15% discount on banker and merchant assistants

Armanie · April 2022

5000 4250
Worth it you think?

SkaraMinoc · April 2022

Banker and Merchant assistants are definitely worth it. I use them both every day.

FYI here's my allies sorted by most used.

Giladil the Ragpicker
Armory Assistant
Banker Assistant
Merchant Assistant

Armanie · April 2022

I'm wondering though, it's kind of a small discount, are they sometimes even cheaper than that?

I'm definitely getting the Ragpicker whenever it's on sale

Danikat · April 2022

I've just been debating the same thing myself. I decided a while ago I'd buy a banker next time they're on sale, but 750 crowns off a 5,000 crown item isn't a lot.

As far as I can tell from an internet search they've been 20% off at least once and someone in an old topic on this subject mentioned a 30% discount, but I don't know when that was. But then they've also been discounted by just 10%.

I think I'm going to get one. I've been wanting the banker for a while and I did buy crowns on sale too, which also makes it slightly cheaper. I could wait for a better discount, but that could be a very long wait.

Armanie · April 2022

Same here I guess, I'd rather get it now than wait for another X months

Blinx · April 2022

I want a banker but I'm waiting for a decent sale, this isn't going to make me bite.
I've purchased a merchant for 3500 crowns, so I know they can do better

Danikat · April 2022

I decided to get it.

I normally buy 5,500 crown packs which normally cost £29.99 so buying a banker at full price would cost £27.26.

Instead I got 5,500 crowns for £20.99 and the banker cost 4250 crowns, which means it cost £16.22 (a saving of £11 or about 40%).

If it was reduced to 3,500 crowns (the lowest price I've seen reported) it would cost me £13.36, a further saving of £2.86.

For me it was worth waiting a few months after I decided I wanted it to save £11 (especially since it gave me time to think about when I'd use it and make sure I actually wanted it), but an additional £2.86 isn't enough of a saving to justify a further wait which from what I've seen could be years.

Of course other people will have different considerations, so I'm not saying it's worth it for everyone, but for me it was. (I also used it twice within 20 minutes of getting it.)

Armanie · April 2022

@Danikat Thanks for doing the maths, makes me feel better about my purchase

redspecter23 · April 2022

Most assistants are worth it even at 5000 crowns. Any sale on them just makes it a better deal. Banker is my pick for best, then Ragpicker, merchant and armorer last, but that may depend on how deep you invested in more armory slots. The banker is even better if you're not ESO+ as it can make a great storage container for materials. I use an auto deposit addon on my alt account (without ESO+) and just open the interface and have it deposit all my relevant materials with one click.

AcadianPaladin · April 2022

I love having a banker, merchant and decon assistant, in that order.

My only regret is having added the kitty banker and merchant to the basic ones. I found the kitties adorable - for about 6 interactions, then their sickly sweet voices became grating and I put them away permanently. Wish I could trade both kitties back in for crown gems. . . oh well. Tythis and Nuz are easy to live with. That's why I was delighted with Giladil. Yes she's adorable but I simply never tire of her. Never tried the crow helpers but I hate the crow voicing throughout Tamriel so much that I would never buy one that spoke.

Danikat · April 2022

AcadianPaladin wrote: »

I love having a banker, merchant and decon assistant, in that order.

My only regret is having added the kitty banker and merchant to the basic ones. I found the kitties adorable - for about 6 interactions, then their sickly sweet voices became grating and I put them away permanently. Wish I could trade both kitties back in for crown gems. . . oh well. Tythis and Nuz are easy to live with. That's why I was delighted with Giladil. Yes she's adorable but I simply never tire of her. Never tried the crow helpers but I hate the crow voicing throughout Tamriel so much that I would never buy one that spoke.

You might like the addon BankerShutUp: https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info427-Luminary-BankerShutUp.html

It's very out of date but it still works and does exactly what it says and also gives you the option to mute other NPCs (unfortunately only in the dialogue boxes). It was introduced before the assistants but works on them as well.

AHermitCrab · April 2022

Hands down, I'd have already bought the crow merchant and banker had they not removed the ability to interact with them as a werewolf, which is about 70% of the time I spend in dungeons, which is really the main place I'd have use for them, though I've decided to hold off on that until they fix that. Unlikely, but one can hope.

SydneyGrey · April 2022

That small discount isn't enough to make me buy. 30% off or more would make me buy. 15% off and I'd rather just keep my money.

RpgFan12 · June 2022

Would only make sense if you also obtained crowns through a sale that would also help to lower the cost of assistants even if they are not discounted.