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Why do i have to pay for emperial..
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SuperScrubby✭✭✭Ahh ok. So basically the pet and the ability to choose any faction with any race is pre order only...for now.0 -
WyeVxndzz✭✭✭thedemiseraphb14_ESO wrote: »Games like WoW and others have many cash items, alliance changes, name changes etc. Lots of games and services do these types of things even those with a sub fee.
How nice for them!«♥» «♥» «♥» «♥» «♥» «♥»
When you're feeling under pressure, do something different. Roll up your sleeves, or eat an orange.
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WyeVxndzz✭✭✭Jonnymorrow wrote: »Should of preordered. End Of
Should have.
I agree we should "end of" especially where it's not supposed to be.«♥» «♥» «♥» «♥» «♥» «♥»
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trinta✭✭✭Jonnymorrow wrote: »Should of preordered. End Of
Should have.
I agree we should "end of" especially where it's not supposed to be.
I only give one "Awesome" vote a day, and you got it.Every time someone swears, it gets replaced with three asterisks. There's only one three-letter swear word that I know of. I read that in the place of every set of three asterisks. It makes for some amusing sentences.0 -
Knovah✭✭✭http://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Elder-Scrolls-Online-PC-Mac-PC-Games/20895851
You can still get the explorer pack in some walmart's .. so check your store they have some still in stock .....
mouse over the pictures and it shows you what it comes with ...explorer's pack is in that one.
Checked game stop has a few in our area as well... said they can not order any more with the explorer's pack in it but they still have plenty left over . Once they are gone they are gone.
So if you really feel the need you want it, need it have to have it ...check your local stores.Edited by Knovah on April 24, 2014 8:54PMVideo games ......The only legal place to kill stupid people.0 -
SadisticSavior✭✭✭
I think it needed to be activated prior to launch to work though.I hear the physical version of the Imperial Edition comes with a code that gets you the 'any race any faction' pre-order bonus too. No idea if true or if you can still get them physically, though.
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Gedalya✭✭✭✭✭That would be an "Imperial" but pedantry aside it's 'cos ZOS want your doubloons.
Emperial is an older spelling; pedantry aside.
Edited by Gedalya on April 24, 2014 10:05PM0 -
Sarenia✭✭✭✭✭Source? I've never heard of or seen this usage, and I've read books dating back to the 17th century and earlier.
There's also no results in a search engine that suggest any formal or colloquial usage of the word. Just some businesses that use the name.[beta_group_85b_9]2 -
Crumpy✭✭✭✭yeah lots of words were different back in ye olde days my friend
Verily, tis true.Edited by Crumpy on April 24, 2014 10:16PMI lyke not this quill.0 -
Haltus_Kain✭✭✭Playing the way you want has always been an Elder Scrolls standard. It's not really a surprise that people are upset that Zmax has taken away a standard feature, and reintroduced it as a bonus to be purchased.
Especially considering we had to pay a AAA box price, and a sub fee, and STILL have to jump through hoops to access standard features.
They either have no idea who their target audience is (hint: Elder Scrolls fans...) or they just don't care.
Not that Zmax is the only one to blame. I preordered so I could play my Argonian. I can whine about their marketing tactics all day long, but frankly my wallet speaks a lot louder than my words when it comes to this, and my wallet told them that what they're doing is A-OKAY. ...which kinda has me feeling like I owe the gaming industry at large an apology.
We gamers are curious animals.Hey, YOU,
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Agree with you there.Haltus_Kain wrote: »Playing the way you want has always been an Elder Scrolls standard. It's not really a surprise that people are upset that Zmax has taken away a standard feature, and reintroduced it as a bonus to be purchased.
Especially considering we had to pay a AAA box price, and a sub fee, and STILL have to jump through hoops to access standard features.
They either have no idea who their target audience is (hint: Elder Scrolls fans...) or they just don't care.
Not that Zmax is the only one to blame. I preordered so I could play my Argonian. I can whine about their marketing tactics all day long, but frankly my wallet speaks a lot louder than my words when it comes to this, and my wallet told them that what they're doing is A-OKAY. ...which kinda has me feeling like I owe the gaming industry at large an apology.
We gamers are curious animals.
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Altheina✭✭✭thedemiseraphb14_ESO wrote: »Games like WoW and others have many cash items, alliance changes, name changes etc. Lots of games and services do these types of things even those with a sub fee.
Not when they newly launched...
I would say it's not right to make Imperial race into separate bundle. However, I would guess that this decision was decided from Zenimax marketing department cos remember they have spent approx $200 million in developing this game for 5 years, employing hundreds of devs. So they resorted in this marketing scheme to get some fast profit back and apparently it works as many people bought the IE...Altheina - Wood Elf Nightblade
TESO Fun-fact 1: It takes to kill 119,050 mudcrabs to reach level 50
TESO Fun-fact 2: There are 61 million items in the game
TESO Fun-fact 3: There are 40,656,000 different weapon variations in the game1 -
Csub✭✭✭✭✭Someone wrote that you can still get adventurer pack from websites, like g2a or whatever and, anyone knows if these codes have an expiry time? I would buy some additional ones for friends and future friends should they ever want one. I could gift them
"The Divines gave you a nose for a reason, Tharn. So you can keep your mouth shut and still keep breathing. - Lyris Titanborn0 -
seems people are saying they had be activated at Launch.. but doesnt makke alot of sense to me why they are still selling the explorers packt then on g2aSomeone wrote that you can still get adventurer pack from websites, like g2a or whatever and, anyone knows if these codes have an expiry time? I would buy some additional ones for friends and future friends should they ever want one. I could gift them
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Falmer✭✭✭✭That was a pre-order bonus plain and simple. If you didn't pre-order you don't get the bonus.
I don't get the whole complaining thing for issues that were specifically spelled out in advance.
If you want X then you have to do Y. There is no such thing as... Don't do Y and then whine and complain until they give you X.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭dwaightb16_ESO wrote: »
seems people are saying they had be activated at Launch.. but doesnt makke alot of sense to me why they are still selling the explorers packt then on g2aSomeone wrote that you can still get adventurer pack from websites, like g2a or whatever and, anyone knows if these codes have an expiry time? I would buy some additional ones for friends and future friends should they ever want one. I could gift them
I believe it was P.T. Barnum who said, "There's a sucker born every minute."
I'm not sure if the code had to be activated at launch, but it would be rather silly to have in-game preorder bonuses that could be stockpiled and sold later for higher prices.----
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Thats the thing, why are they still selling them then.nerevarine1138 wrote: »dwaightb16_ESO wrote: »
seems people are saying they had be activated at Launch.. but doesnt makke alot of sense to me why they are still selling the explorers packt then on g2aSomeone wrote that you can still get adventurer pack from websites, like g2a or whatever and, anyone knows if these codes have an expiry time? I would buy some additional ones for friends and future friends should they ever want one. I could gift them
I believe it was P.T. Barnum who said, "There's a sucker born every minute."
I'm not sure if the code had to be activated at launch, but it would be rather silly to have in-game preorder bonuses that could be stockpiled and sold later for higher prices.
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✭✭✭✭✭dwaightb16_ESO wrote: »
Thats the thing, why are they still selling them then.nerevarine1138 wrote: »dwaightb16_ESO wrote: »
seems people are saying they had be activated at Launch.. but doesnt makke alot of sense to me why they are still selling the explorers packt then on g2aSomeone wrote that you can still get adventurer pack from websites, like g2a or whatever and, anyone knows if these codes have an expiry time? I would buy some additional ones for friends and future friends should they ever want one. I could gift them
I believe it was P.T. Barnum who said, "There's a sucker born every minute."
I'm not sure if the code had to be activated at launch, but it would be rather silly to have in-game preorder bonuses that could be stockpiled and sold later for higher prices.
Consult P.T. Barnum.
People will pay extra, so they'll sell them for more. I'm not sure whether the EP code works. It might. But if it doesn't, that's sure a nifty way to earn extra money for nothing.----
Murray?0 -
mutharex✭✭✭✭✭Haltus_Kain wrote: »Playing the way you want has always been an Elder Scrolls standard. It's not really a surprise that people are upset that Zmax has taken away a standard feature, and reintroduced it as a bonus to be purchased.
Especially considering we had to pay a AAA box price, and a sub fee, and STILL have to jump through hoops to access standard features.
They either have no idea who their target audience is (hint: Elder Scrolls fans...) or they just don't care.
Not that Zmax is the only one to blame. I preordered so I could play my Argonian. I can whine about their marketing tactics all day long, but frankly my wallet speaks a lot louder than my words when it comes to this, and my wallet told them that what they're doing is A-OKAY. ...which kinda has me feeling like I owe the gaming industry at large an apology.
We gamers are curious animals.
Couldn't care less about the imperial, but I got the IE because I always get the CEs and preorder. It was somehow in the air, though, with Imperials being the only one without an alliance0 -
mutharex✭✭✭✭✭nerevarine1138 wrote: »dwaightb16_ESO wrote: »
seems people are saying they had be activated at Launch.. but doesnt makke alot of sense to me why they are still selling the explorers packt then on g2aSomeone wrote that you can still get adventurer pack from websites, like g2a or whatever and, anyone knows if these codes have an expiry time? I would buy some additional ones for friends and future friends should they ever want one. I could gift them
I believe it was P.T. Barnum who said, "There's a sucker born every minute."
I'm not sure if the code had to be activated at launch, but it would be rather silly to have in-game preorder bonuses that could be stockpiled and sold later for higher prices.
What they have is some Early Access codes and Explorer Packs that they bought but didn't end up selling. And yes they work, my friend bought and activated an Explorer Pack (game + bonus) last week0 -
Orizuru✭✭✭I knew this topic would come up eventually when I saw how they distributed the perk for playing any race in any alliance.
I expect that ZOS will create a way for new players to acquire this perk at a later point. I expect it will either be a cash shop purchase, or another perk they offer with a pre-order of the first expansion, or maybe even as a reward for an in-game achievement for completing the main story line or reaching a specific Veteran level.
I think it will take a few months though before there are enough players without the perk rattling sabers to get the attention of ZOS though. If you do not have this perk currently and would like it, I highly encourage you to continue to discuss this constructively. Don't forget to use /feedback in-game as well to let ZOS know how you feel about this as well.0 -
Orizuru✭✭✭I hear the physical version of the Imperial Edition comes with a code that gets you the 'any race any faction' pre-order bonus too. No idea if true or if you can still get them physically, though.
Those are likely retail boxes that were shipped as part of the pre-order fullfillments for retail stores. The people who pre-ordered them either never picked them up or cancelled the order and the box went back on the shelf.0 -
Knovah✭✭✭It did not need to be activated at launch…I preordered mine yes, but I was away and did not get to activate or even pick mine up till the 6th and it was just fine.
My friend, he did not preorder, as I stated earlier but picked up a copy at gs that had the explorer's pack in it and he did not add it in or start playing till Saturday the 12th and his worked just fine… so no it did not have to be at launch.
They still sell the game with the explorer's pack in it …if you can find any left. They cannot get any more and Zos will not release anymore ( at this time is what the manager at gs informed me) but there is some still out there...walmart…GS I know had some still in our area as of yesterday 24-4. Other stores that sold the game may as well, but I cannot for sure say about them, as I did not see it with my own eyes.
@Csub I am looking atm on the paper with my code on it that came with my game ( for the explorer pack it is a separate paper and code from the game)and I do not see any expiration dates on it.
Edited by Knovah on April 25, 2014 12:55PMVideo games ......The only legal place to kill stupid people.0 -
Csub✭✭✭✭✭Okay, thanks everyone, good to know, I bought 5 keys so I can help some people in the future (if they stop selling them, that is)! "The Divines gave you a nose for a reason, Tharn. So you can keep your mouth shut and still keep breathing. - Lyris Titanborn0
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Knovah✭✭✭Okay, thanks everyone, good to know, I bought 5 keys so I can help some people in the future (if they stop selling them, that is)!
I picked up two yesterday myself with the explorer's pack in them. Some of our unit did not come back when we did and I know a couple will want to play with us when they come home next week. Tempted to horde a couple more just in case lol
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Tuttebel✭✭✭All in all it makes sense that it's a pre-order bonus only.
Before all the bickering started (aka. before launch) people would've migrated all over the place ( read: the pre-orders). Think of explorers, traders or just restless souls who like to travel. After the proverbial excrements hit the rotating climate control ( aka. after launch) migration halts and people are stuck in the place they're born in.
It's a bonus for the people who took a chance and pre-ordered what could have been a big sour lemon. Which it isn't imho.
So suck it up, roll a khajiit and go annoy some of those snotty elves.
I have a strong suspicion OP is member of the "Generation Entitled"
Stay moist
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Knovah✭✭✭All in all it makes sense that it's a pre-order bonus only.
Before all the bickering started (aka. before launch) people would've migrated all over the place ( read: the pre-orders). Think of explorers, traders or just restless souls who like to travel. After the proverbial excrements hit the rotating climate control ( aka. after launch) migration halts and people are stuck in the place they're born in.
It's a bonus for the people who took a chance and pre-ordered what could have been a big sour lemon. Which it isn't imho.
So suck it up, roll a khajiit and go annoy some of those snotty elves.
I have a strong suspicion OP is member of the "Generation Entitled"
Stay moist
What you say is true but you can still get the explorer's pack as long as supplies last . I figure, and this is just guessing ,in a couple months they will be gone or really hard to find. One walmart ,I stopped at ,had no less than ten copies with it in them. Gamestop yesterday had a whole wall of them ( I picked up 2 extra) with the explorer's pack in it...Not as special as they made it seem ... but meh what can ya do no biggy game is still fun for me.
Edited by Knovah on April 25, 2014 1:47PMVideo games ......The only legal place to kill stupid people.0
