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What do you want to buy and not buy with crowns?
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Morning all. It's a new day, take a deep breath, relax, and let's discuss crowns in the recent B2P announcement.
For those that watched me on stream last night (sorry for the long video, not a lot of time before work to edit it down) you already know I'm a bit lukewarm on the prospect of a B2P model, but I do have an understanding why things have moved toward this. This isn't to say B2P models are bad either, however in my experience of playing MMOs I have seen a loyal of pitfalls and issues arise.
The politics of the B2P model aside, the best way I see to ensure a viable system where we see viable content added, ZOS make a profit (thus, make more content), and prevent whales from being drained is to give feedback on what YOU want. This may be a little early, since we don't know what the 1.6 landscape will be like, but let's start with the game as we know it, what was announced, a few "I always wanted this", and finally a clear "DO NOT INCLUDE" this. Please, if you want to be heard, try to be a little positive with your replies.
What Should be Buyable with Crowns
1. Soul gems (non transferable)
2. Standard potions (health, stamina, magicka) that you can currently purchase for gold (non transferable)
3. Repair kits (non transferable)
4. Costumes (non transferable)
5. Special motifs (gear is non transferable)
6. DLC or DC passes
7. Animations and gestures
8. Hair dye and body changing kits
9. Player housing and furniture (not currently implemented)
10. Custom quest and area creation (not implemented, current suggestion)
11. Coupons and discounts on real life items like the guar plush, mud crab plush, posters, hoodies, etc.
On the Fence
1. Infamy wipes when you have a bounty
2. Faction changing
3. Race changing
4. Mara marriage contract/divorce
5. Vampire/werewolf infection/cure potions
What Shouldn't be Sold
1. Transferable gear
2. Weapons and items with stats over others
3. Gear rewards from various dungeons, trials, and pvp vendors
4. XP/Gold/AP for an hour boosters
5. Extra lives in things like Trials
6. Items that is more powerful than what we can make in the game
7. "Loot" crates with randomized items and gambling to earn items
So what else folks? Please try to give some things you might want to buy with crowns and what you don't want.
If your someone that feels the entire crown system is horrible though and nothing should be buyable, please find a different thread to rant in, thanks
For those that watched me on stream last night (sorry for the long video, not a lot of time before work to edit it down) you already know I'm a bit lukewarm on the prospect of a B2P model, but I do have an understanding why things have moved toward this. This isn't to say B2P models are bad either, however in my experience of playing MMOs I have seen a loyal of pitfalls and issues arise.
The politics of the B2P model aside, the best way I see to ensure a viable system where we see viable content added, ZOS make a profit (thus, make more content), and prevent whales from being drained is to give feedback on what YOU want. This may be a little early, since we don't know what the 1.6 landscape will be like, but let's start with the game as we know it, what was announced, a few "I always wanted this", and finally a clear "DO NOT INCLUDE" this. Please, if you want to be heard, try to be a little positive with your replies.
What Should be Buyable with Crowns
1. Soul gems (non transferable)
2. Standard potions (health, stamina, magicka) that you can currently purchase for gold (non transferable)
3. Repair kits (non transferable)
4. Costumes (non transferable)
5. Special motifs (gear is non transferable)
6. DLC or DC passes
7. Animations and gestures
8. Hair dye and body changing kits
9. Player housing and furniture (not currently implemented)
10. Custom quest and area creation (not implemented, current suggestion)
11. Coupons and discounts on real life items like the guar plush, mud crab plush, posters, hoodies, etc.
On the Fence
1. Infamy wipes when you have a bounty
2. Faction changing
3. Race changing
4. Mara marriage contract/divorce
5. Vampire/werewolf infection/cure potions
What Shouldn't be Sold
1. Transferable gear
2. Weapons and items with stats over others
3. Gear rewards from various dungeons, trials, and pvp vendors
4. XP/Gold/AP for an hour boosters
5. Extra lives in things like Trials
6. Items that is more powerful than what we can make in the game
7. "Loot" crates with randomized items and gambling to earn items
So what else folks? Please try to give some things you might want to buy with crowns and what you don't want.
If your someone that feels the entire crown system is horrible though and nothing should be buyable, please find a different thread to rant in, thanks
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Govalon✭✭✭✭I would like race change and class change to be buyable.
Cosmetic mounts and armors rather not. I wan't to look cool because I earned to look good. Now everyone who is not good as me will look good as me and everyone who is better than me will look good as me and that is not fair. The most cool looking items and mounts should be awarded to best players, not be bough without effort by everyone. Yes, I will be buying shadowmere and probably quit sometimes after because there is no cool looking thigs to work towards for. I can just buy everything.Edited by Govalon on January 22, 2015 3:28PM0 -
ZOS_GaryA✭✭✭✭✭Hey there @heroofnoneb14_ESO,
We currently have another thread going in the same vein right here. In order to consolidate feedback on this matter, we're going to go ahead and close this thread. We welcome you to post your suggestions to the linked thread above. Thanks for your understanding!0
This discussion has been closed.