CosmicSoul wrote: »

I am not trying to be rude here but exactly what was going through there heads when they priced this mount? I mean seriously guys? Come on lol.

High price point limited release mounts serve two masters;

1. The people and there are several who lurk these forums who want to buy their way to something unique and special. This appeals to their inner peacock.

2. Pushes people to crown crates which is a higher profit generator.

I have about 10 elk mounts in Dragon Age Inquisition so if I do feel the need to prance around on a horned beast I can sate myself in Ferelden.

Aurielle wrote: »

That's a poor analogy. This isn't about premium mounts being cheaper in other games; this is about inconsistent store pricing in this game. If Starbucks started randomly charging $5 for coffee after consistently charging $2, and people continued to buy their coffee, then yeah, they're suckers.

Things in stores aren't necessarily priced according to what they cost to make. They're very frequently priced according to what people are willing to pay for them.

Starbucks could sell their regular, most basic coffee for $2 and another variety for $5. The $5 cup might cost exactly the same or even less than the $2 one but being a limited time offer, and seeming 'fancy' in some fashion, some people will buy it despite or possibly even because of the higher price tag.

Nerouyn wrote: »

Aurielle wrote: »

Anyone who purchases this mount is absolutely a sucker. CDN $50 is almost the price of an entire new game. Think about what you're buying, here: it's an object that gets you from point A to point B. Is that equivalent in value to an entire new video game?

I agree that the price is outrageous but I was prepared for this one, bought crowns when they were on sale and can live with a $19 price tag for a mount.

And yes it's worth that to me. Visuals are super important. Otherwise there'd be no character customisation, different armour and weapon styles etc. Several of my characters look fantastic on this thing.

You and everyone else who don't have crowns banked and are stuck looking at this with a $45 price tag on it - and at Christmas - have my deepest sympathies. It seems unlikely they'll change the price but I hope for other peoples' sake that they do or at least put crowns on sale.

I appreciate your concern (and I'm being sincere about that), but I don't want to buy this mount for 4500 crowns -- not even if crowns go on sale between now and the end of the mount's run. I don't want ZOS's bean counters to think it's appropriate to set a price point for a mount that is higher than two DLC packs combined.

Slurg wrote: »

However I am concerned the main purpose for the higher price may be to set a new "normal" cost for exclusive mounts in order to make crown crates more attractive. Which they will never be, to me, because I want to choose what I pay for, and apparently will have to pay a premium now to do it.

Not sure it's the main purpose but "crown inflation" in certainly part of the overall plan. Now that people sub mainly for the crafting bag, it makes sense to devalue the crowns a bit in order to push people to buy more of them. Crowns being on sale on a regular basis is a nice thing, but don't let us get fooled : it's part of that strategy too.

What we would have considered "overpriced" a year ago will soon seem pretty normal and people will not care that much about high crown prices because "crowns were purchased on sale" anyway.

MickeyBN wrote: »

I dunno about the rest of you but by this stage in December I can barely afford Ramen noodles.

ZOS sure are showing their generous Christmas spirit by charging that much for an average mount right before Christmas.

Walmart still accepts returns! Your kids didnt need ALL those present anyway... return a few and get some crowns! Better yet, just return half of them and try your luck with some awesome crown crates too!

I'm going to go ahead and call it. I have been around Rawl, Grahatwood, and even Vulkelgard the past few days and I think I have seen maybe 4 unique individuals sporting the mount. One of those I have seen at least 4 times but I think I have only seen 4 possibly 3 individuals total. I don't think I am going out on a limb to say that the Elk pricing scheme was a flop. If the pattern for past flops (ice horse, clouded senche, and palomino specifically) holds expect to see the Elk in the crown store crates soon along with the other mounts which were very nice mounts but priced or otherwise marketed very poorly and so sold few.

Chalk one up for me in guessing this one would bomb. You all got me last time on that dro matha senche that sold well when I thought it would bomb but I figure I am still up a bit being right on this one, the ice horse, and the clouded senche.

What is next up on the list of mounts? Lizards? Lamias? Kwama? Mantikora? perhaps fire atros? I for one would really like to see spectral ones like Arvak from Skyrim.

rxhymn wrote: »

You say that, but you would literally go B A N A N A N A S if you saw me riding on my elk with my elk antler hat.

Yes.. In the sense that I would be baffled by you spending 4500 Crowns and supporting price gouging.

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

Man so this company very often tics me off with the crown prices

I know it's nothing people are forced to buy and I behave accordingly. Here's the gripe tho

There is little to nothing highly cosmetically appeasing that's attainable outside of real money.

That's my frustration

This is exactly what people cried about with the Gambler boxes. I saw 5k crowns multiple times on what people would pay. Market is set by consumers

SquareSausage wrote: »

quake89 wrote: »

The appeal to me is not many people will she'll out the 4.5k crowns and so I'll be sitting there on my elk like a boss

You think you're sitting there like a boss, everyone else is thinking you're a complete mug!

Exactly, every time I see someone with the elk mount I just shake my head and silently mourn for yet another victim.