Dear Zenimax: From a degenerate gambler.

Nerdrage9000

Heya ZoS,

Look, I like crown crates. There I said it. I probably spent around $200 (that I am willing to admit on the public forum) last season. I've got a decent job that affords me to be able to waste money on a video game.

Now that I've put that out there, here's the point of my post.

1st off - The RADIANT Apex mounts are weaksauce. Ok, ok, I know that there will be a couple people out there that dig them, but when I look at them, they look unfinished. Especially compared to last season.

2nd: No motif books. Just lame. Lame as hell in fact. Now, I'm sure that I'll be able to buy complete books for 5k gems again at some point in the season. But in reference to the Crown Crates specifically, you needed these complete motif books as a heavy hitting filler. They are great in past seasons and a 'cornerstone' purchase (imo) for me to throw down my cash and get some crates.

3rd: The gauntlets. Awesome! No wait.....no particle effects? No wild animation with them? No hidden fx, soundclips, etc? Again....unfinished.

The 6 apex reward mounts are cool, so no worries there, but the majority of the rest of the gear, loot, bells and whistles, just well,.....meh.

tl;dr: If you want me to spend real cash money on items, they need extra razzle dazzle. A bit of 'pizzazz' shall we say. Now when you include the whole gambling aspect to crown crates, where I am spending my money with NO GUARANTEE that I will even get anything, you REALLY need to ensure additional 'cooooool' factor is there as a carrot on a stick.

This seasons carrot is tiny and somewhat shriveled.

Thank you for your time and consideration to my internet rant.

[Edited for bashing]

DenMoria

Now THIS is how a rant is done!

ezio45

Nerdrage9000 wrote: »

Heya ZoS,

Look, I like crown crates. There I said it. I probably spent around $200 (that I am willing to admit on the public forum) last season. I've got a decent job that affords me to be able to waste money on a video game.

Now that I've put that out there, here's the point of my post.

1st off - The RADIANT Apex mounts are weaksauce. Ok, ok, I know that there will be a couple people out there that dig them, but when I look at them, they look unfinished. Especially compared to last season.

2nd: No motif books. Just lame. Lame as hell in fact. Now, I'm sure that I'll be able to buy complete books for 5k gems again at some point in the season. But in reference to the Crown Crates specifically, you needed these complete motif books as a heavy hitting filler. They are great in past seasons and a 'cornerstone' purchase (imo) for me to throw down my cash and get some crates.

3rd: The gauntlets. Awesome! No wait.....no particle effects? No wild animation with them? No hidden fx, soundclips, etc? Again....unfinished.


The 6 apex reward mounts are cool, so no worries there, but the majority of the rest of the gear, loot, bells and whistles, just well,.....meh.

tl;dr: If you want me to spend real cash money on items, they need extra razzle dazzle. A bit of 'pizzazz' shall we say. Now when you include the whole gambling aspect to crown crates, where I am spending my money with NO GUARANTEE that I will even get anything, you REALLY need to ensure additional 'cooooool' factor is there as a carrot on a stick.

This seasons carrot is tiny and somewhat shriveled.

Thank you for your time and consideration to my internet rant.

Can I have some crown crates :O

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TelvanniWizard

Crates always disappoint. Almost.

Sandman929

At least you've taken the first step; admitting that you have a problem.

Ragebull

I hate having so many gems and nothing to spend on

bellatrixed

I agree entirely. I bought a couple crates, but there was really nothing I wanted this season so I didn't buy nearly as many as I normally do. Kinda disappointing and lost $$$ for ZOS.

idk

Looks like OP can bank some cash this season.

Hey, if what they are offering in the crates atm suck they will feel the pinch. That is what tells them how they actually did.

JamieAubrey

I'm not even buying these crates, I got no reason TBH and since I got the Radiant mount from the 3 free crates I'm golden until next seasons

Danny_UK

There is simply not enough items to choose from anyway. Very little to get me to buy most of the stuff. They should have hundreds of emotes, hundreds of clothing, instead they have like a few costumes and the odd motifs, not for me I'm afraid. If it wasn't for the craft bag I wouldn't even be buying ESO+

Nerdrage9000

Alright, alright. I thought about this more, and washed some of the salt off me.

Zenimax, I know you guys are working hard and, generally speaking work sucks. Especially if you are policing these forums, as the sodium levels here are off the charts as of late.

So thanks at least for building out a great game. I waste more of my life here in ESO than I would care to admit.

I guess, really what I am getting at is this: This seasons crates are fine. I overreacted as I have been imagining when the season crates are released that there would be that Diabella statue again, but this seasons statue shoots lasers out her eyes periodically, or something to that effect.

If it was me, (which it is not) I would have done the following.

- The Indrik style mounts should have been Radiant Apex mounts. (Not the ONLY way to get these mounts, but these should have been the tops of the pops mounts in crates.)

- Removing the motif books from crown crates is a bad move. Well at the very least, its not very cool. I'll leave it at that.

- Scrolls are cool and all, but please don't make them gold. It's a cheap trick and you're better than that.

Anyways Zenimax, I hope we can still be friends, and I'll see you tomorrow.

Remag_Div

I agree these are the weakest looking apex mounts so far.

Jake1576

Yes because crown crates are more important then the actual game working zos needs to spend more time on fixing their game and less time on crap thats worthless like crown crates the game hardly even works on ps4 right now especially in pvp i have spent the majority of my time at a damn load screen or restarting the game all together because i freeze all the time

CMFan1966

Generally, I love the crates, but I agree with the OP on several points....but without the sodium. I don't care for the apex mounts this time, but I'm not going to like everything that comes down the pike. I think the senche looks like a green gummy cat...but someone else might think it's the best thing ever.

I have to say I kind of like the way the Pyandonean motif is split into chapters, but I agree that a couple of complete motif books should also be included.

Last season, I gambled my heart out to get the red senche mount. I think the purple horse would be kinda cool to have, but I'd rather the gummy senche be purple instead. I did buy some crates today, but I doubt I buy many more.

Acrolas

Things that are bad, according to the forum:

wild effects
no wild effects
putting lots of desirable items in crates
not putting lots of desirable items in crates

AlienatedGoat

All I know is 25 gems per motif page is a ripoff.

Full books cost 200 gems.

Full set of Pyandonean is 350 gems.

Vapirko

I feel like Ive had about as good luck just opening the free crown crates as anyone who buys them, maybe the exception of people who spend hundreds or even thousands.

DanteYoda

Totally agree op, I on the other hand do not like crates but i will use them as its the only avenue we are given to buy stuff.. And Zos knows it..

I prefer these apex to the last few i've seen.. Those ugly Hessian frost ones and the Dwarf robot ones were horrible and ugly imo..

I do wish they'd put more priority on the servers with my money i spend on them though...

I do not begrudge a company making money when i see the effects of that money put back into their game with fixes updates and balance passes.. Here though honestly i'm not seeing much done..

eso_lags

Nerdrage9000 wrote: »

Heya ZoS,

Look, I like crown crates. There I said it. I probably spent around $200 (that I am willing to admit on the public forum) last season. I've got a decent job that affords me to be able to waste money on a video game.

Now that I've put that out there, here's the point of my post.

1st off - The RADIANT Apex mounts are weaksauce. Ok, ok, I know that there will be a couple people out there that dig them, but when I look at them, they look unfinished. Especially compared to last season.

2nd: No motif books. Just lame. Lame as hell in fact. Now, I'm sure that I'll be able to buy complete books for 5k gems again at some point in the season. But in reference to the Crown Crates specifically, you needed these complete motif books as a heavy hitting filler. They are great in past seasons and a 'cornerstone' purchase (imo) for me to throw down my cash and get some crates.

3rd: The gauntlets. Awesome! No wait.....no particle effects? No wild animation with them? No hidden fx, soundclips, etc? Again....unfinished.

The 6 apex reward mounts are cool, so no worries there, but the majority of the rest of the gear, loot, bells and whistles, just well,.....meh.

tl;dr: If you want me to spend real cash money on items, they need extra razzle dazzle. A bit of 'pizzazz' shall we say. Now when you include the whole gambling aspect to crown crates, where I am spending my money with NO GUARANTEE that I will even get anything, you REALLY need to ensure additional 'cooooool' factor is there as a carrot on a stick.

This seasons carrot is tiny and somewhat shriveled.

Thank you for your time and consideration to my internet rant.

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the crates are straight garbage. They literally get worse and more grimey every time.. sad

f047ys3v3n

Honestly, I really like the look of the apex mounts this cycle. Have not really seen the radiant ones yet but I like the apex ones. I think they are my favorite so far.