Regarding faction change

Aelakhaii_De_Mythos
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Will we ever get to purchase faction change? Anyone official statements made concerning this?
  • TheShadowScout
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    The last official word I head was they are "considering it", back last winter... but nothing since then.

    I still hope they will add it someday, hopefully with a neat "Spycraft" themed DLC that every character can play through, set all over the knopwn maps as well as a "neutral city" somewhere (think cold war era vienna, perhaps... isle of stirk redone for this, maybe?), with a "loyalty called in question" plotline, that has a big choice in the middle - stay loyal to your alliance and prove your innocence, catch the real culprit, etc.; or defect to greener pastures, grab some secrets on the way out and evade the agents after you... bonus points for featuring fomr known faces (Who wouldn't want to slam a porticullis shut into Razum-dars face as you hop on a boat bount towards Morrowind with Naryu?)

    Possibly with some nifty titles depending on your choice: "[original faction] Defector" for those who run, and "[faction] Loyalist" for those who stay...

    And maybe also with some PvP drawbacks, to reassure those fearing PvP-imbalances, like earning only half AP as defector (since noone trusts a traitor, not even those in the goal of their defection), but being worth extra AP if killed by your original faction, possibly even with an "hunt traitor" daily quest that will highlight defectors in cyrodil...

    And possibly also an highly overpriced service token in the crown store that pops characters over to a new alliance for those people who just want to PvP (yeah, let them pay through their noses, those PvP-swin... uhm... swits. ;) )
  • badmojo
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    If it ever happened I would want it to be a one time deal where you can move any or all of your existing characters to only one faction, then never move any of them again.

    I certainly dont want anyone to have the option to change factions every month, regardless of how much the cost might be.
    Edited by badmojo on August 8, 2017 3:07PM
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  • Megabear
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    I suggest Crown faction change but put a limit on how many times you can do it. 1-3 times maybe.
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    when ESO goes free to play they'll sell you anything.
  • Zbigb4life
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    No no alliance changes: traitors will be shot immediately :p
  • TheShadowScout
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    badmojo wrote: »
    I certainly dont want anyone to have the option to change factions every month, regardless of how much the cost might be.
    As I mentioned, I really wouldn't mind if someone switched sides every week and twice during the holidays. As long as they pay, say, 5000 crowns for every pop... all it'd do is finance more ESO content for me to enjoy all the sooner! So, let them. Let them switch and switch and pay and pay. I won't get mad about it, I'll just be laughing at them...

    Zbigb4life wrote: »
    No no alliance changes: traitors will be shot immediately :p
    And what's why I always suggest stuff like...
    ...being worth extra AP if killed by your original faction, possibly even with an "hunt traitor" daily quest that will highlight defectors in cyrodil...
    ...because...
    tenor.gif
    :p;)
  • Coilbox
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    I would like to try AD or DC... they always help each other against EP... they seem to be very friendly between them, always see groups of blue and yellow players cooperating in cyrodiil... ahem...
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  • Aelakhaii_De_Mythos
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    I would pay 5k crowns in a heartbeat for this.
  • Lusty
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    No thanks....i stay true to my alliance, no matter how many times we get ganked and lose.

    Hang all traitors!
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  • jcaceresw
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    badmojo wrote: »
    If it ever happened I would want it to be a one time deal where you can move any or all of your existing characters to only one faction, then never move any of them again.

    I certainly dont want anyone to have the option to change factions every month, regardless of how much the cost might be.

    I don't mind being a one time offer.

    Long time ago I had to create DC and AD toons because that was the only way to get the monsters collectibles from the last 2 zones and high ranking motifs (being Dwemer the first one that required such condition).

    Now that everything scales to your level, its no use to keep them. However I have done a lots of achievements, maxed my horse, researched at most 8 traits on each piece and completed Cyrodiil on them (I dont like to PVP). So a delete character and start over do not works for me.
  • Grabmoore
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    Lusty wrote: »
    No thanks....i stay true to my alliance, no matter how many times we get ganked and lose.

    Hang all traitors!

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  • tplink3r1
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    It should be cheap for the first change and then very expensive after that.
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  • MornaBaine
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    badmojo wrote: »
    I certainly dont want anyone to have the option to change factions every month, regardless of how much the cost might be.
    As I mentioned, I really wouldn't mind if someone switched sides every week and twice during the holidays. As long as they pay, say, 5000 crowns for every pop... all it'd do is finance more ESO content for me to enjoy all the sooner! So, let them. Let them switch and switch and pay and pay. I won't get mad about it, I'll just be laughing at them...

    Zbigb4life wrote: »
    No no alliance changes: traitors will be shot immediately :p
    And what's why I always suggest stuff like...
    ...being worth extra AP if killed by your original faction, possibly even with an "hunt traitor" daily quest that will highlight defectors in cyrodil...
    ...because...
    tenor.gif
    :p;)

    I agree with letting it be a spendy crown store option. I'd love a free switch via the DLC you propose but it should definitely only be a one time thing per character. Also, as to getting additional AP for killing "traitors" that definitely needs to have a limit. Like you can only be killed X number of times by members of the faction you left before it's no longer the case. No cool down though or people will just wait it out.
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  • LadyDestiny
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    Will we ever get to purchase faction change? Anyone official statements made concerning this?

    I agree should be a one time deal or at least a cool down period of 6 to 12 months. I see this causing a big issue with players. One guy gets mad at a player or guild, then switches faction to spite them. Immature reactions. They would do better if they offered class change fomens instead.
  • Dreyloch
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    At this time it does not benefit PvE in any way. So I would say it's not likely to happen soon. But here's the thing when it comes to PvP. If they implemented this, there are 2 possibilities:

    1) Major guilds switch factions and things kinda even out across the campaigns.
    2) The least performing faction gets enveloped by the other 2 and it becomes a 2 faction campaign.

    Be nice to see #1 for competition's sake. But I fear #2 is more apt to happen =/

    Edited by Dreyloch on August 9, 2017 4:32PM
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