lordrichter wrote: »Housing. I bet that will be great on the pts too. Then it will be sliced up and put into rng box system as well.
This system is insulting. I am waiting for some reasonable improvements. All we are getting is silence.
Well, I said a few weeks ago that they are dropping Crown Crates out of cycle (between updates) because they need it in place before Housing comes out. They don't want to drop Housing and the Housing Delivery System on us at the same time. Sticker shock, and all.
Seriously, I think they are planning that "Housing" will be the thing that gets people to buy Crown Crates.
lordrichter wrote: »Housing. I bet that will be great on the pts too. Then it will be sliced up and put into rng box system as well.
This system is insulting. I am waiting for some reasonable improvements. All we are getting is silence.
Well, I said a few weeks ago that they are dropping Crown Crates out of cycle (between updates) because they need it in place before Housing comes out. They don't want to drop Housing and the Housing Delivery System on us at the same time. Sticker shock, and all.
Seriously, I think they are planning that "Housing" will be the thing that gets people to buy Crown Crates.
That is most likely the case, at least if SWTOR is any indication. It's a shame, housing could have been a great addition to the game instead of just another cash grab.
I will stay subbed for now, but it's getting more diffcult to justify ESO+.
Has it been confirmed that housing will be linked to the gambling crates? I'm still hoping it will be made available as an ingame gold sink.
SilentRaven1972 wrote: »Day 8 of opening those evil contraptions on PTS. Accout one got nothing but duplicate junk (on top of the useless potions and such), No top tier rewards so far, and is at 500 crown gems. Account 2 got a bunch of the same, but in the 10th box a Storm Atro Camel mount (something I have no interest in), and at 426 crown gems. So it only took 8 days, 41,600 crowns, or $319.92 to get a top tier reward. I still can't believe they are going to put these out there. It's a sad time. I don't even want to log in on live now, it's so depressing.
SilentRaven1972 wrote: »Day 8 of opening those evil contraptions on PTS. Accout one got nothing but duplicate junk (on top of the useless potions and such), No top tier rewards so far, and is at 500 crown gems. Account 2 got a bunch of the same, but in the 10th box a Storm Atro Camel mount (something I have no interest in), and at 426 crown gems. So it only took 8 days, 41,600 crowns, or $319.92 to get a top tier reward. I still can't believe they are going to put these out there. It's a sad time. I don't even want to log in on live now, it's so depressing.
"Micro-transaction Strategy...Micro-transaction Strategy..." Say it with me. Trust the marketing people, they know what's best.
Has it been confirmed that housing will be linked to the gambling crates? I'm still hoping it will be made available as an ingame gold sink.
lordrichter wrote: »
My expectation is that things will be done in this order:
1. Premium content delivered in Crown Crates
2. Special content delivered as Limited Time Offers
3. Normal content available from the Crown Store
4. Anything offered that does not require Crowns will be the "economy" content.
I think I just vomited in my mouth a bit.lordrichter wrote: »I would not be surprised if we did not have to "rent" housing using a bidding system similar to how Guild Traders work.
Hi ,
We appreciate the time and effort you've put into The Elder Scrolls Online, and as such we'd like to give you a special deal on items in the Crown Store.
For a short period, we can enable gift purchases for your friends or guildmates, allowing you to equip or outfit your fellow adventurers with any of the items currently available in the Crown Store. Would you like to outfit your entire guild with the same costume or colors? Or perhaps you’d like to make sure your teammates have the potions required to tackle a tough dungeon or Trial? Just ask!
To take advantage of this, simply respond to this email and let us know what items you are interested in. We’ll respond with some tailor-made deals just for you.
Even if you don't want to take advantage of this offer, we're always here to help. So please feel free to respond to this email with any questions or concerns you may have. We'll get back to you as soon as possible!
Regards,
The Elder Scrolls Online Support Team
It's legit, someone (Gina?) confirmed some weeks ago that they did send out these emails. I'll see if I can find the post.redspecter23 wrote: »Hi ,
We appreciate the time and effort you've put into The Elder Scrolls Online, and as such we'd like to give you a special deal on items in the Crown Store.
For a short period, we can enable gift purchases for your friends or guildmates, allowing you to equip or outfit your fellow adventurers with any of the items currently available in the Crown Store. Would you like to outfit your entire guild with the same costume or colors? Or perhaps you’d like to make sure your teammates have the potions required to tackle a tough dungeon or Trial? Just ask!
To take advantage of this, simply respond to this email and let us know what items you are interested in. We’ll respond with some tailor-made deals just for you.
Even if you don't want to take advantage of this offer, we're always here to help. So please feel free to respond to this email with any questions or concerns you may have. We'll get back to you as soon as possible!
Regards,
The Elder Scrolls Online Support Team
I received that same mail. I assumed it was some sort of phishing scam and reported it. The whole thing just looks fishy. It came from a sketchy address. It's an offer to "gift" crown items which I don't think ZoS has ever supported. The layout isn't standard for a ZoS email either. Also there was no official mention of this "promotion" anywhere else. For the person that mentioned they got a response mail. Are you sure it's ZoS responding? To anyone else, be very careful about what information you give to the person on the other side of this mail. If possible could a ZoS rep reply concerning the legitimacy of this email floating around?
silvereyes wrote: »I think I just vomited in my mouth a bit.lordrichter wrote: »I would not be surprised if we did not have to "rent" housing using a bidding system similar to how Guild Traders work.
Wait, it's not a polymorph? WTF? From the name I assumed it was a polymorph... In the "gem store" section does it specifically say that it's a memento? If not, I'd consider that to be highly misleading.Coolio_Wolfus wrote: »The Storm Atronach Transform needs to be a polymorph rather than a time limited memento for the price it's listed at.
100 Gems!
Frost Mare (Mount) =/= Storm Atronach Transform (Memento ~7 seconds)
Frost Mare (Mount) == Storm Atronach Transform (Polymorph)
4 days and only enough gems from 4x 13 crates to try this 'Memento' as a 'Whale/Collector' this is really disappointing and would require at least the changes mentioned by Gina on page 17, let alone scrapping the consumable parts.
The whole reason why people won't buy the normal consumable bundles is because they are beyond a joke already, now to have these item crates with the same junk as filler just makes them worse.
Couldn't even open crates on one character as needed 2 more inventory slots to do so, junk consumables again!!!
Caius Drusus Imperial DK (DC) Bragg Ironhand Orc Temp (DC) Neesha Stalks-Shadows Argonian NB (EP) Falidir Altmer Sorcr (AD) J'zharka Khajiit NB (AD) |
Isabeau Runeseer Breton Sorc (DC) Fevassa Dunmer DK (EP) Manut Redguard Temp (AD) Tylera the Summoner Altmer Sorc (EP) Svari Snake-Blood Nord DK (AD) |
Ashlyn D'Elyse Breton NB (EP) Filindria Bosmer Temp (DC) Vigbjorn the Wanderer Nord Warden (EP) Hrokki Winterborn Breton Warden (DC) Basks-in-the-Sunshine Argonian Temp |
It's definitely ZOS. This is basically a pilot program that they're testing with a relatively small number of players. I've only given them my feedback on crown store stuff in my reply so I haven't actually taken advantage of the offer (yet anyway, I still might), but I know a couple of people who have gifted crown store stuff to others through this.redspecter23 wrote: »Hi ,
We appreciate the time and effort you've put into The Elder Scrolls Online, and as such we'd like to give you a special deal on items in the Crown Store.
For a short period, we can enable gift purchases for your friends or guildmates, allowing you to equip or outfit your fellow adventurers with any of the items currently available in the Crown Store. Would you like to outfit your entire guild with the same costume or colors? Or perhaps you’d like to make sure your teammates have the potions required to tackle a tough dungeon or Trial? Just ask!
To take advantage of this, simply respond to this email and let us know what items you are interested in. We’ll respond with some tailor-made deals just for you.
Even if you don't want to take advantage of this offer, we're always here to help. So please feel free to respond to this email with any questions or concerns you may have. We'll get back to you as soon as possible!
Regards,
The Elder Scrolls Online Support Team
I received that same mail. I assumed it was some sort of phishing scam and reported it. The whole thing just looks fishy. It came from a sketchy address. It's an offer to "gift" crown items which I don't think ZoS has ever supported. The layout isn't standard for a ZoS email either. Also there was no official mention of this "promotion" anywhere else. For the person that mentioned they got a response mail. Are you sure it's ZoS responding? To anyone else, be very careful about what information you give to the person on the other side of this mail. If possible could a ZoS rep reply concerning the legitimacy of this email floating around?
Caius Drusus Imperial DK (DC) Bragg Ironhand Orc Temp (DC) Neesha Stalks-Shadows Argonian NB (EP) Falidir Altmer Sorcr (AD) J'zharka Khajiit NB (AD) |
Isabeau Runeseer Breton Sorc (DC) Fevassa Dunmer DK (EP) Manut Redguard Temp (AD) Tylera the Summoner Altmer Sorc (EP) Svari Snake-Blood Nord DK (AD) |
Ashlyn D'Elyse Breton NB (EP) Filindria Bosmer Temp (DC) Vigbjorn the Wanderer Nord Warden (EP) Hrokki Winterborn Breton Warden (DC) Basks-in-the-Sunshine Argonian Temp |
lordrichter wrote: »That is most likely the case, at least if SWTOR is any indication. It's a shame, housing could have been a great addition to the game instead of just another cash grab.
I will stay subbed for now, but it's getting more diffcult to justify ESO+.
Yeah. But players do not generally look at a game and say "cool housing" and buy the game. Housing is premium, no matter how you slice it. Crown Crates are the premium delivery system of the premium content. Only the most fanatic fans will be having stuff from the Crown Crates.
Has it been confirmed that housing will be linked to the gambling crates? I'm still hoping it will be made available as an ingame gold sink.
It's legit, someone (Gina?) confirmed some weeks ago that they did send out these emails. I'll see if I can find the post.redspecter23 wrote: »Hi ,
We appreciate the time and effort you've put into The Elder Scrolls Online, and as such we'd like to give you a special deal on items in the Crown Store.
For a short period, we can enable gift purchases for your friends or guildmates, allowing you to equip or outfit your fellow adventurers with any of the items currently available in the Crown Store. Would you like to outfit your entire guild with the same costume or colors? Or perhaps you’d like to make sure your teammates have the potions required to tackle a tough dungeon or Trial? Just ask!
To take advantage of this, simply respond to this email and let us know what items you are interested in. We’ll respond with some tailor-made deals just for you.
Even if you don't want to take advantage of this offer, we're always here to help. So please feel free to respond to this email with any questions or concerns you may have. We'll get back to you as soon as possible!
Regards,
The Elder Scrolls Online Support Team
I received that same mail. I assumed it was some sort of phishing scam and reported it. The whole thing just looks fishy. It came from a sketchy address. It's an offer to "gift" crown items which I don't think ZoS has ever supported. The layout isn't standard for a ZoS email either. Also there was no official mention of this "promotion" anywhere else. For the person that mentioned they got a response mail. Are you sure it's ZoS responding? To anyone else, be very careful about what information you give to the person on the other side of this mail. If possible could a ZoS rep reply concerning the legitimacy of this email floating around?
This system is designed to rip us off and it will go way out of control.
I can't test PTS sadly, but can you still get Horse Training even if you have all 12 characters fully maxed out on each parameter?
Can @ZOS_GinaBruno clarify? Because those are bound and you can't do anything with them at all if so?
At least let them turn into gems like other dupes do if so.
It's easy to do on the PTS where you can buy riding lesson packs for 1 crown each... Or at least you could the last time I looked at buying them on PTS.---I can't test PTS sadly, but can you still get Horse Training even if you have all 12 characters fully maxed out on each parameter?
Can @ZOS_GinaBruno clarify? Because those are bound and you can't do anything with them at all if so?
At least let them turn into gems like other dupes do if so.
you have Horse Training 0n 12 characters fully maxed out on the PTS
Caius Drusus Imperial DK (DC) Bragg Ironhand Orc Temp (DC) Neesha Stalks-Shadows Argonian NB (EP) Falidir Altmer Sorcr (AD) J'zharka Khajiit NB (AD) |
Isabeau Runeseer Breton Sorc (DC) Fevassa Dunmer DK (EP) Manut Redguard Temp (AD) Tylera the Summoner Altmer Sorc (EP) Svari Snake-Blood Nord DK (AD) |
Ashlyn D'Elyse Breton NB (EP) Filindria Bosmer Temp (DC) Vigbjorn the Wanderer Nord Warden (EP) Hrokki Winterborn Breton Warden (DC) Basks-in-the-Sunshine Argonian Temp |
JR_Returns wrote: »This system is designed to rip us off and it will go way out of control.
You may be correct about ripping us off but it could also be the standard White Elephant effect.
1. Come up with what looks on paper to be a great idea.
2. Roll it out and find it just doesn't work.
3. Tweak it and throw more money at it.
4. Rinse and repeat a few times.
5. You've now spent too much money and you can't to let it fail because you'll look a total tw*t.
6. Spend yet more money and get it sort of working.
7. Call it a sensational success whilst pushing it into a corner to be quietly forgotten.
At my age I've seen this sort of thing happen lots of times. Normally because people haven't got the guts to admit they've made a total f*** up and say stop.
aheck1111_ESO wrote: »And so it begins. Not even a mention of the many concerns raised in this thread or the mega thread on General Discussion forum.