Morrowind is Free?

Sylvermynx · April 2022

Kiralyn2000 wrote: »

purple-magicb16_ESO wrote: »

JoDiMageio wrote: »

So.... You are upset that something you paid for 5 years ago, that you have played and enjoyed for 5 years, that has 5 year old content... is free?

That would be like saying that I'm upset because my 5 year old car isn't worth what it was worth when I bought it.

Personally, I am quite happy that players have access to older content, and that they will be able to enjoy the upcoming quests. And I don't feel slighted that they are getting it for free.

I get that if the game is coming to end of life, yes, but that's not what happening here. They're just hiving off certain parts of the paid portion of the game and offering for free. I'd be super mad if I bought that chapter recently.

Morrowind got added into the basic $20 "ESO game" purchase a couple years ago. So anyone who bought the base game in the last few years, got it "free".

Plus, Morrowind (the full chapter, with Warden) was 'free' with Summerset pre-orders (that's how I got it).

And then there was Murkmire DLC - the month after it came out (and people bought it), it was the 'grand prize' for that month's login rewards.

Of course, Morrowind has also been part of ESO+ 'free DLC access' since the year after you bought it.

This "free Morrowind" thing only really does anything for people who 1. haven't bought the base game in recent years; 2. has never bought the $60 "game + all the chapters so far" version; 3. didn't buy it originally or pre-order Summerset; and 4. isn't subbed to ESO+.

Not a lot of people, really.

Actually, it was included with the base game I bought in June 2018 - when Summerset released. My first character did the Firemoth Island tutorial, and wow, going to Seyda Neen was a total nostalgia trip! A week or so later I bought Summerset too.

PrinceDamien · April 2022

It's like saying that I payed full price for every expansion but newer players can get them all for "free" by just subbing to the game, which I am doing anyways.
So now I basically payed full price for something I would've had access to anyways a year later if I just kept subbing.
ESO isn't the first game, and won't be the last that will do things like this.
FFXIVs Free Trial includes the complete base game + first expansion.
And I payed for both of those as well.

RisenEclipse · April 2022

Paying for a chapter only gives you the ability to play it before anyone else who bought the chapter can. But after awhile it becomes a DLC anyways and anyone with ESO+ can now play it without paying the full chapter price. Morrowind has been apart of the base game and free to anyone who just bought the game for a few years now. This free Morrowind thing is literally just giving Morrowind for free to the last few players who had the game before Morrowind became apart of the base game, and who does not also have ESO+ (but ESO+ players who were here before morrowind was base game, should buy it if you dont have it, in case you cant afford ESO+ anymore later). So really only a pretty small portion of the player base probably will actually benefit from this.

Dagoth_Rac · April 2022

I am guessing they set the High Isle prologue to be in Vvardenfell thinking it was base game now and everyone could do prologue. Then it was brought to their attention that players who bought base game 5+ years ago and never purchased Morrowind chapter do not necessarily have access to Vvardenfell. Oops. And it was just cheaper and easier to give Morrowind for free to those 5% of players that don't have it, compared to rewriting and relocating the High Isle prologue to Rivenspire or Stonefalls or some other area that truly everybody with no exceptions has.

SeaGtGruff · April 2022

RisenEclipse wrote: »

Paying for a chapter only gives you the ability to play it before anyone else who bought the chapter can. But after awhile it becomes a DLC anyways and anyone with ESO+ can now play it without paying the full chapter price. Morrowind has been apart of the base game and free to anyone who just bought the game for a few years now. This free Morrowind thing is literally just giving Morrowind for free to the last few players who had the game before Morrowind became apart of the base game, and who does not also have ESO+ (but ESO+ players who were here before morrowind was base game, should buy it if you dont have it, in case you cant afford ESO+ anymore later). So really only a pretty small portion of the player base probably will actually benefit from this.

There's one other advantage to buying the chapter when it's still a chapter (whether at full price or when it's on sale): You get any extra things that come with the chapter, such as the Warden class. If you wait until you can access the demoted chapter as a DLC "for free" (with an active subscription) via ESO Plus, you will still need to purchase those extras in the Crown Store-- although with Crown Store gifting you can buy them using in-game gold if you can find someone who will sell you Crowns.

ZOS_GregoryV · April 2022

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