Guessing Game: How much will the Skyshards cost?

rotaugen454 · May 2019

55k-65k crowns in total

I would only use it to get a new character off and running, not to completely copy my main that is only a handful short of all of them. I would only buy a lot if relatively cheap, otherwise it might be a single zone’s worth.

tmbrinks · May 2019

55k-65k crowns in total

500 crowns per set of 3.

500 for starter zones with 3 shards (Bleakrock/Bal Foyen)
1000 for the zones with 6 shards (Murkmire/CWC/ETC)
2500 for the zones with 16 (Stonefalls/Auridon/Cyrodiil EP/ETC) (get 1 free!)

Ankael07 · May 2019

The more we talk/vote about them the more they will cost

Salvas_Aren · May 2019

20k-30k crowns in total

300c for small islands with 3 shards, 500c for bigger ones with 6, 1000c for bigger areas with - lets say - 16+ shards.

Cyrodiil would then be about 2500c, or 3x 1000 +300 for the mountain.

Adding some adaptations for odd provinces here and there and I end up at 27,600-28,400 crowns for the single provinces, in total. I would not be surprised if all shards would cost per char as a whole enchilada about 20,000 crowns, if available to the respective account.

RaddlemanNumber7 · May 2019

>65k crowns in total

and that's just for one character.

xan4silkb14_ESO · May 2019

>65k crowns in total

Ankael07 wrote: »

The more we talk/vote about them the more they will cost

You think that ZoS hasn't already set the price? Sure, they are waiting for the players to tell them how much things should cost and if we continue to talk about it they'll raise prices just to spite us

ZoS has already decided how much each pack will cost. We are merely speculating the total cost for all of those packs based on past observations of other convenience items, cynicism, or wishful thinking.

Dont_do_drugs · May 2019

>65k crowns in total

BNOC wrote: »

therift wrote: »

Players asked to buy skyshards from the Crown Store, so ZoS put skyshards in the Crown Store.

I'm not going to dig through all the 'account-wide skyshards plz' threads, but I'm pretty sure the 'zone packs' and possible price of 2,500 Crowns per zone are specific player suggestions.

Yes, 'account-wide skyshards plz' proponents... you got what you wanted

Players asked for skyshards that they'd already acquired, to be account wide*

Nobody in their right mind said "I'd love it if ZOS could put skyshards in the crownstore, separate them int 35 individual packs and charge X crowns for them"

Crown Store purchasable and account wide are absolutely nothing alike, so no, they didn't.

Weeeeeeeell.... I read quite often "I'd even pay for that!"

rotaugen454 · May 2019

55k-65k crowns in total

One meeeleon crowns...
*puts pinkie finger at corner of mouth*

Myrkgrav · May 2019

I'm guessing a lot. Like, more than it'll be worth it unless you're feeling exceptionally lazy or rich.

ManwithBeard9 · May 2019

>65k crowns in total

You want convenience, you want skill points, you're gonna be paying for it.

TheRealPotoroo · May 2019

I have no idea what the total cost would or should be. It will probably be 1k Crowns per zone, which would be ten times what it should be.

xan4silkb14_ESO · May 2019

>65k crowns in total

Dont_do_drugs wrote: »

BNOC wrote: »

therift wrote: »

Players asked to buy skyshards from the Crown Store, so ZoS put skyshards in the Crown Store.

I'm not going to dig through all the 'account-wide skyshards plz' threads, but I'm pretty sure the 'zone packs' and possible price of 2,500 Crowns per zone are specific player suggestions.

Yes, 'account-wide skyshards plz' proponents... you got what you wanted

Players asked for skyshards that they'd already acquired, to be account wide*

Nobody in their right mind said "I'd love it if ZOS could put skyshards in the crownstore, separate them int 35 individual packs and charge X crowns for them"

Crown Store purchasable and account wide are absolutely nothing alike, so no, they didn't.

Weeeeeeeell.... I read quite often "I'd even pay for that!"

Bolded above for emphasis.

Yes, this is said about many things that people want to have for ease of creating new characters. Max skill lines, level 50 starting characters, lorebooks, etc... But apparently they don't mean it. They don't really want to pay for these conveniences. They would like ZoS to implement them so they can be "less bored".

CleymenZero · May 2019

<5000 crowns in total

Cheezits94 wrote: »

With the Elsweyr Update, Skyshards will be sold in the Crown Store.
We can already check that system out on the PTS. There is no "All Skyshards"-Bundle available, you have to buy them per zone, which is what made me suspect ZOS is going for a very high price with those if you decide to buy all of them for a new character, because all those zones will surely add up to a lot.

I would love to see them reasonably priced, but because of former crown store pricing for convenience items, I don't expect that to be the case.
Mundus stones cost 4000 crowns each, for it to really be a timesaver you need to have at least two or three, that's 8000-12000 crowns.
As another example, if you want to fully upgrade your mount via the crown store, you will need to pay 18k crowns, I can't imagine the skyshards being cheaper than that.

What do you think how much Skyshards will cost if you buy ALL OF THEM? And what would you think would be a fair price?

There should be a thread about how much are you willing to pay for skyshards instead of how much do you think they're gonna cost...

ATomiX96 · May 2019

5k-10k crowns in total

everything above 10k would be absolutely ridiculous

BNOC · May 2019

<5000 crowns in total

Dont_do_drugs wrote: »

BNOC wrote: »

therift wrote: »

Players asked to buy skyshards from the Crown Store, so ZoS put skyshards in the Crown Store.

I'm not going to dig through all the 'account-wide skyshards plz' threads, but I'm pretty sure the 'zone packs' and possible price of 2,500 Crowns per zone are specific player suggestions.

Yes, 'account-wide skyshards plz' proponents... you got what you wanted

Players asked for skyshards that they'd already acquired, to be account wide*

Nobody in their right mind said "I'd love it if ZOS could put skyshards in the crownstore, separate them int 35 individual packs and charge X crowns for them"

Crown Store purchasable and account wide are absolutely nothing alike, so no, they didn't.

Weeeeeeeell.... I read quite often "I'd even pay for that!"

Yeah maybe, but only after the hordes of roleplayers walked in with their picket signs mindlessly chanting "unfair", "advantage", "I like earning mine, you should too" and other nonsense in regards to "account wide" or the toggle that was mentioned SO many times.

I think people are forgetting that a 16 shard zone is only 5 skill points.
2,500 crowns is ~£12.50 - 5 skill points for £12.50? That's extortionate.

However it ends up now, they've milked the community dry - Code wise, this would be so easy that I bet it took a single dev no more than a couple days to put together and a couple hours to fully test.

Wolfpaw · May 2019

ZOS/Beth the new EA in town?...funny thing for me is, the more ways they find to gouge their supportive players the tighter my wallet becomes.

My expectations for Character/account skyshard unlocks was to promote alt play, & in-turn player invests more into the game overtime with new class driven xpacs, alts, sub, etc...if alt play means no-lifer do the same content X amount of times or spend $100 to play catch-up, well pass, continue play my main & not waste money on xpacs like the necro.

BNOC · May 2019

<5000 crowns in total

Wolfpaw wrote: »

ZOS/Beth the new EA in town?...funny thing for me is, the more ways they find to gouge their supportive players the tighter my wallet becomes.

My expectations for Character/account skyshard unlocks was to promote alt play, & in-turn player invests more into the game overtime with new class driven xpacs, alts, sub, etc...if alt play means no-lifer do the same content X amount of times or spend $100 to play catch-up, well pass, continue play my main & not waste money on xpacs like the necro.

Yes, you already know these pack costs will sit either side of a Crowns pack size as well right? Just like EA.

E.G. A SS pack could cost 1250 crowns because you can only buy 750 or 1500 crowns, forcing you into buying the 1500, or higher - It's a scummy tactic they all use these days.

Your expectations were the same as nearly every advocate's but we'll see.

driosketch · May 2019

55k-65k crowns in total

This is my overly conservative underestimation.

therift · May 2019

BNOC wrote: »

therift wrote: »

Players asked to buy skyshards from the Crown Store, so ZoS put skyshards in the Crown Store.

I'm not going to dig through all the 'account-wide skyshards plz' threads, but I'm pretty sure the 'zone packs' and possible price of 2,500 Crowns per zone are specific player suggestions.

Yes, 'account-wide skyshards plz' proponents... you got what you wanted

Players asked for skyshards that they'd already acquired, to be account wide*

Nobody in their right mind said "I'd love it if ZOS could put skyshards in the crownstore, separate them int 35 individual packs and charge X crowns for them"

Crown Store purchasable and account wide are absolutely nothing alike, so no, they didn't.

Actually, there have been numerous posts from players willing to buy skyshards for Crowns. I recall at least one suggestion by zone so the player could buy only the zones he/she did not have. Sorry, I'm not going to dig through 5-6 enormous threads hunting those posts down, because I essentially agree with you.

My point is that more than a few players offered to buy skyshards, if that would prompt ZoS to offer an option to shortcut walking around to pick them up for free. Whether those players truly meant it or were out of their minds is moot. The offers were posted, ZoS was persuaded, and now you can buy skyshards for Crowns.

In my opinion, the whole thing is idiotic.

edit:spellcheck sucks

srfrogg23 · May 2019

<5000 crowns in total

I'm guessing it will be 1500 per zone.

Yes, I did not read the poll responses before I selected one.

Tasear · May 2019

>65k crowns in total

1500 per zone

Dithieon · May 2019

I can see them following the sleazy outfit slot pricing structure ;1500 per skyshard,not per zone lol

Tucker3711 · May 2019

<5000 crowns in total

Not worth it

Casul · May 2019

10k-20k crowns in total

If they are smart they should make them affordable. Because otherwise people like me won’t bother and will just keep playing 1 character and will take our money elsewhere.

Also the amount I selected is what I assume they will be, what I would prefer is 15$ for all 3 alliances.

Banana · May 2019

Skill lines next. Then class change

Enemy-of-Coldharbour · May 2019

>65k crowns in total

They'll probably charge 5,000 Crowns per zone. We can all do the math on that.

Just spend 3,000 Crowns on speed riding lessons and grab them yourself in one weekend.

darthgummibear_ESO · May 2019

Given the absolutely ridiculous cost for things like outfit slots, I don't see this being priced in a remotely reasonable fashion to outweigh the minimal time it takes to actually run around and grab the skyshards yourself.

Morgul667 · May 2019

Will be very highhhh