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If I re-buy the imperial edition on steam, can I somehow just get the dog on my existing account?

Sarah_Lynn
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And give the actual game and account to someone else? Or will the wolfhound be attached to that account and I'll have to start over?

** My question has been answered, for those wondering if you can or can't, without searching through the posts. No, you cannot. **
Edited by Sarah_Lynn on July 18, 2014 1:32PM
I spend way too much time and money on this game.
  • Csub
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    It is bound to the Steam account. I also agree that this is saddening, it's not only about the dog, it's also about the message it sends. Yes, giving rewards to new players to try and lure them to play is a good idead but those rewards shouldn't be exclusive to them especially so if the current, loyal playerbase has been here through all the ups and downs (mostly downs), asked for a pet like this and get nothing.

    I won't quit over this but I won't be any happier either. Then again, if people still buy this game after the negativity, they deserve the reward but, as I said before, it shouldn't be exlusive when the current playerbase hasn't really received anything like that. (Anyone could get the monkey, some say they can even now if they find beta key and attach to their accounts and they can still find Explorer's Pack keys).

    I don't even know how they could have agreed to this bright idea, especially at Quakecon.
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  • ebondeath
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    There is no way to merge a new Steam account with an existing non-Steam account. The dog would be bound to the Steam account, forcing you to reroll everything and pay a second sub or drop your original account.

    And then people wonder why we're unhappy.
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  • Xnemesis
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    Go ahead and do that and you will also lose your exclusive ability to roll any race in any alliance. Just wait for dogs to become available and get one. Its not the end of the world that you cant have the scraggly looking whiterun one.
  • Neferath
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    I take that as an insolence too. Just like the beta key and especially the explorer pack issue @Csub mentioned.
  • Sarah_Lynn
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    Xnemesis wrote: »
    Go ahead and do that and you will also lose your exclusive ability to roll any race in any alliance. Just wait for dogs to become available and get one. Its not the end of the world that you cant have the scraggly looking whiterun one.

    I never said it was the end of the world, and I'm well aware I would lose everything. Hence the "I don't want to start over" part of my rant. The fact is that I want THIS one, I like THIS one. I happen to think it is very cute. Is that a problem?
    I spend way too much time and money on this game.
  • Xnemesis
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    Its honestly not a big deal I would be more pissed if they reoffered the roll any race in any alliance exclusive. Dogs and cats are coming we just have to wait a bit
  • kewl
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    Also note the Guar Plush, "Comes with an item code for the PC/MAC version of the game to unlock your very own in-game pet Guar! "

    ZOS, offer these vanity pets in your store and people will buy them!

    http://www.gamingheads.com/index.php?option=com_myphp&Itemid=3&product=161
  • Xnemesis
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    Sarah_Lynn wrote: »
    Xnemesis wrote: »
    Go ahead and do that and you will also lose your exclusive ability to roll any race in any alliance. Just wait for dogs to become available and get one. Its not the end of the world that you cant have the scraggly looking whiterun one.

    I never said it was the end of the world, and I'm well aware I would lose everything. Hence the "I don't want to start over" part of my rant. The fact is that I want THIS one, I like THIS one. I happen to think it is very cute. Is that a problem?

    no not at all But ya never know a more cute one could come out and you would like that one more :)
  • Zubba
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    Get a real dog and a Life. On a more serious note: How on Earth can a dog pet become this big thing? Really!
    Add PvP loot drops for some risk/reward in this game.

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  • ebondeath
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    Xnemesis wrote: »
    Go ahead and do that and you will also lose your exclusive ability to roll any race in any alliance. Just wait for dogs to become available and get one. Its not the end of the world that you cant have the scraggly looking whiterun one.

    Not everybody has this ability, and even if I did I'd trade it for the dog.

    As a side note, I did buy the Explorer Pack from Wal Mart (or at least it had a gold Explorer Pack sticker and a picture of a scuttler on it) and I've never gotten the scuttler or the ability to play races in different alliances.
    Edited by ebondeath on July 18, 2014 1:07PM
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  • Sarah_Lynn
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    Zubba wrote: »
    Get a real dog and a Life. On a more serious note: How on Earth can a dog pet become this big thing? Really!

    I have a real dog, it's a "big deal" (which it isn't really) because I like this dog, and I would like to have it? It really isn't that big of a deal, I'm just spiteful and don't want to see other people having something I've wanted for a long time, which I'm not able to get? Honestly, my frustration isn't that hard to understand.
    I spend way too much time and money on this game.
  • Fi'yra
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    I'm really annoyed with how we've been asking for Guards, Cats and Dogs as pets..
    yet when players don't even know about the game, get what we've been asking for?

    hm, don't mean to sound like a spoiled brat, but that's just *** cruel??
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  • Crisscross
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    I don't care about this dog, I don't care about any dog, I don't care about mudcrabs and guars, but I still feel for the OP. It sucks that he wants this thing but he has NO possibility of getting it at all. It's not entitlement, if people want to pay for the dog, why not let them?
  • Sarah_Lynn
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    Crisscross wrote: »
    I don't care about this dog, I don't care about any dog, I don't care about mudcrabs and guars, but I still feel for the OP. It sucks that he wants this thing but he has NO possibility of getting it at all. It's not entitlement, if people want to pay for the dog, why not let them?

    ^^^^ THIS is exactly what I've been trying to say. Thank you.

    I spend way too much time and money on this game.
  • Xnemesis
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    ebondeath wrote: »
    Xnemesis wrote: »
    Go ahead and do that and you will also lose your exclusive ability to roll any race in any alliance. Just wait for dogs to become available and get one. Its not the end of the world that you cant have the scraggly looking whiterun one.

    Not everybody has this ability, and even if I did I'd trade it for the dog.

    As a side note, I did buy the Explorer Pack from Wal Mart (or at least it had a gold Explorer Pack sticker and a picture of a scuttler on it) and I've never gotten the scuttler or the ability to play races in different alliances.

    I believe it was a preorder bonus... If you pre ordered then you should have had the ability to play any race in any faction.
  • Mondo
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    No one will drop his V12 Rofl lol lol acount becouse of an stupid Dog PET with no absolutely no Ingame Effect
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  • dannymcgr81b14_ESO
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    If you got the edition with the explorer pack check for code cards. The explorer code was on a different card from the game code. It was a pre-order bonus but some of the box copies still have the code available.
  • rbenkepub19_ESO
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    Zubba wrote: »
    Get a real dog and a Life. On a more serious note: How on Earth can a dog pet become this big thing? Really!

    I know it seems silly, but I feel the same way as the OP. And I wondered the same thing as the OP. I really, really want a dog in-game. I'm not going to threaten to quit over it, but yeah, it's a big deal. Maybe you have to be a dog lover to understand. It would add a whole new layer of enjoyment to my immersion if I could travel around with a dog at my side, because that's exactly what I would do if I really lived in the ESO world. In real life I spend a lot of time in the woods and mountains, and I always have my two large dogs with me.
  • ebondeath
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    If you got the edition with the explorer pack check for code cards. The explorer code was on a different card from the game code. It was a pre-order bonus but some of the box copies still have the code available.

    Yeah, my box is code cardless and I bought the game the first day it was available in stores. I feel mislead there, but whatever.

    With or without faction locks, it's way too late for me to consider rerolling my game.
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  • Surragard
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    Maybe they're tying it to the account to hedge off eBay sales of the code. Has anyone taken a look lately at the $100 plus listings for Guar Pets on eBay lmao? I'm not saying they'll sell for that price its just the list price but crap like that might be part of why ZoS didn't want it to be a separate code like the Imperial Edition bonuses were (which also was a profitable eBay venture).
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  • Auric_ESO
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    Of course they are. I remember more than a few times I considered buying that $1200 little singing murloc pet that was exclusive to one event they had like 10years ago. As you can see from the explosion on the boards here if there is a way for people to get it without starting thier account over they would do it.
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  • Syndy
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    I don't think most of these people are right. I have played 2 MMOs that were also on Steam, and both required me to have an account on their site...

    For instance, I play Marvel Heroes, I have my steam account, I launch the game through steam, and it calls the MH launcher, then I log in with my MH account creditials, not my Steam Creditals...

    Anything I buy in MH online store goes to my MH account, anything I buy from Steam for MH, I get a code that I then have to redeem on my MH account at their website.

    Rift is the same way...

    I am pretty sure that your Steam credentials are not what you are going to use to log into the game. You will have to create an account on ESO's website and choose a subscription model. Then log in the game with your ESO account credentials.

    I have been wrong before though.

    I feel fairly confident that when you buy the game on steam you will get a code, that you redeem on your account page on the ESO website...

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