Should There Be 3 Armory Slots?

Greg11jkalfa · October 2021

So as to comply with guidelines, I'm rehashing my old poll for giving players 3 armory slots at the launch of the Deadlands DLC. The idea is the same, but now the options are different. The reason I think that 3 should be available, is simply because there are 3 build types in the game. Giving players the option to have a Tank, DPS, and Healer set up, or even 3 variants of one build type, will allow more players to enjoy the system at launch, as well as long after. I don't see a need in forcing players to give up money just to have the same freedom that was promoted in the reveal stream.

What do you think, should there be 3 armory slots at launch, or is it better to just have 2? (Edit: As with last time, I'd like to note there is no downside to having 3, and thus voting for it has no downside.)

colossalvoids · October 2021

3 Slots

The more free ones the better.

Ideally they should have made it the way that it would have ten free gear/skill swap only slots that could be used anywhere in the game (preferably accessable through the menu like current add-ons) and 10 paid ones with 2-3 being free for a full respec that would be disabled in pvp outside of your home keeps or the alliance base and scoreboard content.

ADarklore · October 2021

As I've stated in other threads on this topic... ZOS is following DCUO's model with armories. Offer ONE for free because they know it's useless without at least two to swap between. This forces players that want to actually use them, to BUY at least one more armory PER CHARACTER.

At least DCUO allows you to swap between armories in the field for free... ZOS has followed the more greedy path by forcing players to BUY an 'assistant' to swap in the field. Also, DCUO swaps armories on the fly, there is no 'talk to assistant to swap' delay.

Amottica · October 2021

I think it is pretty obvious people would want more for free if it is something they would use. I wonder how this could be approached in a manner that could have a chance to encourage Zenimax to give us more.

MashmalloMan · October 2021

This is like saying, would you rather have 10 dollars for free or 20 dollars. The answer is sort of obvious, what is the point of a poll like that

EF321 · October 2021

Selling quality of life features is not cool at all.

phaneub17_ESO · October 2021

We'll probably get Armory tokens via the monthly login or other free sources from time to time, I for some reason have racked up around 5 outfit tokens despite not paying for a single one of them.

divnyi · October 2021

There are 3 PvE roles. Build types.. much more.

Magica, stamina variations.
Ganker / Glass-cannon / Fighter / Bruiser / Tank in terms of toughness.
Damage / Heal / Utility / Toughness in terms of objective. And lots of healers would want many different utility setups.
And you also want very different gear and skills in PvE and PvP.

So um.. I wouldn't be surprised if even 5 is not enough.

MashmalloMan · October 2021

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

We'll probably get Armory tokens via the monthly login or other free sources from time to time, I for some reason have racked up around 5 outfit tokens despite not paying for a single one of them.

Tokens are just a way to avoid the cost of changing things about your outfit so it only saves like 3-10k gold.

Outfit slots are purchased with crowns for real money. Like 99% of the playerbase just uses the 1 free outfit slot, some don't even know you can have more than 1. Armory Slots are a different ball game.

Armory doesn't cost anything to use or change builds. One would assume Armory Slots will be treated the same and therefore won't be given for free in daily logins.

Greg11jkalfa · October 2021

3 Slots

MashmalloMan wrote: »

This is like saying, would you rather have 10 dollars for free or 20 dollars. The answer is sort of obvious, what is the point of a poll like that

To try and draw attention to a glaring issue. ZOS is capable of listening, so I'd rather try and fail, than just give up ahead of time.

Tranquilizer · October 2021

3 Slots

At least give one or two extra slots for eso+ members

stefj68 · October 2021

3 Slots

should be at least 4 slot minimum and slots should be account wide (purchasable one)

coop500 · October 2021

2 Slots

IMO it should be 2, otherwise the system is literally worthless.

But they do need to make their money, so IMO 2 would be the most fair.

Onyx_Werewolf_Gnome · October 2021

3 Slots

Three slots all day long, definitely
And I agree with the the person saying they should be account wide. Or do two & make them account wide& charge for the third
ESO + could unlock it to be account wide or it could give you an extra slot.
But the account wide thing is my biggest grievance with this

kojou · October 2021

2 Slots

Greg11jkalfa wrote: »

MashmalloMan wrote: »

This is like saying, would you rather have 10 dollars for free or 20 dollars. The answer is sort of obvious, what is the point of a poll like that

To try and draw attention to a glaring issue. ZOS is capable of listening, so I'd rather try and fail, than just give up ahead of time.

This poll will do nothing except give them an idea of the demand for 3 slots.

Jim_Pipp · October 2021

3 Slots

My 3 slots wouldn't be tank/healer/DPS builds.

We need 3 to run all content.
- A meta build for PvE group content
- A pvp build
- An overland build with some personality.

I love my overland fun builds, so I feel excluded from endgame PvE or PvP, because I accept that quirky builds can't really compete.

I use other characters (3 x each class = 18 builds) to each specialise in an area. Some PvE builds are near-identical, but I hate that a meta tank struggles to cross PvE zones, a meta DPS character is scared of pvp, etc. 3 slots for every character would make all content accessible.

Vonkarolinas · October 2021

2 Slots

coop500 wrote: »

IMO it should be 2, otherwise the system is literally worthless.

But they do need to make their money, so IMO 2 would be the most fair.

Exactly. Sometimes it seems like people don't understand that the company needs to generate revenue or else it will go away and the game with it.

BalticBlues · October 2021

3 Slots

I also think everybody will need at least 3 slots depending on their playstyles:

PvE Solo play
PvE Group play
PvP

or

PvE Solo play
PvP Solo play
PvP Group play

or

Tank setup
Healer setup
DD setup

or

Healer setup
Magicka DD setup
Stamina DD setup

or

Hybrid DD setup
Magicka DD setup
Stamina DD setup

The best things come in threes.

Greg11jkalfa · October 2021

3 Slots

Vonkarolinas wrote: »

coop500 wrote: »

IMO it should be 2, otherwise the system is literally worthless.

But they do need to make their money, so IMO 2 would be the most fair.

Exactly. Sometimes it seems like people don't understand that the company needs to generate revenue or else it will go away and the game with it.

I'd argue they make plenty of money as it is. Besides, it's merely one more slot, that leaves seven more to be purchased. It's the same QOL bonus as adding another character slot for free to round out playing all the classes.

Starlight_Knight · October 2021

3 Slots

Annoyingly you only left the 2 options. 5 would be the correct ammount, considering they are already appalingly monatizing the assistant.

Bowser · October 2021

3 Slots

I'd like three slots: two for my commonly used builds and one that's a completely clean slate so I don't have to spend gold on respecs for my wacky "two years before it became meta" builds.

Chaos2088 · October 2021

3 Slots

Should be more than 3 tbh.

Ratzkifal · October 2021

3 Slots

3 or 4.
3 is reasonable (heal, DD, tank).
4 is healthy (heal, magDD, stamDD, tank / PvP).
>4 is luxury and can be unlocked through extra purchases

2 on the other hand is nothing. That's just PvP and PvE, everything else you would have to unlock with crowns PER CHARACTER, which is the least amount they could give without making the feature completely nonexistent without extra purchases.
But that also means FF14 with its job switching is going to have a permanent advantage over ESO, since features like these usually don't get touched anymore once they launch (outfits).

stefj68 · October 2021

3 Slots

Honestly minimum 4 accountwide... pvp + dps + tank + heal

DinoZavr · October 2021

1 Regular Setup
2 Blank (with skills de-morphed and all SP/CP free to allocate)

3rd slot might be nice for "Parked" (SP allocated into craftskills)

Still i strongly hope, the addons would emerge to allocate SP, make morphs and distribute CP
for those players who make 2nd build completely blank and ready for any build to be applied.

AlexanderDeLarge · October 2021

3 Slots

Three should be the bare minimum especially when almost everyone will opt for the assistant that'll probably be 5000 crowns.

daim · October 2021

3 Slots

2 is better than 1

Jayne_Doe · October 2021

3 Slots

I voted for three simply because I believe the armory is a QoL improvement that shouldn't be monetized, since PC players have access to a free version that does much of what the armory does - not all - but also has the ability to be used for leaderboard activities.

However, I'm afraid that all this poll will do is convince ZOS that their monetization strategy is right on target. They're providing two free slots knowing full well that the players who will use this the most are the ones who would want at least three slots for the three roles. Kaching!

Phaedryn · October 2021

2 Slots

People asking for free stuff...of *course* the majority are going to say 3. Did this really need a pole for that?

Greg11jkalfa · October 2021

3 Slots

Phaedryn wrote: »

People asking for free stuff...of *course* the majority are going to say 3. Did this really need a pole for that?

As I already said to someone else, the goal was to try and get it to change before live servers. Clearly it's failed.

JHartEllis · October 2021

I do think it's a mistake to only have 2 with the rest being Crown purchases.

It would be good to sprinkle a few attainable through other sources, like a calendar reward, a freebie for ESO+, or purchasable with in-game currency like AP, Writ Vouchers, or Undaunted Keys.

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