MornaBaine wrote: »the actual GAMEPLAY is no longer among them. I'm asking Zeno to stop ruining the few things I still like.
Why would GAMEPLAY be limited to only combat-oriented activities?? You play every time you log in... you just don't FIGHT every time you log in...
Could not agree more!
I do not like being a negative bunny, but the marketing and pricing of this game is just outstanding bad. Most of the crown store items are an automatic no due to the price, I don't even bother looking there much anymore.
MornaBaine wrote: »Well, for starters, why SHOULD a cosmetic item like furnishing patterns BE rare in the first place? The purple and gold items should simply be more expensive to MAKE than the blue and green ones. And I really don't care that the gold items require writs. That's part of the difficulty of making them. I'm fine with being forced to "work" for items that convey in-game advantages. Like gear. But a sofa? Not so much. Furnishing patterns, regardless of whether or not they are green, blue or purple, should be no more rare than the base game motifs are. Nor should the items required to make them be subject to a huge RNG artificial scarcity. They should simply require MORE mats, as they go up in "quality," to make. Being required to spend the time harvesting to make what I want isn't an issue. Being denied the ability to make it AT ALL is what I'm on about here. Furnishing a home is not a matter of showing off how lucky I am with RNG. Because let's face it, that's all it is. It's not like getting a Trial skin which proclaims you were actually good at something and beat a difficult boss. It's literally nothing more than saying, "Hey I got lucky with RNG!" Who cares? And it disrupts and destroys the ability to decorate in a harmonious and aesthetically pleasing way... which is literally what player housing SHOULD be about.
I have finished decorating Mournoth as well as I can but as things are now I am not going to buy any more houses if I can't decorate them how I want.
I have finished decorating Mournoth as well as I can but as things are now I am not going to buy any more houses if I can't decorate them how I want.
Of course, for some Housing offers a chance to get their inner interior designer on, but housing serves another important strategic role.Housing is far more useful than just for playing SIMS. Did you know that that FREE apartment that came with the Housing DLC allows you to port to it for FREE from any PvE location in Tamriel? (Wow.... The greed is strong here...)
Thanks ZOS...
Of course, for some Housing offers a chance to get their inner interior designer on, but housing serves another important strategic role.Housing is far more useful than just for playing SIMS. Did you know that that FREE apartment that came with the Housing DLC allows you to port to it for FREE from any PvE location in Tamriel? (Wow.... The greed is strong here...)
Thanks ZOS...
I don't really understand your point. Yes I can port to houses I own whether I purchased them or got them for free. It's a nice feature for sure but I can also port to anyone on my friends list or in a guild for free as well so its not some novel invention exclusive to housing.
I would just like to be able to loot furnishing plans so I can make the style of sofa I like. If not wanting to get fleeced by my fellow players or the crown story is greedy well then I guess I'm greedy.
I have finished decorating Mournoth as well as I can but as things are now I am not going to buy any more houses if I can't decorate them how I want.
Of course, for some Housing offers a chance to get their inner interior designer on, but housing serves another important strategic role.Housing is far more useful than just for playing SIMS. Did you know that that FREE apartment that came with the Housing DLC allows you to port to it for FREE from any PvE location in Tamriel? (Wow.... The greed is strong here...)
Thanks ZOS...
I don't really understand your point. Yes I can port to houses I own whether I purchased them or got them for free. It's a nice feature for sure but I can also port to anyone on my friends list or in a guild for free as well so its not some novel invention exclusive to housing.
I would just like to be able to loot furnishing plans so I can make the style of sofa I like. If not wanting to get fleeced by my fellow players or the crown story is greedy well then I guess I'm greedy.
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Of course, for some Housing offers a chance to get their inner interior designer on, but housing serves another important strategic role.Housing is far more useful than just for playing SIMS. Did you know that that FREE apartment that came with the Housing DLC allows you to port to it for FREE from any PvE location in Tamriel? (Wow.... The greed is strong here...)
Thanks ZOS...
I don't really understand your point. Yes I can port to houses I own whether I purchased them or got them for free. It's a nice feature for sure but I can also port to anyone on my friends list or in a guild for free as well so its not some novel invention exclusive to housing.
I would just like to be able to loot furnishing plans so I can make the style of sofa I like. If not wanting to get fleeced by my fellow players or the crown story is greedy well then I guess I'm greedy.
No one said it was exclusive to housing... Someone (me) DID say it was often overlooked... And someone (me again...) said "Thanks ZOS..." instead of whining....
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its not overlooked by anyone BUT you. we knew you could use houses as free ports from the day they were added. its just not as commonly used becasue unless you are into housing for the sake of housing, its cheaper to port to guild members instead.
its not overlooked by anyone BUT you. we knew you could use houses as free ports from the day they were added. its just not as commonly used becasue unless you are into housing for the sake of housing, its cheaper to port to guild members instead.
I don't think you are qualified to speak for others... I didn't vote for you.... You are proving my point that it wasn't publicized... Please explain how something can be cheaper than FREE...
Of course, for some Housing offers a chance to get their inner interior designer on, but housing serves another important strategic role.Housing is far more useful than just for playing SIMS. Did you know that that FREE apartment that came with the Housing DLC allows you to port to it for FREE from any PvE location in Tamriel? (Wow.... The greed is strong here...)
Thanks ZOS...
I don't really understand your point. Yes I can port to houses I own whether I purchased them or got them for free. It's a nice feature for sure but I can also port to anyone on my friends list or in a guild for free as well so its not some novel invention exclusive to housing.
I would just like to be able to loot furnishing plans so I can make the style of sofa I like. If not wanting to get fleeced by my fellow players or the crown story is greedy well then I guess I'm greedy.
No one said it was exclusive to housing... Someone (me) DID say it was often overlooked... And someone (me again...) said "Thanks ZOS..." instead of whining....
its not overlooked by anyone BUT you. we knew you could use houses as free ports from the day they were added. its just not as commonly used becasue unless you are into housing for the sake of housing, its cheaper to port to guild members instead.
Of course, for some Housing offers a chance to get their inner interior designer on, but housing serves another important strategic role.Housing is far more useful than just for playing SIMS. Did you know that that FREE apartment that came with the Housing DLC allows you to port to it for FREE from any PvE location in Tamriel? (Wow.... The greed is strong here...)
Thanks ZOS...
I don't really understand your point. Yes I can port to houses I own whether I purchased them or got them for free. It's a nice feature for sure but I can also port to anyone on my friends list or in a guild for free as well so its not some novel invention exclusive to housing.
I would just like to be able to loot furnishing plans so I can make the style of sofa I like. If not wanting to get fleeced by my fellow players or the crown story is greedy well then I guess I'm greedy.
No one said it was exclusive to housing... Someone (me) DID say it was often overlooked... And someone (me again...) said "Thanks ZOS..." instead of whining....
its not overlooked by anyone BUT you. we knew you could use houses as free ports from the day they were added. its just not as commonly used becasue unless you are into housing for the sake of housing, its cheaper to port to guild members instead.
That and the extra load screens.
MornaBaine wrote: »
Please explain what any of that has to do with the central fact (and actual topic of the OP) that Morrowind furnishing plans are far too hard to come by, which does in fact ruin the enjoyment of MANY people who would otherwise cheerfully spend a lot more money on player housing in general? Please explain what "you can port to your house for free" has to do with the fact that I, and others, are very worried that they are going to ruin our enjoyment of player housing in Summerset by doing the very same thing. You, Sir, are off topic and just looking to pick a fight and derail this thread. Please stop.
MornaBaine wrote: »
Please explain what any of that has to do with the central fact (and actual topic of the OP) that Morrowind furnishing plans are far too hard to come by, which does in fact ruin the enjoyment of MANY people who would otherwise cheerfully spend a lot more money on player housing in general? Please explain what "you can port to your house for free" has to do with the fact that I, and others, are very worried that they are going to ruin our enjoyment of player housing in Summerset by doing the very same thing. You, Sir, are off topic and just looking to pick a fight and derail this thread. Please stop.
You said, and I quote,
MornaBaine wrote: »
So what DO I give you my subscription money for? Roleplay in the Elder Scrolls setting. The pretty graphics. Player Housing. Yep, that's pretty much it... I still enjoy your far more expensive version of The Sims that I can play with friends.
I explained that it was more than the Sims...
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MornaBaine wrote: »You are... really reaching. "Free" ports between houses in no way makes up for the loss of enjoyable gameplay nor does it make this game "more" than The Sims. Heck... it doesn't cost me anything to go from one place to another in The Sims at all...and the load screens are shorter. LOL
its not overlooked by anyone BUT you. we knew you could use houses as free ports from the day they were added. its just not as commonly used becasue unless you are into housing for the sake of housing, its cheaper to port to guild members instead.
I don't think you are qualified to speak for others... I didn't vote for you.... You are proving my point that it wasn't publicized... Please explain how something can be cheaper than FREE...
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so its a very expensive, incredibly EXCEPTIONALLY expensive way to travel around. and as such.. not worth it for that alone. (and yes, extra loading screens.)
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So out of a mmo... you want sims online..
there is. no. contradiction.
inn room =/= house. ***You're right... inn rooms ARE FREE! Besides that, what's different??****
moreover, every character right now? gets those wayshrines unlocked by default. wayshrines in this game are everywhere. tell me. what is better. walking couple of steps to the wayshrine to travel to one of those inn room cities directly and saving yourself a loading screen. or traveling to one loading screen, then dealing with another loading screen to exit it to the city itself? tell me... what is better. buying houses in other places with 11k gold and up and still dealing with those extra screens.... or, traveling to guild member, no prior purchase required?
there is NOT strategic reason to use port to house over other means. NONE.
there is. no. contradiction.
inn room =/= house. ***You're right... inn rooms ARE FREE! Besides that, what's different??****
moreover, every character right now? gets those wayshrines unlocked by default. wayshrines in this game are everywhere. tell me. what is better. walking couple of steps to the wayshrine to travel to one of those inn room cities directly and saving yourself a loading screen. or traveling to one loading screen, then dealing with another loading screen to exit it to the city itself? tell me... what is better. buying houses in other places with 11k gold and up and still dealing with those extra screens.... or, traveling to guild member, no prior purchase required?
there is NOT strategic reason to use port to house over other means. NONE.
I was in a town... let's say upstairs in the Big Tree in Elden Root... Guards were between me and the Outlaw's Refuge where I needed to go... I was crouched down and hiding in a plant... I could travel to a friend or guildmate... YEAH that's the ticket... let's open up the contact menu.... OK it says I have guildmates in Grahtwood... Grahtwood.... Is that in Elden Root?? Haven?? Bangkhari trading post?? How do I know?? Hmm... I know exactly where my house is.... I'll just port there... pretty strategic huh??
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