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Will I ever get a chance to buy the discontinued mounts/pets?

Octopuss
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Do mounts available in the Crown store for limited time ever reappear? I would really like the dwarven spider for example, but I only bought the game after it was pulled off. Same goes for other ones. This looks like a kind of a ripoff... I am willing to spend real money on useless stuff, and I can't. This is a weird business model.
  • BlackSparrow
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    Yep. It's a business model that makes use of a marketing term called "Fear of Missing Out" (FoMO). People feel pressured to buy something if it's for a limited time, because they don't want to miss out on a great item. Which is an absolute pain for any new players who missed out by virtue of not hopping into the game soon enough.

    Some mounts and pets do reappear in the Crown Crates, so you may see that one again in a future Crown Crate season. However, once it's retired from the Crown Store proper, you usually won't see it come back except in Crown Crates..
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    Nephikah the Houseless, dunmer assassin: "I suppose I could use the break. I have a lot of business holdings now that need management."
    Swum-Many-Waters, elderly argonian healer: "I think that I would enjoy writing a memoir."
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    Lorenyawe, altmer mechanist: "And why would I want to go outside in the first place? Too much to be done in the workshop."
    Lorelai Magpie, breton master thief: "I'd go nuts. Lucky for me, I have a little experience sneaking out!"
    Rasheda the Burning Heart, redguard knight: "I would continue my training to keep my skills sharp."
    Hex-Eye Azabi, khajiit daedric priestess: "I suppose it would be lucky, then, that I built a shrine to Mephala in my backyard."
    Yngva Stormhammer, nord bandit (reformed...ish): "I hate being inside even when I'm not forced to be. GET. ME. OUT."
    Madam Argentia, vampire dunmer aristocrat: "I suppose it would be more of the same. I have a rather... contentious relationship with the sun."
    Mazie gra-Bolga, orc scout: "Uh... I'd have to house train my bear..."
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    Calico Jaka-dra, retired khajiit pirate: "This one would like a rest from her grand adventures. Her jewel shop runs out of stock!"
    Shimmerbeam, blind altmer psijic: "Provided that I am confined to Artaeum, I do not think I will want for things to occupy my time."
    Shauna Blackfire, redguard necromancer: "Sounds like paradise. I hate people."
    Kirniel the Undying, cursed bosmer warrior: "I would feel useless, not being able to fight."
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  • Octopuss
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    Crown crates? Is that the thing where I pay 5500 of the currency for three or five crates that typically contain absolutely useless junk?
    I got one with the digital collector's edition of Morrowind (bad idea, $50+ down the drain) and got two stupid scrolls and an eye patch.
  • notimetocare
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    5k is 15.
    Crown crates are what we got because people didnt like sub models
  • Brrrofski
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    Well a dwarven spider with blue on is coming I think, so you're in luck
  • Octopuss
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    5k is 15.
    Crown crates are what we got because people didnt like sub models

    Still not worth the gamble. 5500 crowns is what, 30 euros? I'm stupid, but I am not *** to fall for that.
  • Sigtric
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    As mentioned the only semi-sure guarantee of things returning will be by way of the Crown Crates.

    You may see event related items re-appear during those events though. Basically the limited time costumes that were associated with the halloween event last year may very well reappear during the next event.

    Any regular time limited mount or costume, most likely not.

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  • Octopuss
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    I suspected.
    And it's wrong on so many levels I don't even know where to start.
  • SSlarg
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    Suuuurrrree


    all ya gotta do is Buy loads of crown crates.

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  • Jayne_Doe
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    I agree that the model is not friendly to new players. I seem to be one of the few who actually wouldn't mind these limited items returning to the Crown Store for future limited releases, rather than ending up in Crown Crates. The Crates are a rip-off, plain and simple.

    If you are interested in the spider mount, as someone else mentioned, the Chroma-Blue spider mount is coming to the Crown Store for a limited time - I think starting today? (EDIT: actually, it will be later this month). Unfortunately, it is 1K Crowns more that the original one, so it will cost you 4K Crowns rather than the 3K Crowns of the original.

    Still, if you pre-ordered the digital version of MW, you should have the spider pet, which matches the new spider mount.
    Edited by Jayne_Doe on August 10, 2017 4:50PM
  • Octopuss
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    I've just read a bit about the Crown crates and clearly you can only get stuff from the current season, meaning none of the stuff I asked about is possible to obtain in any way.
    At least I don't need to waste any points.
  • Zardayne
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    I think it's ridiculous that they can't keep everything in the store all of the time. It's virtual crap..it's not like it's taking up warehouse space.
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