VaranisArano wrote: »AlexanderDeLarge wrote: »It's absolutely not too much to ask for. It should be free and it's absolute nonsense that people who pay hundreds of dollars for content/crowns are being squeezed for a monthly membership. I'm one of those people. I've bought two chapter Collector's Editions and 21,000 crowns over the last year and a half.
I had to spend 11,000 crowns to get a storage solution going so I wasn't paying $15 for the membership when I owned the DLCs outright. I can't believe that people playing an Elder Scrolls MMO think that this is remotely acceptable. ZOS has burned all good will I had for the game because every time I spend money the way I want to play the game, I devalue their membership option.
Gating an acceptable crafting system behind a monthly membership is some free2play bull****
You didn't have to spend anything, honestly. You could put up with storage problems. You could do what I've done since I don't subscribe either: getting housing storage with writs, bank storage with gold, and make a mule character or two. No crowns required.
I get the frustration, really, but you didn't have to buy anything. Personally, I've managed to get on fine without the Crafting Bag and just the in-game options for storage.
As the title goes... i basically quitted cuz of this.. now bare with me.
I think we all love b2p mmos cuz of the quality of the games compared to f2p mmos. But to me b2p always meant "buy once and enjoy" (unless ofcz DLCs). So now after like 2 n a half years of playing ESO i've realised how much money i actually spent on it. And ofcz quickly i realised it's faaaaaaar from a b2p game. I guess it's more like a b2p/p2p mix. Math is quite simple i suppose. 20-40$ for a base game (depending on which edition u buy) and then i probably paid like 24-26 months of ESO plus.. So that's roughly like 400$ in total. Now.. does that sound like a buy once and enjoy game to u? And of course i quickly realised how much of a pain it is to play when u don't have ESO plus (or more like a Craft bag plus..). Lots of people i knew basically paid those 15$ just for the craft bag not for DLC or any other perks. I understand the logic to put certain convenience items for a price.. but to me Craft bag seems more like a necessity not just a "convenience". I'm quite sure ZOS could make up that money from some other sources like costumes etcetc but atleast lots more people would play the game instead of quittin. Any other b2p mmo is lot more user-friendly. Most of em are just buy once and enjoy the game.. But does ESO fall in that category too? So yeah.. Isit even possible that one day it'll be a default? Or that's just way too much to ask? Too much to ask even tho people bought the game already and supported you for quite long time? I think we all love this game (even tho it has some issues with latency especially in PvP) and we'd like to carry on playing.. but for me it was a no-no when i sat down did the math and realised how much money i actually have to spend on a "b2p" game just for that dang crafting bag to be available. Food for thought (looking at ZOS) ^^
VaranisArano wrote: »AlexanderDeLarge wrote: »It's absolutely not too much to ask for. It should be free and it's absolute nonsense that people who pay hundreds of dollars for content/crowns are being squeezed for a monthly membership. I'm one of those people. I've bought two chapter Collector's Editions and 21,000 crowns over the last year and a half.
I had to spend 11,000 crowns to get a storage solution going so I wasn't paying $15 for the membership when I owned the DLCs outright. I can't believe that people playing an Elder Scrolls MMO think that this is remotely acceptable. ZOS has burned all good will I had for the game because every time I spend money the way I want to play the game, I devalue their membership option.
Gating an acceptable crafting system behind a monthly membership is some free2play bull****
You didn't have to spend anything, honestly. You could put up with storage problems. You could do what I've done since I don't subscribe either: getting housing storage with writs, bank storage with gold, and make a mule character or two. No crowns required.
I get the frustration, really, but you didn't have to buy anything. Personally, I've managed to get on fine without the Crafting Bag and just the in-game options for storage.
QFT
I'm buying every DLC since the moment I started playing ESO. It's not like I end up paying much less than the ESO+ subscribers in the end. I also bought the mobile banker and merchant for a hefty amount of crowns. And I intend to continue buying all DLCs for as long as I'm playing the game, because I want to be "up to date", and I don't want to be locked out of content if I decide to take a break and come back later. And as long as I'm playing and buying all DLCs, I don't see a good reason to be treated like a 2nd class citizen.
Maybe an alternative to getting the ESO+ sub for the craft bag would be giving access to it to everyone who purchased the latest DLC, until the next DLC is released. Since people buying all DLCs are effectively subscribers too, it would achieve the same result without punishing people who prefer the b2p model. Since it's still cheaper in the end than actually buying a sub, it's ok not having all the benefits (double bank space, exp boost, extra crates during events etc), but the craft bag would be a big QoL improvement allowing me to spend more time actually playing the game rather than moving around crafting mats to my mules.
As the title goes... i basically quitted cuz of this.. now bare with me.
I think we all love b2p mmos cuz of the quality of the games compared to f2p mmos. But to me b2p always meant "buy once and enjoy" (unless ofcz DLCs). So now after like 2 n a half years of playing ESO i've realised how much money i actually spent on it. And ofcz quickly i realised it's faaaaaaar from a b2p game. I guess it's more like a b2p/p2p mix. Math is quite simple i suppose. 20-40$ for a base game (depending on which edition u buy) and then i probably paid like 24-26 months of ESO plus.. So that's roughly like 400$ in total. Now.. does that sound like a buy once and enjoy game to u? And of course i quickly realised how much of a pain it is to play when u don't have ESO plus (or more like a Craft bag plus..). Lots of people i knew basically paid those 15$ just for the craft bag not for DLC or any other perks. I understand the logic to put certain convenience items for a price.. but to me Craft bag seems more like a necessity not just a "convenience". I'm quite sure ZOS could make up that money from some other sources like costumes etcetc but atleast lots more people would play the game instead of quittin. Any other b2p mmo is lot more user-friendly. Most of em are just buy once and enjoy the game.. But does ESO fall in that category too? So yeah.. Isit even possible that one day it'll be a default? Or that's just way too much to ask? Too much to ask even tho people bought the game already and supported you for quite long time? I think we all love this game (even tho it has some issues with latency especially in PvP) and we'd like to carry on playing.. but for me it was a no-no when i sat down did the math and realised how much money i actually have to spend on a "b2p" game just for that dang crafting bag to be available. Food for thought (looking at ZOS) ^^
Hey OP, you get 1500 crowns each month from the sub. That would have accounted for a big chunk of the $400 you say you spent in the crown store.
Never understood this argument of "I spent hundreds of dollars on everything but the sub so give me the sub incentive for free"
If your spending that much money, sub for pete's sake. You could have gotten every single thing you bought in the crown store and all the subscription perks including the craft bag and spent the same amount of money.
I'm buying every DLC since the moment I started playing ESO. It's not like I end up paying much less than the ESO+ subscribers in the end. I also bought the mobile banker and merchant for a hefty amount of crowns. And I intend to continue buying all DLCs for as long as I'm playing the game, because I want to be "up to date", and I don't want to be locked out of content if I decide to take a break and come back later. And as long as I'm playing and buying all DLCs, I don't see a good reason to be treated like a 2nd class citizen.
Maybe an alternative to getting the ESO+ sub for the craft bag would be giving access to it to everyone who purchased the latest DLC, until the next DLC is released. Since people buying all DLCs are effectively subscribers too, it would achieve the same result without punishing people who prefer the b2p model. Since it's still cheaper in the end than actually buying a sub, it's ok not having all the benefits (double bank space, exp boost, extra crates during events etc), but the craft bag would be a big QoL improvement allowing me to spend more time actually playing the game rather than moving around crafting mats to my mules.
Out of curiosity; would there be an additional bonus for players who sub [continue to sub], *and* buy the dlc in case they ever drop their sub? Cause if buying the dlc counts the same as subbing, I'm subbed twice. [and bought the chapters, and bought extra crowns for mounts you can buy outright, and bought crowns to gift dlcs to friends....]
[um...Have you looked at the fun system that is "bags" for GW2? https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bag and there appears to be a limit as to how many you can have:https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Category:BagsFree to play accounts start with 3 bag slots and can unlock a 4th with gems. Core and HoT accounts start with 5 bag slots and can unlock 5 more with gems.
The Path of Fire expansion introduced new 24-slot, 28-slot, and 32-slot ascended bags to be acquired through crafting.
With the October 17, 2017, update, the limit of bags per character has been raised by two for a total of 10 (previously 8)
For a hobby/fun/enjoyable thing to do, 50 cents a day is a price I'm willing to pay.
OP if you can drop $100+ at once, you can spend .50¢ a day for all these bonuses you want.
For subbing you get:
Your money back in crowns
Double house and bank space
Costume dyeing
Bonuses to exp and inspiration
Free DLC access
The Craft Bag
If you seriously are going to come complain about .50¢ a day being too much to spend to avoid inventory management (a giant staple of MMOs) on top of all these other bonuses, no one is going to take you seriously and for good reason
AlexanderDeLarge wrote: »Hey OP, you get 1500 crowns each month from the sub. That would have accounted for a big chunk of the $400 you say you spent in the crown store.
Never understood this argument of "I spent hundreds of dollars on everything but the sub so give me the sub incentive for free"
If your spending that much money, sub for pete's sake. You could have gotten every single thing you bought in the crown store and all the subscription perks including the craft bag and spent the same amount of money.
I've spent $200 on two collector's editions and roughly another $100 on 21,000 crowns during a sale which I used to buy DLCs and dungeon packs. To play the game optimally, I'll need to spend another $15/mo or I'll have an extremely inconvenient and unpleasant time or avoid a core mechanic in the game that is a huge part of ANY Elder Scrolls title.
Justify my scenario. Aren't their scummy lootboxes, $30 mount skins, $100 houses and content packs/expansion DLCs/chapters every 3-4 months enough monetization? Do they really need to shake down crafters for an extra 15 bucks a month to survive? A couple weeks ago I broke down why their business model sucks point by point by point and the community couldn't contain themselves to the point where the thread was locked for flaming but it's still visible.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/425672/elder-scrolls-onlines-business-model-sucks-compared-to-guild-wars-2-the-competition/p1
AlexanderDeLarge wrote: »OP if you can drop $100+ at once, you can spend .50¢ a day for all these bonuses you want.
For subbing you get:
Your money back in crowns
Double house and bank space
Costume dyeing
Bonuses to exp and inspiration
Free DLC access
The Craft Bag
If you seriously are going to come complain about .50¢ a day being too much to spend to avoid inventory management (a giant staple of MMOs) on top of all these other bonuses, no one is going to take you seriously and for good reason
Still waiting for someone to my argument. It's not 50 cents a day. It's another $150 a year on top of everything else I've spent and I wouldn't get the slightest bit discounted even though I have every single dungeon pack and expansion DLC.AlexanderDeLarge wrote: »Hey OP, you get 1500 crowns each month from the sub. That would have accounted for a big chunk of the $400 you say you spent in the crown store.
Never understood this argument of "I spent hundreds of dollars on everything but the sub so give me the sub incentive for free"
If your spending that much money, sub for pete's sake. You could have gotten every single thing you bought in the crown store and all the subscription perks including the craft bag and spent the same amount of money.
I've spent $200 on two collector's editions and roughly another $100 on 21,000 crowns during a sale which I used to buy DLCs and dungeon packs. To play the game optimally, I'll need to spend another $15/mo or I'll have an extremely inconvenient and unpleasant time or avoid a core mechanic in the game that is a huge part of ANY Elder Scrolls title.
Justify my scenario. Aren't their scummy lootboxes, $30 mount skins, $100 houses and content packs/expansion DLCs/chapters every 3-4 months enough monetization? Do they really need to shake down crafters for an extra 15 bucks a month to survive? A couple weeks ago I broke down why their business model sucks point by point by point and the community couldn't contain themselves to the point where the thread was locked for flaming but it's still visible.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/425672/elder-scrolls-onlines-business-model-sucks-compared-to-guild-wars-2-the-competition/p1
YOU GET ALL OF THAT MONEY YOU SPEND BACK IN CROWNS.
You don’t HAVE an argument. So what you bought the DLC knowing you could get free access? every new one that comes out you get access to as well.
You get double bank and house space. You get exp and inspiration bonuses. You get to circumvent the MMO staple inventory management. ALL THIS AT THE SAME PRICE AS BUYING 1500 CROWNS A MONTH
Learn how to save money! Cumulatively I spend $1000s on food, that doesn’t mean I’m dropping $2k grocery bills once a year. THAT’S why your argument is stupid
Mystrius_Archaion wrote: »
Girl_Number8 wrote: »The craft bag will always be part of their sub plan~ They gave chests for people to buy for extra storage, I think that was their answer to this question~
AlexanderDeLarge wrote: »Girl_Number8 wrote: »The craft bag will always be part of their sub plan~ They gave chests for people to buy for extra storage, I think that was their answer to this question~
In order for a new player to get those chests, that's $80 in crowns (11,000). A veteran player might be able to get them through writs but that's assuming they've struggled through inventory management long enough (or paid up even more) to the point where they can get crafting writs done for that crafting type or grinded their a** off in telvar which would be even more miserable given Cyrodiil's stability issues.
So just so we're clear for a new player...
Elder Scrolls Online collection $79.99
Storage chests in home $79.99 in crowns
4x dungeon packs as of next week roughly $45 in crowns
The cheapest home large enough to store that many chests $30 in crowns
Possibly a warden account upgrade $15 in crowns
Possibly a play any faction upgrade minimum purchase $25 in crowns
Possibly an Imperial Edition upgrade because Imperial still isn't free minimum purchase $25 in crowns
Total: $300 for an optimal account with the necessary upgrades for an Imperial Warden/Altmer on Ebonheart that has all the content owned to date and enough storage to comfortably play without ESO+
White wabbit wrote: »Its weird i didn't get ESO+ for a craft bag at all.. Extra bank space and DLC sure, free dyes, this obsession over a craft bag is not the only reason i get ESO+...
If they made it free i'd still get ESO+ for heaps of other reasons..
Dyes I don't really care about the dlc is going down hill if you ask me, the bank space I'll give you but the craft bag is the biggest reason I sub