What did the deceased free crates represent to you?

Latios

Title says it. What was your opinion on them?

For me, it was option 1. If it was a season I really liked, I'd go and buy a few more, be it with crowns or gold.

Also, please keep it constructive!

Rip free crates.

SydneyGrey

They might bring them back next month. They never said they'd be available every month. This month we get a mount, which is pretty awesome.

BahometZ

Other(explain).

Didn't read too much into it. A nice surprise for logging in.

karekiz

Other(explain).

Free murkmire meant they want to push crate purchases for December?

Ackwalan

The first few trys are free, once you are hooked, you will pay and pay.

Sylvermynx

An incentive to buy more crates to get other stuff and more gems.

The grinch took my crates.... Actually, both options 1 and 4 worked for me: 1 because I could see if I wanted to buy more (yes, I have plenty of disposable income) - so I knew I didn't want Hollowjack for sure for instance.... SO not my thing. But Scalecaller etc. yes; 4 because for those rare occasions where I got duplicate items, I could make gems out of them, to buy something else really cool when I had enough.

So yeah. ESO went all grinch on me.... NOT happy ATM.

Acrolas

Other(explain).

Pre-release, a way to get just enough gems to purchase my most-wanted non-Apex item out of the entire season.
Post-release, usually just duplicates. Including my most-wanted non-Apex item. Occasionally more than once.

EvilAutoTech

Other(explain).

I got some neat stuff from them. I also got a lot of gems. I have never been tempted to buy any. If we never get any more, I won't miss them. If they give us more, that's OK too.

Evergnar

Other(explain).

Fish on, time to reel em in.

redspecter23

Other(explain).

ZOS has decided they want to give away less free crates right now. That's the only thing I know for sure. I could guess at their reasoning, but it would only be a guess. Maybe there will be more in January, maybe not.

If I want crates, I'll buy them with gold and have them gifted so I'm not personally giving them any money, but that transaction would lead to income for ZOS from someone.

VaranisArano

I'm not going to buy Crown Crates, ever, even if they never hand out a free one again.

dem0n1k

I never cared about them at all.

When I got them, I opened them but I've never been wow'ed by the contents. It's usually stuff I won't use so I convert it all to gems which I also never use. In the past I have scored rare apex mounts (like the Ebon Dwemer senche) & after one game session of riding it around, I pretty much forget about it.

jainiadral

A reminder of how bad this system is. They were the only I'd ever open or get.

I've forever invoked the wrath of RNGeezus, so they're a reminder of how my gambling luck is best when the machine breaks.

That includes Vegas, BTW. I made $10 once when the machine went belly up.

Sylvermynx

An incentive to buy more crates to get other stuff and more gems.

jainiadral wrote: »

I've forever invoked the wrath of RNGeezus, so they're a reminder of how my gambling luck is best when the machine breaks.

That includes Vegas, BTW. I made $10 once when the machine went belly up.

Somewhere I have a post about how I'm up on the casinos by $79 and change.... I grew up in Vegas. I KNOW who built the casinos and it wasn't me.

I don't view the crates that way though, because I've got so much cool stuff from them since late June. I haven't yet made the list - I'll get it done eventually. Of course, I don't know now how many free crates I got, and how many I bought - didn't occur to me to keep track!

jainiadral

A reminder of how bad this system is. They were the only I'd ever open or get.

Sylvermynx wrote: »

jainiadral wrote: »

I've forever invoked the wrath of RNGeezus, so they're a reminder of how my gambling luck is best when the machine breaks.

That includes Vegas, BTW. I made $10 once when the machine went belly up.

Somewhere I have a post about how I'm up on the casinos by $79 and change.... I grew up in Vegas. I KNOW who built the casinos and it wasn't me.

I don't view the crates that way though, because I've got so much cool stuff from them since late June. I haven't yet made the list - I'll get it done eventually. Of course, I don't know now how many free crates I got, and how many I bought - didn't occur to me to keep track!

I'm impressed! I'm probably up on the casinos a little bit over the few times I've spent in them, if only because I tend to quit when I hit a very minor jackpot. Then again, I'm a lot more loss averse than your average human

I've gotten a couple of cute pets from the free crates and an outfit or two, but not enough to induce me to plunk down my ESO+ crowns for them. They just seem so expensive. I've become an outfit addict instead.

Cillion3117

Other(explain).

Meh....

BretonMage

My only shot at the crates. It's not that I dislike them, I just have a limited income of crowns or other priorities to buy with them.

They were somewhat fun to open when they're free, but I'd never buy them.

Dawnblade

Other(explain).

Who cares - free trash or free boxes full of free trash.

If I enjoy the game, I play - if I play a decent amount, I subscribe.

Free crates, log-in rewards, tiny statues, whatever - makes no difference to me.

Mettaricana

I never cared about them at all.

Lousy cash grab just put the crap in store normal and let us buy it...

Mr_Walker

The crushing of hopes and dreams 4 cards at a time.

Abigail

Other(explain).

They were freebees, not entitlements. I was grateful for what I got from them, to be sure, but after all is said and done it's just stuff.

I'm not one to look gift horses in the mouth, nor will I b*tch and moan when I don't get free stuff -- stuff I didn't earn.

swippy

Other(explain).

i buy crates shamelessly. as long as my savings have increased by the right amount over a period of time, i can consider some income disposable. after the necessities of work, sleep, and reading, ESO is probably my 4th-most time-spender. since they've kept my attention so long, i've saved money on buying systems and games. i don't mind contributing to keeping it all going.i buy as many crates as i feel like, until i've gotten the cosmetics i want from them.

so the free crates just saved me a dollar or something. i could probably save a lot more if i didn't hoard the Crown Gems. i'm better at saving than spending, and i'm generally uncomfortable with gambling, so the crates give me a taste of some of those gambling thrills i'll never truly know. an extra 2 or 3 a month was a nice little drop in a bucket of fun.

Iluvrien

I never cared about them at all.

I strongly disliked them. For me they represent everything that is wrong with the current approach that ZOS is taking to ESO.

I am glad they are gone. I do feel sad for the people who really liked them.

Zhaedri

An incentive to buy more crates to get other stuff and more gems.

I liked the crates as a little preview of what was coming in that season. A few gems from junk, a little taste of good stuff. The drop rates I got from the free 'preview' crates (as I saw them) often influenced my decision on how much more other crates I would get once that season began. Seemed like a 'good will' sort of thing -- 'see what you could get if you got some crates!'

I did really like the ones in the login rewards too, but as they were from seasons already released, there was a good chance I already had everything I wanted from them, so they were more a source of gems than anything else. I like gems.

Karmanorway

An incentive to buy more crates to get other stuff and more gems.

Very clever indeed. If i had a business running i would do the same strategy

Jeremy

A way to save up gems and, when I was close to get something I wanted, maybe buy a crate or two.

Latios wrote: »

Title says it. What was your opinion on them?

For me, it was option 1. If it was a season I really liked, I'd go and buy a few more, be it with crowns or gold.

Also, please keep it constructive!

Rip free crates.

I liked the free crates. Hope they bring them back at some point.

Ryath_Waylander

My only shot at the crates. It's not that I dislike them, I just have a limited income of crowns or other priorities to buy with them.

I'm that person who can't run through a dungeon or delve and leave an unopened container behind. Reason is I enjoy the "Lucky packet" effect of not knowing what I'm getting. With crates, the effect of mediocre content is mitigated by collecting crown gems from reclamaition. In the end I could look forward to maybe purchasing a nice mount every 3 or 4 months. That being said, I do not give in to the temptation of actually buying crown crates. So I lose a little free enjoyment but nothing that I regard as tragic.

DaveMoeDee

It means reading multiple threads about no free crates.

Alchemical

An incentive to buy more crates to get other stuff and more gems.

I usually budget exactly how much I'm going to spend on a season, no more, no less. But with free ones they tend to edge me more towards maybe buying more than I planned, especially if it's from a returning crate season that I didn't buy into the first time around, like Scalecaller. I really regret not getting the mount I want from SC, and with both my free crates a wiff it was really tempting to buy a couple more. I only battled it down because I know I'm going ham on the xanmeer ones.

jluchau

Other(explain).

I just don't understand how crates missing from one month all of a sudden means they are gone for good. Multiple threads RIPing them. But not one single source of an official statement saying they are gone for good. Given that they were never a promised to begin with I would assume they will probably be back at some point in the future. My guess will be next month but until they say so I wouldn't assume anything is official.

Vapirko

Other(explain).

A modification of the third choice. My only shot at crates, I simply do not care about them otherwise. If they want to hand out free *** that’s fine with me, and I’ve gotten some really nice rewards from them and saved up gems. But I will never, ever spend money on crown crates. It’s so bad for the health of the game, and more than anything perpetuates the idea that ZOS can take your money and most of the time offer you absolutely nothing in return.