I've been subscriber since day one. The increase in bank space, house space and craft bag is worth it. I liked the free costumes and pets, but I don't use them that much.

Oh yeah why not.

I'd like to have a reward for being a sub back. And also would not mind to have a reward for playing the game for a certain period of time (account existence, like 1 year/2 years/etc) or something for character's 'birthdays' There was a thing like that in Guild Wars 2 - you get neat thingies and experience boosters on your character's birthday (1 or 2 years on a character would grant you insta boost to level 20 for a new character). It wouldn't hurt to have the ability to level up alts faster/instantly by getting such a gift.

Heck ya!

sevomd69 wrote: »

Problem with the continuous sub requirement is that the sub randomly "unsubs" for a day or two... happened to me twice already...

I bet ZOS could target such issues in your sub and still count to loyality reward time. Also such rewards would be nice as a kind of refund for all these maintenance issues and long time we had to wait cuz of their side problems.

No, they said no more loyalty rewards, they need to keep their word.

Subs get crowns now instead so you buy w.e. item you want with them rather than receive something random every few months and it doesn't make sense to have the art team work on custom items just for loyalty subscribers

badmojo wrote: »

No, they said no more loyalty rewards, they need to keep their word.

Like they have about everything else.

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

This encourages people to subscribe ...which they are already doing and is makes no sense to do this now or in the future because they said they wouldn't add back the requirement to sub.

They've already locked exclusive benefits behind a sub so doing this would kill off some customers, it's not the best approach

They did, you know there are people who sub for 2-3 months in row and then do break and re-sub after few months back, this is OK. Only thing I would like to see is rewarding loyal members of ESO+ who sub each month w/o any breaks. It's only about appreciating not about exaltation them.

If you subscribe for a full year, you should get a wabbajack!

Loyalty rewards would be nice, but it should be "free stuff" extras rather than exclusive items. I know someone said that the 1500 crowns a month is the "loyalty rewards", but I honestly feel like that's just part of ESO+.

I'm not sure exactly how they were before, but I think "Loyalty rewards" should be rewards for long-term subbing, not just a new monthly addition.
So, maybe if you've subbed for the whole year (counting at least X days a month, so that some of those random unsub glitches don't count against you), you get extra crowns. Or if you've been a member for a whole crown crate season, you get free crown crates (1 or 4) for the next crown crate season.

I'm not a huge fan of exclusive things, so I wouldn't want exclusive items--especially in an MMO, where it's supposed to last for a few years. I don't like the idea that some people miss out on things they may want because of bad timing--like someone missing out on something they'd buy because they didn't know about the game. Or someone that actually waits until they're 18 to start playing. I know that in general, it's pretty much inevitable, but I'd rather support bonuses and free stuff than exclusive stuff.

And actually, since I was reading some of the past comments, I'd like to also add that I'm not married to it being ESO+ exclusive. Like, maybe if anyone puts in X hours of game-time, they get the reward. Or plays an hour or two X amount of days.
It could probably be exploited, but they don't need to make the rewards super high. Basically balance the rewards and requirements so that it doesn't hinder loyal players with busy lives (work, family, etc.), while also not being super-worth exploiting with just logging in and standing there. Like little "Thank you for playing!" bonuses, that show they care, but aren't the end of the world to miss.

I'm all in favour of loyalty rewards, but they need to be based on loyalty over a period of years rather than months. Annual recognition is the usual way rather than say 3 monthly.

I don't think they need to be the sole preserve of subscribers, other people contribute in other ways with just as much commitment (which is what loyalty is all about) so they could equally be based on Crown purchases. Someone who spends £X on Crowns over a year is no less loyal to the game than someone who spends the same amount on a subscription over a year. An alternative approach is to reward those who demonstrate their loyalty by logging in for a minimum amount of time although I imagine that would be more difficult to administer.

All that said, I don't play a game in order to benefit from loyalty rewards and it doesn't bother me in the slightest if a game doesn't have them. I can probably count on the thumbs of one hand how many such rewards I've had in the past across a multitude of games that were actually worth having!

esotoon wrote: »

As much as I hate to turn down free stuff, this seems highly unfair.

Who is more loyal, the person who Subs to ESO+ for 3 months, or the person who has played ESO for 2 years and spent hundreds in the Crown Store but isn't an ESO+ member?

The original loyalty reward was done when everyone had to subscribe, and through a time when their were a huge amount of technical issues to put up with. With the introduction of B2P the playing field has changed, and loyalty rewards have lost their meaning.

Well I think it could work both ways, loyalty rewards to ESO+ constant members and loyalty rewards based on Crowns you spent in Store. Actually ZOS would be even add a kind of loyalty rewards for those whos playtime is at high numbers.