The crown store isn't intended to be cool, it's intended to make you spend more.
I mean, it's virtual space, so you don't need room on the shelves. So why is there so much rotation ? Why can't things just be permanently there ? I mean, arms packs ? Sure, why not, but why only have one at a time ? I've been waiting for the troll king arms to come back for what, two years now ? I'd buy them in a heartbeat if they were available. But they're not.
So when they return, I'll feel compeled to buy them NOW. And if I don't have the crowns, I'll have to buy them right away too.
And that's the whole point. If things were available all the time, you could plan your crowns. Let them accumulate with your ESO+, then buy when you have enough, instead of topping them by an additionnal purchase when the one thing you like becomes available for a few days. [Snip]
Special award to the outfit slots. At that price, they should be account-wide, but they're not. And it's not even mentionned in the description. By the laws of my country, a contract, including sales contract, has to inform both parties of what they are engaging into. A default of information could void the contract. So, by the laws of my country, the way outfit slots are currently sold is illegal, because it isn't stated anywhere whether the purchase is account-wide or character-wide, which could lead to missinformed purchases. Of course, I'm not expecting anyone to sue for that, but dammit ZOS, couldn't you at least make descriptions accurate ?
Also, if they were account-wide, I'd already have bought a few. As they are, I'm never, ever buying one. Unless if they lower the normal price to maybe 200 crowns. Yeah, right, never gonna happen. As a comparison point, Champions Online sells per-character outfit slots, but they're roughly 20 times cheaper than in ESO. And how you look is arguably more important in a superhero game, as the costume is a very important part of a superhero's identity.
Which leads us to the other main issue : everything is overpriced. Prices are calculated for average US income. When you sell worldwide, calibrating your prices for the richest country in the world (excluding very rich, micro-nations) is a bad idea. Lots of countries have decent computers, internet, and well, decent living, but numbers just can't compare. Take Portugal for instance. It's not a third world country by any means, but their average income is something like 1/3 of France (where I live), so maybe 1/4 of US ? Not sure about the exact numbers. People can afford a living, as prices are in accordance with local income. Rents are cheaper, incomes are lower, food doesn't cost as much, and they do have decent internet... But in comparison, everything on the crown store would cost them 3 times as much it would for me. And it's already slightly overpriced for me, and I live in one of the richest countries in the world.
[Snip].
In terms of skimpy outfits though, I think a variety is a good thing, and there is definitely a lack of skimpier outfits... designed for men. Sure, we can wear costumes on both genders in game, but while a female character in a suit usually looks pretty good and tailored to her shape, a male character in a dress looks like a dude in a dress.
a mockup of the Timbercrow that just took off the sports bra for men and it honestly looks 1000x better than what they ended up giving us in game.
Not really America's fault tbh. Aren't priced supposed to be regulated between nations? I'm not knowledgeable on that however.
I think what you're getting at are whales
To be fair, if its selling at overpriced rates, why would they change it?
It's also a matter of customer service and how you want to be seen. While we do buy from ZOS, most of us see them as greedy whales. Sure, we may be happy with our purchae, but many will still find it too expensive, or just won't buy this time because, well, not the right time to spend that much. Now, if you offer lower prices, you won't jkust sell more, you also will appear to be fairer towards your customers.
Those goods don't require materials and machines to be manufactured, they need no work besided the initial effort of creating them, merely a bit of storage space, and that has been dirt cheap for years now. they could perfectly afford fairer prices, a better imge, and an increased sales volume. They just don't want to, which in my opinion indicates a complete lack of care for their customers.
Ringing_Nirnroot wrote: »This game lost its lore friendliness with its glowing mounts and skins, wont see much difference if they added skimpy outfits 🤷♀️
OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »Ringing_Nirnroot wrote: »This game lost its lore friendliness with its glowing mounts and skins, wont see much difference if they added skimpy outfits 🤷♀️
@Ringing_Nirnroot
https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dro-m'Athra
Seems pretty lore friendly to me
Arahallris wrote: »I'm still waiting for awesome rogue masks like this one below. I'd drop 10k crowns on that alone. The crown store would see quite a lot of revenue coming in if they focused heavily on introducing unique items like Back pieces that are not tied to costumes and player customization like hairstyles, full eye colours, and more skins.
AcadianPaladin wrote: »My elf loves costumes but has to reject most of them in the preview room. As a typical wood elf, she is slender and petite and few costumes follow her lines very well. Too many give her big feet, thick waist and chunky thighs. Some do a nice job of fitting properly (like Wood Elf Vanguard) so I know its possible but most don't.
PigofSteel wrote: »Arahallris wrote: »I'm still waiting for awesome rogue masks like this one below. I'd drop 10k crowns on that alone. The crown store would see quite a lot of revenue coming in if they focused heavily on introducing unique items like Back pieces that are not tied to costumes and player customization like hairstyles, full eye colours, and more skins.
10k crowns are you serious ?
[snip] They keep putting up the same [snip]. We need more skimpy costumes, more personalities, and other character modifiers, like maybe hair dyes!! Who the hell wants those tacky weapon packs and a stupid senche!! Get over the damn senche!! We have a green senche now as the gem exclusive. Now in a week we are getting a dark senche!! LAAAAAMMMMEEE!
[Edit for Bashing.]