Good day everyone.
Please
@ZOS_Kevin @ZOS_GinaBruno , someone, I really need this be noticed!
I'm living in Uzbekistan for whole my life. Regional prices here is very high somewhy (7.99$ for 750 crown pack and 14.99$ for ESO+ monthly).
For compairing: minimal wage here is ~ 81$. My monthly rent (city Tashkent) is 60$. Coca Cola 1L is 0,74$, bananas 1kg is 1.65$. Rice 1kg from 0,58 to 1,70$. Bus or metro ticket is 0,14$.
European prices are 6.99 euro (7,55$) for 750 crown pack as my friend from Germany says. Now googling minimal wage in Germany - it says 1584 euro/month (1706$). American is 1160$ month it says. And returning to Uzbekistan's 81$... The difference is huge! And I should still pay equal. Imagine the 14 000 crowns pack cost 1400$ for you. For me it costs 99.99$ and it's more than my real home rent 60$...
That may sound as a poor beggar plead but this is normal life here. I hope you see now that price for ESO content is really high for my country. I'm not sure if ESO is popular here but I'm playing every day since 2021 and wasn't ever complaining even knowing that near neighbors Kazakhstan and Russia had lesser prices. I didn't tried to change my region or do anything else for lower my prices. I just standed it. I'm honestly bought some items from Steam when I had a chance. I was saving cash for it, you may not believe but that's so. Sometimes it costed me a month without any snacks. Discount for crowns was a kind of personal holyday for me I could afford myself 5000 crown pack. Sadly I can't afford more at a time.
I'm working hard in real and ESO is my only way to live at least imaginary life since I have no money on trips, treats or anything else after paying all necessary bills. I love my characters and trying to get them emotes, lorefriendly clothing, it's my only passion here. Some of it I got as a gifts in exchange of gold I'm farming everyday by craft writs.
Now with items gifting are blocked I have no way to get anything because of prices. It's literally a choice between a monthly meals and those cool pack of weapon that fits sooo good for my Psijik. I'm frustrated because I'm saved up gold for trade really long time and right today's morning I was gathered last million gold needed and... Boom. Nothing for me now. Please hear me. I ask for fair solution, I'm willing to pay, but I can't with this regional prices!.. I know there was cheaper ways to get em but I'm a honest man, I really care about legalty, I'm also valuing my progress and characters and won't try some of illicit ways so this decision means lots of crownstore items would be unreachable for me.
And the most sad thing is that ESO is one-and-only for me. I can't just go play another game. Just can't. My whole heart, soul and a thin wallet is with ESO and I want to support it with even this small money I have to share. Maybe someone like me doesn't really matter for economy,but I hope not only the rich guys have a voice. This situation is heartbreaking for me as ESO is my only hobby and passion.
I was dociely accepted everything the game gave me before but now I can't be silent. Consider regional price changing for Uzbekistan's real prices please! Or make a way to get items LEGAL for gold, as I used this way ONLY because it was honest. Please, don't deprive ones like me their only joy and fun :<
Here are some pictures of my chars I also drawing from time to time as a fan. You may see them wearing a crownstore items. I love it so much and want to have ability to buy more of them. Someday...
Best regards ~ Hung.