I agree. I totally get why they would have some houses Crown only, but some of the new homes should be purchaseable for gold, I agree. I have bought two homes with Crowns that had a gold option because I wanted the furnished versions (and because I’m a poor newb, lol). I’m sure I’m not the only one who pays with Crowns when it’s optional. Making ALL the new houses Crown-only seems poor PR, although not nearly so bad as Gem-only.
Kittytravel wrote: »But yeah if in a year people haven't bought Alinor Crest Townhouse, they probably aren't going to. So just let them buy it for gold. Locking so many houses behind crown only just means less people will ever own them in the lifetime of the game.
thatlaurachick wrote: »As other's mentioned, there are several ways to monetize housing without restricting all new homes to being crowns only. I would probably still buy some homes with crowns too, but would be a better use of my limited finances.'
I still questions ZOS' decision to finance end-game through housing, then completly ignore any feedback from the people they want to extract money from. While housing is "cosemtic", it is literally the only reason I play end-game.
Veinblood1965 wrote: »Hmm let's see.
Option 1. ZoS makes 2 million selling crown only housing.
Option 2. They don't make a dime more offering the housing for gold, they in fact make less as some of those paying crowns can now just use gold instead of cash.
As one poster said, MONEY. Paying programmers does not come cheap, they could raise the monthly subscription fee but then how many would quit the game? Would the increased fees bring in more or less due to lemmings leaving?
Hallothiel wrote: »How many crowns is it?
(Console pleb 🙂)
Since the Hall is at the moment not accessible as a DLC yet, I'd say it's "free" with quotes. That is, you still paid real money for it. So a couple dollars in there is what you paid (and if you want to separately price it out, then sure Elsweyr is a steal). Same with the Grand Psijic Villa -- at the time Summerset wasn't a DLC yet (?).We also got Hall of the Lunar Champion free with Elsweyr. Also, those of us who participated in the Summerfall event got the Grand Psijic Villa for free.
Short answer: Money
Long Answer: More Money
Short answer: Money
Long Answer: More Money
I'm not sure it is all about money. If it were all about money people would be able to gift homes. I think I have close to twelve million gold now all saved up just in case this ever happens.
The crown only homes I own I purchased with crowns from subbing.
Short answer: Money
Long Answer: More Money
I'm not sure it is all about money. If it were all about money people would be able to gift homes. I think I have close to twelve million gold now all saved up just in case this ever happens.
The crown only homes I own I purchased with crowns from subbing.
They dont allow gifting because of the potential for scamming. It's just too huge an item/cost. It would make it into a huge headache. People already scam at lower amounts. If they didn't want the money, they would make more homes available for gold.
Short answer: Money
Long Answer: More Money
I'm not sure it is all about money. If it were all about money people would be able to gift homes. I think I have close to twelve million gold now all saved up just in case this ever happens.
The crown only homes I own I purchased with crowns from subbing.
They dont allow gifting because of the potential for scamming. It's just too huge an item/cost. It would make it into a huge headache. People already scam at lower amounts. If they didn't want the money, they would make more homes available for gold.