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6000 crowns for the Dro M'athra motif? Are you kidding me?!?!?!?!
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Izaki✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Stopnaggin wrote: »
News flash nothing in the crown store is needed to play the game.
But I need to look fabulous!
But you can and should play the game and get the motifs from there! You get a sense of accomplishment as a bonus!
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Sigtric✭✭✭✭✭
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@Sigtric Yet they are so vastly different. The SWTOR cash shop is infinitely better than ESO's. Now there's an understanding that most cash shops are awful for games. Remember all of the lies from Matt Firor at the pre-launch about how The Elder Scrolls IP is so strong that it sells itself? With that said there's nothing in the game in SWTOR that you can't buy for in-game gold. It has quite the flexibility that favors players. Want to spend your in game credits? Buy it with in-game credits. Want to buy it with actual currency? Buy it with actual currency.
Yeah, I've played both and spent money like mad in SWTOR.
"better" is relative though. The fact you could buy store items with cash and then sell them was extremely detrimental to the health of the economy in my opinion. The only way I could make enough credits in game to buy the stuff I wanted from the Auction house was to spend real life money to get random crates that probably didn't have what I wanted in it, and sell that stuff so I could get the cash shop items I did want. It was horrible.
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Izaki✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭autumnsongbird wrote: »Shad0wfire99 wrote: »Makes post about being angry over vMoL exploit being fixed. Makes new post wanting to buy skin with crowns. Interesting.
PTS going live drives up motif prices to appox. 30k each. 20k is a bargain!
The motifs are dirt cheap on Xbox EU, so what you're saying doesn't account for all platforms.Edited by Izaki on January 26, 2017 8:40PM@ Izaki #PCEU
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idk✭✭✭✭✭
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Why complain about the crown cost of something that can be obtained for free in game?
Run the content once every 7 days per character and get your groove on or use in game gold to buy it.
However, you do seem Josef with Zos with your thread complaining that Zos gave priority to fixing an exploit/cheat over fixing a QoL issue and wanting green and r blue weapons to drop in nMA.
I will say that your desire to fight other players sorc Pete was a little interesting.3 -
MLGProPlayer✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭6k crowns for a motif (!) is a terrible precursor to housing. SWTOR (Published by EA) has less of a cash grab than ESO.
Ridiculous.
As long as people keep buying stuff at these ridiculous prices, they will keep raising the prices. Judging by how many people you see with dro'mathra mounts, atranoch mounts, elk mounts, and 5k assistants in the game, clearly these items sell very well. Why leave money on the table by lowering prices when people will buy at these prices anyway?Edited by MLGProPlayer on January 26, 2017 8:56PM4 -
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I agree. Who would have thought that it would only take a month for them to release something in the crown store that made that elk start to look like a bargain? I suspected the elk was the start of higher prices all around, but this is extreme.That's just greedy, plain and simple. I thought 4500 crowns for the elk was pretty bad but I swallowed that toad... but 6000 crowns for a motif? Seriously?
One can rationalize the idea of charging a lot of crowns for a mount that isn't available any other way. But charging that much more for a motif you can buy in guild stores, or get by running a trial, while advertising it as a limited time offer? That's a whole different level. I am at a loss for words.
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Remag_Div✭✭✭✭✭$45 for a motif.
I'm speechless. The Crown Store is officially the worst cash shop I've ever seen.
I wouldn't be surprised to see them selling manor's for $200.11 -
Katahdin✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Glad I farmed maw and bought the ones I was missing.
I agree 6k is too much.Beta tester November 20132 -
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✭Nothing surprises me OP. Great Elk mounts were CHEAP in comparison.Want to become Vampire? 5k @ZiRM in game.ESO Server Status. ( ^_^)o自自o(^_^ ) SkåL!!!!!0 -
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@Sigtric Yet they are so vastly different. The SWTOR cash shop is infinitely better than ESO's. Now there's an understanding that most cash shops are awful for games. Remember all of the lies from Matt Firor at the pre-launch about how The Elder Scrolls IP is so strong that it sells itself? With that said there's nothing in the game in SWTOR that you can't buy for in-game gold. It has quite the flexibility that favors players. Want to spend your in game credits? Buy it with in-game credits. Want to buy it with actual currency? Buy it with actual currency.
Yeah, I've played both and spent money like mad in SWTOR.
"better" is relative though. The fact you could buy store items with cash and then sell them was extremely detrimental to the health of the economy in my opinion. The only way I could make enough credits in game to buy the stuff I wanted from the Auction house was to spend real life money to get random crates that probably didn't have what I wanted in it, and sell that stuff so I could get the cash shop items I did want. It was horrible.
@Sigtric Your bad experience is due to your inability to make credits in game. In SWTOR, I make a ton of credits selling crafting materials. I've never felt compelled to purchase anything off of their store because I could buy it in game with the credits I already have.
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KochDerDamonen✭✭✭✭✭
✭Should be 100000 crowns, the less people wear these glowing monstrosities the better :^)
I don't think ZOS knows how easy it is to get.If you quote someone, and intend for them to see what you have said, be sure to Mention them with @[insert name].0 -
UrQuan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Friends don't let friends spend crowns on motifs.
Having said that, the price of this motif is totally in line with the prices of other "exotic" motifs in the crown store, once you take into account the fact that it comes with a small supply of mimic stones.
I would still advise everyone interested in the motif to get it in-game rather than blow crowns on it, however. I mean, all you need to do is run non-vet Maw a few times (preferably with friends who are happy to trade motifs or sell the ones that you need to you for a reasonable price), or search in guild stores (because a lot of the people who run Maw sell the motifs they get).
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PurifedBladez✭✭✭✭✭Lol that's actually kinda crazy.. 6000k crowns... wow. Is that more then the dlc's combined? Way more then the cost of the mount as well lol.1
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Sigtric✭✭✭✭✭
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@Sigtric Yet they are so vastly different. The SWTOR cash shop is infinitely better than ESO's. Now there's an understanding that most cash shops are awful for games. Remember all of the lies from Matt Firor at the pre-launch about how The Elder Scrolls IP is so strong that it sells itself? With that said there's nothing in the game in SWTOR that you can't buy for in-game gold. It has quite the flexibility that favors players. Want to spend your in game credits? Buy it with in-game credits. Want to buy it with actual currency? Buy it with actual currency.
Yeah, I've played both and spent money like mad in SWTOR.
"better" is relative though. The fact you could buy store items with cash and then sell them was extremely detrimental to the health of the economy in my opinion. The only way I could make enough credits in game to buy the stuff I wanted from the Auction house was to spend real life money to get random crates that probably didn't have what I wanted in it, and sell that stuff so I could get the cash shop items I did want. It was horrible.
@Sigtric Your bad experience is due to your inability to make credits in game. In SWTOR, I make a ton of credits selling crafting materials. I've never felt compelled to purchase anything off of their store because I could buy it in game with the credits I already have.
Well sure, that's what makes the experience relative.
That's only one aspect of their cash shop as well. The entire thing was designed to nickle and dime players for QoL improvements or even access to much needed UI features, and in many cases even as a subbed player you still had to obtain things from it in one way or another.
There's quite a few reasons that even as recent as within the last couple months, Massively and other gaming news and commentary sites are listing SWTORs cash shop as how NOT to do it.
I'm glad it worked for you.Edited by Sigtric on January 26, 2017 9:20PM
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Scrub: Chews-on-Beavers - 50 EP DK Tank | Vera the Wild - 50 EP magicka Warden | Sigtric the Axe - 50 EP Dragonknight Crafter | Sigtric the Blade - 50 EP Lost Nightblade | Sigtric the Savage - 50 EP magicka Templar | Vibeka Shadowblade - 50 Ep Stealthy Ganky Nightblade |
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PurifedBladez✭✭✭✭✭You've heard of "the power creep?" Well, ZOS is infected with something FAR worse:
THE CROWN CREEP.
$$$
Lol so true though.
So greedy.. the only thing that kills me is these profits obviously aren't going into improving server stability or other bugs.
Seems to be going into the design of more absurdly priced crown items or their pockets..
Make it rain.Edited by PurifedBladez on January 26, 2017 9:21PM2 -
bareheiny✭✭✭✭✭I find myself wondering if the high Crown price is in anyway related to subscribers sitting on their monthly Crown stipend.
I mean do folk really fork out real money for stuff, or do they simply use their Crown allowances....because there's not really a lot of use for them otherwise.1 -
Kuroinu✭✭✭✭✭LOL I HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THIS COMPANY
I've said this before and I'll say it again. It does not matter what great things the developers achieve, your marketing team will surely sully your reputation.
Please get it together and show your player base some respect.4 -
PurifedBladez✭✭✭✭✭I find myself wondering if the high Crown price is in anyway related to subscribers sitting on their monthly Crown stipend.
I mean do folk really fork out real money for stuff, or do they simply use their Crown allowances....because there's not really a lot of use for them otherwise.
That's still real money.0 -
ThePaleItalian✭✭✭✭✭
✭I think its way over priced... but its optional.. you can buy them in game and I see them being sold in chat all day long. So you can do one of two things. Spend 45$ for a neon sign OR go buy them in the game with gold.
I get the salt and outrage, but no offence... its optional and totally worthless, we need another buff timer post or "why can't I find dragons" post.Conan, what is good in life?
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Prof_Bawbag✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Friends don't let friends spend crowns on motifs.
Having said that, the price of this motif is totally in line with the prices of other "exotic" motifs in the crown store, once you take into account the fact that it comes with a small supply of mimic stones.
I would still advise everyone interested in the motif to get it in-game rather than blow crowns on it, however. I mean, all you need to do is run non-vet Maw a few times (preferably with friends who are happy to trade motifs or sell the ones that you need to you for a reasonable price), or search in guild stores (because a lot of the people who run Maw sell the motifs they get).
You know things are bad when you could buy gold (to buy those pages in-game) from one of those spamming sites you see in game for less than what ZoS are asking for it. Makes you wonder who the real scammers are.3 -
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Yes and no.PurifedBladez wrote: »I find myself wondering if the high Crown price is in anyway related to subscribers sitting on their monthly Crown stipend.
I mean do folk really fork out real money for stuff, or do they simply use their Crown allowances....because there's not really a lot of use for them otherwise.
That's still real money.
Personally, I see a difference between buying 6k of Crowns...and subscribing for 4 months, and saving the stipend. On one hand, I've forked out real currency for nothing but Crowns...on the other, I've paid for access to all DLCs and such.
But that's just me.
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PurifedBladez✭✭✭✭✭Prof_Bawbag wrote: »Friends don't let friends spend crowns on motifs.
Having said that, the price of this motif is totally in line with the prices of other "exotic" motifs in the crown store, once you take into account the fact that it comes with a small supply of mimic stones.
I would still advise everyone interested in the motif to get it in-game rather than blow crowns on it, however. I mean, all you need to do is run non-vet Maw a few times (preferably with friends who are happy to trade motifs or sell the ones that you need to you for a reasonable price), or search in guild stores (because a lot of the people who run Maw sell the motifs they get).
You know things are bad when you could buy gold (to buy those pages in-game) from one of those spamming sites you see in game for less than what ZoS are asking for it. Makes you wonder who the real scammers are.
Lol that's crazy I didn't even think of that! So funny.
I wish this wasn't an elder scrolls game.. if it wasn't it would of been dead already. They deserve to pay for their mistakes not get carried.Edited by PurifedBladez on January 26, 2017 9:31PM3 -
SolarCat02✭✭✭✭✭I remember when this motif was 3k a page due to how easy it was to farm.
Even now, it's not that difficult. Normal Maw of Lorkhaj is actually rather fun, in my opinion. The atmosphere, the music, the mechanics... My social guild is running it tonight for the second time this week.
Seeing the motif selling for 6k... This boggles my mind.Why be normal when you can be better?
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Dark_Claw✭✭✭I'm glad that it's so expensive. Maybe it'll motivate players to actually go and earn it.
If ZOS want to sell motifs in the Crown Store then whatever, but I don't think they should do it with existing styles that people have already worked their arses off to acquire.2 -
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@Sigtric Yet they are so vastly different. The SWTOR cash shop is infinitely better than ESO's. Now there's an understanding that most cash shops are awful for games. Remember all of the lies from Matt Firor at the pre-launch about how The Elder Scrolls IP is so strong that it sells itself? With that said there's nothing in the game in SWTOR that you can't buy for in-game gold. It has quite the flexibility that favors players. Want to spend your in game credits? Buy it with in-game credits. Want to buy it with actual currency? Buy it with actual currency.
Yeah, I've played both and spent money like mad in SWTOR.
"better" is relative though. The fact you could buy store items with cash and then sell them was extremely detrimental to the health of the economy in my opinion. The only way I could make enough credits in game to buy the stuff I wanted from the Auction house was to spend real life money to get random crates that probably didn't have what I wanted in it, and sell that stuff so I could get the cash shop items I did want. It was horrible.
@Sigtric Your bad experience is due to your inability to make credits in game. In SWTOR, I make a ton of credits selling crafting materials. I've never felt compelled to purchase anything off of their store because I could buy it in game with the credits I already have.
Well sure, that's what makes the experience relative.
That's only one aspect of their cash shop as well. The entire thing was designed to nickle and dime players for QoL improvements or even access to much needed UI features, and in many cases even as a subbed player you still had to obtain things from it in one way or another.
There's quite a few reasons that even as recent as within the last couple months, Massively and other gaming news and commentary sites are listing SWTORs cash shop as how NOT to do it.
I'm glad it worked for you.
You're ill informed then. You get all of the quality of life improvements included in your sub. Your hotbars, credit cap etc are all unlocked with a subscription. You can also buy those with in-game credits as well. I know... You didn't know that either.0 -
Prof_Bawbag✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭I'm glad that it's so expensive. Maybe it'll motivate players to actually go and earn it.
If ZOS want to sell motifs in the Crown Store then whatever, but I don't think they should do it with existing styles that people have already worked their arses off to acquire.
Yup, me doing nMOL and buying the rest for around 8-12k each was a real ball breaker. I have to go for a lie down now after all that tough graft.1 -
S1ipperyJim✭✭✭✭✭This is a very bad joke by ZOS. I've been collecting motifs recently and this motif is on PCNA for only 8-12k each, what I would classify as a common to mid-tier motif. I am only missing one or two pieces so obviously not interested in buiing it for crowns.
Draugr is expensive, Yokudan is expensive. Trinimac and Malacath are very rare in guild stores not sure how expensive they would be if I could find them. But Dromathra is not.
6000 crowns is absolutely ridiculous, following ZOS' tweet about this the replies are 100% negative. Yet if it is anything like ZOS elk mount which had 90% negative feedback they would keep on promoting it while it is in the store and acting like we should be excited about it being on sale. Not happy with the greed ZOS.3 -
S1ipperyJim✭✭✭✭✭I find myself wondering if the high Crown price is in anyway related to subscribers sitting on their monthly Crown stipend.
I mean do folk really fork out real money for stuff, or do they simply use their Crown allowances....because there's not really a lot of use for them otherwise.
Who in their right mind would waste crowns on common motifs like this when they are saving them for the housing update???1 -
Dark_Claw✭✭✭Prof_Bawbag wrote: »I'm glad that it's so expensive. Maybe it'll motivate players to actually go and earn it.
If ZOS want to sell motifs in the Crown Store then whatever, but I don't think they should do it with existing styles that people have already worked their arses off to acquire.
Yup, me doing nMOL and buying the rest for around 8-12k each was a real ball breaker. I have to go for a lie down now after all that tough graft.
To be honest if I could have found any priced at 8-12k I probably would have done the same.0
