160
DC - Sorcerer - Damage Dealer - in - progress
EP - Dragon Knight -Fire Tank - 160
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✭✭I ride around on my loyalty Senche. I don’t even open the free crates I’ve gotten. Why?
Because the thought of opening one annoys me when I consider that this kind of tactic has, and will continue, to degrade this game. It rewards the studio for doing the wrong thing.
Don’t know if that helps you, but it certainly helps me.7 -
rustic_potato✭✭✭✭✭Prioritizing real life over games makes sure you spend the bare minimum needed on gaming. The time I spend on this game is more than enough. Not willing to spend anything more on this game. I don't sub, buy the DLCs I need with crown sales or DLC sales. Haven't made a single cosmetic purchase using the crown store.I play how I want to.3 -
duendology✭✭✭✭✭Technically, you do not own anything you buy in the game. You can't take it with you when you decide you don't feel like playing anymore. Everything stays on the server. Your mounts, houses, everything in the houses, so on so forth. EVERYTHING... and you can't do much with them. you can't even gift or trade them (collectibles, mainly) if you don't want them.
You assume that you will play the game forever and it will forever be on the servers. The amount of money you invested in the game, paradoxically, keep you going and playing. So you keep playing and new things appear in crates or in store.. and you buy more.
It is a vicious circle.
I like "shiny" eso things as much as anybody who enjoys this game... but, like with everything, I have certain dedicated budget I can allow myself spending on entertainment in general. Life priorities first... entertainment second.
PC/NA
- Redguard StamBlade dps ["bowtard" crafty girl who likes spinning with daggers too.]
- Breton SorcMag dps [She's got an identity crisis, but I believe in her.]
- Dunmer Templar dps/healer [she's a healer, then again she likes inferno staff too...]
And..
- High Elf SorcMag dps [It's quite possible his daddy was a Nord.]
I am an old-fashioned Goth6
