QuakeCon Tarnished

Phinix1 · July 2014

hamon · July 2014

i'd hit every idiotic lame waste of pixels vanity pet with a fireball if i could. utter pointless nonsense. the hero that saves the world but gets upset if his pet slug/dog/monkey isn't by his side ... just [snip], i got 2 when i started the game. the monkey and something else. i never even took them out the bag. just deleted them immediately and got on with playing the game.

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CrushiiX · July 2014

It is ridiculous that us loyal customers that have been subbing since release and beta tested the game have no way of getting the steam dog even if we purchase the game through steam again(which I did unfortunately).

Enkil · July 2014

yeah... sucks we can't have some hideous mangy dog as a pet

smeeprocketnub19_ESO · July 2014

I just want to run my game through steam so I can get achievements and trading cards.

I love pets though, I need to figure out a way to get me that pig.

Mr.Turtlesworth · July 2014

hamon wrote: »

i'd hit every idiotic lame waste of pixels vanity pet with a fireball if i could. utter pointless nonsense. the hero that saves the world but gets upset if his pet slug/dog/monkey isn't by his side ... just [snip], i got 2 when i started the game. the monkey and something else. i never even took them out the bag. just deleted them immediately and got on with playing the game.

I enjoy pets in games a lot. The current pets are too small though.. This is why I want the dog.

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SG_Celerrimus · July 2014

Not meaning to be the downer or anything, but in all reality, the wolfhound thing is kinda over and done with, and if anything the wolfhound has greatly increased and helped the game, both company revenue for ZOS and player base included.

Here is an example I noticed earlier today.

Around say 7 PM EST, people usually PvP, maybe a bit later but PvP is usually active at night most days. Now, before all of this, only Wabbajack was really used for big PvP nonsense and what nots. Now, looking at the PvP campaign options, both Wabbajack and Dawnbreaker are filled, and Wabbajack has a queue of 60.

There are a lot of people coming to ESO from steam right now I believe, so ESO is becoming more active and less ghost town like, which is fantastic. What this means is, there will be more people to battle in Cyrodiil, more people to talk to and socialize with, more people to group with for objectives, and more people to do generally everything an MMO is based on with.

The Whiterun Wolfhound was only put in place I think to sweeten the deal and bring more people in to increase the game population so its better for everyone.

Mr.Turtlesworth · July 2014

SG_Celerrimus wrote: »

Not meaning to be the downer or anything, but in all reality, the wolfhound thing is kinda over and done with, and if anything the wolfhound has greatly increased and helped the game, both company revenue for ZOS and player base included.

Here is an example I noticed earlier today.

Around say 7 PM EST, people usually PvP, maybe a bit later but PvP is usually active at night most days. Now, before all of this, only Wabbajack was really used for big PvP nonsense and what nots. Now, looking at the PvP campaign options, both Wabbajack and Dawnbreaker are filled, and Wabbajack has a queue of 60.

There are a lot of people coming to ESO from steam right now I believe, so ESO is becoming more active and less ghost town like, which is fantastic. What this means is, there will be more people to battle in Cyrodiil, more people to talk to and socialize with, more people to group with for objectives, and more people to do generally everything an MMO is based on with.

The Whiterun Wolfhound was only put in place I think to sweeten the deal and bring more people in to increase the game population so its better for everyone.

ye but they are coming out with a brown dog. Thank god. The question is when, and how will we get it

Laura · July 2014

hamon wrote: »

i'd hit every idiotic lame waste of pixels vanity pet with a fireball if i could. utter pointless nonsense. the hero that saves the world but gets upset if his pet slug/dog/monkey isn't by his side ... just [snip], i got 2 when i started the game. the monkey and something else. i never even took them out the bag. just deleted them immediately and got on with playing the game.

isn't everything about video games pointless nonsense? Every pixel is pointless because video games are... pointless.

I take that back there is a point - fun. If people find there fun with vanity pets then it is accomplishing the goal.

I don't personally understand it but its safe to assume if so many people are taking the time to comment on the subject it is a fun aspect of the game for them.

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hamon · July 2014

Laura wrote: »

hamon wrote: »

i'd hit every idiotic lame waste of pixels vanity pet with a fireball if i could. utter pointless nonsense. the hero that saves the world but gets upset if his pet slug/dog/monkey isn't by his side ... just [snip], i got 2 when i started the game. the monkey and something else. i never even took them out the bag. just deleted them immediately and got on with playing the game.

isn't everything about video games pointless nonsense? Every pixel is pointless because video games are... pointless.

I take that back there is a point - fun. If people find there fun with vanity pets then it is accomplishing the goal.

I don't personally understand it but its safe to assume if so many people are taking the time to comment on the subject it is a fun aspect of the game for them.

ye i know , i just dont get it. it doesnt do anything. fair enough if you had to feed it and it grew or you could make it fetch or something. then i could understand why folk might be into it. but it does absolutely nothing.

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Fissh · July 2014

Treachery wrote: »

It's a shame that at the first QuakeCon since ESO was released you chose to announce that you were selling the game on Steam, at a discount no less, with the only new pet to come available since launch unavailable to the people who have supported you since the beginning. As a long time supporter (beta tester since last September) I feel anything that you offer only to new subscribers is a slap in the face to those of us who have backed this game since the beginning. QuakeCon could have been the predecessor to a ScrollCon type event or even brought more people to QC if you had handled it correctly. Instead you dealt your subscribers a healthy dose of disappointment on opening night in the hopes of increasing your subscriber numbers. As a community this feels bad and you at the company should feel bad.

So when your cable provider offers new deals to new customers, do you complain? You received your "reward" at purchase, why do you need more? This is simply a ploy to get more with a liberal rant. "Bash ZoS because I dont get a dog"...that's basically what I read.

Azzuria · July 2014

If a useless, virtual pet can cause you this level of distress... my gods, man... check yourself into rehab for skooma addiction!

frwinters_ESO · July 2014

OMG I didn tget a vanity pet OMG!

Why does it matter? Since when is life fair?

drkeys143 · July 2014

Akula wrote: »

Oh god not this [snip] again....

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Abso-*******-lutely!!

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BBSooner · July 2014

Imo, nothing vanity should be unattainable in game. Make it difficult - sure - and give them for free on special offers - fine - but I couldn't care less if my IE mudcrab or beta monkey could be attainable through a secret out of the way NPC/questline. I have no need to feel like a snowflake with a unique/limited pet. I feel the same way with the wolfhound. There are people who are collectors, and locking them out of something they consider content is just bad foresight.

reften · July 2014

Big deal,I couldn't wait to delete my monkey and my guar to free up space.

drkeys143 · July 2014

BBSooner I agree, but the subject has been done to death for something so trivial. There have been some good threads post Steam release and QuakeCon, but they keep getting hijacked by the same people every time, "I want a dog, I want a dog", it's just starting to get a little puerile now, i can understand that people like to collect , and feel hard done to, but we really have covered the dog thing haven't we?

Archaole · July 2014

There is nothing revealed at QuakeCon that isnt cooler than the wolfhound.

Delith · July 2014

You know what's funny? The exact same day at QuakeCon that ESO announced it was on Steam, and that it's current customers could suck it if they wanted to be on Steam, Quake Live announced it was migrating to Steam, and all current customers would be given a key.

Well done, Zenimax.

Well done.

starlizard70ub17_ESO · July 2014

tgiordano92ub17_ESO wrote: »

It is ridiculous that us loyal customers that have been subbing since release and beta tested the game have no way of getting the steam dog even if we purchase the game through steam again(which I did unfortunately).

Wait... you're telling me you spent even more money just to try and get the dog, even though it was quite clear you'd be starting a NEW account if you bought from Steam.

Hadria · July 2014

hamon wrote: »

i'd hit every idiotic lame waste of pixels vanity pet with a fireball if i could. utter pointless nonsense. the hero that saves the world but gets upset if his pet slug/dog/monkey isn't by his side ... just [snip], i got 2 when i started the game. the monkey and something else. i never even took them out the bag. just deleted them immediately and got on with playing the game.

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a pet slug, now that's something I do want. I hate pets but I'd take a slug over any of this bs they got now. dogs suck!