I don't mind spending money on the game but what I do mind is not being able to play the blasted thing. If I pay a monthly fee for the ESO premium then by golly I should not be experiencing logging issues. Every since the One Tamirel update there has been continuous long loading screens, and worse, not being able to log in at all because of timing out anywhere from 30 min to 2 hrs and 15 min. Now newest problem is not being able to logout at all. Have to hard restart to get to char screen. Playing in Cyrodiil has become a nightmare because of random loading screens. I have had enough of this. This has been a fun game but if you / they do not fix this problem, Zenimax will have one less paying customer. I'm over this!

kevlarto_ESO wrote: »

People will do what they want to do, and spend their money how they want to, not based on anyone's opinion, I am not buying any until I see improvements in the game and zos taking a more active stance on cheaters and exploiters.

Some folks will buy them and have fun with them as intended, and that's ok.

I wish everyone good luck, hope the crates are in your favor.

The whole crown crate thing is blown out to crazy there is nothing in the crown crates that is NEEDED, it is all wanted maybe, life will go on this knee jerk reaction will blow over like they all do /shrug

Question.
Is that lightning mount any less desirable to a roleplayer than a gold sharpened vma sword is to a min/maxer ?
Is it not head and shoulders above anything else available ..and exclusive?
Is this not Pay2win in a roleplayers eyes ?
Worse... gamble2win.
Now they can lorde that exclusive item over everyone that refused to succumb to an open wallet policy.

Its their money at the end of the day.
I just feel really sorry for the ones with no will power who cant afford it.
But want to be just as cool regardless

@Yolokin_Swagonborn Thanks for being a responsible adult.
Perhaps you will set an example to those who should know better.

Can I afford to blow money on this? Sure, I'm in my 50s and well off. Me in my 20s wouldn't even consider it. If I had a gambling addiction, I'd probably avoid the internet as much as possible, as the object of my addiction would just be too readily available. It is up to each person to decide for themselves what environment they are in.

danielpatrickkeaneub17_ESO wrote: »

Xabien wrote: »

danielpatrickkeaneub17_ESO wrote: »

It's not a scam. You know what you're getting into. You're all scamming yourself and blaming the dealer because you think hitting on a 20 is a good idea.

No not a scam. Just a very cheap, tacky, low-life way to rinse your customers for every last dime. It shows zero respect for us as customers or players.

Very true.

It's also really profitable so I'm sure the CEO of Zenimax will totally worry about that aboard his gold plated yacht. And then wipe away this flood of indignation made with his handkerchief made of perfectly stitched together $100 bills.

The sooner that many of you realize that almost everything in life is a calculated plan to separate you from your money they better many of you will be. Nobody cares about art, your feelings, or your addictions. They just care about your money.

Fortunately "nobody" isn't accurate. Companies and certain morally bankrupt reality-tv-star-come-politicians maybe.

Lukums1 wrote: »

FloppyTouch wrote: »

I got a mount after a few boxes got the 15 bundle was not a rip off imo

Same here.

The chances seemed WAY WAY higher.

The PTS was a mess.

This was fine my $50.00 investment literally got me everything I wanted.

Congrats. For $50 I'd expect an entire game or Xpac, but if a mount and some costumes feels like good value, then more power to you

Lord_Dexter wrote: »

Moltyr wrote: »

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!! (unless you're super rich)

People would not stop seeing Storm Mounts, they are just awesome!

You also deserve temporary ban for defaming offical release as scam and discouraging others

and you deserve a gold star for being a brown nose to a disgusting system! Hope you burn though thousands and when you get [snip] content for your effort you will learn!!

[Edit to remove censor bypass.]

Callous2208 wrote: »

Delta1038 wrote: »

Callous2208 wrote: »

Delta1038 wrote: »

Callous2208 wrote: »

Delta1038 wrote: »

Yeah, I admit I don't really understand why it is drawing so much anger from people. If you don't want them, don't buy them and it is pretty clear from that get go that you spend money for a roll of the proverbial dice. I spent crowns on some, didn't get a storm mount but still got some fun stuff. See no reason to buy anymore and even less reason for people to be freaking out about them. But hey, what do I know?

I'm gonna need you to go buy more. You're not supporting ZOS hard enough. We can't provide future releases into the crates if you don't keep buying crates. Crates are the game now. Stop being a freeloader.

Haha, well if that is the case then they will just have to settle for my ESO Plus subscription for the time being. I spend my money more wisely and if the crates had more things of interest to me then I would have considered getting more. But as it stands I deemed the game fun enough to risk the crowns I had on them. Suppose the real question is then, are you supporting ZOS hard enough?

I've only subbed since day one on pc and buy crowns from time to time. So no, I'm barely even throwing any support their way.
But rest assured friend, this is only the beginning. You have my word that we will eventually have so many awesome things in the crates, you'll want to blow your entire paycheck on them. Basically we hope to evolve the crates from mere, fun scam boxes to absolutely necessary for game enjoyment.

Lol, define awesome? I can't imagine what would be worth spending a lot of money on for the slight chance of acquiring but perhaps that is a failure of imagination on my part.

I get what you are saying but I don't see that turn happening, gambling crowns on a maybe box is a far step from pay to win style mechanics. And should that turn ever occur, then at that point I will not play the game. But as it stands it is simply a crown roulette for aesthetics and random stuff. Hardly the end of the game or worth all the anger it seems to be incurring.

That turn may never occur. We can only hope. Mmo track record for that is not in our favor I'm afraid. Either way, doesn't affect me now because I think the stuff in them is dumb. But one day they'll put something badass in there I want. And here I'll sit with all these crowns going to waste, wishing to buy it outright.

That much I most certainly understand, if there had been something in the store I actually wanted I would have been far more inclined to purchase it with crowns directly rather than gamble. And should something pop up that I would really want that is only available in the crates I would be annoyed by the highly unlikely chance of getting it.

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

Recremen wrote: »

TequilaFire wrote: »

I only bought 4 crates at 400 crowns each. Each crate's contents value on the crown store far exceeded the 400 crowns so I can not call it a rip off or a scam as long as you don't count on getting that one thing you have your heart set on every time. I was lucky and got the mount I wanted in the 4th crate, but was not disappointed in the useful poisons, pets, tattoos, hats and mimic stones I received in the other crates. In other words I more than got my monies worth.

So as long as you don't actually want anything and just feel the need to spend crowns on who-cares-what, they're a great deal, but if you actually want something they're a total scam, got it.

That is the complete and total BS way of understanding what they are. It can't be a scam because YOU ALL KNOW EXACTLY what they are. And ZOS explained how they work. They aren't forced upon anyone. You make the decision if you are going to give it a shot. There is no scam.

@Publius_Scipio Wrong, they're inherently a scam because it's a method of taking money without providing value to the customer. It doesn't become not a scam under the dubious pretense that people "know what they are". The whole thing was literally created by a behaviorist to take advantage of common consumer ignorance. You know what wouldn't be a scam? Putting the items up for direct purchase. A scam isn't something forced on people, it's something that people get tricked into engaging with.

TequilaFire wrote: »

Recremen wrote: »

TequilaFire wrote: »

I only bought 4 crates at 400 crowns each. Each crate's contents value on the crown store far exceeded the 400 crowns so I can not call it a rip off or a scam as long as you don't count on getting that one thing you have your heart set on every time. I was lucky and got the mount I wanted in the 4th crate, but was not disappointed in the useful poisons, pets, tattoos, hats and mimic stones I received in the other crates. In other words I more than got my monies worth.

So as long as you don't actually want anything and just feel the need to spend crowns on who-cares-what, they're a great deal, but if you actually want something they're a total scam, got it.

If you don't want anything then don't buy anything, such a strawman.
I happen to have a use for poisons, potions and collecting pets is not such a bad thing so there was really nothing I didn't want in any of the the crates I bought. One man's junk is another man's treasure.

But that is how I feel and of course you have a right to feel anyway you want just don't expect me to feel as you do.
Sorry to bring reason to extremist views.

Honey you don't even know what a strawman argument is. Also, you aren't buying things, you are risking money on the prospect of getting things. At least get your definitions right.

It's fine that you happened to get things you wanted, but that doesn't make it a good deal for every consumer. A good deal is being able to actually directly purchase things you want for a set price. That's not an extremist view, that's a basic tenet of a market economy. Sorry to bring reason to your ignorance.

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

Recremen wrote: »

TequilaFire wrote: »

I only bought 4 crates at 400 crowns each. Each crate's contents value on the crown store far exceeded the 400 crowns so I can not call it a rip off or a scam as long as you don't count on getting that one thing you have your heart set on every time. I was lucky and got the mount I wanted in the 4th crate, but was not disappointed in the useful poisons, pets, tattoos, hats and mimic stones I received in the other crates. In other words I more than got my monies worth.

So as long as you don't actually want anything and just feel the need to spend crowns on who-cares-what, they're a great deal, but if you actually want something they're a total scam, got it.

That is the complete and total BS way of understanding what they are. It can't be a scam because YOU ALL KNOW EXACTLY what they are. And ZOS explained how they work. They aren't forced upon anyone. You make the decision if you are going to give it a shot. There is no scam.

The point is, for most people the only thing in their of any worth is the exclusive item.
Anything else in the box is superfluous window dressing and smoke and mirrors to hide the scam.
To get the exclusive item...you must gamble.

For those loaded with money this is not an issue.
For those that arent loaded with money, and have little self control, this is a massive problem.
Many people really do have little self control.....they can be wound up...and triggered...really easily.
Some people are just as easily seduced by the lure of the unobtainable as others are by intimidation.

Waffennacht wrote: »

Why aren't you guys yelling at Neverwinter, Vegas, Black Hawk, The lotto or any other thing that has these exact things?

It's simple, you have poor chances, but everyone already knows that.

My friend keeps telling me, "it's the internet, complaining is what it does."

Edit: I just thought of this, and I think it rather clever, "An addict is someone that is unable to turn their habit into a profession."

whoa whoa whoa.

Hold on.

NEVERWINTER is P2W like really pay to win.

You can't compete at all with the people that spend real money.

This is nothing even close to what they have in neverwinter.

AlienDev wrote: »

I have to chime in here as well. I don't understand why you guys are complaining about having to buy a bunch of these crates for a RARE item. the word rare means it is unlikely you'll run into someone with this item. if everyone could buy it, then it wouldn't be rare. Let it be what it is, something special if you get lucky. The crates should really be purchased for the items you know your going to get in the crate. stop buying them for something you might get if your lucky and complaining that you didn't get one.

-Cheers

I dunno about "Rare"

I myself was running around on my strom atro mount and I legit saw at least 20 people with one also.

Granted I have no idea how much money they spent to rare could be accurate however I myself and others like me ended up spending $50-$100 and got the mount.

However we were also the "WHALES" LOL... that bought 30k crowns during the sale due to knowing what the PTS crown crates were like I'm telling you now... it's a million times better than what it was hands down.