How did you buy an old version without warden (and necromancer)?

I bought "The Elder Scrolls Online - Greymoor" from Steam and it comes with both and west skyrim

moo_2021 wrote: »

How did you buy an old version without warden (and necromancer)?

I bought "The Elder Scrolls Online - Greymoor" from Steam and it comes with both and west skyrim

joseayalac wrote: »

You'd need to buy a version which includes Morrowind ownership.

I did some digging. I purchased my version of ESO on Tue, Apr 11, 2017, 1:14 PM through Steam.

The Morrowind Chapter was released on June 6, 2017.

Because of this two-month gap, I have to purchase the Warden separately?

Yes, I don't think the version you bought came with Morrowind, because it wouldn't have been available for pre-purchase yet.

If you bought the Morrowind DLC later, through the Crown Store, or have "free" access to it via an ESO Plus subscription, you'll need to purchase the Warden class through the Crown Store.

Yes, if you purchased Morrowind as a DLC from the Crown Store, then the Warden was not included, and you will have to purchase it separately.

PeacefulAnarchy wrote: »

Lenox wrote: »

I see. So my only option to attain the Warden class is to purchase it for 1,500 crowns on the in-game store?

There is another option, buy a chapter (not upgrade) collection.
Blackwood is the current one, but that's obviously quite expensive. But you might be able to buy a copy of Elsewyr or Greymoor for cheap. Even buying a current version of the base game would work. The current basegame includes the Morrowind chapter and Warden. If you buy Elsewyr or Greymoor you'll also get Necro.
Just make sure you're buying the collection that includes the base game and not the upgrade.

That's what I was going to suggest.

If you're planning to get the other chapters at some point buy the full version of the latest chapter and you'll get all of them, including the bits which were split out when they were rebranded as DLC and added to the crown store. It is expensive for the full package but I think it works out cheaper than buying each one seperately.

It's the one called Collection: Blackwood you want, not the Blackwood Upgrade. On the ESO website it says that it includes all the previous chapters and if you buy it from somewhere else it should say that too.

There's a more expensive version called something like Collection: Blackwood Collector's Edition but you don't need to get that (unless you want to), it just comes with some extra items.

Edit: got the names of the two versions slightly wrong, corrected with exact wording now the store is back up.

trackdemon5512 wrote: »

Im quite sure that the Collection Editions DO NOT include the classes and that those must be purchased separately still.

In that case ZOS need to fix the advertising on their website. The Morrowind description on the Collection: Blackwood page says "Explore the island of Vvardenfell, harness nature-based magic as the Warden class, and more!" and the one for Elseweyr says "Save the Khajiit of Elsweyr from a rage of Dragons and wield the powerful Necromancer class".

That really makes it sound like the classes are included and I think a lot of people would be quite angry to find out they're a seperate purchase afterwards.

(Although I'm fairly sure I've seen other people say they bought that or a previous bundle which included all the chapters available at the time and did get the warden and necromancer classes.)

PeacefulAnarchy wrote: »

trackdemon5512 wrote: »

Im quite sure that the Collection Editions DO NOT include the classes and that those must be purchased separately still.

You're wrong, they do include the classes. They also include the extra character slot that came with Elsweyr.

That's pretty cool and I'm glad to know that. It explains why no one has ever asked how to get them I now realize in retrospect.

Mesite wrote: »

I've mentioned before that imho if Morrowind is now included in the base game then anyone with the old base game should be able to claim it now for free. Like Imperial City.

This is what I would have expected, but was not the case for me.

PeacefulAnarchy wrote: »

Lenox wrote: »

I see. So my only option to attain the Warden class is to purchase it for 1,500 crowns on the in-game store?

There is another option, buy a chapter (not upgrade) collection.
Blackwood is the current one, but that's obviously quite expensive. But you might be able to buy a copy of Elsewyr or Greymoor for cheap. Even buying a current version of the base game would work. The current basegame includes the Morrowind chapter and Warden. If you buy Elsewyr or Greymoor you'll also get Necro.
Just make sure you're buying the collection that includes the base game and not the upgrade.

Doh. I already bought the upgrade recently.

Danikat wrote: »

PeacefulAnarchy wrote: »

Lenox wrote: »

I see. So my only option to attain the Warden class is to purchase it for 1,500 crowns on the in-game store?

There is another option, buy a chapter (not upgrade) collection.
Blackwood is the current one, but that's obviously quite expensive. But you might be able to buy a copy of Elsewyr or Greymoor for cheap. Even buying a current version of the base game would work. The current basegame includes the Morrowind chapter and Warden. If you buy Elsewyr or Greymoor you'll also get Necro.
Just make sure you're buying the collection that includes the base game and not the upgrade.

That's what I was going to suggest.

If you're planning to get the other chapters at some point buy the full version of the latest chapter and you'll get all of them, including the bits which were split out when they were rebranded as DLC and added to the crown store. It is expensive for the full package but I think it works out cheaper than buying each one seperately.

It's the one called Collection: Blackwood you want, not the Blackwood Upgrade. On the ESO website it says that it includes all the previous chapters and if you buy it from somewhere else it should say that too.

There's a more expensive version called something like Collection: Blackwood Collector's Edition but you don't need to get that (unless you want to), it just comes with some extra items.

Edit: got the names of the two versions slightly wrong, corrected with exact wording now the store is back up.

Bought the upgrade to Blackwood a few days ago. Oh, well.

Watchdog wrote: »

You should still be able to buy the ESO Standard Edition, which is quite often on 50% sale.

That one will give you the full Morrowind chapter (zone + class). You won't get an extra copy of the base game, though, but for ten bucks, I would still call it a good deal.

I already own the game and Morrowind. Just no Warden.

Watchdog wrote: »

Lenox wrote: »

Watchdog wrote: »

You should still be able to buy the ESO Standard Edition, which is quite often on 50% sale.

That one will give you the full Morrowind chapter (zone + class). You won't get an extra copy of the base game, though, but for ten bucks, I would still call it a good deal.

I already own the game and Morrowind. Just no Warden.

Yes. You own the base game and Morrowind DLC.

Buying the ESO Standard Edition may actually cost you less than buying enough Crowns, although, you could always get the Warden class gifted to you for gold, based on your server/zone current exchange rate. Yes, it is legal, as long it is gold for Crown Store item and not real money for an ingame item.

Oh, I see. I'll just wait for my 1,650 Crowns from ESO+ to kick in next month. I guess it'll end up costing the same - whole new game vs 1-month sub.

There are four 4 versions of Blackwood

Blackwood Collection
Blackwood Collector's Edition Collection

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Blackwood Upgrade
Blackwood Collector's Edition Upgrade

The Collector's Edition of both includes some additional items like emotes. They are the same bonus items for either CE version

Upgrade vs Collection

The collection always includes all previous Chapters.

Wherever we go next chapter will breakdown the same way. If you're missing more than one chapter it is generally cheaper to just buy the Collection rather than purchase them individually.