If they were going to charge (because that basically is what it is) for a pet they should have made a more attractive pet. This one while better than the bunny (a very low bar) is not all that intesting. I will give it a pass.

I thought it was in poor taste, what's next pay 3 event tickets to actually participate in an event?
C'mon ZOS you can do better!

The should have let us over ride the ticket cost by having 100 of each pet part. (I'm pretty much there for all 3 pieces)

I'm choosing "other" because I don't particularly like having to buy a final fragment to complete a pet whose other fragments can all be obtained from coffers, but it could be worse.

It's better than having to buy all of the fragments with tickets, as is the case with most other pet or mount event collectibles.

But there have also been collectibles where all fragments could be obtained from the coffers.

So this particular pet is sort of like a cross between those two types.

I don't think it's going to be a problem for me, because I think I'll be able to collect everything from the event, whether from the coffers, purchasing with tickets, trading with other players, or purchasing with gold.

But I can see where it might be more of a problem for newer players, or players who had astonishingly bad luck with regard to getting the outfit style pages from the coffers.

The good news is, the instructions will be available from the Impresario's assistant 24/7 after the event ends, the same way he has certain other event-related goods for sale at all times.

I am probably an outlier, but since I have no interest in the normal rewards the events have offered over the years, it was at least something for me to spend a couple tickets on instead of staying capped at 12 and watching them go poof every day I get the buff.

No. They already had the cakes in there as the additional item, they didn't need this too.

It just felt like invasive advertising for the crown store rather than a real reward. Tickets OR drops should be needed but not both IMO.

We should have gotten extra tickets for all the destroying I had to take time out to do. Not to mention the complete and utter annoyance at receiving so many useless yet golden items.

I don't like the term "fair" here but it's what OP uses. When the cash shop was added I(and many many others) had an 8 MILLION (exaggerated, but seriously HUGE) page thread going about games and cash shop tactics. Everything from pay to win to dirty tactics like lowering drop rates on items that just HAPPENED to be offered in the shop. I actually left the game for a year(and I know I'm not the only one who either outright left or took a break)

When I got bored one day and looked at ESO I saw that while prices were MUCH higher than I would have thought, and drop rates for things that were also sold SEEMED a little lower, Zos actually hadn't done as bad as I had feared. So, with a bit of caution but still impressed, I began playing again. But more and more things( and this instruction/ticket deal was the latest example,) smack of the foul, dirty business of "squeezing the rock" rather than having "options". I'm an older generation, I've been comfortably successful in life off retail management in one of the world's largest retailers in the world for more decades than some players here have been alive. While I no longer do that for a "living" and can be "me" instead of "Mr(name) I haven't forgotten anything. I'm MUCH more likely to walk into a nice shop and probably overspend when I feel comfortable and unbothered than if you try to drag, heard, or "hassle"me in a certain direction. So "fair" isn't a word I'd use here. Dirty, testing, and what feels like a rookie(or a "looks good on paper) mistake all fit. But then again, I don't have Zos' numbers and the gaming business seems to be a bit, I'll just say different, than box store retail and even online shopping, so what do I know.

I suspect they are doing this to avoid having more parts that need to be collected. They are probably locked into either several parts or a few parts plus something purchased. Game design rules, I would imagine.

I don't like it, though.

Aside from the pay to assemble business model, the spider is rather loud. This one was doing his penance (aka daily writs) and all Sammy can hear is the roaring of these spider pets.

I mean, they could have made it optional.

If they said, "you could assemble it for 50 of each part or 1 of each + the instructions" at the very least I 'd have had a use for the amount of spider parts in my fetching inventory.

But noooooo.

ESO has become a mobile systems game on PC and console so it’s to be expected.

I personally didn't care. Its only 5 tickets and there are plenty to be earned during this event. I was able to get the pet, both parts for the gryphon mount, and a couple pieces for the pet to prepare for the 3rd event morph. It was either spend the 5 on the pet or don't receive any more tickets due to the cap so why not.

I don't really see how fairness applies in this case.
Sure I had to spend some tickets to get the last "piece" but that doesn't bother me.
So more accurately for me, I didn't feel it was unfair I guess?

This event was a huge win imo.
I've gotten to experience each day of the event mostly glitch\bug\lag\server-seizure free. (compared to other recent debacles).
I've gotten TONS of very sweet stuff and earning tickets is stupid easy. Each day I eat a piece of cake and get 3 tickets

I don't think fair or unfair is really relevant. I'm just thinking of impact. My guild is not banking any spider parts because who knows if some member in the future who did not get the pet will be able to get that set of instructions from the Impresario in the future? Don't really have an opinion on how to earn that pet except that, ultimately, it was quite easy to get for anyone participating in the event.