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Not getting drops other than the Bethesda twitch streams of ESO

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WarMasterCyp
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So it states that drops are enabled for all twitch streamers of ESO until Tuesday (As long as the broadcaster has it enabled) However I have been on an 8 hour stream which gave me 0 drops...

Can someone please explain how this even works?
Edited by WarMasterCyp on May 26, 2018 10:19AM
  • Abelon
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    You have a chance to receive a drop while watching a stream that has Drops enabled.

    You can watch 10 streams and not receive anything or can watch 1 and receive the crate right away.

    It's hard to tell how high that chance is exactly. I've received 2 crates after watching Twitch 3 days straight, some people have received around 4, haven't heard from anyone who received more than that.
    Edited by Abelon on May 26, 2018 11:13AM
  • WarMasterCyp
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    Abelon wrote: »
    You have a chance to receive a drop while watching a stream that has Drops enabled.

    You can watch 10 streams and not receive anything or can watch 1 and receive the crate right away.

    It's hard to tell how high that chance is exactly. I've received 2 crates after watching Twitch 3 days straight, some people have received around 4, haven't heard from anyone who received more than that.


    Yep I know that much...
  • Abelon
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    WarMasterCyp wrote: »
    Abelon wrote: »
    You have a chance to receive a drop while watching a stream that has Drops enabled.

    You can watch 10 streams and not receive anything or can watch 1 and receive the crate right away.

    It's hard to tell how high that chance is exactly. I've received 2 crates after watching Twitch 3 days straight, some people have received around 4, haven't heard from anyone who received more than that.


    Yep I know that much...

    Well, that's just how it works, there is nothing more to it. Zenimax will never tell us the exact percentage because it's probably around 5% and then people will just stop bothering with it. And they will not tell us the chance of getting that mount or that pet, because it's probably even lower.

    You get a chance to get a chance to get some mount.     You only get poisons. Those crates are literally the worst I've seen, at least normal ones drop (somewhat) useful stuff every once in a while.

    Edited by Abelon on May 26, 2018 11:44AM
  • ruikkarikun
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    +1 Didn't get any at all. Watched almost all day. Linked today, so it's strange.

  • WarMasterCyp
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    ruikkarikun wrote: »
    +1 Didn't get any at all. Watched almost all day. Linked today, so it's strange.

    me either.. I guess its all a big scam or something either way i'm not gonna bother anymore
  • Tandor
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    I think this is a brilliant wheeze on ZOS's part. Those who worship the crate have to endure hours upon hours of Twitch streams in order to have a chance of getting a crate. One of those "You couldn't make it up!" moments :wink: !
  • Cpt_Teemo
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    ruikkarikun wrote: »
    +1 Didn't get any at all. Watched almost all day. Linked today, so it's strange.

    I watched 2 streams in a row both 5 hours each, no crates
  • Lake
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    They are still tweaking and testing the settings, I'm guessing.

    Last time, I watched an Alcast stream and Gina said the crate would arrive the next day at 10:00. Then during the official stream, the 4 crates ( got 3/4) arrived immediately during the stream.

    Also, Gina said that "watching a few minutes" of a stream was enough to quality for the crate. So maybe watching hours of a stream is a waste of time. No idea if they decided to change this too.
  • WarMasterCyp
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    Lake wrote: »
    They are still tweaking and testing the settings, I'm guessing.

    Last time, I watched an Alcast stream and Gina said the crate would arrive the next day at 10:00. Then during the official stream, the 4 crates ( got 3/4) arrived immediately during the stream.

    Also, Gina said that "watching a few minutes" of a stream was enough to quality for the crate. So maybe watching hours of a stream is a waste of time. No idea if they decided to change this too.

    I don't know about that but I haven't gotten any crate so far apart from bethesda's stream lets just hope they look into this because a lot of people including me haven't seen any other crates from other ESO streamers.
  • LMar
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    Since these are "free" crates they mostly drop poison and potions. You have a small chance of xp scrolls and a smaller chance for mounts but there are no tiers like the regular crates so don't expect costumes and hats etc
    "If a stick of fish is a fish stick, it will stick like other fish sticks stick"
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  • Abelon
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    No crates after watching around 12 hours straight yesterday.

    Will be checking today but if there won't be anything again, I'm out.

  • WarMasterCyp
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    LMar wrote: »
    Since these are "free" crates they mostly drop poison and potions. You have a small chance of xp scrolls and a smaller chance for mounts but there are no tiers like the regular crates so don't expect costumes and hats etc

    I don't really care for the content of the crates :P i'm in it for the gems
  • WarMasterCyp
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    Abelon wrote: »
    No crates after watching around 12 hours straight yesterday.

    Will be checking today but if there won't be anything again, I'm out.

    Agreed.
  • Vapirko
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    You have to link your twitch and eso accounts as well yes? Just in case you didn’t already :)
  • WarMasterCyp
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    Vapirko wrote: »
    You have to link your twitch and eso accounts as well yes? Just in case you didn’t already :)

    Lol ye I linked it, I got the 4 crates for Bethesda's stream but I'm not getting from other streamers
  • Cpt_Teemo
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    WarMasterCyp wrote: »
    LMar wrote: »
    Since these are "free" crates they mostly drop poison and potions. You have a small chance of xp scrolls and a smaller chance for mounts but there are no tiers like the regular crates so don't expect costumes and hats etc

    I don't really care for the content of the crates :P i'm in it for the gems

    That's if you get the crates, no crates = no gems
  • Ley
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    Haven't gotten any so far this weekend but I did get a few last week.

    I've had multiple streams running all weekend.
    Leylith - MagSorc | Leyloth - StamPlar | Leynerd - MagPlar | Leylit - StamBlade | Ley Eviticus - StamDK | Leydor - MagDen | Leylum - StamSorc | Leylux - MagBlade
  • WarMasterCyp
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    Ley wrote: »
    Haven't gotten any so far this weekend but I did get a few last week.

    I've had multiple streams running all weekend.

    Which confirms what the most of us have experienced, thanks for your contribution
  • Cpt_Teemo
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    Ley wrote: »
    Haven't gotten any so far this weekend but I did get a few last week.

    I've had multiple streams running all weekend.

    Yeah I unlinked after 2 streams of 5 hours+ each so dumb lol
  • WarMasterCyp
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    Cpt_Teemo wrote: »
    Ley wrote: »
    Haven't gotten any so far this weekend but I did get a few last week.

    I've had multiple streams running all weekend.

    Yeah I unlinked after 2 streams of 5 hours+ each so dumb lol

    Lol I know how you feel, but they need to fix it. If no one gets crates then it will make Zenimax and bethesda look bad.
  • Ley
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    Cpt_Teemo wrote: »
    Ley wrote: »
    Haven't gotten any so far this weekend but I did get a few last week.

    I've had multiple streams running all weekend.

    Yeah I unlinked after 2 streams of 5 hours+ each so dumb lol

    "5+ hours"... Casual! :D

    But yea if you're looking for some indication that crate rates are super low or maybe even broken. I had multiple active streams going on all day, 15+ hours. So either super bad RNG, I'm doing something wrong, or drops aren't working.

    Didn't take much effort on my part though so I'm not to bent out of shape over it. I would feel better about it if I discovered that drops weren't working properly though.
    Leylith - MagSorc | Leyloth - StamPlar | Leynerd - MagPlar | Leylit - StamBlade | Ley Eviticus - StamDK | Leydor - MagDen | Leylum - StamSorc | Leylux - MagBlade
  • VexingArcanist
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    If you are only doing this for the crate chance you are doing it wrong and will likely be very disappointed. Personally I only watch a select few streamers when they are on and I don't feel like playing and some times I listen to the stream while playing the game myself, cause some of these guys have 4 years of ESO behind them and occasionally discuss info I am not aware of. Anyways...

    TL;DR - only watch cause you want to watch, not for the crates.
  • Linaleah
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    nothing for me as well. granted I wasn't actualy watching, but rather I had streams going in a background, on other tabs, checking every once in a while to make sure stream is still active and replacing it as needed. but so far.. if I didn't already use twitch for other things, this would not endear me to start using it, ZoS. just saying.
    dirty worthless casual.
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  • S1ipperyJim
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    Ley wrote: »
    Cpt_Teemo wrote: »
    Ley wrote: »
    Haven't gotten any so far this weekend but I did get a few last week.

    I've had multiple streams running all weekend.

    Yeah I unlinked after 2 streams of 5 hours+ each so dumb lol

    "5+ hours"... Casual! :D

    But yea if you're looking for some indication that crate rates are super low or maybe even broken. I had multiple active streams going on all day, 15+ hours. So either super bad RNG, I'm doing something wrong, or drops aren't working.

    Didn't take much effort on my part though so I'm not to bent out of shape over it. I would feel better about it if I discovered that drops weren't working properly though.

    "your chances of receiving a Drop do not increase by having multiple streams of the same game open simultaneously" - twitch drops FAQ
  • sylviermoone
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    If you have the stream muted or paused you dont count as a "viewer", and thus won't receive any crates. This is per Twitch's policies on who counts as a viewer.
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  • Cheetac19
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    Watched for hours so far and nothing yet. I can only watch on my phone and Chromebook. Hope that doesn't affect it :(
    Edited by Cheetac19 on May 27, 2018 10:52PM
  • Abelon
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    Well, as promised, I continued watching today. Also listened to the tip about not muting the streams and to one assumption that viewers have to participate in the chat and stay active.

    Nothing.

    The first days I got crates despite streams being muted, now I didn't get anything 3 days straight.
  • itehache
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    You are not guaranteed a crate that´s why. However, Bethesda´s stream did guarantee a crate.

    I have been watching streams since the start of this drop thingy and got 5 crates so far.
  • Marcus196604
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    itehache wrote: »
    However, Bethesda´s stream did guarantee a crate.

    Well I thought that too. Or was it a guaranteed "chance" for a drop only?
    Made a twitch account, linked it to ESO, linked it to Bethesda. Watched ESO Live Friday. Nada, nothing, null, 0 crates.
    Been looking at streams all weekend (muted, but today not muted), and also not a thing.
    This one is not impressed, yes?
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  • beebay
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    No need to dedicate hours of viewing unless you like what you are seeing of course. I got 1 crate so far and have not watched more than 20 minutes of a stream. (against my will anyway.)
    I do however leave the stream running in the background sometimes and also periodically changing the stream and participating in chat to answer game questions.
    No offense to any streamers but I honestly would rather play the game myself, or go outside.
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