There is no such thing in the game. You loot Potent and Fortified Nirncrux directly from nodes, there is nothing to refine.Mystrius_Archaion wrote: »mesmerizedish wrote: »Mystrius_Archaion wrote: »You are missing something.Jewelry Crafting - Let's take the already heavy grind of crafting and researching nine tiers and multiply it by TEN. Why? So we can sell research scrolls, etc. This grind elimination is something that exists in free mobile games. It should not exist AT ALL in a B2P game with an optional sub. What other reason is there for Jewelry Crafting to have a completely different system than Blacksmithing, Clothing or Woodworking?
What exactly is different here? It's the very same system, unless I'm missing something? .
Nirnhoned trait items drop in 10 pieces that need to be refined, out of 2 choices also with Fortified and Potent.
Jewelry trait items do the same AND the upgrade items do also with the same super rare drop chance as a Temper but 1/10th of the amount per drop.
It's insanely slow.
Nirnhoned trait items (fortified/potent nirncrux) do not need to be refined. You need one to make one nirnhoned item. The need to refine trait items and upgrade items for jewelcrafting is entirely unprecedented.
You get the original item as "nirncrux" a 1/10th part of "Potent Nirncrux".
Of course you wouldn't know that if you only buy it fully refined.
It's funny you mention that... As I was reading other people's posts I was thinking: What if ZOS does the right thing, and drop this whole exclusive to RNG crates thing... Then puts more of these exclusively in the crown store. We're all then going to run around saying: "6000 (or maybe even up to 10000) crowns? Well thankfully they're not in those RNG loot boxes anymore..." ZOS will desensitize, and condition us, to their own nickle and dime'ing practices.
And the other really sad notion that just occurred to me... The following is all feelz, but still affects and matters to me none the less: I have been following this game since it was in beta. I have also watched the vast majority of ESO Live episodes. Up until recently, when I saw Gina or Jessica, it was exciting. They were about to tell us exciting news and updates about the game they clearly care so deeply about.
Now, when I see Gina or Jessica, my reaction is: "What marketing scripted manipulation are they going to try to sell me now?"
It's really sad. They are celebrities to many of us, for lack of a better term. Now they just seem to be a disheartening version of their former roles. Corrupted by the marketing leadership over there, turning them more into sales people, thus further perverting this great game.
"Let down" doesn't even begin to describe these decisions and changes being made by ZOS.
Mystrius_Archaion wrote: »mesmerizedish wrote: »Mystrius_Archaion wrote: »You are missing something.Jewelry Crafting - Let's take the already heavy grind of crafting and researching nine tiers and multiply it by TEN. Why? So we can sell research scrolls, etc. This grind elimination is something that exists in free mobile games. It should not exist AT ALL in a B2P game with an optional sub. What other reason is there for Jewelry Crafting to have a completely different system than Blacksmithing, Clothing or Woodworking?
What exactly is different here? It's the very same system, unless I'm missing something? .
Nirnhoned trait items drop in 10 pieces that need to be refined, out of 2 choices also with Fortified and Potent.
Jewelry trait items do the same AND the upgrade items do also with the same super rare drop chance as a Temper but 1/10th of the amount per drop.
It's insanely slow.
Nirnhoned trait items (fortified/potent nirncrux) do not need to be refined. You need one to make one nirnhoned item. The need to refine trait items and upgrade items for jewelcrafting is entirely unprecedented.
You get the original item as "nirncrux" a 1/10th part of "Potent Nirncrux".
Of course you wouldn't know that if you only buy it fully refined.
@Mystrius_Archaion
No, that's not how it works.
ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »Hey all,
As with all systems, we read your feedback on Crown Crates and are always looking for more ways to make them a rewarding experience.
Mystrius_Archaion wrote: »mesmerizedish wrote: »Mystrius_Archaion wrote: »You are missing something.Jewelry Crafting - Let's take the already heavy grind of crafting and researching nine tiers and multiply it by TEN. Why? So we can sell research scrolls, etc. This grind elimination is something that exists in free mobile games. It should not exist AT ALL in a B2P game with an optional sub. What other reason is there for Jewelry Crafting to have a completely different system than Blacksmithing, Clothing or Woodworking?
What exactly is different here? It's the very same system, unless I'm missing something? .
Nirnhoned trait items drop in 10 pieces that need to be refined, out of 2 choices also with Fortified and Potent.
Jewelry trait items do the same AND the upgrade items do also with the same super rare drop chance as a Temper but 1/10th of the amount per drop.
It's insanely slow.
Nirnhoned trait items (fortified/potent nirncrux) do not need to be refined. You need one to make one nirnhoned item. The need to refine trait items and upgrade items for jewelcrafting is entirely unprecedented.
You get the original item as "nirncrux" a 1/10th part of "Potent Nirncrux".
Of course you wouldn't know that if you only buy it fully refined.
Edit: I stand corrected below.
This bold part is what actual options look like. Not the choice to buy them with gems or buy more crates, neither of those are an option.ringspells wrote: »If you intend to keep these motif pages in the crown crates, I'd suggest:
- Make them cost 14 gems instead of 16 to be closer to the 200 gems full motif books cost.
- Once the season of crates is over, add them to the crown store for direct purchase *and* to the game as drops so that people can still get them after the crates they came from leave the store.
This way people who want them straight away can gamble to get them with crates (or people who buy crates for other reasons can get them), but players who don't buy crates can also get them after a while.
Also, if you really want to make low tier rewards in crates better, there should be no consumables (potions, poisons, food/drink, soul gems, etc.) above white tier. I feel those shouldn't be in the crates at all, really.
Its a downward spiral: the more greedy cash shop gets, the more players leave the game. In order to keep income up, the shop gets more greedy.
ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »Hey all,
As with all systems, we read your feedback on Crown Crates and are always looking for more ways to make them a rewarding experience. One of the pieces of feedback on Crown Crates we heard was that the blue-tier items didn’t feel as rewarding as our players would like. For as long as Crown Crates have been active, you have been guaranteed at least one blue-quality card or better in every Crown Crate, so these items are some of the most common Crown Crate items.
To address this feedback, starting with the Psijic Vault Crown Crates, we looked to improve the blue-quality Crown Crate rewards by adding an exclusive Motif – the Pyandonean Motif – to that tier. The goal was to add a bit more excitement to receiving a blue-tier item from a crate. However, we also wanted players to feel like there was more than one way to get this Motif, so we made sure that you will be able to purchase the Motif pages with Crown Gems. That way, if you don’t get it inside a crate, you’re not prevented from acquiring it all together. The Motif pages are also account-bound items not collectibles, which means that you can convert every one you get into Crown Gems if you want. It’s also worth noting that all players have the opportunity to receive free Crown Crates during special events, as well as through the future Daily Rewards system.
Watch for full details regarding the Motif pages and how you can obtain them in our upcoming Psijic Vault Crown Crate article.
Ragged_Claw wrote: »Interestingly it looks like a lot of AAA studios are backtracking on loot boxes and beginning to remove them from the games. Micro-transactions are here to stay, but it seems that the pressure being bought to bear by fans is starting to filter through to developers. Jim Sterling has been a vocal opponent and despite the comedy and profanity of his videos explains in depth why loot boxes even if just 'cosmetic' are seriously damaging to a game and its fan-base. I love ESO and don't want to see it die a premature death because of egregious money sucking practices. They managed to run the game and patch the game and produce dlc before there was even a cash store, they managed perfectly well before crown crates, lets now see an end to them or at least a much fairer system. Let us earn things in the game we PAID for, in the dlc we PAID for, in the chapters we PAID for and with the subs we continue to PAY for.
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Avran_Sylt wrote: »Make the worst case Loot Box have it's contents able to be exchanged for the baseline item acquired.
(Currently Superior is 16 Gems. Each box is guaranteed a superior. Worst case box is a duplicate superior and only 3 commons. Totaling 8 Gems. This needs to be increased by 8, such that each box will get you the value of a Superior).
Omg the Sapiarchs style is the Thalmor style from Skyrim. I've been waiting for years.
Hang on my dear, I shall reveal to you.
This is the full heavy armor (Yes, the head is Psijic, sorry) The heavy armor actually looks more light than the light armor version.
I am pretty sure Crown Exclusives will always be omitted from those tables. Otherwise they would have a riot on their hands, especially as those writs would require Mimic Stones or the stones from broken down items.Really, really hope that this motif style is not going to be put into the Master Writ tables. Especially since these pages are not tradeable in game.
ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »Hey all,
As with all systems, we read your feedback on Crown Crates and are always looking for more ways to make them a rewarding experience. One of the pieces of feedback on Crown Crates we heard was that the blue-tier items didn’t feel as rewarding as our players would like. For as long as Crown Crates have been active, you have been guaranteed at least one blue-quality card or better in every Crown Crate, so these items are some of the most common Crown Crate items.
To address this feedback, starting with the Psijic Vault Crown Crates, we looked to improve the blue-quality Crown Crate rewards by adding an exclusive Motif – the Pyandonean Motif – to that tier. The goal was to add a bit more excitement to receiving a blue-tier item from a crate. However, we also wanted players to feel like there was more than one way to get this Motif, so we made sure that you will be able to purchase the Motif pages with Crown Gems. That way, if you don’t get it inside a crate, you’re not prevented from acquiring it all together. The Motif pages are also account-bound items not collectibles, which means that you can convert every one you get into Crown Gems if you want. It’s also worth noting that all players have the opportunity to receive free Crown Crates during special events, as well as through the future Daily Rewards system.
Watch for full details regarding the Motif pages and how you can obtain them in our upcoming Psijic Vault Crown Crate article.
With every content update, we get:
A small zone with enough content to last a day or two. But wait! New Crown Crates! Crown Store exclusive costumes! Crown Store limited time mounts, Crown Store exclusive houses, Crown Store full Motif books, Crown Store non combat pets!
anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »Hey all,
As with all systems, we read your feedback on Crown Crates and are always looking for more ways to make them a rewarding experience. One of the pieces of feedback on Crown Crates we heard was that the blue-tier items didn’t feel as rewarding as our players would like. For as long as Crown Crates have been active, you have been guaranteed at least one blue-quality card or better in every Crown Crate, so these items are some of the most common Crown Crate items.
To address this feedback, starting with the Psijic Vault Crown Crates, we looked to improve the blue-quality Crown Crate rewards by adding an exclusive Motif – the Pyandonean Motif – to that tier. The goal was to add a bit more excitement to receiving a blue-tier item from a crate. However, we also wanted players to feel like there was more than one way to get this Motif, so we made sure that you will be able to purchase the Motif pages with Crown Gems. That way, if you don’t get it inside a crate, you’re not prevented from acquiring it all together. The Motif pages are also account-bound items not collectibles, which means that you can convert every one you get into Crown Gems if you want. It’s also worth noting that all players have the opportunity to receive free Crown Crates during special events, as well as through the future Daily Rewards system.
Watch for full details regarding the Motif pages and how you can obtain them in our upcoming Psijic Vault Crown Crate article.
You have a pretty selective reading of feedback. There were far more people complaining about nice stuff being gated behind crates, than people complaining about crates not containing enough nice stuff. As a result, putting more nice stuff in crates isn't the proper decision.
I understand it's a valid decision if your goal is to sell more crates, but not if you want to make more people happy.
Please do not take this personally - I know you don't get to decide about those things. But to claim that this is a decision based on feedback is just soooo hypocritical...
I just hope there will be enough crates dropping from the login rewards, and again enough pages and gemmable items dropping from those crates, to hope to have that motif some day.
Bloodystab wrote: »I hope there is a boiler in hell for the person who introduced the idea of Loot Boxes...
In past, You paid for game and was able to get everything.
Now i have to Pay to be able to pay more to be able to get random things.