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When race change costs more than DLC's...
leepalmer95
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Race change 3k crowns... really.
The ability to change your race is priced more than your dlc's.
Says a lot.
The ability to change your race is priced more than your dlc's.
Says a lot.
PS4 EU DC
Current CP : 756+
I have every character level 50, both a magicka and stamina version.
RIP my effort to get 5x v16 characters...
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FullBlownBeast✭✭✭Don't let these guys fool you, the game is doing incredibly well. Just alot of big bonuses going to useless people or funneling of profits to a future product. Plain and simple.Plain and Simple7 -
Oakmontowls_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭The argument that cosmetics cost more than dlc is a moot point when ZoS has said that they are purposely underpricing the dlc in order to have it more accessible and as a result they are going to charge more for cosmetics.21 -
idk✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Yep. Zos feels that race change will be a big deal. Race change also comes with appearance change.
Heck, even in games without racial oassivws many like to change their racial choice.1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Oakmontowls_ESO wrote: »The argument that cosmetics cost more than dlc is a moot point when ZoS has said that they are purposely underpricing the dlc in order to have it more accessible and as a result they are going to charge more for cosmetics.
You think they underprice dlc? It's costs you like 2k-3k crowns for a single zone worth of DLC.Edited by leepalmer95 on July 26, 2016 7:40PMPS4 EU DC
Current CP : 756+
I have every character level 50, both a magicka and stamina version.
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✭✭✭✭✭leepalmer95 wrote: »Oakmontowls_ESO wrote: »The argument that cosmetics cost more than dlc is a moot point when ZoS has said that they are purposely underpricing the dlc in order to have it more accessible and as a result they are going to charge more for cosmetics.
You think they overcharge dlc? It's costs you like 2k-3k crowns for a single zone worth of DLC.
He said they are underpricing the dlc. Not overcharging.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »leepalmer95 wrote: »Oakmontowls_ESO wrote: »The argument that cosmetics cost more than dlc is a moot point when ZoS has said that they are purposely underpricing the dlc in order to have it more accessible and as a result they are going to charge more for cosmetics.
You think they overcharge dlc? It's costs you like 2k-3k crowns for a single zone worth of DLC.
He said they are underpricing the dlc. Not overcharging.
Oh right i mean't to say underpricing myself..PS4 EU DC
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I have every character level 50, both a magicka and stamina version.
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FullBlownBeast✭✭✭Wtf is this guy talking about, lol. That is standard pricing, holy ***. They have you thinking they are under pricing these DLCs? Is that really what people think?Plain and Simple5
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Calidus1✭✭Price should be high to deter people from changing racial passives just to min/max every time they tweek a build. Free markets baby!!7 -
rudimentxb14_ESO✭✭✭3k? Eh i was going to buy it but, not any more. Those crowns cost way too much.9
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✭✭✭While I do think it's over priced, I'm not surprised in the least. In fact I would've been absolutely shocked if it was reasonably priced.BawKinTackWarDs PS4/NA7 -
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✭Price should be high to deter people from changing racial passives just to min/max every time they tweek a build. Free markets baby!!
Do you understand what you just typed? Higher prices to deter people. I highly doubt that's the reason.
Lower prices means they'd sell a lot more, people would be more inclined to swap races if it was cheap and a new build they'd like to use has a different race.
I assume you're just being a troll.8 -
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✭I'm cool with it.Wake up, we're here. Why are you shaking? Are you ok? Wake up...3 -
Calidus1✭✭Unsent.Soul wrote: »
I assume you're just being a troll.
Nope, being serious. If you listen to their game philosophy or if you open your eyes and notice other patterns in the crown store, the developers don't want people changing their characters every two seconds.
Note the post above:rudimentxb14_ESO wrote: »3k? Eh i was going to buy it but, not any more. Those crowns cost way too much.
Sure they want to make money, but they also want to create a game and community with a certain feel (e.g., read their philosophy on armor dyes).2 -
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✭Unsent.Soul wrote: »
I assume you're just being a troll.
Nope, being serious. If you listen to their game philosophy or if you open your eyes and notice other patterns in the crown store, the developers don't want people changing their characters every two seconds.
So they don't want people changing their characters every two seconds but yet you can change your abilities, attribute points, and or morphs instantly with in game gold...
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EölMPK✭✭✭Is race changing mandatory?Eöl[MPK]
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Eölbr - Dunmer magicka necro
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These songs of hobbits, dwarves and men, and elves
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Calidus1✭✭Unsent.Soul wrote: »but yet you can change your abilities, attribute points, and or morphs instantly with in game gold...
See the irony there?
A lot of gold for some people. If you think a race change is too expensive partner, don't get one. Or just keep complaining... I know its hard for some people to stop. I think the price is fair and have stopped caring.3 -
bryanhaas✭✭✭✭Unsent.Soul wrote: »Price should be high to deter people from changing racial passives just to min/max every time they tweek a build. Free markets baby!!
Do you understand what you just typed? Higher prices to deter people. I highly doubt that's the reason.
Lower prices means they'd sell a lot more, people would be more inclined to swap races if it was cheap and a new build they'd like to use has a different race.
I assume you're just being a troll.
If everyone was doing it all the time the [Snip] would be extreme so they they price it higher so then they can say that we priced it higher to discourage people from swapping all the time. We did our part so what do you want us to do? That and free market, never say no just price it really high to discourage people and if you end up having to do then well at least you are compensated well. My wife watches dogs from our home for about 30 dollars per night and sometimes people will have emergencies and won't have time for us to meet the dog before hand (which she usually just declines) I tell her just give them a really high price say 100 dollars per night, kinda the penalty for stupidity that and you don't know if the animal is going to be aggressive so just in case you have a biter you are compensated for the extra stress.
[Edit to remove profanity]Edited by [Deleted User] on July 26, 2016 10:10PMPS4 NA AD GM formerly known as GM of "The Children of the Void"
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✭✭✭✭✭Unsent.Soul wrote: »Price should be high to deter people from changing racial passives just to min/max every time they tweek a build. Free markets baby!!
Do you understand what you just typed? Higher prices to deter people. I highly doubt that's the reason.
Lower prices means they'd sell a lot more, people would be more inclined to swap races if it was cheap and a new build they'd like to use has a different race.
I assume you're just being a troll.
If everyone was doing it all the time the [Snip] would be extreme so they they price it higher so then they can say that we priced it higher to discourage people from swapping all the time. We did our part so what do you want us to do? That and free market, never say no just price it really high to discourage people and if you end up having to do then well at least you are compensated well. My wife watches dogs from our home for about 30 dollars per night and sometimes people will have emergencies and won't have time for us to meet the dog before hand (which she usually just declines) I tell her just give them a really high price say 100 dollars per night, kinda the penalty for stupidity that and you don't know if the animal is going to be aggressive so just in case you have a biter you are compensated for the extra stress.
Lol so an emergency is stupidity? This argument is way off from what the issue is.we asked for something,they delivered with a steep pricing.bad business practice.Edited by [Deleted User] on July 26, 2016 10:10PM5 -
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✭I just don't get why it's so important to so many players. Unless you were here since Beta with a bad choice, you've had plenty of time to know exactly what would be the right race to choose if you were min/maxing. Any choice you made without investigating it appropriately was your fault, so now you gotta pay for it.
Plus really...not choosing a dunmer? C'mon son.
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Firerock2✭✭✭✭✭Shadesofkin wrote: »I just don't get why it's so important to so many players. Unless you were here since Beta with a bad choice, you've had plenty of time to know exactly what would be the right race to choose if you were min/maxing. Any choice you made without investigating it appropriately was your fault, so now you gotta pay for it.
Plus really...not choosing a dunmer? C'mon son.
The game has changed a lot since it first began. Racials were not as important as they are now thanks to the removal of soft caps. My choice was based on the game in its state in 1.2 or something. Now I have to pay $20 if I want to min/max. They charge 3k crowns because they can, its not to deter people. They know people really want it so they will pay for it.6 -
RavenRoxie✭✭✭✭Unsent.Soul wrote: »
I assume you're just being a troll.
Nope, being serious. If you listen to their game philosophy or if you open your eyes and notice other patterns in the crown store, the developers don't want people changing their characters every two seconds.
Note the post above:rudimentxb14_ESO wrote: »3k? Eh i was going to buy it but, not any more. Those crowns cost way too much.
Sure they want to make money, but they also want to create a game and community with a certain feel (e.g., read their philosophy on armor dyes).
Game philosophy?... Really?.
Here's some Real talk philosophy for you that perhaps will help you "open YOUR eyes".
If it was really about them not wanting us to change our character too often they could have just put in a waiting period between apperance change token purchases. It really is simple as that. Saying they priced things high for that reason is bs, weather it was stated by them or not.Edited by RavenRoxie on July 26, 2016 8:25PMPhantogram DC | Wood Elf | Magicka Nightblade/ | DPS | 856cp
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I don't even want to change my race, but this is absurd. Racial passives have changed since launch and will soon change again. No, at the time of character creation we had no way of knowing what the best races would be in 2016 and beyond. We aren't prophets.Shadesofkin wrote: »I just don't get why it's so important to so many players. Unless you were here since Beta with a bad choice, you've had plenty of time to know exactly what would be the right race to choose if you were min/maxing. Any choice you made without investigating it appropriately was your fault, so now you gotta pay for it.
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Ulfgarde✭✭✭✭✭Race change is fair enough IMO. Most MMOs I see charge around $20-30 for it, so I so need issue here other than people complaining out of lack of experience.
Edited by Ulfgarde on July 26, 2016 8:23PMVery athletic eso player
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Name change is a bit too high. I expected something like 1500 crowns. It's just a name change, but I suppose it also deters people from constantly changing their name. There could have been a cooldown on it, though, such as a 30 day cooldown before next name change on a single character.Very athletic eso player
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✭Race change is ok. Name and appearance change on the other hand...PC/DC/NAserver
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✭✭✭✭✭Every time something more expensive than DLC drops, people make the same threads.
What you don't seem to realize is that this is the best possible way it could be done. DLC, which is actual content that is very important, is cheap. Convenience and cosmetic stuff is expensive. It is better this way than the other way round. WAY better. It is much easier to skip convenience and cosmetic stuff than something that offers actual content, after all.
And yes, race change is convenience, because it is an alternative to a very possible but really time-consuming option, which is rerolling.Edited by Abeille on July 26, 2016 8:46PMJust so that everyone knows, my Altmer still can't have black hair. About a dozen of Altmer NPCs in the game have black hair. Just saying.
Meet my characters:Command: Do the thing.
Zadarri, Khajiit Fist of Thalmor: The thing was done, as commanded.
Durza gra-Maghul, Orc blacksmith: The thing was done perfectly, in the most efficient way.
Tegwen, Bosmer troublemaker: You can't prove I didn't do the thing.
Sings-Many-Songs, Argonian fisher: Sure, I'll do the thing... Eventually. Maybe.
Aerindel, Altmer stormcaller: After extensive research, I've come to the conclusion that doing the thing would be a waste of resources.
Liliel, Dunmer pyromancer: Aerindel said I shouldn't do the thing. Something about "resources".
Gyda Snowcaller, Nord cryomancer: I will find a way to do it that won't waste resources and make Aerindel proud of me.
Beatrice Leoriane, Breton vampire: I persuaded someone else into doing the thing. You are welcome, dear.
Sahima, Redguard performer: Doing the thing sounds awfully unpleasant and really not my problem.
Ellaria Valerius, Imperial priestess: I'll pray to the Eight for the thing to be done, if it is Their will.2 -
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✭✭At some point people will realize that subbing is a really sensible choice. Until then I will continue to be amused.
As for the price of race change: They need some way to regulate FOTM rerolling.
Name/appearance change is expensive but then don't name your chars in a way that requires changing later on.
I do agree that race change should include name change though, that promotes and supports lore based names.Edited by Leandor on July 26, 2016 8:49PM4 -
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✭✭Because of that ridiculous pricing, they won't have my money. Again.
If the prices were lower by half, I would consider.
They would earn more money by lowering prices. Then more people would buy cosmetic items from the crown store.
Much more.3
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