i paid for costumes and earned dyes, i'm not going to pay to combine those two things.
the crown store dye stamps are insulting to those of us who don't subscribe.
zos made it b2p because the subscription model didn't work out. i'd be happy for them to revert to the old subscription model, but if they won't then i think it's arrogant of them to lock half of their player base out of very simple features that should have been in the game from the start. they gave us the opportunity not to subscribe, and now they're trying to lure us back in by restricting our game experience if we don't. give the subscribers fancy mounts or exclusive motifs instead, at least the rest of us can have mounts and motifs too, but we can't have costume dyes or craft bags as it is now - i.e. exclusive content is fine, exclusive features are not.
I paid for costumes and earned dyes, i'm not going to pay to combine those two things.
The crown store dye stamps are insulting to those of us who don't subscribe.
I'd be happy for them to revert to the old subscription model, but if they won't then I think it's arrogant of them to lock half of their player base out of very simple features that should have been in the game from the start. They gave us the opportunity not to subscribe, and now they're trying to lure us back in by restricting our game experience if we don't. Give the subscribers fancy mounts or exclusive motifs instead, at least the rest of us can have mounts and motifs too, but we can't have costume dyes or craft bags as it is now - i.e. exclusive content is fine, exclusive features are not.
Transairion wrote: »AmberLaTerra wrote: »Cry us a river, maybe you can find a way to bottle the tears and sell them to pay for sub.
Seriously no sub income = no game. Them adding perks to ESO+ both helps keep the game alive for everyone, and gives a valid reason to sub.
This always comes up for different MMO's, but it just isn't true. If subs added so much money, all these MMO's wouldn't go F2P or Buy 2 Play instead of just staying a sub only model like the developers intended.
Subs alone don't make enough money, simple as that. Sure, you want to have subs, but relying on subs only is stupid since they can't support your game. ESO itself only managed to last a single year on a sub-only model, which was hilariously sad.
Transairion wrote: »AmberLaTerra wrote: »Cry us a river, maybe you can find a way to bottle the tears and sell them to pay for sub.
Seriously no sub income = no game. Them adding perks to ESO+ both helps keep the game alive for everyone, and gives a valid reason to sub.
This always comes up for different MMO's, but it just isn't true. If subs added so much money, all these MMO's wouldn't go F2P or Buy 2 Play instead of just staying a sub only model like the developers intended.
Subs alone don't make enough money, simple as that. Sure, you want to have subs, but relying on subs only is stupid since they can't support your game. ESO itself only managed to last a single year on a sub-only model, which was hilariously sad.
Isn't the reason ESO went b2p is because of M$?
And as far as sub only not being viable. Both Final Fantasy mmos would have to disagree. If the product is worth it. Most people will gladly pay a monthly sub. Whether it be a game, phone service, ect.
GamerNoob16 wrote: »AmberLaTerra wrote: »Cry us a river, maybe you can find a way to bottle the tears and sell them to pay for sub.
Seriously no sub income = no game. Them adding perks to ESO+ both helps keep the game alive for everyone, and gives a valid reason to sub.
Never said subs was a bad thing, in fact I'd sub if I had the money, but college doesn't come cheap.
Isn't the reason ESO went b2p is because of M$?
And as far as sub only not being viable. Both Final Fantasy mmos would have to disagree. If the product is worth it. Most people will gladly pay a monthly sub. Whether it be a game, phone service, ect.
Isn't Wow as well subscription only access?
GamerNoob16 wrote: »AmberLaTerra wrote: »Cry us a river, maybe you can find a way to bottle the tears and sell them to pay for sub.
Seriously no sub income = no game. Them adding perks to ESO+ both helps keep the game alive for everyone, and gives a valid reason to sub.
Never said subs was a bad thing, in fact I'd sub if I had the money, but college doesn't come cheap.
A case of beer a month less would pay for your sub. So would having 2-3 fewer coffees at Starbucks. It's all about priorities.
PS... I'm not saying that college shouldn't be your number 1 priority here either. You've made a damned good 1st choice there. Kudos to you, and good luck in school!
I paid for costumes and earned dyes, i'm not going to pay to combine those two things.
The crown store dye stamps are insulting to those of us who don't subscribe.
I'd be happy for them to revert to the old subscription model, but if they won't then I think it's arrogant of them to lock half of their player base out of very simple features that should have been in the game from the start. They gave us the opportunity not to subscribe, and now they're trying to lure us back in by restricting our game experience if we don't. Give the subscribers fancy mounts or exclusive motifs instead, at least the rest of us can have mounts and motifs too, but we can't have costume dyes or craft bags as it is now - i.e. exclusive content is fine, exclusive features are not.
too bad i don't play the game enough to benefit from a month of features.See, there is a pay once solution for it - with limited use after an initial full access to the features - and that is to subscribe for only a month - you get the bag, can fill it, and when the subscription ends, you can take stuff out of it - you can just not add something to the bag, but you will still have it available. And with costume dyes - you can dye them all you want while you are subscribed - those colors you choose will stay after the subscription ends, you can just no longer change them then.
And this is available for 15 bucks - paid only once - or when you need it again - otherwise you are free from reoccurring payments.
Not quite. The crown store will offer dye stamps with preset color schemes, rotated every now and then. So you can't choose your own scheme or even use dyes you unlocked through achievements, you have to hope ZOS will offer a combination that fits your style. It's unnecessarily limiting.AzraelKrieg wrote: »Wait....
It is my understanding that everyone can dye costumes. Just that ESO+ can do it for free while the rest have to pay?
Or am I mistaken and this feature is only available to ESO+ and even they have to pay?
You're understanding is correct. ESO+ members get all dying options available to them with the sub. Non-ESO+ members need to pay for dye stamps
Ah phew. I would hate to pay for costume dyes even though im ESO+. So OP has nothing to worry about. You can dye costumes too OP. Just need to pay some crowns is all.
Transairion wrote: »AmberLaTerra wrote: »Cry us a river, maybe you can find a way to bottle the tears and sell them to pay for sub.
Seriously no sub income = no game. Them adding perks to ESO+ both helps keep the game alive for everyone, and gives a valid reason to sub.
This always comes up for different MMO's, but it just isn't true. If subs added so much money, all these MMO's wouldn't go F2P or Buy 2 Play instead of just staying a sub only model like the developers intended.
Subs alone don't make enough money, simple as that. Sure, you want to have subs, but relying on subs only is stupid since they can't support your game. ESO itself only managed to last a single year on a sub-only model, which was hilariously sad.
Isn't the reason ESO went b2p is because of M$?
And as far as sub only not being viable. Both Final Fantasy mmos would have to disagree. If the product is worth it. Most people will gladly pay a monthly sub. Whether it be a game, phone service, ect.
GamerNoob16 wrote: »OP logic:
IF you can store more craftable collectables and resources instead of selling them when you have too many banked and if you can dye your costumes you have won the game
-claps
Please OP find us the cure for cancer next you are definitely on the right track!
WOW I never though I would be this close to finding it...to bad I didn't find it in time to save my father...
exeeter702 wrote: »GamerNoob16 wrote: »OP logic:
IF you can store more craftable collectables and resources instead of selling them when you have too many banked and if you can dye your costumes you have won the game
-claps
Please OP find us the cure for cancer next you are definitely on the right track!
WOW I never though I would be this close to finding it...to bad I didn't find it in time to save my father...
Really dude?.............
too bad i don't play the game enough to benefit from a month of features.See, there is a pay once solution for it - with limited use after an initial full access to the features - and that is to subscribe for only a month - you get the bag, can fill it, and when the subscription ends, you can take stuff out of it - you can just not add something to the bag, but you will still have it available. And with costume dyes - you can dye them all you want while you are subscribed - those colors you choose will stay after the subscription ends, you can just no longer change them then.
And this is available for 15 bucks - paid only once - or when you need it again - otherwise you are free from reoccurring payments.
imo crafting bags should be available through the crown store and free to subscribers, costume dyes should be free for everyone just like armour dyes.
of course subscribers are happy, they're the ones being rewarded for twiddling their thumbs - in my view, for no other reason than to drag the rest of us in. i can't believe people are content with this, subscribers would lose abslutely nothing if zos made these things available for everyone and i believe there's plenty of other stuff subscribers could be rewarded with that would both be fair and make subscriptions worthwhile.
if they're going to lock features behind a paywall they might as well just go back to the subscription model.
Transairion wrote: »AmberLaTerra wrote: »Cry us a river, maybe you can find a way to bottle the tears and sell them to pay for sub.
Seriously no sub income = no game. Them adding perks to ESO+ both helps keep the game alive for everyone, and gives a valid reason to sub.
This always comes up for different MMO's, but it just isn't true. If subs added so much money, all these MMO's wouldn't go F2P or Buy 2 Play instead of just staying a sub only model like the developers intended.
Subs alone don't make enough money, simple as that. Sure, you want to have subs, but relying on subs only is stupid since they can't support your game. ESO itself only managed to last a single year on a sub-only model, which was hilariously sad.
GamerNoob16 wrote: »exeeter702 wrote: »GamerNoob16 wrote: »OP logic:
IF you can store more craftable collectables and resources instead of selling them when you have too many banked and if you can dye your costumes you have won the game
-claps
Please OP find us the cure for cancer next you are definitely on the right track!
WOW I never though I would be this close to finding it...to bad I didn't find it in time to save my father...
Really dude?.............
Yes a very sad day.
i am paying for the game and giving them extra money for dlc's and crowns, what's your pointNo we're not just "twiddling our thumbs", we're being rewarded like every other membership perk program offered by businesses in the world, for being subscribers and giving them extra money. We're PAYING for our perks. You want the perks? Then pay for it like we do!
GamerNoob16 wrote: »I love ZOS and everything they have done they continue to impress me and I love and support them so much that I plan on after college to work for them
i am paying for the game and giving them extra money for dlc's and crowns, what's your pointNo we're not just "twiddling our thumbs", we're being rewarded like every other membership perk program offered by businesses in the world, for being subscribers and giving them extra money. We're PAYING for our perks. You want the perks? Then pay for it like we do!
there's a good chance subscribers/non-subscribers have spent the same amount of money on the game but we still get different game experiencesNo, you PAID for those things. One time only. I pay monthly. There is a difference. Especially to banks when they go to them for more money. What's YOUR point?
there's a good chance subscribers/non-subscribers have spent the same amount of money on the game but we still get different game experiencesNo, you PAID for those things. One time only. I pay monthly. There is a difference. Especially to banks when they go to them for more money. What's YOUR point?
eso isn't worth a subscription when zos can't fund their game on them alone
Crown store costumes purchases should include one complimentary unrestricted dye session. After that, you sub or pay to change it. That would change the feature to a perk.
Transairion wrote: »
Isn't the reason ESO went b2p is because of M$?
And as far as sub only not being viable. Both Final Fantasy mmos would have to disagree. If the product is worth it. Most people will gladly pay a monthly sub. Whether it be a game, phone service, ect.
That's an excuse, but ESO was failing on PC as a sub-only model before consoles even came into the mix.
As far as Final Fantasy, my initial reaction is "There's FF MMO's now?" but be that as it may, I guess a bunch of MMO's just weren't worth it then since they all gave up on being sub-only pretty fast. My understanding is that FF has a massive Asian market to support it though, the same market that eats up games with massive Pay to Win features: most, if not all the other MMO's I know about were global or USA-marketed which doesn't have that same culture to support it. I may be wrong of course.Isn't Wow as well subscription only access?
90% sure WoW has a "level up to X" F2P option and hands out 1-month trial codes or such like candy.
i would subscribe if that was the only way to play the game, but it's not. that was zos' decision and now they're either rewarding or punishing us for using the options they've given us.FLuFFyxMuFFiN wrote: »If you don't think ESO is worth the subscription then don't complain when people get benefits for subbing
Transairion wrote: »AmberLaTerra wrote: »Cry us a river, maybe you can find a way to bottle the tears and sell them to pay for sub.
Seriously no sub income = no game. Them adding perks to ESO+ both helps keep the game alive for everyone, and gives a valid reason to sub.
This always comes up for different MMO's, but it just isn't true. If subs added so much money, all these MMO's wouldn't go F2P or Buy 2 Play instead of just staying a sub only model like the developers intended.
Subs alone don't make enough money, simple as that. Sure, you want to have subs, but relying on subs only is stupid since they can't support your game. ESO itself only managed to last a single year on a sub-only model, which was hilariously sad.
there's a good chance subscribers/non-subscribers have spent the same amount of money on the game but we still get different game experiencesNo, you PAID for those things. One time only. I pay monthly. There is a difference. Especially to banks when they go to them for more money. What's YOUR point?
eso isn't worth a subscription when zos can't fund their game on them alone
Crown store costumes purchases should include one complimentary unrestricted dye session. After that, you sub or pay to change it. That would change the feature to a perk.GamerNoob16 wrote: »I love ZOS and everything they have done they continue to impress me and I love and support them so much that I plan on after college to work for them
You should always have a cautious relationship with your employer, because they won't love or support you in the same way. And you're already setting yourself up to take a rejection from ZOS personally. Don't. Step back and realize they're just one option in a sea of opportunity if you work hard, network, and build a strong foundation for yourself.