But I have a ton of crowns from my eso plus, what am I going to waste them on Anyway it doesn't matter whether crown crate are introduced or not I will still be on eso. Too much time has been spent playing the game to simply walk away because of an item is in the store that doesn't affect me personally.
redspecter23 wrote: »Day 4. 13 more crates and every one was a duplicate of a tier one collectible. EVERY SINGLE ONE. Still no Apex mount after 52 boxes opened and still not enough gems to outright buy it (298 gems total). Over 20k crowns and still not there yet.
silvereyes wrote: »Something interesting I tested on PTS today. I maxed out all the mounts on all available character slots (9 total). And I didn't get a single riding lesson drop.
It could just be luck, but out of 13 crates per day, I usually get a few riding lessons.
I did have an argonian character, so I'll try deleting it and creating a new toon that isn't an argonian tomorrow. I want to see if the argonian locked facial accessories still drop if all character slots are filled with non-argonian toons.
I only have three characters, but none of them are Argonian. So it certainly doesn't look at character slots if there are still some free ones. I doubt it looks at character slots at all.silvereyes wrote: »I did have an argonian character, so I'll try deleting it and creating a new toon that isn't an argonian tomorrow. I want to see if the argonian locked facial accessories still drop if all character slots are filled with non-argonian toons.
silvereyes wrote: »Something interesting I tested on PTS today. I maxed out all the mounts on all available character slots (9 total). And I didn't get a single riding lesson drop.
It could just be luck, but out of 13 crates per day, I usually get a few riding lessons.
I did have an argonian character, so I'll try deleting it and creating a new toon that isn't an argonian tomorrow. I want to see if the argonian locked facial accessories still drop if all character slots are filled with non-argonian toons.
silvereyes wrote: »Something interesting I tested on PTS today. I maxed out all the mounts on all available character slots (9 total). And I didn't get a single riding lesson drop.
It could just be luck, but out of 13 crates per day, I usually get a few riding lessons.
I did have an argonian character, so I'll try deleting it and creating a new toon that isn't an argonian tomorrow. I want to see if the argonian locked facial accessories still drop if all character slots are filled with non-argonian toons.
silvereyes wrote: »Something interesting I tested on PTS today. I maxed out all the mounts on all available character slots (9 total). And I didn't get a single riding lesson drop.
It could just be luck, but out of 13 crates per day, I usually get a few riding lessons.
I did have an argonian character, so I'll try deleting it and creating a new toon that isn't an argonian tomorrow. I want to see if the argonian locked facial accessories still drop if all character slots are filled with non-argonian toons.
@silvereyes Do you have any Khajiit characters, if not, had you been receiving the khajiit only marking?
silvereyes wrote: »Something interesting I tested on PTS today. I maxed out all the mounts on all available character slots (9 total). And I didn't get a single riding lesson drop.
It could just be luck, but out of 13 crates per day, I usually get a few riding lessons.
I did have an argonian character, so I'll try deleting it and creating a new toon that isn't an argonian tomorrow. I want to see if the argonian locked facial accessories still drop if all character slots are filled with non-argonian toons.
I have 12 Khajiit characters and I still get Argonian-only items, so there's obviously no check.
Is it too much to ask for both 1 collectible in each crate with the crappy consumables?
MarkusLiberty wrote: »Is it too much to ask for both 1 collectible in each crate with the crappy consumables?
Pretty sure there's a collectible in every crate
I finally had a few minutes on the PTS and I gave the crown crates a go. In another thread, I had said I simply wouldn't buy any. Not because there wasn't anything I wanted in them, but because I didn't care one way or the other if they existed. I understand why Zos wants to implement them, but I think they're shooting themselves in the foot with the idea. It's a low quality way of tempting people to spend instead of a quality offering that inspires people to spend in support of the game.
So, having bought the crates I noticed the new icon on the UI. Strike one. You're changing UI elements to support something you know people are upset about. Now, instead of opening the store and seeing the crates, it's there winking at us. A simple container in your inventory would have been in better taste, but good taste is being flung out the window.
Upon using the icon, beloved Pacrooti is being used in a cut scene to make my 400 crowns feel like they were spent on something awesome. Nope. A bunch of consumables and a pet I didn't buy before because I didn't want it. Unlike all of the other pets I have bought because I wanted them and I felt them worth the crowns. Strike two.
It pulled me out of the game and into a mini game. You've taken suggestions we've made on the forums for months or even years. "Why no mini games?" "Could we have gambling in-game, dice or cards?" "When will Pacrooti be back?" Strike three. Using suggestions that were and are intended for the honest game. The real game. Mini games, card games and most of all Pacrooti were never intended to be twisted and perverted like this. Strike three.
You want me to buy stuff? Ok, I will. I'll buy a costume or a mount that I can see. I've done it plenty of times already! I won't buy a crown crate though. There is nothing you can ever put in one that will make me subject myself to the sad, depressing reminder of how you took our suggestions and twisted them. I don't care about gems or mounts, there's nothing I want that if I can't buy it outright, that would make me open that pandering cut screen again.
Considering that we know development is about two years out, i.e., static game elements that showed up two years before actual live release, has this also been in the works since 2014? The sub that became buy to play, then the crates which may get better consumables, despite the assurance that crown items would never be better than crafted? You guys aren't even being subtle.
MarkusLiberty wrote: »Is it too much to ask for both 1 collectible in each crate with the crappy consumables?
Pretty sure there's a collectible in every crate
MarkusLiberty wrote: »Is it too much to ask for both 1 collectible in each crate with the crappy consumables?
Pretty sure there's a collectible in every crate
Nope, I've got a few crates with no collectibles and so have others. It happens rarely, but it does happen.
I've opened 91 crates. Every single one of them had a collectible.MarkusLiberty wrote: »Is it too much to ask for both 1 collectible in each crate with the crappy consumables?
Pretty sure there's a collectible in every crate
Nope, I've got a few crates with no collectibles and so have others. It happens rarely, but it does happen.
I hate to be negative nancy on this, as I don't like crown crates either, but has anyone taken a video or a screenshot of getting 0 collectibles?
MarkusLiberty wrote: »Is it too much to ask for both 1 collectible in each crate with the crappy consumables?
Pretty sure there's a collectible in every crate
silvereyes wrote: »Oh, something else I noticed. I got a duplicate Rosy Netch Calf (100 gems) yesterday, and it gave me 33 crown gems. So the good news is, the duplicate gem returns aren't pegged at 5. The bad news is, the return rate gets even worse as you go up to higher tiers.
Edit: No, the rate isn't worse, I just have a bad memory. The low tier items cost 16 gems, so 5/16 is about the same 1/3 ratio that the legendary tier gives. For some reason, I was thinking the low tier stuff cost 10 gems.
MarkusLiberty wrote: »Is it too much to ask for both 1 collectible in each crate with the crappy consumables?
Pretty sure there's a collectible in every crate
Nope, I've got a few crates with no collectibles and so have others. It happens rarely, but it does happen.
I hate to be negative nancy on this, as I don't like crown crates either, but has anyone taken a video or a screenshot of getting 0 collectibles?
silvereyes wrote: ».I've opened 91 crates. Every single one of them had a collectible.MarkusLiberty wrote: »Is it too much to ask for both 1 collectible in each crate with the crappy consumables?
Pretty sure there's a collectible in every crate
Nope, I've got a few crates with no collectibles and so have others. It happens rarely, but it does happen.
I hate to be negative nancy on this, as I don't like crown crates either, but has anyone taken a video or a screenshot of getting 0 collectibles?
MarkusLiberty wrote: »Is it too much to ask for both 1 collectible in each crate with the crappy consumables?
Pretty sure there's a collectible in every crate
Nope, I've got a few crates with no collectibles and so have others. It happens rarely, but it does happen.
I hate to be negative nancy on this, as I don't like crown crates either, but has anyone taken a video or a screenshot of getting 0 collectibles?
TheWhiteDarkness wrote: »MarkusLiberty wrote: »Is it too much to ask for both 1 collectible in each crate with the crappy consumables?
Pretty sure there's a collectible in every crate
Nope, I've got a few crates with no collectibles and so have others. It happens rarely, but it does happen.
I hate to be negative nancy on this, as I don't like crown crates either, but has anyone taken a video or a screenshot of getting 0 collectibles?
The Cards never showed up on screen so I had to wait until I exited and saw the loot drop.
Day 4 - No Storm Atro mounts today. Zero mounts at all, in fact. Got 66 gems this time around, and I managed to also get a storm atro transformation (didn't want it, but whatever) and got pretty much I felt was worth collecting. No 5th bonus cards in 13 crates.
Once again, got a hand which had NO collectables, but this time I took a screenshot. Instead of a collectable I got a 150% XP scroll. So, the scroll counts and replaces you ability to get a collectable. No, ZOS. DO NOT REPLACE COLLECTABLES WITH XP SCROLLS. Seriously. Please, for the love of Jone and Jode, don't do it. I'm at 772 CP right now. Do you know what more XP does for me? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. In fact, it's almost insulting to get MORE XP as I can't even use all the XP I've gotten so far. But hey, I got 15 potions which are of no use to me.
All in all, in 4 days, spending all the free crowns (eqv. to $160) I've only got one storm atro mount. This makes me really, REALLY unhappy.
driosketch wrote: »TheWhiteDarkness wrote: »MarkusLiberty wrote: »Is it too much to ask for both 1 collectible in each crate with the crappy consumables?
Pretty sure there's a collectible in every crate
Nope, I've got a few crates with no collectibles and so have others. It happens rarely, but it does happen.
I hate to be negative nancy on this, as I don't like crown crates either, but has anyone taken a video or a screenshot of getting 0 collectibles?
The Cards never showed up on screen so I had to wait until I exited and saw the loot drop.
They 5 gems indicates you got a duplicate blue collectable though. I did find the actual post in this thread, somewhere in the teens, @MissBizz