The horse is worth the 20 bucks by itself, but unless you really want to be able to craft Imperial for free or play as an Imperial (or if you care about the crab), save $5 and just buy the Palomino.

People act like they are buying a $50,000 vehicle. It's only $20, that's like 2 fast food meals.

-1g horse for all characters.
-Instant Imperial crafting Motif.
-Can change the look of any un-named gear to Imperial style for free.
-Imperial race stats were perfect for my tank build.

Bam! Those reasons alone are worth it.

i bought it for the horse well worth it having the mount

This was about the closest option to my actual feelings on the subject of "special edition" content. I don't know when the last time was that I actually saw a game with "special edition" content where the added content was actually worth the price of admission. So, my personal rule about that kind of stuff is generally just "nope". That goes for every game though, so this isn't a jab at the imperial edition or anything.

With that being said, however, if you research the content and it appeals to you, then I say "what the heck, it's only $20." But I think I'd rather just order a pizza with that money instead.

infraction2008b16_ESO wrote: »

The way the game works is if you don't buy the imp edition you have to pay at least 17k for a horse, an amount of gold the average player wont be able to obtain until your at least halfway to 50.

I'd definitely disagree with that. By the time I was level 20 I had spent 30K or so on bag and bank upgrades, so it's definitely possible for an average player (I didn't do any farming, deconstructed pretty much every piece of gear I found, and only sold a couple of motifs for prices in the 400-800 gold range) to buy a 17K horse long before halfway to level 50. Heck, even with spending that much on bag and bank space, I was still able to buy a 42K horse before level 30.

Brandeospeedwagon wrote: »

I'd rather have two dinners.

Well, ask me again in a couple of weeks and see if I have buyer's remorse.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to offer suggestions and to help me make the decision. Really, it was nice to get some helpful feedback. Whenever possible, I took the time to thank posters.

In the end, it wasn't the horse that tipped the scales; it was playing as an Imperial in Cyrodiil. I don't know, it just wouldn't seem like home without that option.

Thanks again!

poodlemasterb16_ESO wrote: »

It's the 1 gold horse. All your chars. So you do not have to come up with lots of gold. You can also level them from right away after you get to a stable. Although an expensive horse can be leveled higher there is not big a difference overall.

If that is worth $20, then buy it, otherwise no.

Yeah. The 1 gold horse for all characters is a bonus.

the only 2 things I like about it, is the 1 gold cost horse you get(17K for a horse is absolutely ridiculous) and you can play any race in any alliance. idc for the imperial gear, nor did I care for any of the pets. I advise you NOT upgrade, unless you want a low cost horse:/

infraction2008b16_ESO wrote: »

Ur-Quan wrote: »

infraction2008b16_ESO wrote: »

The way the game works is if you don't buy the imp edition you have to pay at least 17k for a horse, an amount of gold the average player wont be able to obtain until your at least halfway to 50.

I'd definitely disagree with that. By the time I was level 20 I had spent 30K or so on bag and bank upgrades, so it's definitely possible for an average player (I didn't do any farming, deconstructed pretty much every piece of gear I found, and only sold a couple of motifs for prices in the 400-800 gold range) to buy a 17K horse long before halfway to level 50. Heck, even with spending that much on bag and bank space, I was still able to buy a 42K horse before level 30.

Just by doing questing and the odd dolmen or boss, you won't get anywhere near that.

Not true. That's exactly how I got it. Questing, finding chests, harvesting every node I came across, killing the mobs I encountered, doing dolmens, dungeons and bosses. Actually, thinking about it I'd be willing to bet that I got almost as much gold from selling refined jute/iron/etc to merchants as I did from quests.

infraction2008b16_ESO wrote: »

Trading on the other hand you might however that depends on how lucky you are to get the items from drops that people actually want to buy at that low level. Like for example you mentioned motifs but not everyone is getting motif drops left, right and centre.

When I said I sold a couple of motifs, I meant maybe 3 or 4 total. They really didn't have much effect on my bottom line for gold. Of course, I also didn't spend any gold on anything at all other than bag/bank space and eventually my 42K horse. I have never wasted any money on returning to wayshrines (I always walked to the nearest one instead - usually harvesting a few nodes and killing a few mobs on the way), didn't buy anything from other players, and I didn't buy anything from merchants, and I didn't waste money on repairs - I just crafted myself new gear every couple of levels. I also never used any of the food, potions, or soul gems that I picked up - I sold them all to merchants instead.

Edit: I decided to add some numbers to this. I've got an alt at level 17. According to that alt's achievements, she's completed 72 quests. If you figure the average reward for a quest is about 200 gold (some are more like 60-80, some are more like 300-350, so 200 seems like a good average - even though a lot more seem to be in the 200-350 range than below that), then from quests alone that alt has earned 14,400 gold. From the achievements I can also see that she has killed 1,169 mobs total. If we figure each dropped an average of 1 gold (a lot will be 2 gold, a lot will be 0, and some will be in the 3-6 range, so 1 is a good average) then she's earned a total of 15,569 just from quests and mobs. I don't have any way to factor in how much she earned from drops that she would have sold to merchants (carapaces, ectoplasm, daedric husks, etc), or how much she earned from chests, or how much she earned from selling refined materials from all the nodes she harvested, but it would have to be at least another couple of thousand - most likely significantly more, since I know she's harvested enough nodes to sell multiple full stacks of refined materials. So I figure at a minimum she has earned about 20K by level 17. And that's without selling any dropped gear that can be deconstructed.

Brandeospeedwagon wrote: »

IrishGirlGamer wrote: »

Okay, not to bring an end to the happy thread, but the deed is done. I upgraded and got the explorer pack, too.

As someone said, it's the cost of a dinner where I live.

I'd rather have two dinners.

fatty..

j/k

Tiyamel wrote: »

I vote yes BUT only if you buy the physical imperial edition with all the goodies in the box, otherwise, no, don't do it, the digital upgrade just isn't worth it.

You mean the one with the statue and the book right? I got it primarily for the book, and oh man I was not disappointed.

Tiyamel wrote: »

Ur-Quan wrote: »

Tiyamel wrote: »

I vote yes BUT only if you buy the physical imperial edition with all the goodies in the box, otherwise, no, don't do it, the digital upgrade just isn't worth it.

You mean the one with the statue and the book right? I got it primarily for the book, and oh man I was not disappointed.

Yup, Statue, Book, Steel case with game discs, box is huge too, nice little collectors copy and yeah that book is sweet, little disappointed that the statue is just plastic, was kinda hoping it would be cast or resin but oh well...the book makes up for it lol

Yeah, the shear size of the box surprised me. I picked it up on my lunch from work the day it was available, and then ended up going straight from work to a rink for a friend's hockey game. All while lugging that massive box around, because I sure as hell wasn't leaving it at work! Of course, 2 of my friends from that hockey team ended up picking the game up after that, so I guess the massive box was good advertising.

Comes down if you think the real world money is worth free imperial horse and a mudcrab pet.

This was the closest to a mehhh ... response so I used it.

Don't regret coughing up the extra for the imperial edition - but the only thing I have used from it is the horse, which have been useful for me as "cheap" pack horse(s) for my 2 mules.