Don't you get 19800 crowns upfront? That's $139.99 - $84.85 (crowns) = $55/year for DLC and crafting bag

$55/year = $4.58/mo

That's only a 2 McChickens per month. To me it's worth it.

ESO is more or less unplayable without subscription.

Except using a very spartanic playstyle,e.g. not crafting gear yourself, or food or potions.
You could PVP only and buy gear from guildmates or stores from gold you got selling items you bought with alliance points.
But you would lose much of the intended gameplay.

I am a very advanced crafter and trader, and use eso+ on my main account.
I created a second account without it, to play the game in a kind of "survival-mode", but quickly realized that I need to "pamper" my second account now and then using mails from my main account. Sending gear, gold, food. And sending back materials and stuff for sale I got, and that I cannot store with the limited inventory.

I also realized after buying a house, forgemaster falls, that I just have half of the slots for furniture compared to my main account, so this purchase was more or less useless as you can't decorate a house of this size with so few slots.

I lately play often with a couple, the wife tried eso already a year ago and stopped it soon, as it was too limiting.
Her husband now convinced her to try again, and gifted her eso+, and now she love it.

So far my own impressions, in the end you must decide yourself. But I think all players I know who stayed in the game got eso+ at a certain point.

Not to me.

I've never paid for eso+. I buy crowns with gold for dlc, and I buy the latest chapter each year.

I don't want to spend money on a game, so I don't. I get by with managing my inventory + bank + my own guild bank. Many people don't think it is worth saving that money

If it was 5 dollars a month (no crowns, based off of Skara's comments) then I might consider it.

Davidm wrote: »

Is the year subscription for eso plus for 139.99 worth the money

I mean... Will you play one year?

Imo 3-5 months is enough time.

If you think it is.

It's a lot less than many other forms of entertainment.

It is cheaper than spending money in the bar and I don't have to walk home

Like most everyone's said, it's just going to depend on you, how often you plan to play/use it, if it fits into your budget, and how much enjoyment you get out of it. I play just about every day when my schedule permits, and I also subscribe to help support ESO itself. So in my opinion, ESO+ is worth it. Heck, I sub yearly to LOTRO to support that game and company, but haven't actually played it much in a few years.

Do you want the subscription benefits for 12 consecutive months? If so then it's worth it.

If I wanted to be subscribed all the time that's the option I'd choose because it works out slightly cheaper and I trust myself not to waste the crowns just because they're there and have to buy more when stuff I actually want comes along.

As it is I buy ESO+ time whenever I want it and recently worked out I've been subscribed for a total of 8 months across 7 years. I've also spent less on buying DLC and other crown store stuff than I would have on staying subscribed. So for me it's definitely not worth it. But there's no one answer which is right for everyone.

If you haven't had ESO+ before maybe buy a shorter subscription and see how you get on, because it is a lot to pay up front for something you're not sure you'll use. (Also you can't get it refunded, if you cancel ESO+ it just stops it renewing, you still get the time you already paid for and don't get any money back.) If you're not sure you'll be playing ESO continuously for 12 months buy as much time as you expect to use.

I myself renew it in auto with Steam.

That said, It's a matter of personal preference. For me $0.38 a day is worthwhile for the time I spend on ESO.