STOP BUYING BITES! WE WILL BITE YOU FOR FREE!!

Goregrinder · May 2014

JasonConstantine wrote: »

Goregrinder, Our players and our rules are in place for a reason.

#1 Players sub level 35 may be able to complete the quest, but they will not be able to level up their Vampirism to Rank 6 in time to turn around their bite for the event. It takes over 500k XP to level to Vampire Rank 6 and get the skill needed to bite. This is the reason we try and avoid giving bites to those below a specific level, a better way to state it is we give priority to those players who are are higher level in order to make the most out of the event by turning over bites as quickly as possible.

That being said, we are not just biting players over level 35. We are giving them priority over those lower level. For every 2 players we turn over level 35 we are turning one below our level cap. It would be unfair to completely exclude them from our event.

The reason for this is the way XP scales in the game. A VR1 player gets way more XP per kill, and per quest then a level 16 player. We have done the math and a level 16 player in order to get to Vampire Rank 6 off questing and kills alone would need to get to level 35 in order to reach the 500k XP mark to get the skill needed to turn another player. At the same time a V1 or higher player can do it in a matter of hours, giving us additional bites to use on the day that player was bitten.

I hope this clears things up for you

I understand why you would put restrictions on the event. My point is, the event has itself become exactly what it is trying to stop, restricting players. I might as well pay someone, get bit now, spend the 2 or 3 days to level up to 30, and finish the quest. At least that way, if my alt becomes a vamp, biting someone for free or for a fee would be my choice. Anyways, I will just sell my WW bite, and pay for a vamp bite for my alt, but hope your event bodes well, it is good to see players gather like this for a particular cause, whatever that cause may be.

JoeUber · May 2014

Hey all just wondering if anyone has a bite for free to offer up? I made a new Character and would really like to try out vamp.

Badh0rse · May 2014

Very nice! I guess I'll wash my neck today!

JasonConstantine · May 2014

Over 500 signups, and under 100 people bitten and converted. My officers and members have been trying to get a hold of many of you that signed up. You don't respond to private messages or emails. We explained there would be a wait but then your time came you did not respond. (We aren't talking about you being offline, we are talking about you being on and not responding).

At this point I am calling this event over. We will not be adding any additional players to the bite list. That being said, as of the 7th we will no longer be giving bites out to non guild members. We are going to finish cycling through our list of 500+ players, and those of you that are not available will be removed from the list. I apologize for this, but none of my guild members have been able to do anything except try and chase you all down for 4 days at this point. If you signed up before TODAY you can still get your bite.

There have been multiple messages posted here and on our website about how to go about contacting someone for a bite. We explained where to find us, how to get to us, and how to contact us. We asked you to send a tell, and many people decide to mail us, send messages via our website, and some even via my personal email. None of those people were responded to cause they did not follow the rules.

This is been unbelievable stressful and frustrating for everyone involved. We tried to do something to help the community, but the community did not rally around it as we thought they would. At this point its not our loss. we tried, the community failed. Its kinda like welfare, everyone wants it but nobody is willing to go through the steps to make it possible because of laziness.

We will not be doing this again. We tried, it failed due to the community not embracing it.

I know we will get flamed, I know people will talk smack, I know people will black list us. At this point, I really don't care. We tried to do something for YOU, took out time and effort out of our gameplayer / leveling / questing to hell you, and you all just decided it wasn't important enough to pursue.

I am really sorry we even did this at this point. Its absolutely AMAZING to me how the community has just made this a nightmare for us to even attempt

Thank you

Azmodyus · May 2014

Jokes and political commentary aside, you all deserve to be commended for doing this. There were a lot of people getting scammed and you sought to counter that on your own. Rather than send hate mails and feint unsubbing to ZOS. Unfortunately, it was also a logistical nightmare. With 300 people in your guild and potentially thousands of people wanting a bite, it's very tough to achieve your goal. Much less in an environment that is similar to herding cats. You gave it a valiant effort though, and only a fool would blame you for cutting your losses at this point. What you did was basically give up your free time to do a volunteer job, inside an entertainment medium. I do want to make a point but first I want to convey my experience with a representative of your guild.
Early Friday morning I went to the docks to see if I could get an alt bit and to offer a bite from my main for anyone. There were at least 8 people standing around and only one vampire. This was your representative and when I asked about a bite they responded to me in whisper. It was a very pleasant exchange, and professional might I add. I did realize that this person was trying their best to make the best out of a bad situation. So I said not to add me and thanked them for their consideration. I actually wound up striking a deal with someone randomly at the ritual site for 5k. He was afraid I was a scammer so I just started a dialogue and explained that I just wanted to cover some of the respec cost. All in all, dude was happy and when I asked if he could consider biting my alt in the future he said he would for no charge.
Moral of the story, you have a great opportunity here. Your guild was featured by ZOS in their community roundup which is displayed for all of Nirn to see. You created a digital flyer to advertise the event. Every person that saw that will associate House Annunnaki with vampires and what you stand for. Don't let the people trying start arguments fool you, for every one of those people there are two that view you positively. You could do other types of events, such as meet and greets. Maybe you could flood Cyrodiil. Maybe you could also randomly create a dialogue with someone that wtb vampire bite, and send them off with the blessing of House Annunnaki. No planning, no paperwork, no headache, and done from the shadows. I hope you don't take this as how you should do things. It's just that while a lot of people think getting up and brushing the dust off is the hardest thing to do, it's not nearly as important as which direction you take the next step.

JasonConstantine · May 2014

Let me say this ....

At this point eh out pouring of support of our endeavors is overwhelming, in fact almost as much as trying to organize the event itself. We do appreciate it, and its brought us closer together as a guild then we could ever have imagined.

That being said I want to say we didn't do this for fame, we didn't do this to be known, or for writes ups in magazines, mentions on you tube or whatever. We did this cause as players of the game we say an opportunity to help everyone in the game, and show everyone that with a bit of effort, as a player you can make a difference in the grand scheme of things.

We have gotten so much mail, whispers, comments on our own forums and the like, that have told us we did make a difference. Bite prices are down, more people are giving bites away, less spam in zone chat. According to most it was because of what we did. Is that the fact of the matter? I don't know, but whatever happened things seem to be better for everyone all around.

As for where we go from here. We will still continue to give out free bites to those in need. We are now over 350 vampires strong, and continuing to grow. Our guild has became a haven of sorts for those seeking an active and very social atmosphere to play in. I couldn't be more please as a GM to see so many people getting along, helping one another, and having fun together as a family.

Thank You all once again for your support.
It is much appreciated.
Elemina Constantine
@Kuthel - GM House Annunakl

Pewpie · May 2014

Bah, free... yes lets make the whole game vampires? It is bad enough as it is. You run into more vampire players than non-vampires. I'm pretty sure that is not how everyone think the game is supposed to be.

Instead kill the NPCS and charge 50k for a bite! Thin the vampire population and make it more special.

Man i wish they would make us burn in sunlight until you get vampire to rank 10 or something so people wouldn't pick it up at all, or really had to go through some pain to get it.

MrSnoopy · May 2014

Pewpie wrote: »

Bah, free... yes lets make the whole game vampires? It is bad enough as it is. You run into more vampire players than non-vampires. I'm pretty sure that is not how everyone think the game is supposed to be.

Instead kill the NPCS and charge 50k for a bite! Thin the vampire population and make it more special.

Man i wish they would make us burn in sunlight until you get vampire to rank 10 or something so people wouldn't pick it up at all, or really had to go through some pain to get it.

So too many people using the vampire/werewolf part of the game? I have 3 vamps in my main guild and 2 werewolves (myself included) the other 70 or so are normal, no special buffs or anything. My other guild has about 300 members and im the only one with a werewolf (no vampires there at all). How is this too many? Now I'm not making an attack against you or anything, I just dont see that many vampires.

The whole point of this was to hit hard at people overcharging and scamming other players with vampire bites. So lets say you save up 50k for a bite, give it to someone (or even half of it) and they run off because they are either a) not able to perform the ritual because they didnt get the skill or are not high enough vampire level to unlock the skill in the first place, or b) Not a vampire or werewolf to begin with.

Killing the NPC's will not thin the population, it will only slow it down (for a LITTLE while).

Players will play how they want to. If they want a vampire, then they will have a vampire. The game is made to be played how the player wants to play. This is the whole attitude of ESO, play it how you want to play it, with no boundries.

cmakcristyneb14_ESO · May 2014

My first bite was for free, though the person I bit gave me 20k as a tip. Nice of them, but wasn't required. I took the first tip due to the need for $ at that time, but now I have been giving away bites to all my friends and guilds for free and not taking tips.

Altairle · June 2014

I take it your not doing this any more but if your are I would like to get the vamp perk I have the werewolf now I know you can't have both if any one know can you get the werewolf cure after doing the quest ?

jbfroik · June 2014

I got the vampirism cure myself, but thanks for stopping jerks from exploiting new players by selling a game mechanic.

Beesting · June 2014

@Altairle‌
Before you get cured, can you bite my son? He wants to try it and we have been waiting at the spawn points for hours now, but no luck.

leandro.800ub17_ESO · June 2014

All this talk about buying bites . I can just to to VR5-10 zones or even VR1-5 where there is no one around the get bitten by the mobs.

Altairle · June 2014

I'm not high enuff werewolf to do the bite I'm only level 3 and I think you need level 6 or 7

Blonde_Ambition93 · February 2015

Andy371 wrote: »

I like to see this, I appreciate the time and effort you guys are going to put in. I just don't see it as right having to pay for a bite, feels like exploitation to me.

You think it's exploitation.. let's skip forward to current day..
I worked hard, stayed awake for 3 whole RL days moving from spawn to spawn during the in game nights, almost crashed into slumber 5 times!!

Was completely exhausted at the end, but it payed off..
Now I try to sell my bite for 5,000 measly gold that I made easy as *** at lvl 7.. something I worked very very very hard to get, and players tell me I'm a rip off, that they deserve it just as much as me!!! That I should give it to them for free.... then they proceed to abuse me, and say awful things that have actually brought me to tears.

I've come to the conclusion, male nerds are horrible, spiteful... nasty... selfish people.. I blame PVP's & MOBA's... Because the nerdy kids I grew up with were nothing like this!!!

The OP, and the people that were cheering him & people like him on... are the reason why every new player is now so entitled, to get something they would be to lazy to work for.. The abuse, and the vampire shaming is the fruit that grew from the seeds the early players planted...

Bye

Artemiisia · February 2015

wow u just bumped a nearly 9 month old thread, are u even sure @andy371 still is here

JasonConstantine · March 2015

Hey I'm totally fine with them bumping this thread

FYI people we are back! Free Bites coming to all players once again! Don't worry about @Blonde_Ambition93 they are just upset they "worked hard for it". FYI Working hard for something doesn't give it any monetary value. Only sentimental value. Try selling THAT to Rick from Pawn Stars

Also we are recruiting, so if you want to join the ranks of giving out bites for free hit me up in game @Kuthel or Elemina Constantine

Kurimugann · March 2015

I was lucky enough to get my Werewolf bite for free, so I figured Id give away WW bites for free as well when I can. I do not make a waiting list or anything, but I might just be around Bankorai every now and then (yes I am DC WW) waiting by the shrine in case I see people looking for the opportunity to join the hunt.

theman80203 · June 2015

ps4 theman80203 if anybody could turn me into a werewolf i love ya

Orohu · June 2015

Orohu on PS4, and I would absolutely love a bite (not a bite to eat, mind you.)

DarthForsberg · June 2015

Any Xbox One Vamps? I'm looking for a bite. NA Server

Sin_eternal · June 2015

Hey if you guys ever come over to ps4 i would greatly appreciate a vampire bite.

Psn Sin_Eternal
NA Megaserver
Daggerfall covenant

Thanks

yuki803 · June 2015

im on xbox one na ep i im trying get a vamp bite will cure my self of where wolf soon i know im getting a bite that day

BobOfTibia · June 2015

Very nice indeed, I'm glad to see such a huge community gathering for something that's been so questionable since the beginning.

AWE'D

The_Danster_HD · June 2015

Anyone able to give me a werewolf bite for free? I'm on EU and daggerfall covenant, my gamertag is The Danster HD will be willing to "tip" after you bite me

Bluba · June 2015

Actually looking for a Vamp bite on Xbox One if you guys are still doing this. I checked out the Twitter account but it was inactive.
NA Server, Ebonheart Pact, gamer tag is: x BLUBA x
Usually on for pretty good periods of time so I should get the message pretty soon

TrippyTrey · June 2015

Ps4
Aldmeri dominion
Gt: Trey_2_trippy-_-

TrippyTrey · June 2015

Looking for wolf bite plz

mikeyjtaylor · September 2015

Looking for vampire bite plz EU ps4 Dc