I'm not really getting why people are against them. They don't offer any advantages over other players, they don't change the game in anyways besides some cosmetics, it doesn't take away from the game, and they are entirely optional. People are acting like they are being forced to buy them or they are missing out if they don't get them. Sure they may lose out on some cool skin or a fancy new horse, but they aren't losing anything. Plus the people who basically live on the game get the added benefit of getting a cooler horse or a new pet, and also then you can support the game if you would like. It's not putting you at a disadvantage if you don't buy them people, so whats the problem?
I feel like a lot of stuff moved from being a permanent addition to the crown store to being a time exclusive offer that might later reappear in crown crates. That's a shame because I don't want to be pressured to buy or ripped off through the laws of mathematics. Just remember that the average Apex item costs about 200$ or so. That's a lot of DLCs and chapters right there.
I hate seeing perfectly good and epic looking mounts locked behind gambling in overpriced crates when I would have bought them in the store for a reasonable price.
At least the gems from the free crates are slowly building up.
The problem for me with all these kind of crates, boxes etc. in online games is that there is no official information about the chances to win the big price. In any official lottery there is a legal obligation to publish theses chances to win, in crown crates there is not (yet!) such information (as far as I know) published officially.
I'm fine to risk my money when I know my chances
witchdoctor wrote: »The problem for me with all these kind of crates, boxes etc. in online games is that there is no official information about the chances to win the big price. In any official lottery there is a legal obligation to publish theses chances to win, in crown crates there is not (yet!) such information (as far as I know) published officially.
I'm fine to risk my money when I know my chances
And therein lies the rub: you don't have to take any chances. There is absolutely nothing in the Crown Crates that is needed to play, or 'win,' ESO. Nothing.
because buying a chance to get something sucks, and buying something directly and you know you will get the product is a good deal
because buying a chance to get something sucks, and buying something directly and you know you will get the product is a good deal
Ok so let's say I am buying 100 lottery tickets where the main price is (just as an example) dinner with a fauvorite actor in any restaurant I want , a thing I cannot buy anywhere I can only win this. I am not winning main price I am only winning few other things I could buy normally nothing super though. What is difference between that and crown crates ? Why QQing about not winning grand price in lottery would be considered stupid yet people think QQing about crown crates is ok ?
witchdoctor wrote: »The problem for me with all these kind of crates, boxes etc. in online games is that there is no official information about the chances to win the big price. In any official lottery there is a legal obligation to publish theses chances to win, in crown crates there is not (yet!) such information (as far as I know) published officially.
I'm fine to risk my money when I know my chances
And therein lies the rub: you don't have to take any chances. There is absolutely nothing in the Crown Crates that is needed to play, or 'win,' ESO. Nothing.
You also don't have to play end-game content to consider yourself as having "won" the game. Maybe player goals in an MMO are individualized and skating by on "but it's not P2W!" is an outdated excuse for adding gambling into an otherwise upstanding game.
because buying a chance to get something sucks, and buying something directly and you know you will get the product is a good deal
Ok so let's say I am buying 100 lottery tickets where the main price is (just as an example) dinner with a fauvorite actor in any restaurant I want , a thing I cannot buy anywhere I can only win this. I am not winning main price I am only winning few other things I could buy normally nothing super though. What is difference between that and crown crates ? Why QQing about not winning grand price in lottery would be considered stupid yet people think QQing about crown crates is ok ?
The dinner used to be buyable in your example. Then it got pushed exclusively into the lottery.
because buying a chance to get something sucks, and buying something directly and you know you will get the product is a good deal
Ok so let's say I am buying 100 lottery tickets where the main price is (just as an example) dinner with a fauvorite actor in any restaurant I want , a thing I cannot buy anywhere I can only win this. I am not winning main price I am only winning few other things I could buy normally nothing super though. What is difference between that and crown crates ? Why QQing about not winning grand price in lottery would be considered stupid yet people think QQing about crown crates is ok ?
The dinner used to be buyable in your example. Then it got pushed exclusively into the lottery.
Nope the dinner was never used to be buyable. The dinner is equivalent of radiant apex mounts the only thing You cant buy because other things starting from apex mounts can be obtained through the gems. Yes some of this things was present in the crown store months or years ago but this is actually good zenimax is bringing them back. Keepinmg all that things in the store and adding just new would be stupid. Personally I would't like to see at some point crown store with 2 thousand items in it.
crown crates may not be around very soon, congress at Washington DC will make a new law on "RNG boxes" on several online games, they are trying to ban "gambling" boxes and could force many companies to pay fines.
reasons....
1. too many kids with no CC, or steal parents CC to use, or in some areas, underages are not allow to participate "gambling" activities. i admit my nephew did stole his older brother's CC that was saved up for buying a car for work, took him more than 6 months to recover all the order made.
2. to curb any online games that use boxes as gambling, to get big cut for taxes or something too greedy.
3. people with nasty habit of gambling history.
if the law get pass, we might not see anymore gambling boxes, no more buying the keys (other online games), or use of other means of real cash to throw away to get "lucky".
witchdoctor wrote: »Sure, we all have different goals. What then is the goal being barred by the Crown store? Collecting every mount?