I'd like to take some time to address ZeniMax personally. Forgive me for skipping my usual pleasantries, but I don't believe in respecting someone who disrespects me or other people.
Shortly after the release of the Ragebound crates, I posted a discussion regarding the 8,000-crown store offer; if anyone would like to read that, the link is here:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/630510/please-do-not-do-that-again.
Allow me to explain why I asked for this to never happen again in greater detail. It took me a great deal of consideration, weighing the pros and cons, before I decided to purchase the Ragebound crate offer. As I opened one crate after another, I realized that I had made a terrible mistake; yes, I got the polymorph I wanted so badly, but the gamble I took on the crown crates paid off
poorly - around half of those crates contained
one collectible and
three consumables, with most of those collectibles having already been collected from a previously opened crate, which meant a paltry refund of crown gems in its place. When I had finished opening the crates, my loot consisted of a handful of non-combat pets (which I don't usually use), a single mount, a large green orb furnishing that lags my game and is blinding to look at, and five out of the six items for an outfit style that doesn't match the
one and only character I play; there were also some face and body markings, if I remember correctly, but I hardly ever use those. After my anger had reached a controllable level, I wrote the aforementioned discussion - and checked it, and double-checked it to ensure it remained as respectful as I could manage.
Fast-forward to today, just a few moments ago when I logged in, I noticed yet another awesome polymorph
locked behind an 8,000-crown store offer. From that, I can see three possible outcomes from my previous discussion.
First, the discussion was not seen by ZeniMax, or did not garner enough attention to gain theirs.
Second, ZeniMax saw the discussion, but dismissed it as "toxic player chatter" and moved on.
Third, ZeniMax read the post, considered it to some degree, and decided to do what they thought was best anyway.
Let me be perfectly clear:
this is disrespectful to your players. You hold an awesome collectible
ransom behind the
façade of a great deal, and players have
no choice but to pay that ransom if they really want the collectible. Unfortunately, I am not a member of the one percent, who can throw money around at every little trinket that passes me by.
So I will ask this
one more time.PLEASE, stop disrespecting your players. To be frank, you wouldn't exist without us.
That is all.