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There is zero chance of the community getting the house
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runagate✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭This isn't fair! Isn't there some way I can get the mansion without logging in? I don't think I can make it to every area by the deadline as my children and wife force me to RP slow walk everywhere!9 -
Esha76✭✭✭✭✭As already stated... there's 100% chance we're getting the villa, pony, and pretty horse.
How much of a PR disaster would this be if the target goal is not reached, and they have to come out and admit: "Well, the community is not interested enough in Summerset, or these wonderful give-aways. Thanks for playing anyway."
I thought this right from the start, but I didn't want to say anything to take away from the thrill of the event.
Which I would have found it more thrilling if it wasn't the only requirements I already completed back in May... Though I'm still appreciative that ZOS is doing this. I don't care if it's a marketing/sales gimmick. Summerset is gorgeous, and if you like this game, you should experience Summerset.
I'm looking forward to getting my horse, pony, and villa. Thank you for this ZOS, even if by chance if this isn't secretly guaranteed."There is no moisture in your angry stares." - Laughs-at-All
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"Too many Argonians about these days..." - Davon's Watch Guard back at launch (though I think this one has been removed from game)14 -
Sylvermynx✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I honestly haven't run across an area of the game that isn't beautiful in its own way. Even Coldharbour.... but I do agree that Summerset and Artaeum are.... the epitome of "elven glory". They're breathtaking.... seriously.6 -
milkbox✭✭✭✭✭Giving away a giant, empty house is a great way to sell more furniture!
I won't plop down the cash for a big house, but I'll nickle and dime myself to death buying plants and curios.
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Sylvermynx✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Heh. I haven't even started on "furnishing". I've got all the free inn rooms. Somehow.... houses and furnishing in this game just isn't as.... compelling.... as it was in RIFT.1 -
Iluvrien✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I don't often find much to compliment ZOS on at the moment...
.. but this...
... this was well done.11 -
JJBoomer✭✭✭✭✭It's per account. but this is also a collective event. Gina stated in the official Summerfall thread that this is a cross platform, cross server event. So everyone from PC, PS4 and XB1 get to contribute to the same count. so it may be possible to get the horse. Its still questionable about the house.0
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kind_hero✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭As already stated... there's 100% chance we're getting the villa, pony, and pretty horse.
How much of a PR disaster would this be if the target goal is not reached, and they have to come out and admit: "Well, the community is not interested enough in Summerset, or these wonderful give-aways. Thanks for playing anyway."
I thought this right from the start, but I didn't want to say anything to take away from the thrill of the event.
Which I would have found it more thrilling if it wasn't the only requirements I already completed back in May... Though I'm still appreciative that ZOS is doing this. I don't care if it's a marketing/sales gimmick. Summerset is gorgeous, and if you like this game, you should experience Summerset.
I'm looking forward to getting my horse, pony, and villa. Thank you for this ZOS, even if by chance if this isn't secretly guaranteed.
I was away from the game and related news for a while. Please tell me that I understood right... Are we really going to get a huge mansion FOR FREE if the community unlocks that meta achievement?
I saw the villa on the PTS, it is huge![PC/EU] Tamriel Hero, Stormproof, Grand Master Crafter5 -
ssorgatem✭✭✭✭
There is zero chance of the community not getting the house.There is zero chance of the community getting the house
It's a marketing gimmick. The point is to drive up sales (both immediately and going forward), stir up some enthusiasm, and project a sense of health and vibrancy. Saying "yeah, sorry, not enough people showed up, no house for you" would be severely counterproductive.
shshsh
you'll ruin the surprise.2 -
Danikat✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I think part of the reason they picked this achievement is they noticed a lot of people buying Summerset but not really exploring the map.
A lot of the 'hardcore' players the OP mentioned simply don't bother with open-world content unless the rewards are significant - they focus on dungeons, trials and occasionally grind spots for CP. And a lot of casual players probably haven't kept up with the rate of new content being released so they haven't really played Summerset because they're still finishing other things.
In between somewhere is a minority of players who focus on open-world content but had finished most other stuff and so completed Summerset, including "pointless exploration achievements" relatively quickly and those who started with Summerset so they were dropped into that map after the tutorial and have just been going where the game sends them, who may or may not have finished it.
There were a lot of people in Alinor on PC EU last night saying they hadn't completed it, or had forgotten that pathfinder achievements even existed, and asking what they have to do to get it.PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
"Remember in this game we call life that no one said it's fair"0 -
GiggleGoat✭✭✭✭Sylvermynx wrote: »And.... I really hate to think about this.... but (okay okay - I'm the queen of conspiracy theories....) all this yummy yummy is perhaps a ploy to take the sting out of the nerfs. Misdirection.... classic.... like the shell game.
Would not surprise me, though it is nicer to cry salty tears in a villa than it is in an inn-room
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Alphawolf01A✭✭✭✭✭I think part of the reason they picked this achievement is they noticed a lot of people buying Summerset but not really exploring the map.
A lot of the 'hardcore' players the OP mentioned simply don't bother with open-world content unless the rewards are significant - they focus on dungeons, trials and occasionally grind spots for CP. And a lot of casual players probably haven't kept up with the rate of new content being released so they haven't really played Summerset because they're still finishing other things.
In between somewhere is a minority of players who focus on open-world content but had finished most other stuff and so completed Summerset, including "pointless exploration achievements" relatively quickly and those who started with Summerset so they were dropped into that map after the tutorial and have just been going where the game sends them, who may or may not have finished it.
There were a lot of people in Alinor on PC EU last night saying they hadn't completed it, or had forgotten that pathfinder achievements even existed, and asking what they have to do to get it.
Not all "hardcore" players focus on the dungeons and trials. I have played the game since launch and mostly solo and PVE. I like to explore and do all the quests. Many of the people I play with do the same, we are definitely not a "minority"3 -
Geekgirl✭✭✭I was horrified to discover that the character that I spent a LOT of time in Summerset with, to complete the fishing achievement, didn't have the Pathfinder achievement yet.
So, do nudge your friends. They may not even realize it is something they didn't get yet.PC/NA - Perpetually casual. Furniture and fish collector. Lover of exploration and opener of urns.
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Greevir✭✭✭✭I was horrified to discover that the character that I spent a LOT of time in Summerset with, to complete the fishing achievement, didn't have the Pathfinder achievement yet.
So, do nudge your friends. They may not even realize it is something they didn't get yet.
Exactly. I thought I had everything but forgot that arena area on Arteum.PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!0 -
Troneon✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭It also does not help that no one knows about this event and the article was bugged with age verification loop so no one could actually read it...PC EU ADMaster Crafter - Anything you need!!High Elf Magicka Templar Healer/DPS/TankTrials / Dungeons / PVP / Everything2 -
Ilithyania✭✭✭✭✭I was horrified to discover that the character that I spent a LOT of time in Summerset with, to complete the fishing achievement, didn't have the Pathfinder achievement yet.
So, do nudge your friends. They may not even realize it is something they didn't get yet.
Same here. just missed the Arteum one.PC0 -
VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭This isn't fair! Isn't there some way I can get the mansion without logging in? I don't think I can make it to every area by the deadline as my children and wife force me to RP slow walk everywhere!
RP walk everywhere?
On the off chance this is serious, if you own Summerset and log on once before Oct 7th, you'll get whatever rewards the community earns even if you dont have the achievement. But if you can, it'd be cool if you could RP walk your way to the Summerset Pathfinder Achievement.1 -
gepe87✭✭✭✭✭
✭I just don't believe ZOS will give a free house.Gepe, Dunmer MagSorc Pact Grand Overlord | Gaepe, Bosmer MagSorc Dominion General
If you see edits on my replies: typos. English isn't my main language4 -
rumple9✭✭✭✭✭
✭To be honest this issue brilliant idea and brilliant giveaway by zos.
I wish toxic people would stop moaning. Entitled millennials who want everything now for nothing4 -
SilverWF✭✭✭✭✭
✭Summerset is a PAID expansion, not affected by ESO+
Everyone who has a wish to buy it - already did it. I mean in masses.
Most of them already did such easy achievement as Pathfinder on multiple chars.
And we got only 20% on the "bait meter".
Yes, they'll put it on Sale but hey, I didn't believe in this too much...- PC EU. Ebonheart Pact. CP 1k+
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DeadlyRecluse✭✭✭✭✭
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There is zero chance of the community not getting the house.There is zero chance of the community getting the house
It's a marketing gimmick. The point is to drive up sales (both immediately and going forward), stir up some enthusiasm, and project a sense of health and vibrancy. Saying "yeah, sorry, not enough people showed up, no house for you" would be severely counterproductive.
^^^^^
Look at the forums right now. Do you think, given the current response to the upcoming patch, that ZOS would rather orchestrate (and it IS orchestration, because there's no transparency--this is fine, just something to be aware of) a positive PR incident, or a negative one?Thrice Empress, Forever Scrub2 -
runagate✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭VaranisArano wrote: »This isn't fair! Isn't there some way I can get the mansion without logging in? I don't think I can make it to every area by the deadline as my children and wife force me to RP slow walk everywhere!
RP walk everywhere?
On the off chance this is serious, if you own Summerset and log on once before Oct 7th, you'll get whatever rewards the community earns even if you dont have the achievement. But if you can, it'd be cool if you could RP walk your way to the Summerset Pathfinder Achievement.
^ obvious satire0 -
VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Summerset is a PAID expansion, not affected by ESO+
Everyone who has a wish to buy it - already did it. I mean in masses.
Most of them already did such easy achievement as Pathfinder on multiple chars.
And we got only 20% on the "bait meter".
Yes, they'll put it on Sale but hey, I didn't believe in this too much...
My SO and I owned Summerset and did the Psijic and Main Quest, but didn't bother to get that achievement.2 -
NoTimeToWait✭✭✭✭✭As already stated... there's 100% chance we're getting the villa, pony, and pretty horse.
How much of a PR disaster would this be if the target goal is not reached, and they have to come out and admit: "Well, the community is not interested enough in Summerset, or these wonderful give-aways. Thanks for playing anyway."
I thought this right from the start, but I didn't want to say anything to take away from the thrill of the event.
Which I would have found it more thrilling if it wasn't the only requirements I already completed back in May... Though I'm still appreciative that ZOS is doing this. I don't care if it's a marketing/sales gimmick. Summerset is gorgeous, and if you like this game, you should experience Summerset.
I'm looking forward to getting my horse, pony, and villa. Thank you for this ZOS, even if by chance if this isn't secretly guaranteed.
Well, while complete failure of the event is out of question, I quite remember the situation in another MMO when community wasn't able to reach some goals, despite many thinking that prizes were guaranteed by the same logic(and it wasn't a noname game that died after, actually, the opposite). So, ZOS wouldn't want event to fail, but neither they would just give away the manor
^ obvious satire
Not so obvious (if we don't count the whole mood of the message). I completely seriously can tell that I have friends that consider @walking@ the whole distance between the points for sightseeing purposes. Even I was considering not to teleport around, but to ride all the wayEdited by NoTimeToWait on September 19, 2018 1:42PM0 -
Katahdin✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I am dubious, but I'll do my part.
I have it done on my main account on NA.
I'll do it on second account on NA and I'll do it on EU for both this weekend.Beta tester November 20130 -
Troneon✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭This is where ZOS throw a curve ball and we don't reach the goal but they decide for good optics / marketing to give everyone a free house anyway.
Edited by Troneon on September 19, 2018 2:01PMPC EU ADMaster Crafter - Anything you need!!High Elf Magicka Templar Healer/DPS/TankTrials / Dungeons / PVP / Everything0 -
idk✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭First I would suggest OP actually read before posting this thread but it’s to late for that.
First r starters Zos already stated 100% is not 100% of those that own Summerset. It’s really easy to find that comment in the official thread on this topic.
I didn’t ready past that second sentance since it’s clearly an uninformed rant4 -
badmojo✭✭✭✭✭
✭If (something we know isnt true is true) then (negativity used as clickbait).[DC/NA]1 -
ATomiX96✭✭✭✭✭
✭thats the masterplan of ZOS, because you wont get the house anyways they will just release it a month later for a cheap price of 120$0
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