The crownstore release schedule is sometimes a bit weird

Nemesis7884 · July 1

We know there is always a delad in releases, for whatever reason this makes sense but I guess it does for Zos, but why for example release the alliance accord arms pack, but then not in the same period release the stirk fellowship motif since they seem to be intended to fit together...
This kind of schedule never made fully sense to me, as at least I always like combining "fitting" themes and play with them in the zone / story they are relevant too and not the next one they have nothing to do anymore...

LunaFlora · July 1

i agree it would be fitting to get Stirk Fellowship motif in the same month as Alliance Accord arms pack and Three Banners Veteran Wolf, but

Militant Monk is from Lep Seclusa, one of the update 45 dungeons, so it goes first regardless of what's fitting a theme.
Exile's Revenge from Exile's Redoubt will then likely be August.

And then the other Solstice motifs would release in the subsequent months, which are Stirk Fellowship and Coldharbour Dominator.
The Dominator motif is from the Ossein Cage trial, but Fellowship doesn't have a source.

Stirk Fellowship motif's source could be incursions (like West Weald Legion and Kindred's Concord), but those likely won't be added until update 48 when we get East Solstice. Which would mean late October at the earliest.

Nemesis7884 · July 1

But even from a marketing point of view wouldnt it make more sense to release the cosmetics that are themed around a certain zone around the samw time that zone releases...? Why would i want them 3 zones later with a completely different theme....bit weird strategy...

Cooperharley · July 1

I’d rather be able to earn those cosmetics in their respective themed/zones rather than having to pay for everything all the time. Agreed that the timing is off usually

LunaFlora · July 1

Nemesis7884 wrote: »

But even from a marketing point of view wouldnt it make more sense to release the cosmetics that are themed around a certain zone around the samw time that zone releases...? Why would i want them 3 zones later with a completely different theme....bit weird strategy...

East Solstice is literally the same zone as it's the second part of Solstice.

LunaFlora · July 1

Cooperharley wrote: »

I’d rather be able to earn those cosmetics in their respective themed/zones rather than having to pay for everything all the time. Agreed that the timing is off usually

these are all motifs we will be able to earn.
they simply start dropping when the motif releases in the crown store.

Heren · July 1

My guess is that delayed released, be it in game or in the crown store, are simply here to get players stick around longer.

New dungeons are released with some things available in them, people do these because they want the things available; additional things available in these dungeons get released later, people will do them, maybe again, because they also want these things.

If everything was available from the start, people will farm them and move on, maybe to another game. If things are released in a staggered fashion, people are ( supposedly ) more likely to stay on ESO, to engage for extended period of time with ESO.

Now ( if the theory is true ), is this a good strategy or not, I can't answer. But I would say, it has its merits.

adriant1978 · July 1

Heren wrote: »

My guess is that delayed released, be it in game or in the crown store, are simply here to get players stick around longer.

This is the reason for sure. Got to keep those login metrics up.