I don’t understand why, if you don’t have $15 a month to support something you enjoy, you really shouldn’t be sitting at home playing games in the first place.
GarnetFire17 wrote: »I never like that they decided to stick this behind an subscription wall. It's one of the few things ZOS has done that gets me to grind my teeth when thinking about it. I don't think it was necessary to resort to inventory extortion to sell subs. The subscription has enough value to justify the price for many people without it. If you want to do the double bank space as sub-only that would be fine by me, but the craftbag is too big a quality of life aspect. It would just make the game immensely better for all if they just let everyone have it and that would be a good thing because you don't want people frustrated and quitting the game because they are constantly having to deal with choosing to make room in the inventory every 30 seconds or leave stuff on the ground they could be picking up and selling later since everything you grab is worth at least some gold. I think it was very bad choice.
Extortion? Really? How did you ever play before the craft bag was introduced?
GarnetFire17 wrote: »I don’t understand why, if you don’t have $15 a month to support something you enjoy, you really shouldn’t be sitting at home playing games in the first place.
Tell that to Fornite players. You don't need a subscription model to even have a good game and make millions. Make the game fun and the game will profit. And don't let tedious things like inventory managment become a pain in the first place. Not only should it be part of the base game. It should have been in from day 1.
GarnetFire17 wrote: »I don’t understand why, if you don’t have $15 a month to support something you enjoy, you really shouldn’t be sitting at home playing games in the first place.
Tell that to Fornite players. You don't need a subscription model to even have a good game and make millions. Make the game fun and the game will profit. And don't let tedious things like inventory managment become a pain in the first place. Not only should it be part of the base game. It should have been in from day 1.
This is not fortnight, I would rather not have a bunch of 12 to 15 year old's running around acting like jerks and doing micro transactions all day long in ESO using their parents card. Fortnight is a toxic, cancerous wasteland, let's not have that here.
The games are very different requiring somewhat different pricing mechanisms
You forgot to mention that Fortnite is actually quite boring unless you're killing someone else.
Children play Fortnite. Adults play ESO.
Okay... that's not true, but I agree with you that Fortnite is just a bunch of punks punking each other and acting like tools.
it's not even fun.
ESO offers stories, incredible design, options, etc. Fortnite offers none of that.
GarnetFire17 wrote: »Malacthulhu wrote: »HMalacthulhu wrote: »To be honest, if it wasn't part of the subscription, I'd probably drop the sub.
That is the problem, pretty much forcing people to sub for inventory management should not be the players problem. It is straight up a scam. They should redo the whole sub platform and take a close look at it. The fact people are cool with it is cancerous to me. Anyone have an actual total mat item count for eso? Or yes they could increase bank space cap, but isn't that what housing was suppose to do?
I am harsh on Zenimax. I don't like a lot of things they do. Thing is, this is not a scam. How is it a scam? When it was subscription based and you needed to pay the $15 a month, inventory was still the same. When One Tamerial came out, inventory was still the same.
Inventory never decreased. I left ESO for various reasons. One of them was I thought it was a "scam" as well. Well low and behold I have tired other games and ESO was the BEST when it comes to giving inventory AND increasing inventory WITHOUT paying a penny.
So no, it's not a scam.
As for cancerous, really? Is it killing anyone? Is anyone hurt by it? Cancerous, no. I hope that you never have to see what cancer really is. I have seen it 3 times. That should not be taken lightly. At least if you are going to use that word, then have it in proper context.
What you described is not cancerous at all.
As for housing, no that is not what it was suppose to be. It was the player base that assumed it was suppose to be. I expected it as well. Sadly that was never the intent.
Please next time you want to describe something, make sure you are using the proper language. It does seem you don't really know what you are talking about. I should know. I have done the same as you before. I am not perfect, but I have learned.
You can't be taken serious when not using the proper language to explain yourself.
You need to look up what scammed means and how that applies. Seriously, read the definition. Simply starting the game with sub then moving to f2p model and using inventory management to get people to sub on a f2p fits well within the definition.
I said the behavior is cancerous to online game mmos in general much like pre-ordering is to gaming in general. Cancerous to me because the delusion that the player has any stake in the companies revenue. Cancerous is an adopted gaming slang term as in the unhealthy behavior spreads in an unhealthy way getting exponentially worse.
I have already been called a socialist by someone who prob does not even know what it means. Accused of basically being bad at economics or do not know how business works bc everyone on the eso forum is a expert lol.
I am not saying what Zenimax is doing is good or bad, just saying the terminology you are using is not correct. While Zenimax is trying to get people to buy ESO+, it's nothing more than what other companies, stores, do. It's like buying a car and then getting more out of it.
Like say buying a car but doesn't include tires, and you need to buy tires from where you bought it from, yes that would be a scam.
But reducing inventory space so people will buy the upgrade packs in other games is not a scam. I don't like that practice but we know what we are getting into. Saying scammed is basically saying we don't know what we are buying or we expect on thing when buying and received something different when we receive it.
I guess it can be said part of the online MMO in games is having a specific amount of storage in game. I guess same goes for the other The Elder Scrolls and Fallout games. In those games we can increase or carrying/stash size just like we can do in ESO. Yes ESO has also a payment option. Zenimax actually gives lots of storage.
So I don't see where Zenimax is scamming us. It is optional. So no scamming there. Zenimax already gives us good ways to free up our inventory. No scam there. Zenimax hasn't decreased storage space at all in order to sell more storage space. So again, no scam.
I guess next time I go to Mc Donalds and they ask me if I want to large size it, I guess I better not, since that would be a scam as well. Why should I have to pay for a bigger cup and box for fries?
It's not a scam, not one is saying it is. ButGarnetFire17 wrote: »I don’t understand why, if you don’t have $15 a month to support something you enjoy, you really shouldn’t be sitting at home playing games in the first place.
Tell that to Fornite players. You don't need a subscription model to even have a good game and make millions. Make the game fun and the game will profit. And don't let tedious things like inventory managment become a pain in the first place. Not only should it be part of the base game. It should have been in from day 1.
This is not fortnight, I would rather not have a bunch of 12 to 15 year old's running around acting like jerks and doing micro transactions all day long in ESO using their parents card. Fortnight is a toxic, cancerous wasteland, let's not have that here.
The games are very different requiring somewhat different pricing mechanisms
You forgot to mention that Fortnite is actually quite boring unless you're killing someone else.
Children play Fortnite. Adults play ESO.
Okay... that's not true, but I agree with you that Fortnite is just a bunch of punks punking each other and acting like tools.
it's not even fun.
ESO offers stories, incredible design, options, etc. Fortnite offers none of that.
This not an opinion debate which game is better. Fornite is a free game that makes way more money because it has more people playing with because it doesn't have tedious BS in it like constantly full inventory you need to deal with every 5 mins. That is not a normal thing. Paying 15 dollars a month simply because they decided to this to us is insanity. I don't want to pay 15 dollars a month to pay a game I own I would rather buy, not rent. It's the reason why I never played wow or ESO when it first came out. I will pay for more content but will not pay to play what I already own. And not having your inventory space squished is not more content.
OP - so basically you want no-one to have any reason to subscribe.
No. Just No.
Those of us who have subscribed for years deserve something. We don't get better performance, rewards or anything else, at least give us the bag.
Sheesh.
Entitled much?
Malacthulhu wrote: »OP - so basically you want no-one to have any reason to subscribe.
No. Just No.
Those of us who have subscribed for years deserve something. We don't get better performance, rewards or anything else, at least give us the bag.
Sheesh.
Entitled much?
Please quote me where I said that I do not want people to have a reason to subscribe?
Reading comprehension much? I think people should have a good reason to subscribe, but not because of inventory management.
Entitled, well hell ya, I am also a socialist too, did you hear? This game is not a stock it is software and it goes down in value over time, paying for sub for inventory space does not add value to it because of the last so many years of pumping money into it.
I also never said anything about the craft bag being free, surprise surprise.
Malacthulhu wrote: »OP - so basically you want no-one to have any reason to subscribe.
No. Just No.
Those of us who have subscribed for years deserve something. We don't get better performance, rewards or anything else, at least give us the bag.
Sheesh.
Entitled much?
Please quote me where I said that I do not want people to have a reason to subscribe?
Reading comprehension much? I think people should have a good reason to subscribe, but not because of inventory management.
Entitled, well hell ya, I am also a socialist too, did you hear? This game is not a stock it is software and it goes down in value over time, paying for sub for inventory space does not add value to it because of the last so many years of pumping money into it.
I also never said anything about the craft bag being free, surprise surprise.
Fine then what would you suggest ESO give in a subscription that is valuable enough to subscribe for? Right now the ESO craft bag is pretty much the only reason most subscribe for now.
GarnetFire17 wrote: »You forgot to mention that Fortnite is actually quite boring unless you're killing someone else.
Children play Fortnite. Adults play ESO.
Okay... that's not true, but I agree with you that Fortnite is just a bunch of punks punking each other and acting like tools.
it's not even fun.
ESO offers stories, incredible design, options, etc. Fortnite offers none of that.
This not an opinion debate which game is better. Fornite is a free game that makes way more money because it has more people playing with because it doesn't have tedious BS in it like constantly full inventory you need to deal with every 5 mins. That is not a normal thing. Paying 15 dollars a month simply because they decided to this to us is insanity. I don't want to pay 15 dollars a month to pay a game I own I would rather buy, not rent. It's the reason why I never played wow or ESO when it first came out. I will pay for more content but will not pay to play what I already own. And not having your inventory space squished is not more content.
GarnetFire17 wrote: »Malacthulhu wrote: »OP - so basically you want no-one to have any reason to subscribe.
No. Just No.
Those of us who have subscribed for years deserve something. We don't get better performance, rewards or anything else, at least give us the bag.
Sheesh.
Entitled much?
Please quote me where I said that I do not want people to have a reason to subscribe?
Reading comprehension much? I think people should have a good reason to subscribe, but not because of inventory management.
Entitled, well hell ya, I am also a socialist too, did you hear? This game is not a stock it is software and it goes down in value over time, paying for sub for inventory space does not add value to it because of the last so many years of pumping money into it.
I also never said anything about the craft bag being free, surprise surprise.
Fine then what would you suggest ESO give in a subscription that is valuable enough to subscribe for? Right now the ESO craft bag is pretty much the only reason most subscribe for now.
I don't know why anyone keeps saying that. I don't think its true at all. With the sub you get more crowns than the normal price for $15 worth of crowns. You get access to all the dlcs without having to actually buy them,you get discounts on crown store stuff. Your bank space is doubled. you get xp and gold buffs. Its a great deal without the craft bag.
Malacthulhu wrote: »OP - so basically you want no-one to have any reason to subscribe.
No. Just No.
Those of us who have subscribed for years deserve something. We don't get better performance, rewards or anything else, at least give us the bag.
Sheesh.
Entitled much?
Please quote me where I said that I do not want people to have a reason to subscribe?
Reading comprehension much? I think people should have a good reason to subscribe, but not because of inventory management.
Entitled, well hell ya, I am also a socialist too, did you hear? This game is not a stock it is software and it goes down in value over time, paying for sub for inventory space does not add value to it because of the last so many years of pumping money into it.
I also never said anything about the craft bag being free, surprise surprise.
Fine then what would you suggest ESO give in a subscription that is valuable enough to subscribe for? Right now the ESO craft bag is pretty much the only reason most subscribe for now.
Malacthulhu wrote: »OP - so basically you want no-one to have any reason to subscribe.
No. Just No.
Those of us who have subscribed for years deserve something. We don't get better performance, rewards or anything else, at least give us the bag.
Sheesh.
Entitled much?
Please quote me where I said that I do not want people to have a reason to subscribe?
Reading comprehension much? I think people should have a good reason to subscribe, but not because of inventory management.
Entitled, well hell ya, I am also a socialist too, did you hear? This game is not a stock it is software and it goes down in value over time, paying for sub for inventory space does not add value to it because of the last so many years of pumping money into it.
I also never said anything about the craft bag being free, surprise surprise.
GarnetFire17 wrote: »Malacthulhu wrote: »OP - so basically you want no-one to have any reason to subscribe.
No. Just No.
Those of us who have subscribed for years deserve something. We don't get better performance, rewards or anything else, at least give us the bag.
Sheesh.
Entitled much?
Please quote me where I said that I do not want people to have a reason to subscribe?
Reading comprehension much? I think people should have a good reason to subscribe, but not because of inventory management.
Entitled, well hell ya, I am also a socialist too, did you hear? This game is not a stock it is software and it goes down in value over time, paying for sub for inventory space does not add value to it because of the last so many years of pumping money into it.
I also never said anything about the craft bag being free, surprise surprise.
Fine then what would you suggest ESO give in a subscription that is valuable enough to subscribe for? Right now the ESO craft bag is pretty much the only reason most subscribe for now.
I don't know why anyone keeps saying that. I don't think its true at all. With the sub you get more crowns than the normal price for $15 worth of crowns. You get access to all the dlcs without having to actually buy them,you get discounts on crown store stuff. Your bank space is doubled. you get xp and gold buffs. Its a great deal without the craft bag. It's an illogical fear that people won't sub.
Malacthulhu wrote: »OP - so basically you want no-one to have any reason to subscribe.
No. Just No.
Those of us who have subscribed for years deserve something. We don't get better performance, rewards or anything else, at least give us the bag.
Sheesh.
Entitled much?
Please quote me where I said that I do not want people to have a reason to subscribe?
Reading comprehension much? I think people should have a good reason to subscribe, but not because of inventory management.
Entitled, well hell ya, I am also a socialist too, did you hear? This game is not a stock it is software and it goes down in value over time, paying for sub for inventory space does not add value to it because of the last so many years of pumping money into it.
I also never said anything about the craft bag being free, surprise surprise.
So what reason would people have to subscribe then?
The only benefits at this point are access to the DLC's, etc., a few crowns and a slight experience boost. Most of us only subscribe for the bag. The rest is pretty much gravy.
And I am sorry for your standing.
No freebies is what I say.
I work hard to buy the things I want and couldn't give a fig if somebody feels like their entitled to stuff without putting in any effort.
Malacthulhu wrote: »OP - so basically you want no-one to have any reason to subscribe.
No. Just No.
Those of us who have subscribed for years deserve something. We don't get better performance, rewards or anything else, at least give us the bag.
Sheesh.
Entitled much?
Please quote me where I said that I do not want people to have a reason to subscribe?
Reading comprehension much? I think people should have a good reason to subscribe, but not because of inventory management.
Entitled, well hell ya, I am also a socialist too, did you hear? This game is not a stock it is software and it goes down in value over time, paying for sub for inventory space does not add value to it because of the last so many years of pumping money into it.
I also never said anything about the craft bag being free, surprise surprise.
I am not saying it should be free to play. I am not saying it should be like Fornite. YI am saying you can make money easy off of non-subscribers so there is not need to try to coerce anyone to subscribe and that is what they are trying to do with the craftbag. You craftbag users, imagine playing this game without it. It's not a pleasant thought is it? What does it say to new players that aren't sure they want to commit to this game? It will turn a lot of them not sure they want to commit to 15 dollars a month away. maybe they are playing wow and already pay 15 dollars. It's not wise to leave a bad first impression with something silly like harsh inventory management.GarnetFire17 wrote: »You forgot to mention that Fortnite is actually quite boring unless you're killing someone else.
Children play Fortnite. Adults play ESO.
Okay... that's not true, but I agree with you that Fortnite is just a bunch of punks punking each other and acting like tools.
it's not even fun.
ESO offers stories, incredible design, options, etc. Fortnite offers none of that.
This not an opinion debate which game is better. Fornite is a free game that makes way more money because it has more people playing with because it doesn't have tedious BS in it like constantly full inventory you need to deal with every 5 mins. That is not a normal thing. Paying 15 dollars a month simply because they decided to this to us is insanity. I don't want to pay 15 dollars a month to pay a game I own I would rather buy, not rent. It's the reason why I never played wow or ESO when it first came out. I will pay for more content but will not pay to play what I already own. And not having your inventory space squished is not more content.
And how does a free game make more money?
Through it's store, of course.
ESO is an RPG game. Fortnite is not.
You seem to think that ESO shoudl be Fortnite.
They're not even in the same league.
Candy Crush has also made oodles of money, but that doesn't mean that it's model would work with ESO.
WoW is far closer to ESO and yet it's model is significantly different as well.
While FTP may seem like a good idea, all FTP games are actually or soon become PTW.
It's the reality of the industry.
Karius_Imalthar wrote: »You want the free breadsticks without ordering any dinner. Many of us played the game and became master crafters before there was ever a craft bag. It's a very nice convenience and one of the many incentives to subscribing.
Malacthulhu wrote: »Karius_Imalthar wrote: »You want the free breadsticks without ordering any dinner. Many of us played the game and became master crafters before there was ever a craft bag. It's a very nice convenience and one of the many incentives to subscribing.
No actually, I want to buy the dinner and the breadsticks without paying the restaurant a subscription fee to use a plate to eat them on. Good job reading before you posted and regurgitated the same nonsense others have.
ThanatosXR wrote: »Crafting bag+dlc acess is all of plus's value
GarnetFire17 wrote: »I don’t understand why, if you don’t have $15 a month to support something you enjoy, you really shouldn’t be sitting at home playing games in the first place.
Tell that to Fornite players. You don't need a subscription model to even have a good game and make millions. Make the game fun and the game will profit. And don't let tedious things like inventory managment become a pain in the first place. Not only should it be part of the base game. It should have been in from day 1.
ThanatosXR wrote: »Crafting bag+dlc acess is all of plus's value
OP wants that gon
To cheap to pay for a subscription for the bag so wants it given to him for free just "cause.
ThanatosXR wrote: »GarnetFire17 wrote: »I don’t understand why, if you don’t have $15 a month to support something you enjoy, you really shouldn’t be sitting at home playing games in the first place.
Tell that to Fornite players. You don't need a subscription model to even have a good game and make millions. Make the game fun and the game will profit. And don't let tedious things like inventory managment become a pain in the first place. Not only should it be part of the base game. It should have been in from day 1.
Did you really compare a rpg with a fps?