Big ticket items like that are seasonal, each season divided into quarters. Indrik mounts are the same way as which particular Indriks you can acquire change each season. Doomchar was Jan/Feb/Mar. Now we're into the Apr/May/Jun season.

AFIK its fragments (returning from the very first appearance, where one had 3 months to get them) were sold for the last 3 months. Its not the game's fault that you realized it too late. Just tough luck on your side.
But now that you know that it reappears cyclic, you can be there when it is time next year, probably at the start of january.

You weren't punished. If a player fails to plan properly, that's on the player.

Aggrovious wrote: »

Sturmfaenger wrote: »

AFIK its fragments (returning from the very first appearance, where one had 3 months to get them) were sold for the last 3 months. Its not the game's fault that you realized it too late. Just tough luck on your side.
But now that you know that it reappears cyclic, you can be there when it is time next year, probably at the start of january.

That would mean players aren't allowed to take a break from the game.

I mean... I'm not a huge fan of FOMO, but that is literally the point. MMOs survive on players habitually logging in, so if the game encouraged them to take breaks, then that makes the game look less successful to the suits upstairs.

It's one of those things that I understand, even if it may not be "nice." Server hardware and developer salaries don't run on promises of "Oh, I'll come back and play when I get around to it."

ESO's event stuff fortunately is on a cyclical system, and FOMO is a lot easier to handle if there is a set date for something to come back. I'd be perfectly happy if any of the other time-limited things had a "this will come back on X date," even if it was a year out. At least then there's a way to plan for it. The other store stuff though that they wait two, three years and still not bring back? No, that sucks.

tomofhyrule wrote: »

Aggrovious wrote: »

Sturmfaenger wrote: »

AFIK its fragments (returning from the very first appearance, where one had 3 months to get them) were sold for the last 3 months. Its not the game's fault that you realized it too late. Just tough luck on your side.
But now that you know that it reappears cyclic, you can be there when it is time next year, probably at the start of january.

That would mean players aren't allowed to take a break from the game.

I mean... I'm not a huge fan of FOMO, but that is literally the point. MMOs survive on players habitually logging in, so if the game encouraged them to take breaks, then that makes the game look less successful to the suits upstairs.

It's one of those things that I understand, even if it may not be "nice." Server hardware and developer salaries don't run on promises of "Oh, I'll come back and play when I get around to it."

ESO's event stuff fortunately is on a cyclical system, and FOMO is a lot easier to handle if there is a set date for something to come back. I'd be perfectly happy if any of the other time-limited things had a "this will come back on X date," even if it was a year out. At least then there's a way to plan for it. The other store stuff though that they wait two, three years and still not bring back? No, that sucks.

Its time for MMOs to move on and adapt to the changing game scene. Just as RTS have been dethrone, so have MMOs. There are too many games that exist now that this only encourages players to quit the game. I have already taken extended breaks and only come back for friends. If this keeps adding up, players just wont want to log onto a game that is inconvenient at every corner in game design.

Grizzbeorn wrote: »

Unforgiveable?

To me, yes.

The morphing collectibles is one of those things that's simple on paper when you're only looking at one simple daisy chain to get a specific item, and a complicated headache when you're tracking dozens of different fragments, some of which morph, some don't. Some are achieves, some aren't. Some are FOMO time-gated, some are tied to Events, some aren't. And if they're time-gated, sometimes they return, and sometimes if you stalk announcements and data mines you might possibly have an idea as to when. Maybe. Perchance. Best of luck and all.

Whew. It's just... spaghetti. MMOs aren't exactly a newfangled concept - I really wish developers could remember how to simplify and streamline an ongoing product. As it is, so many MMO developers just let the bloat fester for years and throw up their hands like, "What could we possibly do about all this bloat NOW???"

And people will rush to defend that absurdity. They will agree that yes, what could they possibly do about it? They'll say players just need to accept that's how it is or move on.

And I'm just like... It didn't have to be this way in the first place. They chose this. They could actually fix it. Yes: it would cost time and money, and not everyone would like it. But I think they'd have a healthier product if it got an overhaul. Systems. Hardware. Graphics. It all needs help.

Instead we're just supposed to accept the game rotting on the vine. They'll beat this dead horse for all it's worth instead of just feeding the horse.

Same. I wasted 10 tickets on the 1st Doomchar frag.

From now on I will just use tickets in small consumables and stop trying to pursue one of the big things.

At the very least they should add in the fragments descriptions "this will be available until xxxx".

Aggrovious wrote: »

Grizzbeorn wrote: »

Unforgiveable?

To me, yes.

🎼 Unforgivable
In every way
And forevermore
That's what you’ll say. 🎵

That's why, @Aggrovious, it's regrettable
That something so unforgivable
Keeps you from having Doomchar, too. 🎶

In addition to the Impresario’s offers, her assistant, Philius Dormier, is refreshing their shop with the following morphing fragments in exchange for Event Tickets:

Unstable Morpholith Fragments
Deadlands Flint
Rune-Etched Striker
Smoldering Bloodgrass Tinder
Soulfire Dragon Illusion Fragments
Hallowed Hourglass Basin
Illuminated Dragon Scroll
Kvatchian Incense
Doomchar Plateau Fragments
Scorching Pillar
Searing Column
Molten Key
Profane Pedestal
Unholy Tablet
Sacred Hourglass of Alkosh Fragments
Engraved Glassblowing Tools
Hallowed White-Gold Ingot
Mysterious Time-Lost Sands

https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/67351

This was announced on1/16/2025 all you had to do is go to the news and look.

Typically everything is available during the new life event at the end of the year. While this is still an extended time to wait it is slightly shorter.

barney2525 wrote: »

DenverRalphy wrote: »

You weren't punished. If a player fails to plan properly, that's on the player.

I wouldn't put it all on the player.

The Current event you can get 1 scroll per day toward the super duper rare mount

There are 20 days of the event

The Mount costs 25 scrolls ....

It is Not possible to earn the mount in a single Year WITHOUT purchasing 5 scrolls using crowns.



I suppose you could hold your 20 and HOPE the same event happens next year

You do realize that you get 1 fragment per day from the gold box. That's 20 fragments right there. You only need to buy 5 fragments with tickets. So why buy them with crowns?

Do these fragments take up inventory space? There are still a lot of fragments that do. Generally ones you won't get a full set of before they stop dropping.

You could only buy the pieces for one season when they were first available in 2021, too. It is no harder to get now than when originally released.

There were 102 tickets available during Q1 2025. That is enough for all 5 pieces of Doomchar Plateau, all 3 pieces of the Deadlands pet, all 3 pieces of the Q1 2025 item, and 1 piece of the 2025 pet. You could literally buy everything to acquire Doomchar Plateau without impacting your ability to get everything for 2025 by the end of this year. Heck, you could probably buy an Indrik or two, as well, this year, without missing out on all the 2025 event items.

It seems like a reasonable balance between what the players want from events (getting tickets, getting past items, getting current items) and what ZOS wants from events (logging in and playing on a regular basis all throughout the year).