Motif chapters (binding them into a book)

Prof_Bawbag · December 2016

I'm assuming you can't, but thought I'd ask anyway. When you're in possession of all chapters from a specific style is it possible to bind them into a book so they take up less room?

JD2013 · December 2016

Nope, can't be done I'm afraid to say.

This is definitely a feature they should implement.

Prof_Bawbag · December 2016

Thanks @JD2013

Runs · December 2016

JD2013 wrote: »

Nope, can't be done I'm afraid to say.

This is definitely a feature they should implement.

But then 14 inventory spaces could be reduced to 1. How can they later sell us extra space if we are given ways to properly manage inventory now?

Next thing you know you guys will be asking for them to get rid of the unnecessary style mat fragments that need to be refined, and instead make mobs/nodes drop them in full but at 1/10th the drop rate to compensate.

JD2013 · December 2016

Runs wrote: »

JD2013 wrote: »

Nope, can't be done I'm afraid to say.

This is definitely a feature they should implement.

But then 14 inventory spaces could be reduced to 1. How can they later sell us extra space if we are given ways to properly manage inventory now?

Next thing you know you guys will be asking for them to get rid of the unnecessary style mat fragments that need to be refined, and instead make mobs/nodes drop them in full but at 1/10th the drop rate to compensate.

Ourorboros · January 2017

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

I'm assuming you can't, but thought I'd ask anyway. When you're in possession of all chapters from a specific style is it possible to bind them into a book so they take up less room?

Runs wrote: »

But then 14 inventory spaces could be reduced to 1. How can they later sell us extra space if we are given ways to properly manage inventory now?

Next thing you know you guys will be asking for them to get rid of the unnecessary style mat fragments that need to be refined, and instead make mobs/nodes drop them in full but at 1/10th the drop rate to compensate.

Perfect examples of how zos does or doesn't make game changes to drive crown store sales. As players we really should be a lot more irritated and vocal about such blatant conflict of interest. Of course, zos could make changes to stacking to ease inventory, but they sell inventory space. Mount training didn't need to take 6 months, but zos sells riding lessons. zos=a lesson in greed.

ArchMikem · January 2017

Motif Books are supposed to be rare to come across. If players could just combine the separate chapters into a book their first thought wouldn't be "cool now I have more inventory space", it'd be "now to list this thing for 4 million..."

newtinmpls · January 2017

ArchMikem wrote: »

Motif Books are supposed to be rare to come across. If players could just combine the separate chapters into a book their first thought wouldn't be "cool now I have more inventory space", it'd be "now to list this thing for 4 million..."

Well.... yeah good point

Don't do it ZoS

Prof_Bawbag · January 2017

ArchMikem wrote: »

Motif Books are supposed to be rare to come across. If players could just combine the separate chapters into a book their first thought wouldn't be "cool now I have more inventory space", it'd be "now to list this thing for 4 million..."

Some motif styles are so easy to obtain though, especially the festive motifs we've had on both occasions. That said, I do see your point. Talking of which, it's hilarious when you see people listing the hollowjack motif book for millions, yet each page can be bought for a pittance.

Bakkagami · January 2017

Ourorboros wrote: »

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

I'm assuming you can't, but thought I'd ask anyway. When you're in possession of all chapters from a specific style is it possible to bind them into a book so they take up less room?

Runs wrote: »

But then 14 inventory spaces could be reduced to 1. How can they later sell us extra space if we are given ways to properly manage inventory now?

Next thing you know you guys will be asking for them to get rid of the unnecessary style mat fragments that need to be refined, and instead make mobs/nodes drop them in full but at 1/10th the drop rate to compensate.

Perfect examples of how zos does or doesn't make game changes to drive crown store sales. As players we really should be a lot more irritated and vocal about such blatant conflict of interest. Of course, zos could make changes to stacking to ease inventory, but they sell inventory space. Mount training didn't need to take 6 months, but zos sells riding lessons. zos=a lesson in greed.

Literally lol'd at "conflict of interest". I'm starting to think 99% of forums are actually clueless. You do realize zos is a company right? Alas I think most people who have the game realize that it's a business and therefore understand and accept that everything zos does is going t, and should, benefit themselves first.

DiteHart · January 2017

I don't see why allowing us to bind them into books would be such a huge deal for them. You'd need every chapter to bind the book, so it would really only save space for abundant ones, like the event ones. Otherwise, it tends to be hard to get the full chapters of all motifs.
The prices of the full book would probably go down a bit, so collector's hobbies would be a bit less expensive. But, I'm guessing that individual chapter prices would rise while people buy the missing pieces to fill out their sets.
Allowing you to do it under "Options" would be nice, but I also wouldn't mind if it were tied to crafting (like you need level 10 in a craft to be able to bind books), or if you had to buy an item to use (similar to Merethic Restorative Resin, but hopefully cheaper).

starkerealm · January 2017

Ourorboros wrote: »

Mount training didn't need to take 6 months, but zos sells riding lessons. zos=a lesson in greed.

Probably worth pointing out, on this specific conspiracy theory... no. The riding system was changed to be more generous to the player when Unlimited released. Before that you needed to feed individual horses. You were also limited to feeding a mount 49 times, then it could never eat again. Accidentally stick a point in the wrong place? Too bad. You now need to buy another horse to correct your error.

It was like that for the full 10 months that the game was subscription only. When the game went to buy to play, and the crown store was added, they changed the system so your mount upgrades applied to your character, instead of that specific horse. Saving us from ZOS selling horses that have better base stats in the crown store (the expensive horses in the stables originally all had +10 to one of their stats). It saves us from having to buy training lessons every time we want to buy a new mount from the shop. Also, all horses were per character, so if you didn't have the Imperial Edition or Palamino, you had to cough up the gold to buy a horse for every character, and the cheap one started at 17k. It's a hell of a lot more consumer friendly now than before the crown store was introduced.

But, hey, ZOS can't sell me bank spaces, I already maxed that out.

Ourorboros · January 2017

OP, you got your wish after all, sorta. Motifs will stack.

Prof_Bawbag · January 2017

Glad to hear it. Long overdue.