Anyone here who doesn’t have morrowind already can catch up for just $30. People should do that and it’s good for the game.

Personally I wish I’d bought my wife the gold edition 2 weeks ago instead of morrowind with the base game. If anyone has a friend on the fence about this game, the gold edition plus this 2 chapter upgrade is an amazing deal.

Why would anyone be upset?

Why should anybody care?

jssriot wrote: »

It's a tactical business move on ZOS' part. I suspect it will only apply to the pre-order offer to entice newer players who may feel like buying both chapters is too expensive.

As a long-time gamers, I've seen this happen before. It's nothing new. You paid to play that content when it came out, os you didn't have to wait until some deal like this came along. That is your perk. Not happy? Fine. From now on, just sit and wait for the best possible deal whenever new content comes out.

it IS a pre-order only bonus or more specifically digital pre-purchase only bonus. and I quote from prepurchase page

https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/joinus

*The Morrowind Chapter is included with a digital pre-purchase of The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset, The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset Digital Collector's Edition, The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset Upgrade, and The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset Digital Collector's Edition Upgrade. Note that this offer is only valid for players who do not already own the Morrowind Chapter. Offer available until June 12, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

I’ve been playing games long enough to know that deals and promotions are going to come up and I will eventually pay for something that will be massively discounted or even free later. I’m ok with it and I’m happy for the people who are going to get to take advantage of it (but I still got the collectors edition of it).

Its good for the game. The more players the better no matter what road they took getting there.

coop500 wrote: »

As the title says, are you upset that Morrowind is now sort of free for pre-ordering Summerset?

Think about it. If people still have to pay $40 to get each chapter, new players are looking at $120 paywall to get access to the game. And this is just year 2, next year new players will face a $160 paywall, 2 years from now it will be a $200 paywall, so it guarantees that no new player will play your game.

It's the same like the Gold Edition where $40 gets you base game and 4 DLCs (IC+DB+TG+Orsinium) instead of just the base game.

"Preorder Summerset and you'll get Morrowind!" was second thing I said to my friends (after "Wow, Mefala in physical CE! Razum-Dar's journal!").
Third was "You must preorder it!".
I'm glad they will have possibility to play Morrowind without spending more money. Especially considering the fact that ESO+ doesn't unlock it. I hope this will be not the only time.
As for myself - I prefer preordering physical CE. I have chapter expensive and quickly (well... 9-16 days since release. My country... delivery...), they will have much later but "free". This is fair, I believe.

Palidon wrote: »

I think ZOS should of given those players who already had purchased Morrowind something else in its place. Morrowind was not a DLC but an expansion. But that is not ZOS's way of doing things. To them screw the players who had bought Morrowind earlier. So those players who are new to the game or those seasoned players who did not purchase the Morrowind expansion now get two for one. To all you players who held out on buying Morrowind smart move. You saved some bucks.

Would you have held out for a year if you'd known you'd get Morrowind for free?

I know I wouldn't.

No, I'm not upset in the slightest and I honestly can't fathom why anyone would be, it didn't even cross my mind that there could even be a reason to be upset until I saw this post.

I preordered Morrowind and have only recently even quested in it. Probably because I got a good taste on the PTS and I really would like to work my way through all the core maps before I hit the DLC's and expansions. It's taken me a good long while and I am nowhere near done with all the Cadwells' have to offer.

But I think it's a very good idea not to put up a huge paywall to new players hoping to join in all the fun. This same argument consumed enormous amounts of forum space in GW2 when they bundled the base game in "free" with an expansion purchase and so far I'm not seeing here any variations from that earlier debate.

Morrowind was not and still not free. Obviously you have to pay something for it still. Your just paying for two chapters instead of one. Its a nice move on their part. I think they are doing it to convince those that had not gotten Morrowind to buy it with the latest chapter.

I feel cheated because I only bought Morrowind 3 months ago during a sale...

I think its a little messed up. I mean I know they need forms of income but I felt morrowind to be more of a dlc feel just with extras bundled in. If it was still p2p there wouldnt be this issue, years from now when the map fills out newbies will buy the entire package of the game for a fraction of what well pay. Of course we will be far more developed by then. Maybe give + members a loyalty discount if this will be the trend?