WE NEED MOUNTS YOU CAN EARN!

darkdivideb16_ESO · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

Yes, I think the point some of the no players are missing is the OP doesnt ask for the crown store mounts to be available in game, but that there are some other mounts to earn, they will still make crowns off the shop bought ones.

This has been done in other games, & its been fun earning those mounts, also gives motivation to do stuff you wouldnt normally do, or makes you more determined to say complete all the challenges in a trial for example.

HeroOfNone · January 2016

Why are we doing this? Because its too hard to buy the horse?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSRaH1v_0XQ

If you want a mount as a swag reward, realize that others will rush to complete it and detract from its uniqueness.

I think if we do have a mount reward it should be for a hard challenge, like getting emperor or top of the trial leaderboards, and it will probably be tied to a DLC, so your still pay money in some way.

Oldmanlawlor · January 2016

Aren't there three horses that cost 40k gold each?

You gotta earn dat gold.

Dubhliam · January 2016

NO I LIKE ONLY BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR MOUNTS.

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Not that I wouldn't like to be able to earn some, but I understand that the game needs cash, that crown shop is restricted to cosmetic stuff only, so if we ask for cosmetic stuff to be available in the game too, what's ZOS going to make cash with ?

What he said.

There is a saying: be careful what you wish for.

You might wish for a sandwich.

You might get a sandwich.

That sandwich might have E.coli.

Molag_Crow · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

Artjuh90 wrote: »

ZoS needs to earn his money someway. it's b2p now each time i see polls like this i think that they don't think their actions through and just want everything freely giving to them.....

You're unaware of the amount of money they already receive from this game alone. I don't even need to give figures, as any big gaming company is owned by the corporations anyway, so all this extra money flowing in could get the CEO's another holiday home or something.

Adding earn-able mounts won't even cause a scratch. Look at WoW, they've been adding earn-able mounts in-game ever since, and they're like.. the richest gaming company on the planet. (Blizzard/Activision, etc.)

Solid_Metal · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

YES!
especially for super hard achievement/dungeons/raid and such, this will be awesome, not only make it quite unique but also show-off worthy

Didgerion · January 2016

NO I LIKE ONLY BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR MOUNTS.

The mount is one of the few things that is not a buy to win item. Id rather see them in the store than other buy to win items.

And I don't like the current amount of grinding already....you just want to add more grinding to the game...I say no to grinding.

And it is an achievement to buy a mount - you keep the ESO world rolling....it is cooler than defeating Molag Bal or killing 10000 daedras or whatever achievement you are after.

vyrusb23 · January 2016

NO I LIKE ONLY BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR MOUNTS.

CrowsDescend wrote: »

Artjuh90 wrote: »

ZoS needs to earn his money someway. it's b2p now each time i see polls like this i think that they don't think their actions through and just want everything freely giving to them.....

You're unaware of the amount of money they already receive from this game alone. I don't even need to give figures, as any big gaming company is owned by the corporations anyway, so all this extra money flowing in could get the CEO's another holiday home or something.

Adding earn-able mounts won't even cause a scratch. Look at WoW, they've been adding earn-able mounts in-game ever since, and they're like.. the richest gaming company on the planet. (Blizzard/Activision, etc.)

Actually, I'd really like to see these figures and your source.

Elsonso · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

Artjuh90 wrote: »

ZoS needs to earn his money someway. it's b2p now each time i see polls like this i think that they don't think their actions through and just want everything freely giving to them.....

While I agree that ZOS needs to make money, I think that they can pick from the common mounts (guar, camel, senche, bear) and make a base model available for gold purchase in the game while the Crown Store specializes in recolors of those mounts.

Recolors of common mounts and special mounts, like the elemental mounts, skeletal mounts, and other creatures that are not common mounts can be the domain Crown Store.

Mounts that are available as part of DLC for gold or as a reward (DLC related achievement) are another idea, one that could help sell a weak or slim DLC. Sell the 1000 Crown DLC for 2500 Crowns and have it include the 2000 Crown mount as an optional bundle.

I have to think that ZOS can successfully monetize mounts without having every new mount be a Crown Store item. Still, as long as people are willing to drop 3000 Crowns on DLC and are happy to spend additional thousands on mounts, there is no reason for them to even consider any other course of action. Especially not when they have the justification that the ESO Plus members need some place to sink Crowns.

On the subject of Pets... Those can be all Crown Store, as long as all they do is chase butterflies and make farting sounds.

Zorrashi · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

I've always been pro earn-your-mount.
They don't have to be as cool as the ones in the crown store or anything, but I do want to earn my lore friendly mount.

dafox187 · January 2016

NO I LIKE ONLY BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR MOUNTS.

you can buy ingame mounts without paying money there's like 5 or 6 different ones and the cheapest is 10000 g so isn't that earning them?

Vaoh · January 2016

NO I LIKE ONLY BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR MOUNTS.

I want an "Other" option. You can sort of earn mounts atm. Make hard-earned gold through questing, then buy 1 of 4 mounts.

Mounts cost around the same price as real DLC. It allows ZOS to make a ton of money through strictly cosmetic items. Also, I like having unique mounts that no one else has (limited time offers). Seriously these mounts on the Crown Store rake in enormous amounts of cash which is good.

HOWEVER, a mount or two should definitely be made available to those who complete the very hardest content possible. Completing VMA, or even for completing a flawless run of it. Maybe for beating the new trial with a fast time (ahem...camel). Mounts that are tough to get. Necrotic Haorver is a good example.

RAGUNAnoOne · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

Artjuh90 wrote: »

ZoS needs to earn his money someway. it's b2p now each time i see polls like this i think that they don't think their actions through and just want everything freely giving to them.....

Then why are they giving it away to a random person?

NobleNerd · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

I voted yes because it would be nice to see this, but I doubt it will happen. ZOS has already gone the direction of selling them only in the Crown Store. Any that are in game was before the change to B2P.

Also, let's add in the thought/idea that it would be better to have original items in the Crown Store instead of re-skins and repeats of what is already in the game. If you are going to charge such outrageous prices on many of the items at least make them originals (bad i.e. - Vamp/WW infection, many many re-skins of the same mount, etc)!

KingYogi415 · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

dafox187 wrote: »

you can buy ingame mounts without paying money there's like 5 or 6 different ones and the cheapest is 10000 g so isn't that earning them?

Yes you can buy a mount,

I think people who complete the highest tittles

NobleNerd wrote: »

I voted yes because it would be nice to see this, but I doubt it will happen. ZOS has already gone the direction of selling them only in the Crown Store. Any that are in game was before the change to B2P.

Also, let's add in the thought/idea that it would be better to have original items in the Crown Store instead of re-skins and repeats of what is already in the game. If you are going to charge such outrageous prices on many of the items at least make them originals (bad i.e. - Vamp/WW infection, many many re-skins of the same mount, etc)!

Both can exist!

kevlarto_ESO · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

After they have been in the store and sales are pretty much dried up, why not, some new quest lines or maybe a chance for one to drop, there are several ways they could do it. I like any chance to play new content for new things is always cool.

Korah_Eaglecry · January 2016

NO I LIKE ONLY BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR MOUNTS.

vyrusb23 wrote: »

CrowsDescend wrote: »

Artjuh90 wrote: »

ZoS needs to earn his money someway. it's b2p now each time i see polls like this i think that they don't think their actions through and just want everything freely giving to them.....

You're unaware of the amount of money they already receive from this game alone. I don't even need to give figures, as any big gaming company is owned by the corporations anyway, so all this extra money flowing in could get the CEO's another holiday home or something.

Adding earn-able mounts won't even cause a scratch. Look at WoW, they've been adding earn-able mounts in-game ever since, and they're like.. the richest gaming company on the planet. (Blizzard/Activision, etc.)

Actually, I'd really like to see these figures and your source.

Ssshhh. He doesnt have one. Its all smoke that hes hoping youll buy into.

Honestly I would not be surprised if ZOS is still paying off the investment to this game.

YeOldeGamer · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

Yes please.

Dubhliam · January 2016

NO I LIKE ONLY BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR MOUNTS.

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Not that I wouldn't like to be able to earn some, but I understand that the game needs cash, that crown shop is restricted to cosmetic stuff only, so if we ask for cosmetic stuff to be available in the game too, what's ZOS going to make cash with ?

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CrowsDescend wrote: »

Artjuh90 wrote: »

ZoS needs to earn his money someway. it's b2p now each time i see polls like this i think that they don't think their actions through and just want everything freely giving to them.....

You're unaware of the amount of money they already receive from this game alone. I don't even need to give figures, as any big gaming company is owned by the corporations anyway, so all this extra money flowing in could get the CEO's another holiday home or something.

Adding earn-able mounts won't even cause a scratch. Look at WoW, they've been adding earn-able mounts in-game ever since, and they're like.. the richest gaming company on the planet. (Blizzard/Activision, etc.)

Apples and oranges.

Blizzard can give away mounts because that is not where they get their earnings from.
Their game is subscription based.

vyrusb23 · January 2016

NO I LIKE ONLY BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR MOUNTS.

vyrusb23 wrote: »

CrowsDescend wrote: »

Artjuh90 wrote: »

ZoS needs to earn his money someway. it's b2p now each time i see polls like this i think that they don't think their actions through and just want everything freely giving to them.....

You're unaware of the amount of money they already receive from this game alone. I don't even need to give figures, as any big gaming company is owned by the corporations anyway, so all this extra money flowing in could get the CEO's another holiday home or something.

Adding earn-able mounts won't even cause a scratch. Look at WoW, they've been adding earn-able mounts in-game ever since, and they're like.. the richest gaming company on the planet. (Blizzard/Activision, etc.)

Actually, I'd really like to see these figures and your source.

I see he never replied with any numbers and a source. Watch! I can do the same thing!

You do realize that they don't make any money off this game. They barely make enough from sales of this game to stay afloat. That's why they need to sell stuff in the Crown Store. I mean, I don't need to back it up with numbers or anything, but it's a fact that they lose money on selling the game itself. Trust me.

Sausage · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

Turn Leaderboards into Bragging Right thing. Introduce Leaderboard Points, what are gained from Leaderboards. Maybe even introduce new gear upgrade called Elite, after Legendary. Elite Tannings are BoP and are from Leaderboards, but mostly Leaderboards should offer only cosmetic items, like Titles, Mounts, Costumes, and Crafting Styles.

Volkodav · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

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Volkodav · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

Oldmanlawlor wrote: »

Aren't there three horses that cost 40k gold each?

You gotta earn dat gold.

Yup.One of those hard earned 42,000g horses is my Black horse.I named him Boston ***.
(I dont see many ingame either.)

Aelthwyn · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

I really like the idea of having a few mounts that you earn through quests or achievements, I think it makes a lot of sense.

People like symbols of their dedication/skill/achievements and while the dyes look nice and all, few of them are truly identifiable at a glance, whereas when you see someone with one of the earned pets or costumes you know what they've done.

So long as the earned mounts are unique from the ones in the store and are associated with higher level achievements/quests, I don't imagine they would dampen sales too much because buyable mounts you can get right away and it's nice to have the many different options for appearance - some people will prefer one from the store over the earned version. It would just be nice to have the option of some that can be earned and show what you've done (other than just that you spent money).

MrGigglypants · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

mr1sho wrote: »

I just want a pretty unicorn to ride into battle

Bro ^ this

Aelthwyn · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

KingYogi415 wrote: »

Thevampirenight wrote: »

I do want to see all the limited time mounts added to the game but with hefty costs like say 10 million gold.

I would like to see the limited time mounts to never be sold anywhere again.

Why? So you can feel special that you logged in that weekend? I can understand people not wanting them to sell special rewards that signify something, (like if they did have earnable mounts they probably shouldn't have them in the store too, for multiple reasons) but I don't see the point of making people who Would Have Bought it if they could have disappointed that they missed the chance because they were out of town and couldn't log in, or had important real-life stuff going on and didn't have the time, or were really sick, or hadn't even bought the game yet, or perhaps hadn't yet created the character that would like that mount that was out several months back. If people would definitely buy it the next time it became available, then why would they not bring it back?

Tholian1 · January 2016

Oldmanlawlor wrote: »

Aren't there three horses that cost 40k gold each?

You gotta earn dat gold.

Yep. My black horse was earned. I think some are more interested in having something rare to show off.

FilteredRiddle · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

SeliniaHlaalu wrote: »

I would just prefer mounts that are region specific.
For example when buying a horse in The Rift or Eastmarch, the horse could be a bit chunkier, have larger hooves and more fur, since it's a colder, harsher, more mountainous climate. The mounts are adapted to the region they are sold in.
Just an idea.

I like this idea. I do think earned mounts (e.g. racial, alliance specific, class specific) would be awesome though.

Defilted · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

I know this is not a compare to WOW thing, but they had several mounts that where earned through running 5 mans and some where gathering faction points. This was always something fun to do.

This would not take away from the cash shop at all. These mounts would be exclusive to the grind of faction or dungeon runs.

reguvin · January 2016

YES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EARN MOUNTS

Yeah last time I was in the game I was like: Why is there no Mount Drops?