MakoFore wrote: »

they should have given us a base access to furniture= available at stores and merchants- perhaps 2 styles of every piece.
now if we wanted nicer furnitre- and decorations, furniture with utlity- then thats when the levelling and grind might come into play. but to make it totally inaccessible from the get go has been yet another mess up by this company.
to not give housing any utility whatsoever - no storage, nothing.
to not test the performance and server issues before release..

u guys are seriously *** up ur game.

Lots of furniture available at regular housing mechants. Would you like some help finding them?

Ever since testing housing on PTS, and the blatant extensive grinding and time wasting elements of it, that obviously is a push for the Crown Store and money milking, I have been disheartened by this game.

Seeing it go live does nothing to curb my distaste of the recent update, and the game as a whole. People say "if you don't want to buy from the Crown Store, just don't do it".
What they fail to realise is that for a long time, and progressing for the worse every update, every game design from the large to the small is implemented in such a way that playing the game without going to the Crown Store is pretty much impossible - unless you want to have ESO mindless grinding and farming as a full time non-paid job.
It's not only about buying costumes and mount reskins from the store any more. Housing update pretty much locks you out of the whole housing experience, if you decide to circumvent the Crown Store and try and buy houses with gold and furnish them with your crafting. Unless of course you enjoy spending 8+ hours a day farming mats in ESO and earning an exorbitant amount of gold to finance the process.

Achievement hunters, such as myself, have also put up videos here explaining how their gaming experience is soured by impossible to reach achievements, that are beyond unreasonable. I agree with this sentiment.

I played Skyrim special edition again last night for the first time in a good while. Nexus will soon release their new mod manager, and I'll get back into Skyrim modding. I also still have to finish my New Vegas playthrough, and give Fallout 4 a go. The Witcher series and Pillars of Eternity also await me on my to-do list.
Point is, once my ESO plus membership expires in a week I will not be resubbing, and I will most likely abandon the game. The current ESO experience is making me feel exploited and abused by ZOS. They care nothing about making a good gaming experience, they ignore every feedback we send them on PTS, and they design every aspect of their game as to maximise the amount of money they can squeeze out of us. It's an abusive relationship, and while it has definitely had its positives as well, it is time to end it.
There are plenty of games out there that leave me with much more satisfaction, and for a fraction of the costs as well.

I am quite aware that ZOS gives a rat's arse about this. They obviously care more about luring more and more new people into their web, and care very little about those who leave.
It's a short sighted strategy. And while it may give you good numbers for a time, it's not a good strategy for long term sustainability, and it's unethical and sickening, really.

acw37162 wrote: »

STEVIL wrote: »

acw37162 wrote: »

So why would you buy a house now when there are new houses coming you will have purchase again in Morrwind?

of course the same exact question could be asked about any in-game non-crown purchase - like say "why would you gold up your sets knowing there will be another patch in 3-6 months altering balance" or "when with morrowind there will be a new class and new sets coming" and so on and so on.

the answer is always for me "to play what i want to play now and with full knowledge it will likely change to some degree in the future."

Which is why i tend to settle at mostly purple unless its for weapons (or gear I am certain of) and am fine with that.

When Morrowind comes out for sure I plan on buying a house there, on hoping to craft and farm useful sets there, on running the new class there and so on and that doesn't cause me to think anything differently about what i am doing now.

if i did frame every decision on what might be in six months being better as opposed to just more - i wouldn't be doing anything except letting that frame turn into a trap.

Yeah, except you know houses are being added with Morrowind.

You don't know if the Dungeon pack will have housing additions or the 4Th quarter DLC but you know Morrowind will. I'm suspecting some type of requirement to buy and own houses in Morrowind that ensure you spent in game gold and/or money on housing from the base game as well as completing the quest line.

And I don't know but suspect Orsinuim hosing will be opened up at some point.

I bought a house already because I wanted the Forsaken Stronghold. I've played ES3: Morrowind several times, and am very familiar with the type of architecture that exists on Vvardenfell. Needless to say, any new houses they make in Vvardenfell, if they are even remotely similar to the design of ES3: Morrowind, will not be any I find appealing. Giant mushrooms are also overrated. Who am I, Super Mario?