Wow... Guess I'm not getting the polymorph I've been looking forward to for the whole month after all.

I made a discussion about this topic as well,and I agree with you,a lot os people didn't know it was crown gems exclusive in the first place.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/572166/so-who-will-get-the-new-polymorph-for-500-gems#latest

I don’t understand why they don’t make things more affordable for players. The time developing the item is the same whether they sell a few spriggan morphs for 500 gems or thousands for 100 gems. They would make more money making it cost less because people would actually buy it. The same goes for the majority of the items they sell. It would also make the players happier.

?? I'm confused.

I don't disagree that they should put the price clearly listed in the Crown Showcase, but they did label the Spriggan as "Crown Gem Exclusive". They have the phrase "Crown Gem Exclusive" right above the name of the item in the showcase.

I remember them labeling it crown exclusive because I remember seeing that at the beginning of the month and I started saving up my gems all month long just for this polymorph.

I went back to look at the April showcase, and it does indeed still list the Spriggan as a crown gem exclusive right about the name.

But you're right that they should release info on how much things cost. I would prefer to know ahead of time how much crown gems and crowns I should save for things so I can buy accurately.

BrentBlemish wrote: »

vivisectvib16_ESO wrote: »

The Spriggan polymorph should be the free apology reward for "this no patch til Blackwood" nonsense.

unfortunately, this is not a ZOS problem. This is a Sony, Microsoft problem. I used to play on console and every time a patch needed to be released it had to go through certification process where sony or microsoft evaluates patches and information before it uploads it to their server to be downloaded by the user on PSN or Xbox live.

People really should be going after Sony or Microsoft to reevaluate their patching certification process for games like MMOs that require more frequent and sometimes emergency patches. on PC, ZOS doesnt have to go through this. They can just take the server offline and push a patch through their own launcher. It doesn't need to be certified by anyone else.

Also... just one of the many reasons i left console after playing ESO on it for almost 5 years. I'll never go back.

We were told after the last debacle that they had the option to rebuild and re-certify in 48h. But that they found a way to not have to do that.

So why is this now a 2 month wait?

Wolf_Eye wrote: »

?? I'm confused.

I don't disagree that they should put the price clearly listed in the Crown Showcase, but they did label the Spriggan as "Crown Gem Exclusive". They have the phrase "Crown Gem Exclusive" right above the name of the item in the showcase.

I remember them labeling it crown exclusive because I remember seeing that at the beginning of the month and I started saving up my gems all month long just for this polymorph.

I went back to look at the April showcase, and it does indeed still list the Spriggan as a crown gem exclusive right about the name.

But you're right that they should release info on how much things cost. I would prefer to know ahead of time how much crown gems and crowns I should save for things so I can buy accurately.

This is fair. I didnt notice it was under the "Crown gem Exclusive" part. Maybe they need to move this to the text under the item. Im sure, most people like me, just skim through the listings based on images to the thing they like and read the description. Because i went to this article several times this month and completely by-passed any of the sub catagories of the listings.

Maybe the solution is to put an icon on the bottom right of the image with a crown gem or a crown erm crown? That way at quick glance someone can know wether or not its crown gem or crown crown. But the value should also be posted. 500 crown gems is ALOT. and if you didnt plan for this in advance... then GG.

BrentBlemish wrote: »

Wolf_Eye wrote: »

?? I'm confused.

I don't disagree that they should put the price clearly listed in the Crown Showcase, but they did label the Spriggan as "Crown Gem Exclusive". They have the phrase "Crown Gem Exclusive" right above the name of the item in the showcase.

I remember them labeling it crown exclusive because I remember seeing that at the beginning of the month and I started saving up my gems all month long just for this polymorph.

I went back to look at the April showcase, and it does indeed still list the Spriggan as a crown gem exclusive right about the name.

But you're right that they should release info on how much things cost. I would prefer to know ahead of time how much crown gems and crowns I should save for things so I can buy accurately.

This is fair. I didnt notice it was under the "Crown gem Exclusive" part. Maybe they need to move this to the text under the item. Im sure, most people like me, just skim through the listings based on images to the thing they like and read the description. Because i went to this article several times this month and completely by-passed any of the sub catagories of the listings.

Maybe the solution is to put an icon on the bottom right of the image with a crown gem or a crown erm crown? That way at quick glance someone can know wether or not its crown gem or crown crown. But the value should also be posted. 500 crown gems is ALOT. and if you didnt plan for this in advance... then GG.

I had overlooked that on my first perusal as well, but it’s clearly there, not hidden in fine print or anything, so that’s on me, not ZOS. The price is more Gems than I had saved but likewise more than the polymorph is worth to me. That’s okay. I got a lot of cool stuff that I like even better this past month.

BrentBlemish wrote: »

Wolf_Eye wrote: »

?? I'm confused.

I don't disagree that they should put the price clearly listed in the Crown Showcase, but they did label the Spriggan as "Crown Gem Exclusive". They have the phrase "Crown Gem Exclusive" right above the name of the item in the showcase.

I remember them labeling it crown exclusive because I remember seeing that at the beginning of the month and I started saving up my gems all month long just for this polymorph.

I went back to look at the April showcase, and it does indeed still list the Spriggan as a crown gem exclusive right about the name.

But you're right that they should release info on how much things cost. I would prefer to know ahead of time how much crown gems and crowns I should save for things so I can buy accurately.

This is fair. I didnt notice it was under the "Crown gem Exclusive" part. Maybe they need to move this to the text under the item. Im sure, most people like me, just skim through the listings based on images to the thing they like and read the description. Because i went to this article several times this month and completely by-passed any of the sub catagories of the listings.

Maybe the solution is to put an icon on the bottom right of the image with a crown gem or a crown erm crown? That way at quick glance someone can know wether or not its crown gem or crown crown. But the value should also be posted. 500 crown gems is ALOT. and if you didnt plan for this in advance... then GG.

That's completely fair. It seems a lot of people are not noticing the header texts, which means they need to think about putting that text somewhere else so that it's more noticeable (or putting it in several places). Having a little gem icon in the corner of the image would also work well I think.

But yeah, it would DEFINITELY be so helpful to know how many crowns and/or gems something costs so that we can save up better. Expecting people to drop $100s of dollars on crates the day a new gem exclusive lands all because they didn't give the price tag before hand isn't very effective; it's more likely to make people too depressed to buy crates in the first place because they see a price tag they could never reach within the short time the item is available.

Whereas, if people knew ahead of time it was going to be so many gems, they might have been able to gradually save up money and open crates occasionally throughout the month in order to get enough gems.

In other words, ZOS might even get MORE crate sales if they told people ahead of time what prices would be. At the very least, having prices ahead of time would let people know whether they have a chance of making enough to get it or not instead of selling a sort of false hope.

I started ESO on ps4 then switched to PC pretty quickly. It’s so much better on PC. My heart goes out to ps4 players.

I really love the datamined description of red Spriggan:

"Like the vines choking the Bloodroot Forge, your boughs share Hircine's thirst for prey. Bathe your roots in the blood of the fallen and feel it course through the crimson arteries of the predator that you are."

I like both Hircine and creepy things, and all my characters have "vice" blood in them (vampires and werewolves) - even those who are not fully transformed

I mean, I guess it's fair for you to feel the way you feel, but keep in mind that "the next one" won't be the original one! A lot of people specifically wanted the vanilla green & bark look vs the "Bloodroot" or "Coldbooger" versions (or whatever the other-color versions will be called). And ZOS absolutely knows this, yet priced this like they did anyway.

What if the green vanilla one IS the cheap one?

Agree... I wouldn't mind pleasant surprises, but I can't really imagine how all those different Spriggan versions will be released.

Your article only states "The Sylvan Spriggan will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from April 29 to May 6 at 10am EDT."

The article also states that it's crown-gem exclusive... Based on prices of all previous exclusive items, my guess for price was 400 gems - not too far from actual price.

I understand that this price is high for many people, but thanks to the article we had almost a month of planning some budget. They even returned Wild Hunt crate season to overlap with the polymoprh's release. It was rather generous - to offer choice of two crate seasons for people who might need to open more crates for this polymorph.
Usually when some gem-exclusive item appears, we have only one crate season in store.

Overall, I agree that it would be nice to see the price of every item in showcase articles

redlink1979 wrote: »

No one knows the purchase method just because ZOS sure likes to throw the bait at the players.
500 gems for polymorph is a deal breaker for the most of us and, I refuse to spend my money on gambling crates to get 500 gems.

I belive in the monthly crown store showcase it was adressed as a gem exclusive thing,but no one expected it to be so expensive.
As I said in other discussion already,if they would have sold it for crowns they would have tempted a lot more people to buy it.

BrentBlemish wrote: »

ZOS please STOP releasing these articles with items like "The Sylvan Spriggan" being listed with no information on how it's acquired.

I made sure I had crowns set aside for this polymorph. JUST to find out that it costs 500 crown gems. That's something people should know in advance. This feels like a bait and switch. Not to mention, I bought three 15 packs of crown crates just to get a little over 400 crown gems to buy my Wild Hunt Mount. i repeat... three 15 crown packs. 15000 crowns.... and I still didnt have 500 crown gems...

To earn 500 crown gems to buy this polymorph and if you have little to no remaining crown gems, this will probably run you over $100 depending on your RNG. This needs to stop. Advertise what these items are going to cost before you list them, especially when they are only up for a few days to a week. Im not spending over $100 to get this polymorph. I didnt save my crown gems because you didnt advertise how this item was being sold. Your article only states "The Sylvan Spriggan will be available in the Crown Store on all platforms for a limited time, from April 29 to May 6 at 10am EDT."

STOP doing this.

It is writen as a crown gem exclusive

Was sad to see this, was hoping to pick this up as it seemed really cool but it's just lumped in with old Crown Crates - which I despise and clearly is a total rip off.