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ESO went Free to Play

  • Cody
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    not exactly F2P when you have to pay for the memberships:/

    unless im just wrong
  • Telel
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    Well...pewp.
    Character: Telel
    Class: Night Blade-Werewolf-viking-ninja-catgirl-mallet wielder
    Past times: Refusing to go full magika spec, hitting things with a big hammer, sniping, and speaking in khajiit
    Also: Gelel the Derp Knight, Altsel the streaker, and Filafel the temp temp.

    Khajiit has a twitch stream! https://twitch.tv/telel_khajiit feel free to come see how truly unskilled Telel is.
  • Roechacca
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    Look at the announcement on your game launcher
  • frozywozy
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    Well that sucks.
    Frozn - Stamdk - AR50
    Frosted - Magplar - AR50
    Frodn - Magden - AR50
    Warmed - Magblade - AR50
    Mmfrozy - Magsorc - AR44
    Necrozn - Magcro - AR32
    Twitch.TV/FrozyTV
    PvP Group Builds

    “Small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, and great minds discuss ideas.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
    • Fix Volendrung (spawn location - weapon white on the map causing the wielder to keep it forever - usable with emperorship)
    • Remove / Change CPs System, remove current CP/noCP campaigns and introduce one 30days with lock, one with no locks
    • Fix crashes when approaching a keep under attack because of bad / wrong rendering prioritization system
    • Change emperorship to value faction score points and not alliance points - see this and this
    • Fix long loading screens (mostly caused by players joining group out of rendering range)
    • Add 2 more quickslots to the wheel or add a different wheel for sieges weaponry only
    • Fix Balista Bolts not dealing damage on walls or doors if deployed at a certain place
    • Release bigger battlegrounds with 8 to 16 players per team and only two teams
    • Fix the permanent block animation - see examples : link1 link2 link3 link4 link5
    • Gives players 10 minutes to get back into Cyrodiil after relogging / crashing
    • Add a function to ignore the Claiming system of useless rewards
    • Improve the Mailing System / Rewards of the Worthy stacking
    • Assign specific group sizes to specific campaigns (24-16-8)
    • Make forward camps impossible to place near objectives
    • Make snares only available from ground effects abilities
    • Change emperorship to last minimum 24hours
    • Fix body sliding after cc breaking too quickly
    • Remove Block Casting through Battle Spirit
    • Fix the speed drop while jumping - see video
    • Fix loading screens when keeps upgrade
    • Fix Rams going crazy (spinning around)
    • Bring back dynamic ulti regeneration
    • Fix speed bug (abilities locked)
    • Introduce dynamic population
    • Lower population cap by 20%
    • Add Snare Immunity potions
    • Bring resurrection sickness
    • Fix character desync
    • Fix cc breaking bug
    • Fix gap closer bug
    • Fix health desync
    • Fix combat bug
    • Fix streak bug
    • Fix server lag
  • Hermod
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    Buy to Play
    There is only one principle of war and that's this. Hit the other fellow, as quickly as you can, as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he ain't lookin'

    William Slim
  • Pathfinder
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    Will a monthly subscription be required to play The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited?

    No. After the launch of The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, the only requirement to play will be a copy of the game, an internet connection, and a valid game account.
    Main
    Malfahri del Sol Imperial Templar (stamplar *new respec) PC/NA/Trueflame
  • Lhorion
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    Oh I think they did a mistake! I am sure it was planned for 1st April, WASN'T IT?!?!?
  • ThyIronFist
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    So... buy to play then?

    The Elder Zergs Online
    Sainur Ironfist - DK - EU - Ebonheart Pact
    Retired
  • Oughash
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    Very, very disappointing. Are we surprised? How many times has ZoS stated something, then "changed their minds"?

    We'll see a huge influx of new players, to be sure.
  • mamericus
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    F2P. B2P. What's the difference. Online store = I quit.
    This is so heart-breaking.
  • frozywozy
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    Pathfinder wrote: »
    Will a monthly subscription be required to play The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited?

    No. After the launch of The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, the only requirement to play will be a copy of the game, an internet connection, and a valid game account.

    The monthly subscription will be for Membership Plus.
    Memberships to ESO Plus can be purchased in 30-, 90-, and 180-day durations starting at $14.99 for a 30-day period.


    Edited by frozywozy on January 21, 2015 3:36PM
    Frozn - Stamdk - AR50
    Frosted - Magplar - AR50
    Frodn - Magden - AR50
    Warmed - Magblade - AR50
    Mmfrozy - Magsorc - AR44
    Necrozn - Magcro - AR32
    Twitch.TV/FrozyTV
    PvP Group Builds

    “Small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, and great minds discuss ideas.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
    • Fix Volendrung (spawn location - weapon white on the map causing the wielder to keep it forever - usable with emperorship)
    • Remove / Change CPs System, remove current CP/noCP campaigns and introduce one 30days with lock, one with no locks
    • Fix crashes when approaching a keep under attack because of bad / wrong rendering prioritization system
    • Change emperorship to value faction score points and not alliance points - see this and this
    • Fix long loading screens (mostly caused by players joining group out of rendering range)
    • Add 2 more quickslots to the wheel or add a different wheel for sieges weaponry only
    • Fix Balista Bolts not dealing damage on walls or doors if deployed at a certain place
    • Release bigger battlegrounds with 8 to 16 players per team and only two teams
    • Fix the permanent block animation - see examples : link1 link2 link3 link4 link5
    • Gives players 10 minutes to get back into Cyrodiil after relogging / crashing
    • Add a function to ignore the Claiming system of useless rewards
    • Improve the Mailing System / Rewards of the Worthy stacking
    • Assign specific group sizes to specific campaigns (24-16-8)
    • Make forward camps impossible to place near objectives
    • Make snares only available from ground effects abilities
    • Change emperorship to last minimum 24hours
    • Fix body sliding after cc breaking too quickly
    • Remove Block Casting through Battle Spirit
    • Fix the speed drop while jumping - see video
    • Fix loading screens when keeps upgrade
    • Fix Rams going crazy (spinning around)
    • Bring back dynamic ulti regeneration
    • Fix speed bug (abilities locked)
    • Introduce dynamic population
    • Lower population cap by 20%
    • Add Snare Immunity potions
    • Bring resurrection sickness
    • Fix character desync
    • Fix cc breaking bug
    • Fix gap closer bug
    • Fix health desync
    • Fix combat bug
    • Fix streak bug
    • Fix server lag
  • Oughash
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    Here is the FAQ, btw: https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/

    XP buffs, cash shop, purchasable potions, &c. :'(
  • Roechacca
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    What ever you want to call it , I call it CRAP . EP ques are about to get a lot worse ... Hell everyone's pvp ques are gonna suck now .
  • iseko
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    Time to quit the game
  • mamericus
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    #iQuit
  • Rologue
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    Wow.. What a let down... But I... I mean... I thought...
    Guildmaster of Decimation Elite
    "Take all that you can, and give nothing back!"
  • rsciw
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    roechacca wrote: »
    What ever you want to call it , I call it CRAP . EP ques are about to get a lot worse ... Hell everyone's pvp ques are gonna suck now .

    not for long though.

    new people will come, try it out, enjoy the crap lagfest that is cyrodiil, and leave. ZOS dev team will continue to give a rat's backside about cyrodiil, and will now focus mainly on adding more shiny trinkets to this crown-store.
  • Fivefivesix
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    Okay so looking at the announcement you will have to pay for ESO premium plus which will get you crowns(new eso currency to purchase god knows what), access to DLC content, xp bonus, gold, and some crafting perks.

    Question is will this cost just as much as we pay for subscription now? And I know this will make people upset because that means the money we will be sending them won't be mostly going towards fixing the current issues and WIlL cause many to leave.

    Not sure how I feel about this yet.....
    United we stand, divided we fall.
  • Cody
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    regardless of which model it is, ZOS will see much of their original fanbase leave.

    I will stay, and I fully expect people I have come to know and love over the past however many months to be gone:(

    If ZOS were low on sales.... maybe they should not have released a broken game.... would have gotten higher review scores and more sales like that:)

    As long as these "crown shops" ONLY offer cosmetics, I will.... tolerate.... them. But if they start offering Gear I too, will be gone.

    After all, I did say I would stay until at least the Champion system, and I fully intend to keep my word.
  • Pancake-Tragedy
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    Cody wrote: »
    regardless of which model it is, ZOS will see much of their original fanbase leave.

    I will stay, and I fully expect people I have come to know and love over the past however many months to be gone:(

    If ZOS were low on sales.... maybe they should not have released a broken game.... would have gotten higher review scores and more sales like that:)

    As long as these "crown shops" ONLY offer cosmetics, I will.... tolerate.... them. But if they start offering Gear I too, will be gone.

    After all, I did say I would stay until at least the Champion system, and I fully intend to keep my word.

    I agree with this. If it is similar to GW2, I can tolerate it as long as the updates continue to roll in. But after reading the FAQ, I really don't believe this will be the case, since "premium content" will be bound to a pay gate.

    I wonder if they are going to consider Cyrodiil "premium content"...
    Pancake Tragedy - Sorcerer
  • sirston
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    its buy to win with more membership
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    Sirston
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    The Crimson Order

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  • Cody
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    Cody wrote: »
    regardless of which model it is, ZOS will see much of their original fanbase leave.

    I will stay, and I fully expect people I have come to know and love over the past however many months to be gone:(

    If ZOS were low on sales.... maybe they should not have released a broken game.... would have gotten higher review scores and more sales like that:)

    As long as these "crown shops" ONLY offer cosmetics, I will.... tolerate.... them. But if they start offering Gear I too, will be gone.

    After all, I did say I would stay until at least the Champion system, and I fully intend to keep my word.

    I agree with this. If it is similar to GW2, I can tolerate it as long as the updates continue to roll in. But after reading the FAQ, I really don't believe this will be the case, since "premium content" will be bound to a pay gate.

    I wonder if they are going to consider Cyrodiil "premium content"...

    If they charge to enter cyrodiil, I WILL be gone. Especially knowing its broken state as of now.

    They may do pay gates, but I am going to be the optimist/idealist here and say they are not:/ As I have not given up on the game just yet. It can still live up to its potential.
    Edited by Cody on January 21, 2015 3:58PM
  • Roechacca
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    Wait till you get a new F2P community in these Alliance forums . You think this community is already tough ? You haven't seen anything yet . This will be the first place the Devs turn their heads away from regarding game questions .
  • TiberiusTryton
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    Refund on the last year???? plz??? I paid mainly in hope that the game would become one the best games ever... This just ensured I wasted my money
  • Oughash
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    roechacca wrote: »
    Wait till you get a new F2P community in these Alliance forums . You think this community is already tough ? You haven't seen anything yet . This will be the first place the Devs turn their heads away from regarding game questions .

    This is unfortunately very accurate. For example: GW2.
  • Eglath
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    So *** ZOS instead of improving the game to attract ppl to play it, and keep those who are already in. Is going F2P. WTF?!!! Yes more ppl will play this broken game, but more will leave. I quit so many 'F'2P games because paid user is god, and free user means nothing. Really? I just lost this tiny bit of respect to ZOS I had...

    Maybe if this will only be vanity items, I'll handle it, but we already can see 'special' areas and quests, only for paid users, with I assume better rewards.
    I'm deeply dissapointed...
    Vinyamar - AD vr14 sorc RANK: 30
    RAGE Core
    Abandoned Legion Officer
  • Roechacca
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    Making a Cash Shop was more important then fixing the broken PvP mechanics and Lag . Rediculous ZOS . Now new players can buy potions to level faster and exchange real money for gold . That destroys everyone game economy and makes the hardwork to level for pvp meaningless for the players that already have . Credit Cards will buy top of the line gear . PvP balance even more shot to hell by those that can't afford to keep up . Credit Cards are OP in PvP .
  • Subtomik
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    Free cosmetics only fine. Otherwise gg wp.
  • Roechacca
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    Subtomik wrote: »
    Free cosmetics only fine. Otherwise gg wp.

    They already announced gold and potion buffs from the cash shop
  • jrkhan
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    @roechacca if $potions are account bound, then it would be difficult to exchange for gold. I think the rest of your argument was based off a theoretical $ -> potion -> gold -> gear exchange. They could probably also add the 'unusable in Cyrodil' tag to the potions. Maybe sell the same potions for nominal AP cost also.
    Was there some other info that indicated gear could be acquired for $?
    If they add lockbox drop with $ key mechanic I would start to agree though. I really detest that mechanic, especially if there are non cosmetic rewards.
    Edited by jrkhan on January 21, 2015 4:37PM
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