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Tell us when Crown Crates are being released (Announced)
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Abeille✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭By the way, guys: I KNOW you are mostly awesome and won't do this, but still I will ask. Please, PLEASE, do not flame Gina for the information.
Please, do not kill the messenger. At least they were not simply put in the game with no warning.
I am sure most of the people who works for ZOS also have previous experience with MMOs and are not happy with the addition of those either (I want to believe!), but of course they can't voice their displeasure like we can.
I do not have high hopes for the article tomorrow, since I do not believe they will do the changes that are necessary to make the crates less awful, especially regarding the non-themed exclusives. But... Oh whatever, I'm done making excuses for them, I will just press "post reply" and go feed my horses.Just 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.9 -
JD2013✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Well, they're coming. We all knew they would. No stopping them.
I won't be buying. Not my thing. Nor will most people on here so it'll be interesting to see the results of nobody buying.Sweetrolls for all!
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Crafting bag OP! ZOS nerf pls!4 -
Alucardo✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭By the way, guys: I KNOW you are mostly awesome and won't do this, but still I will ask. Please, PLEASE, do not flame Gina for the information.
Nah, I'm pretty sure they weren't her idea. But I'd appreciate it if she'd pass on my discontent to the management behind this stupid idea.12 -
Abeille✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »We'll be releasing Crown Crates later this week, and will be publishing an article on our website tomorrow with all the details.
Well, at least now we know.
Yet somehow I don't feel any better
I'm feeling a little better. Or less awful.
I was expecting them to be stealth-added to the store like motifs were back when they began adding motifs. Having an actual ETA is a little less awful. Honestly, knowing it was going to happen but not knowing when was stressing me out more than any game should stress anyone out.
I'll toss an internet hug here for good measure, how about that?
Edited by Abeille on November 28, 2016 2:55PMJust 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.7 -
Tryxus✭✭✭✭✭
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Still would like to know what made them change their minds"Stand strong, stay true and shelter all."
Tryxus - Guardian of the Green - Warden - PC/EU15 -
Alucardo✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭SantieClaws wrote: »The planemeld is nigh
Though the crates this one will still not buy
Something, something, something planemeld ...
Yours with paws
Santie Claws
Bards will be singing this tale for years to come. Very expressive words xD3 -
Abeille✭✭✭✭✭
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Still would like to know what made them change their minds
I'm not sure if they did change their minds, since some full sets of mounts like the skeleton mounts were datamined around that time, and it seems like full set of mounts are going into themed Crown Crates. I think they just used a bit of word play: Technically, they are not locked. You don't have to buy a key to open the box, you just have to buy the box :P
Oh, the art of not telling the whole truth while "technically" not lying. Back then, it was effective. It made us accept the addition of the Cash Shop and the B2P conversion. "See, guys? It will be okay, they are not adding those awful RNG boxes like the other games!"... Only that's not what they said. Technically.Just 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.5 -
menedhyn✭✭✭✭✭
✭I won't be buying them. I prefer the old fashioned approach to purchasing stuff, i.e. knowing what it is before I hand over my hard earned money. Like the massive cake I bought today to cheer myself up...Edited by menedhyn on November 28, 2016 3:08PMKjelder the Smith : EP Nord runic spellcaster : PC EU8 -
Alucardo✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »We'll be releasing Crown Crates later this week, and will be publishing an article on our website tomorrow with all the details.
Well, at least now we know.
Yet somehow I don't feel any better
I'll toss an internet hug here for good measure, how about that?
An internet hug from you could quell my darkest depression. Feeling better now, thanks
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Alucardo✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I won't be buying them. I prefer the old fashioned approach to purchasing stuff, i.e. knowing what it is before I hand over my hard earned money. Like the massive cake I bought today to cheer myself up...
Yeah, imagine buying a random box that could produce a cake, but you get a packet of raisins instead. People work hard for their cash and expect to get what they paid for. These crates are a joke.9 -
jedtb16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭so now we know.
let me wish a cheerful 'goodbye and good luck' to all those who said they will quit when the crates are introduced.1 -
Elsonso✭✭✭✭✭
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Still would like to know what made them change their minds
The carefully parsed this statement and they happily discovered that Crown Crates do not violate it. They are not "locked"! Weee!
Of course, if they had accidentally said "no RNG boxes", that would not have stopped them. Nothing would have stopped these. No one at ZeniMax (any ZeniMax) or Bethesda would have any interest in stopping them.
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Mazio✭✭✭Hmmm, not liking this at all. When SWTOR started adding these gamble packs the game went downhill fast, new raid/group content pretty much stopped and the only thing to 'look forward to' for a long period of time was the release of a new monthly crate with new cosmetics in. And of course the best stuff was stupid hard to obtain without spending way more than anyone ever should on a game. As you've probably guessed I (and most of my old guild mates) don't play SWTOR any more because there is nothing new for us to do together any more.
I really hope ESO doesn't go this way, but past experiences show me that it inevitably will. Before we know it the crates could well be the focus of any new 'content' and it's a damn shame because gamble crates by design are 90% junk and a real life money sink and add no value to game play or longevity of a game.
And the argument of 'don't buy it if you don't like it' is a bit redundant, I'm sure people against the crates will avoid them, as they did in SWTOR. But that doesn't change the fact that lots of people WILL buy them and the crates can easily become the main focus for the bean-counters behind the scenes and we all know they control the direction games go nowadays.Update 35- No Fun Allowed10 -
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✭✭lordrichter wrote: »
Still would like to know what made them change their minds
The carefully parsed this statement and they happily discovered that Crown Crates do not violate it. They are not "locked"! Weee!
Of course, if they had accidentally said "no RNG boxes", that would not have stopped them. Nothing would have stopped these. No one at ZeniMax (any ZeniMax) or Bethesda would have any interest in stopping them.
...and your plans never change?0 -
Abeille✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭jedtb16_ESO wrote: »so now we know.
let me wish a cheerful 'goodbye and good luck' to all those who said they will quit when the crates are introduced.
You might be a little late.
Most of the people who said this, like Lysette for example, already left.
I for one am sticking around and suffering the consequences for the same reason I even tried this game. It's TES. There isn't another TES MMO I can go to.Just 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.7 -
ThePaleItalian✭✭✭✭✭
✭Conan, what is good in life?
Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.
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SorataArisugawa✭✭✭✭✭
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And the argument of 'don't buy it if you don't like it' is a bit redundant, I'm sure people against the crates will avoid them, as they did in SWTOR. But that doesn't change the fact that lots of people WILL buy them and the crates can easily become the main focus for the bean-counters behind the scenes and we all know they control the direction games go nowadays.
Thank you! Nobody could put it better. That's the problem. And the people still don't mind and, even worse, tell other people to don't mind as well. "if you don't like it, don't buy it!" How stupid...
PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!5 -
SantieClaws✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Hmmm, not liking this at all. When SWTOR started adding these gamble packs the game went downhill fast, new raid/group content pretty much stopped and the only thing to 'look forward to' for a long period of time was the release of a new monthly crate with new cosmetics in. And of course the best stuff was stupid hard to obtain without spending way more than anyone ever should on a game. As you've probably guessed I (and most of my old guild mates) don't play SWTOR any more because there is nothing new for us to do together any more.
I really hope ESO doesn't go this way, but past experiences show me that it inevitably will. Before we know it the crates could well be the focus of any new 'content' and it's a damn shame because gamble crates by design are 90% junk and a real life money sink and add no value to game play or longevity of a game.
And the argument of 'don't buy it if you don't like it' is a bit redundant, I'm sure people against the crates will avoid them, as they did in SWTOR. But that doesn't change the fact that lots of people WILL buy them and the crates can easily become the main focus for the bean-counters behind the scenes and we all know they control the direction games go nowadays.
Without wishing to draw attention to any individuals who may have been responsible for loot boxes in SWTOR there is a common something or someone here ...
That alone causes this one some concern.
Yours with paws
Santie Claws
Shunrr's Skooma Oasis - The Movie. A housing video like no other ...
Find it here - https://youtube.com/user/wenxue2222
Clan Claws - now recruiting khajiit and like minded others for parties, fishing and other khajiit stuff. Contact this one for an invite.
PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
https://www.imperialtradingcompany.eu/12 -
Yuls✭✭✭✭lordrichter wrote: »
Still would like to know what made them change their minds
The carefully parsed this statement and they happily discovered that Crown Crates do not violate it. They are not "locked"! Weee!
Of course, if they had accidentally said "no RNG boxes", that would not have stopped them. Nothing would have stopped these. No one at ZeniMax (any ZeniMax) or Bethesda would have any interest in stopping them.
That was the answer to someone posting "Hopefully the cash shop model doesn't introduce Locked RNG boxes where you have to pay money to buy the key..." on reddit. And if people would stop posting that one-year-old quote out of context it would probably stop appearing here...Edited by Yuls on November 28, 2016 3:30PM0 -
Mazio✭✭✭
Oh. I didn't even know that till now tbh. Now that does have me worried.... very worriedSantieClaws wrote: »
Without wishing to draw attention to any individuals who may have been responsible for loot boxes in SWTOR there is a common something or someone here ...
That alone causes this one some concern.
Yours with paws
Santie Claws
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SantieClaws✭✭✭✭✭
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Khajiit will be here. Unless they start charging this one to get into The Rosy Lion or turn it into some sort of gastropub yes.
Yours with paws
Santie Claws
Shunrr's Skooma Oasis - The Movie. A housing video like no other ...
Find it here - https://youtube.com/user/wenxue2222
Clan Claws - now recruiting khajiit and like minded others for parties, fishing and other khajiit stuff. Contact this one for an invite.
PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
https://www.imperialtradingcompany.eu/7 -
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✭✭✭✭You used to be so happy, @Cazzy. If one feature, crown crates, has ruined the entirety of ESO for you, I suggest with all due benevolence that you take some time. Family, friends, heaps of chocolate.
The forums get to the very core of a person and make them bitter.3 -
Abeille✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭SantieClaws wrote: »
Khajiit will be here. Unless they start charging this one to get into The Rosy Lion or turn it into some sort of gastropub yes.
Yours with paws
Santie Claws
Now I'm sad because both of you play on EU and all my 10 characters are on NA.Just 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.0 -
elvenmad✭✭✭✭✭We'll be releasing Crown Crates later this week, and will be publishing an article on our website tomorrow with all the details.
called early December for release, and so did a few others in this thread, THIS is what silence brings.
My ESO+ expires Wednesday and last week I cancelled the auto renewal,was not sure at the time now i'm happy I did.< PC - EU >4 -
Suter1972✭✭✭✭Looking forward to the crates arriving. Already got some crowns saved up for all the P2W gear im gonna get. Im gonna be so boss with all my new equipment and mounts.
And if that wasn’t enough, with all the people about the quit the game, im hoping there’ll be a lot of ‘have my stuff’ threads around……
Was - Breton DC ( GIRL - Guy In Real Life toon) Magika Templar Healer/ 5-8 trait Crafter - currently CP290 and learning now starting again on xbox…...
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✭✭✭ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »We'll be releasing Crown Crates later this week, and will be publishing an article on our website tomorrow with all the details.
WOW I clicked on a "Z" marked topic and there was an actual reply from the staff!!!??
What is happening?
As long as you allow us to trade in the useless stuff, potions, lessons etc I don't mind them. (Nobody should ever use them since they are worse than created ones)
If you don't like the crates, don't buy them, can't be more simple than that.
Give them time.
Already there's the better than players can make experience scroll/potion.
Yes, they did add the recipe for players to make something "similar". Then they had to hotfix it since the "rare drops" needed were NOT dropping anywhere. Since the hotfix I have seen people selling the incredibly rare drops. I guess "incredibly rare" from "not in the game" is an improvement.
If people start trading back all the poisons/drinks/food/consumables no one buys or wants to use, they will make "improvements" to make sure people will stop trading them back. Or find other "filler" crap to put in the crates that you won't be able to trade back. The whole point of these things is to get people to keep trying for that exclusive mount or discontinued item they want. Watch Miz Bizz's youtube about opening the crates. People on the pts got literally hundreds of the consumables. If people can rack up dozens of gems for the consumables, they'll be able to buy what they want. Not what the rngesus crate lady wants.3
