Is there any other way for us to get the previous Replica Jubilee Cakes?

evymyu233 · April 2023

i hope zos can sell some old cakes in 10th anniversary,its a good time for zos to make money

ArchangelIsraphel · April 2023

LunaFlora wrote: »

I_killed_Vivec wrote: »

dogmycats wrote: »

People would be happy to get the Replica cake furniture, and thus they can share the happiness the cake represents.
Wouldn't that be great?
Don't you want them to be happy?

Two things. Firstly, how can they share the happiness the cake represents, if it represents taking part in the event that year... and they didn't? It's an honest question, because I don't understand why anyone would want a 2018 cake if they only joined in 2020. It's not like all the cakes are that good to look at. If you didn't do it it's not your achievement, which brings me to...

Secondly, can I have the achievements for the hardcore 12 man dungeons I haven't completed? You know, so I can share the happiness. Wouldn't that be great? Don't you want me to be happy?

I know it's not a great achievement to get a cake, but you had to be there to get it. That's the whole point!

i actually would love to have the 2018 cake because i started playing the game in 2018 and couldn't play anymore due to not having enough money for ps plus and rejoined in 2020.

i wouldn't be interested in any cakes from before 2018 though but there's probably others who also haven't been able to get jubilee cakes from years they did play the game in

spartaxoxo wrote: »

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

Sometimes I really wonder if people are actually enjoying things if the only pleasure they take in owning them is the knowledge that no one else can have it.

It is definitely seems to be a primary consideration.

When I look at exclusivity and whether it makes sense I look at things like....

Was this explicitly marketed as something that could never return under any circumstance?

Does this item make sense to be exclusive?

How much effort does it require?

How likely is it to crash the value of the item?

What is the item meant to represent?

That type of thing. I don't think every single last thing that ever came out as exclusive must always remain exclusive, no matter the case. But, that's just me. Others might feel different and that's okay.

In this case the answer to those questions are, in my opinion....

They were not marketed that way on the news page.

Anniversary are inherently meant to celebrate a year of activity, making them exclusive to two weeks does not make sense.

Extremely low effort. No skill, money, or real time requires.

There is no market value.

As mentioned earlier it's meant to represent a player playing that year, but it doesn't due to the way the exclusivity is setup.The replicas didn't even always exist so people who chose to skip the cake but did participate in an earlier event, don't get the cake either. Despite the fact they participated and couldn't have known the cakes would become a thing.

So, for me, the exclusivity doesn't make a lot of sense on these replicas. The mementos make a bit more sense, since they grant the exp buff for doing the quest.

I agree with you completely. Case in point- I don't have the cake from the year I actually started playing because I missed the anniversary by a few months. So if these cakes are actually supposed to represent your presence in the game, they don't do so very accurately. The furnishing itself has little value in that regard compared to the actual memento.

I feel that the furnishings should be opened for purchase via tickets no matter what year you began playing, and the summonable memento which is more representative of having "been there" remain exclusive.

MasterSpatula · April 2023

I mean, I'm not against them changing the policy, but as it is, they are mementos of having participated in the events. And I think that's fine. Such things should exist.

Nightowl_74 · April 2023

I have the 2019 and 2023 cakes. If the others were purchasable with event tickets or a reasonable amount of crowns I'd get them, but I like to play when I want and not on ESO's timetable. I have a lot of random/incomplete stuff from events and for me, the grab bags with rewards from years past are really nice. Personally, I think it would be perfectly fitting to include the cakes there.

Dark_Lord_Kuro · April 2023

Amottica wrote: »

Dark_Lord_Kuro wrote: »

To be honnest, NOTHING should be gated behind when you started playing. This goes for cakes, for the beta monkey and all the mounts/pet or others that where given to player as sub reward back then. You could say oh but you should have played back then if you wanted it! Let me remind you that not all people had the opportunity to play eso for the last 9 years. Some quitted and missed later cakes, some just purshased their first game with their own money, some couldnt afford a mandatory sub back then or the game just wasnt avaiable on their platform at all. So yeah every player should have the opportunity to obtain anything in game at least once. Also no it wont loose imaginary value...

Most things should not be gated but it is great when some things are like a special mount or these cakes.

Not its not. No real adventage at all. Just people liking the fact they "own" pixels other can never have for the dumb reason they werent playing 9 years ago

squinquargesimus · April 2023

Guys, it's just a cake...

I have all cakes except the 2026 one and the 2022 one, and do you think I remember those events?? If you came up to me to reminisce about the amazingness of our shared mega super duper exclusive 2017 cake, I'd be like, "uhhhh, that was 6 years ago and I barely remember it. I really do not care. Bye."

It's a pretty furniture. Just let the housing enthusiasts put their fave cakes into their homes, why get all upset over nonsense like this? I assure you a good chunk of the players you "share those memories" with couldn't care less you played at the same time.

LesserCircle · April 2023

I personally wouldn't like it if people could get previous cakes, this game needs even more special items than we have right now in my opinion. The only items that make me appreciate another player when I see them are the cakes (furniture or memento), the beta monkey pet and mounts like the godslayer one. Everything else is there for everyone and makes it feel cheap. Some people don't care about these but I play this as an online game, I suspect that most people that don't care play a lot by themselves which isn't a bad thing but I like to feel like I can achieve things or be here long enough for other players to respect/admire my achievements.

Why not have more cakes instead? From other rewards or well.. the crown store I guess.. eeh. We could get cakes that look very similar to those older event cakes for example, I think that would solve the issue right? Players asking for these want the looks only and not the meaning behind a cake that could only be obtained in 2016.

Dark_Lord_Kuro · April 2023

LesserCircle wrote: »

I personally wouldn't like it if people could get previous cakes, this game needs even more special items than we have right now in my opinion. The only items that make me appreciate another player when I see them are the cakes (furniture or memento), the beta monkey pet and mounts like the godslayer one. Everything else is there for everyone and makes it feel cheap. Some people don't care about these but I play this as an online game, I suspect that most people that don't care play a lot by themselves which isn't a bad thing but I like to feel like I can achieve things or be here long enough for other players to respect/admire my achievements.

Why not have more cakes instead? From other rewards or well.. the crown store I guess.. eeh. We could get cakes that look very similar to those older event cakes for example, I think that would solve the issue right? Players asking for these want the looks only and not the meaning behind a cake that could only be obtained in 2016.

That would probably satify most people asking for those cake. The alternative could look the same but without the shinig effect on it? . This sadly would be harder to apply to those pre tamriel unlimited loyalty reward console player never got a chance to get.

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AScarlato · April 2023

LesserCircle wrote: »

I personally wouldn't like it if people could get previous cakes, this game needs even more special items than we have right now in my opinion.

A little bewildering to me given how much FOMO this game has. More than any mmo I’ve ever played. Many seasonal and yearly items for tickets are not presently earnable at all ( and possibly ever again meaning new players will have no hope of ever owning them) and there are many examples of this. Items in the crown store vanish sometimes for years at a time and are not accessible to those who want them.

Even in this request you’d still have the special summon outside your house that these people wouldn’t. Why isn’t that enough?

everseeing_njpreub18_ESO · April 2023

Its a minor thing, and I'm sure people will (and probably already have, i didn't read all the replies) speak against it, as someone who has been playing since launch, and did miss an event for "real life" stuff, i would like to be able to get back cakes to have the set.

Same would go for the sub rewards, the little statues and stuff, i missed a couple, same with the yearly DLC rewards, i missed 1, etc etc.

I can see both sides, but again for such a relatively minor things, i cant see a reasonable reason to prevent it.

FlaviusVoyage · April 2023

Alpheu5 wrote: »

I missed the 2016 cake because I didn't even know there was an event

You can buy the Jubilee Cake Voucher from guild traders. It is rare and costs several millions, though.

Silaf · April 2023

I have the same problem with the "dragon rise" event. We should have a way to purchase past event items with tikets or crowns. I know exclusivity is a ting but real life at times prevent you from playing. We should have a costly way to get past event items we are al collectors after all.

dogmycats · April 2023

I hope that we can see the returing of all the cakes for all the players soon, like the returing of Indrik mounts

Tensar · April 2023

People are always wanting everything...

No the game should have collectors things who are not available for people who were not here. And myself i don't have all the cakes and i'm fine with it, it mean I wasn't playing ESO during this time.

So no, the game already have almost ZERO collector, if they remove it i would only be disappointed.

Yes the cake of this year is ugly but next year can only be better.

FeedbackOnly · April 2023

Soarora wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

I_killed_Vivec wrote: »

dogmycats wrote: »

People would be happy to get the Replica cake furniture, and thus they can share the happiness the cake represents.
Wouldn't that be great?
Don't you want them to be happy?

Two things. Firstly, how can they share the happiness the cake represents, if it represents taking part in the event that year... and they didn't? It's an honest question, because I don't understand why anyone would want a 2018 cake if they only joined in 2020. It's not like all the cakes are that good to look at. If you didn't do it it's not your achievement, which brings me to...

Secondly, can I have the achievements for the hardcore 12 man dungeons I haven't completed? You know, so I can share the happiness. Wouldn't that be great? Don't you want me to be happy?

I know it's not a great achievement to get a cake, but you had to be there to get it. That's the whole point!

i actually would love to have the 2018 cake because i started playing the game in 2018 and couldn't play anymore due to not having enough money for ps plus and rejoined in 2020.

i wouldn't be interested in any cakes from before 2018 though but there's probably others who also haven't been able to get jubilee cakes from years they did play the game in

I think it'd be nice if it were based on account age rather than the quest. I'm sure the npc remembers his past recipes.

At least for the housing item. It should represent the year we played.

Alastrine · April 2023

Well, they could make them buyable for new players, going back.
If the cakes new players (or ones who didn't play certain years) still said "2016 Anniversary Cake" as such then please, if doing that, make them sellable.
Because I'll sell every one of mine - they would mean nothing at that point.
Just seems they can't leave anything alone that was a 'reward' or recognition for long term investment in both time and money, just because everyone wants it all. Even a small furnishing.

Dark_Lord_Kuro · April 2023

Tensar wrote: »

People are always wanting everything...

No the game should have collectors things who are not available for people who were not here. And myself i don't have all the cakes and i'm fine with it, it mean I wasn't playing ESO during this time.

So no, the game already have almost ZERO collector, if they remove it i would only be disappointed.

Yes the cake of this year is ugly but next year can only be better.

But there is no real good side to that tough. On a pointleess ownership of pixel

endgamesmug · April 2023

What about a verification process if you happen to be a console transfer as an example, and get access to repurchasing previous cakes that way?

evan302 · April 2023

While I personally don't feel my anniversary cakes would be devalued if others had access to them, I do understand the wish to keep some items exclusive. So,maybe a compromise might be possible.
How about making previous year's cakes available without the stand? That way the event cakes stay exclusive and these replicas would be much more versatile as a furnishing and more suited to a small/medium house.
Would that make everyone happy?

A more whacky idea just occured to me:
Have Chef Donolon available as a houseguest and if you talk to him, he'll conjure up a random anniversary cake that persists for a few minutes.
I think he'd be a great addition for the 10th Anniversary Event next year.

Saucy_Jack · April 2023

I'll just leave this here

spartaxoxo · April 2023

Saucy_Jack wrote: »

I'll just leave this here

That still feels disrespectful to console players lol. We are basically being punished for their decision not to release console at the same time as PC.

I was even "part" of the beta but didn't start to truly play the game until console launch because I'm a console player. So I don't count as a day 1 player. Also don't have the monkey.

I admittedly did not play play because I realized my PC couldn't really handle it well. So I just kept tabs for a console release and when it released on console I started playing right away.

https://imgur.com/a/8v4eooK

FeedbackOnly · April 2023

evan302 wrote: »

While I personally don't feel my anniversary cakes would be devalued if others had access to them, I do understand the wish to keep some items exclusive. So,maybe a compromise might be possible.
How about making previous year's cakes available without the stand? That way the event cakes stay exclusive and these replicas would be much more versatile as a furnishing and more suited to a small/medium house.
Would that make everyone happy?

A more whacky idea just occured to me:
Have Chef Donolon available as a houseguest and if you talk to him, he'll conjure up a random anniversary cake that persists for a few minutes.
I think he'd be a great addition for the 10th Anniversary Event next year.

What about those of us that where here but didn't understand to grab quest in year 1 or 2. It's not as easy as it is now.

adriant1978 · April 2023

Just wanted to say put my hand up and say that I've played since the open beta, I have all the cakes and the old subscriber rewards (tiger, monkey, etc) and I'd be perfectly happy for them to be made available to new players.

Timed exclusives just breed gatekeeping and jealousy.

Ghanima_Atreides · April 2023

Another open beta player who doesn't care if new players get an old exclusive item here!

Nestor · April 2023

Amottica wrote: »

Nestor wrote: »

You can buy all the Replica Cakes going back to 2016 from the Impresario.

Nestor wrote: »

You can buy all the Replica Cakes going back to 2016 from the Impresario.

@Nestor

I think you need to have gotten the cake for that year to buy the replica.

You are probably right. Forgot about that....

spartaxoxo · April 2023

Nestor wrote: »

Amottica wrote: »

Nestor wrote: »

You can buy all the Replica Cakes going back to 2016 from the Impresario.

Nestor wrote: »

You can buy all the Replica Cakes going back to 2016 from the Impresario.

I think you need to have gotten the cake for that year to buy the replica.

You are probably right. Forgot about that....

This is correct. To make the matter even more complicated, the cakes weren't introduced at the same time as the mementos. So, there are people here who were not only playing that year, but specifically participated in the anniversary event that year. But, they cannot get the replica for the event that they played because they didn't obtain the memento since they weren't interested in the exp buff. They didn't think they would need it until it was too late and couldn't have predicted the future.

LadyLethalla · April 2023

I started on console in release week and moved to PC in 2021. Can I get the replica cakes? I think I've earned them.

AndreNoir · April 2023

Kali_Despoine wrote: »

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What a hard work did you put in that cake ? Was online in a certain week of the year ?
What makes that cakes so special if Villa and Gallery already visted crownshop ?

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shadyjane62 · April 2023

I was a day one player. I lasted a couple months before the bots drove me and my husband out. I came back for One Tamriel but the only cake I missed was the first. I would dearly love to have that.