How do you fund ESO?

Casdha

How do you fund ESO's development?
I understand these are not all inclusive so consider them as in general options, choose the closest one that applies.

Lady_Linux

your honor i plead the 5th amendment

VaranisArano

I purchase the Chapters and Zone DLC that I want to play, plus crowns for costumes I like.

I do not subscribe just because I dislike subscriptions - that's a personal quirk. I do not buy Crown Crates because I detest paying for a chance to get the item I want.

bearbelly

Nunya.

Nerouyn

I only purchase content when it is on sale and I rarely purchase anything else.

Back when their business model was to occasionally massively slash the cost of crowns, I'd buy a few bundles and stash the crowns until I saw something I thought would add value for me.

Now with expensive DLCs which they've "cleverly" renamed chapters so the subscribers who pay to get access to all DLC don't realise they're being shortchanged, I buy those but have waited until after release and they're discounted.

While I like some of the changes I've seen in ESO, for a variety of reasons I won't expound upon here, it is disappointing compared to the single player games. Elsweyr for my tastes might have been the best. Necro is good, albeit weird without pets. Good architecture. Telvanni towers are super wrong and Summerset buildings are eeeeew. Alinor is supposed to be indescribably beautiful. Auridon blows its socks off. Elsweyr looks magnificent. Big improvement over the papier mache base game buildings. And I love the hall of the lunar champion. Not necessarily that you get it piecemeal but the house itself.

I haven't actually gotten up to playing Elsweyr yet. 6 months later I have finished horse training my necros so I might start playing them soon.

bmnoble

I purchase most of my content at release and I almost always have an active ESO+ sub but rarley buy extra crowns

I never buy the Dungeon DLC and rarely bother with collectors edition's though.

Tryxus

Buying everything at release, never subbed cuz I don't need it and cuz I don't like it either

belial5221_ESO

I only purchase content when it is on sale and I rarely purchase anything else.

I buy items on sale mostly,and with free eso+ trials to empty mats outta bank/bag/coffers,no need to really sub if I manage mules right.Before gifting crown items,I bought crowns a few times,but now I can buy things with gold,and help unload crowns subbers don't need/want,so everyone wins.

Ydrisselle

I buy zone DLCs when they are on sale, I buy chapters on preorder because of shinies (didn't buy Greymoor yet and I'm not sure I'll buy it), I avoid dungeon DLCs and I never buy crowns.

Edit: I had ESO+ too, but I dropped it when PC EU became a joke.

Faunter

I quit playing a long time ago.

I stopped funding it when it turned into a product more than a game.
My voice doesn't matter though, because 10 other people replaced me.

Gythral

I have bought at release, and mostly had a subscription
but also have had long periods of not playing due to lack of interesting content
and am thinking if the PC-EU continues at it's present state (of not working most of the time) of not paying for anything new for a bit, the sub has already gone due to the 'waiting on previous request' and other issues, and will not be thought about until ZOS sort the issues out...

There is a very good chance of the 'lighter (new) client' never being downloaded, tbh

Sylvermynx

I purchase most of my content at release and I almost always have an active ESO+ sub and I buy extra crowns

I never buy dungeon DLCs, as I'm not into that sort of content. I have previously bought the CEs for chapters, but I'm not buying this one. I'll wait to see if I even want to mess with it once it's a free DLC with my ESO+.

Sergykid

i fund ESO with other people's money by spending time and working for gold so i can acquire items from the Crown Store via the gifting system. Also by being online almost daily so i help other people do content.

Nordic__Knights

I purchase most of my content at release and I almost always have an active ESO+ sub and I buy extra crowns

Ive always pre order new content have only not gotten sub for 1 month out of lift time of game and buy upwards of 200$ in crowns tho for last 6 months thats stopped as it just dont seem right to award an game in this condition with high amounts of $$$ and i buy most new homes as well as Furniture packs and new style motifs

InaMoonlight

I purchase most of my content at release and I almost always have an active ESO+ sub and I buy extra crowns

Who needs food anyway!

Edit: I don't buy dungeon dlcs, but chapters and some dlc's that I want to have access to regardless of if my sub runs out. (Usually have a couple days a month sub-less waiting for payday) and I do buy crowns, more then I should lol

Nanfoodle

Nothing there fits what I have done with ESO. Only started playing 7 months ago and got Elsweyr on sale and fell in love with the game. Was going to preorder the next expansion and then it was all about vampires. So it's a hard pass for me. I have ESO+ and I will keep my sub but I'm passing on 2020 content.

Danikat

I purchase most of my content at release but I rarely have an ESO+ sub or buy extra crowns

It varies. I bought the base game for £12 a year after release, pre-purchased Morrowind collectors edition, got Summerset 1/2 price in a sale, bought Elseweyr late but at full price, I buy crowns, sometimes on sale and sometimes at full price and very occasionally buy ESO+.

Basically when I decide I want to buy something in the game I look at the options available to get it and pick whichever is best for me (whether that's the cheapest or one which has additional benefits, or whatever). If I can't find a way to get it for a price I think is reasonable then I wait until there's a sale of some sort.

I spend less over the last few years than I used to, because there's less that I want to buy. I've got a pretty good mix of mounts, pets, costumes etc. so something has to be really interesting to be worth getting, and since 2/3 of DLC is just dungeons I'm only buying 1 DLC and 1 chapter per year. But since ZOS keep producing the same sort of stuff I guess it's working for them.

Acrolas

Consumer purchases ≠ product development

Elsonso

I don't fund ESO development. Instead, I pay to fund my own entertainment. Not sure who gets the money.

ZonasArch

I purchase most of my content at release but I rarely have an ESO+ sub or buy extra crowns

Faunter wrote: »

I stopped funding it when it turned into a product more than a game.
My voice doesn't matter though, because 10 other people replaced me.

Breaking news... It was always a product. If you want a game first, money second Phylosophy, you wanna go indie only. No exceptions.

TheImperfect

It's going to vary depending on my finances at the time. I have got the latest 2 chapters and ESO plus and recently bought crowns but I might not always be able to do that and I haven't been able to in the past.

Shantu

I purchase most of my content at release and I almost always have an active ESO+ sub and I buy extra crowns

While I've voiced some pretty strong objections to combat changes, and ZOS in general, the last year or so, I don't fault the company for making ESO a profitable enterprise and don't mind supporting them.

ZOS has its faults (don't we all?), but beyond the heated rhetoric, a little common sense is helpful. A 6 month sub costs about 43 cents a day. My cable TV/Internet bill for single month is nearly 3 times higher than a total 6 month subscription. ESO is pretty inexpensive entertainment to me.

As for Crowns, nobody is twisting my arm. They are optional. I buy and use as I please.

akdave0

I purchase most of my content at release and I almost always have an active ESO+ sub and I buy extra crowns

I am a whale, I buy dlc and crowns. Because of the ocd, my mind won’t let me not collect everything, it is very expensive but I can’t stop the compulsion. Mostly it’s for radiant mounts, the other crap is extra. I wish I could just buy the mounts outright. The anxiety of watching the cards flip is agonizing.

Dark_Lord_Kuro

I purchase most of my content at release and I almost always have an active ESO+ sub but rarley buy extra crowns

I buy chapter and eso+
The few dlc i did purchase, i did for the pet an mount

UltraMex

I only purchase content when it is on sale and I rarely purchase anything else.

Ehhh...being poor and able to buy Elsweyr on sale is good enough, thinking of getting DLC megapacK.......when either it or crowns are on sale that is.

Strider__Roshin

I quit playing a long time ago.

When I did play, I would do ESO+ and buy the chapters.

xXMeowMeowXx

I gave them one of my kidneys

It was a limited offer

Siohwenoeht

Have ESO+ but not purchasing the preorder for this chapter, even though I have in the past.

coletas

i wont put a dollar in this game until they improve perfomance until is playable again.

mateosalvaje

I purchase most of my content at release and I almost always have an active ESO+ sub but rarley buy extra crowns

I buy chapters on release, almost always have eso+, and usually buy story zone dlc with my eso+ funded crowns. Dungeon DLC I do not ever buy.

DarcyMardin

I purchase most of my content at release and I almost always have an active ESO+ sub and I buy extra crowns

I actually have two active ESO+ subs, and my husband has a third. I also buy crowns when they're on sale.

But for the first time ever, I'm questioning whether I'll buy the next chapter. Sounds like slim content, compared to earlier chapters. I'm no longer excited about the game. Maybe I just need a break.