Limited Dro-m’Athra Style Available in the Crown Store (All Platforms)

ZOS_JessicaFolsom · January 2017

The Crown Crafting Motif: Dro-m’Athra Style is now available in the Crown Store! Get this otherworldly motif for a limited time between today (January 26) and 10am EST on January 30.

Crown Crafting Motif: Dro-m’Athra Style
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“Somewhere, deep in the Dark Behind the World, there are grim forges and bent benches where Lost Cats arm and armor themselves. On those dire times when they appear among us, their outfitting is much alike, implying they are made to certain standards. This one shall sing the song of these standards.” –Twilight Cantor Adara’hai

The Dro-m’Athra Style costs 6,000 crowns and will be available on all platforms for a limited time from January 26 to January 30.

Did you master this style and dress like the Khajiit spirits in the Dark Behind the World? Post your pictures here, or share them with us on Twitter or Instagram.

MyKillv2.0 · January 2017

6k....ouch!

Actually I am glad it is costly. A lot of people worked hard for that motif. Wow though, 6k for a motif. I can only imagine what housing is gonna look like here in a couple weeks.

With that said, totally buying it. The design for everything sans the staff is SICK, love it!

Turelus · January 2017

Asked on Twitter but from MyKillv2.0's reply I am guessing this is an in game one (MoL?) and not a Crown exclusive one?

code65536 · January 2017

Kinda surprised by the price and limited availability of a motif that's relatively easy to farm (nMoL is a joke) and that isn't very expensive in the player market.

Elsonso · January 2017

I believe this is (still) available in the game.

Turelus · January 2017

lordrichter wrote: »

I believe this is (still) available in the game.

Yeah from previous posts I figured it out. Damn I hate feeling like a newbie again.

Remember kids, ESO breaks are a bad idea, don't do it!

czar · January 2017

6k crowns? lmao, get ready for housing everyoe

NewBlacksmurf · January 2017

Are you .......serious!!!

Limited time at 6k crown.
I see where this is going. Time to leave seriously.
Housing I see is gonna tip the scale too far for me the guy with 20k crowns left

@ZOS_JessicaFolsom
Maybe share with the devs a real question. Why does ZOS think motif have such a high value when they offer little to no benefit ingame?

We still can't change artwork on anything and only can craft a few sets

Dagoth_Rac · January 2017

Based on the dropped pieces of Dro-m'Athra I have gotten fro VMOL, I think it looks great at base colors but dyes poorly. We usually have a guild request (but not a kicked-from-guild if you don't comply requirement!) to dye our gear red and gold guild colors on progression nights. I'd really like to wear my Moondancer or Alkosh gear since it is very good endgame gear, but Dro-m'Athra gear really wants to keep those slashing blue effects on material. Which is maybe part of the appeal and your designers want that. So that it remains clearly, visually Dro-m'Athra no matter what.

But I just wanted to point out that for many players, motif styles that dye strong and true are the ones I keep returning to. I love Dro-m'Athra from a geometric standpoint. I think the angles and design uniqueness are really neat. But the poor dying makes me hesitant to spend 6000 crowns on it. And I would politely request that more emphasis be put on "dye-ability" during internal QA of motifs and costumes.

Thank you.

Tyrion87 · January 2017

Wow, that price...

The most expensive CS stuff so far. You even crossed the line of 5,5k which is the biggest crown pack we can buy.

Totally not worth it. Don't buy it people - if you don't want to farm this motif by yourself, its prices in the guild stores are really really low nowdays.

Now I started to worry about the prices of housing...

Cadbury · January 2017

Meh. Style looks alright, but not something I'd wear.

I'll leave it to the whales to buy.

BlazingDynamo · January 2017

Just made a post about how BS the price is and it got closed within 3 minutes. You guys don't deserve to carry the Elder Scrolls name anymore. Bethesda shut this crap down!

Doctordarkspawn · January 2017

Zeni, it's time to have a talk about pricing.

Y'see, when the majority of the game farms a motif when the system was exploitable it has no value. Then asking us for what ammounts to 60 dollars, for a motif that's been farmed to death, is the most crap-tastically crazy idea you have had to date.

This isn't the first time you've done this, either. The Thief motif being 1000 crowns, the turbans being slightly more expensive than the other hats, you seem to think arbitrarily jacking up the price has no effect on demand.

WELL IT DOES HAVE AN EFFECT ON DEMAND. I might have actually considered buying it were it at a reasonable price, but this isn't reasonable. If you were to decrease it by maybe 2 K crowns, then we'd be talking. BUT NOT IN IT"S CURRENT STATE, and it just so happens I cant even spare the money right now, so your limited offer sale is pointless.

You are your own worst enemy. Stop with the limited time crap, stop with the overblown pricing, fire whoever co-ordinates your prices, and your going to make alot more money.

Sigtric · January 2017

6k? Someone (multiple people?) in the marketing department done lost their mind

Sigtric · January 2017

BlazingDynamo wrote: »

Just made a post about how BS the price is and it got closed within 3 minutes. You guys don't deserve to carry the Elder Scrolls name anymore. Bethesda shut this crap down!

As far as anyone can tell the person running the show when it comes to crown pricing/items works directly for Bethesda

Turelus · January 2017

BlazingDynamo wrote: »

Just made a post about how BS the price is and it got closed within 3 minutes. You guys don't deserve to carry the Elder Scrolls name anymore. Bethesda shut this crap down!

Well I would imagine the thread was locked because there is already an official discussion thread.

Also the age old thing, if you don't like the pricing or the product don't buy it. They won't list something again at a high price if it doesn't get sales.

The way this works is they keep pushing the bar a little higher until they find the sweet spot where they're getting more money and not seeing masses leaving the game or no sales at all.

The Crown Store has never been well priced on items if you translate them into RL values, if people are not happy with what's on there don't buy it and you won't help validate them.

If it's an item you really want then sadly you need to pay for it, this is the joys of F2P/B2P models.

Also Bethesda please don't shut this down, I really enjoy it.

Mojmir · January 2017

Inb4 the whales tell you you don't have to buy it and zo$ needs income lol

rotaugen454 · January 2017

Given the weakness of crafted sets, no thanks. Way too expensive for something I might never even use.

Elsonso · January 2017

Cadbury wrote: »

Meh. Style looks alright, but not something I'd wear.

It looks cool, but I have no characters that would wear it, so I agree.

bikerangelo · January 2017

Subtle cash grab
Most everyone already farmed that motif by scaling normal MoL to level 10 pre OT
Crafted sets aren't even comparable to dropped sets at the moment
Not even a discreet price increase in crown store items
Can't even imagine the cost of housing if you'll price a cosmetic motif higher than the cost of the actual game

Ackwalan · January 2017

6K for a motif, when most people prefer dropped gear over crafted.

Rouven · January 2017

Huh, so can we buy that Dro-m'Athra skin next?

10,000 crowns would seem a fair price.

Turelus · January 2017

Mojmir wrote: »

Inb4 the whales tell you you don't have to buy it and zo$ needs income lol

Well I mean in this case it's kind of true. You don't have to buy it because it's only limited time on the Crown Store, it's in game and going to be in game forever assumingly.

As for ZOS needing to make money, well they do but this is how cash shops work, you keep setting the bar higher until you find the sweet spot. This is only really 1,000 crowns more than other rare motifs and we've become entirely accepting of 5,000 being acceptable for a motif.

The only way this won't become a trend is if it doesn't sell well.

BoloBoffin · January 2017

I bear no ill will to Zenimax for a 6,000 crown motif purchasable chapter by chapter (or full book) from guild stores. If someone spends the crowns, more power to Zenimax! I hope they build me a Clockwork City from the proceeds!

But for anyone spending those crowns on that motif, could you let me hold $20 till payday?

Cadbury · January 2017

Turelus wrote: »

BlazingDynamo wrote: »

Just made a post about how BS the price is and it got closed within 3 minutes. You guys don't deserve to carry the Elder Scrolls name anymore. Bethesda shut this crap down!

Well I would imagine the thread was locked because there is already an official discussion thread.

Also the age old thing, if you don't like the pricing or the product don't buy it. They won't list something again at a high price if it doesn't get sales.

The way this works is they keep pushing the bar a little higher until they find the sweet spot where they're getting more money and not seeing masses leaving the game or no sales at all.

The Crown Store has never been well priced on items if you translate them into RL values, if people are not happy with what's on there don't buy it and you won't help validate them.

If it's an item you really want then sadly you need to pay for it, this is the joys of F2P/B2P models.

Also Bethesda please don't shut this down, I really enjoy it.

You know, on one hand I could say the price is justified because of the rarity. But on the other hand....6k??

Holy guacamole!

Makes me wonder about the prices on CS homes...

CombatPrayer · January 2017

$40 for a freaking motif when the game itself is only $60 is insane. Goodbye ESO. Was fun for the months I played. Now I'm just going to check out the forums and watch the greed fest take root.

Keep in mind that this is more about master writs that require you to have certain motifs which they are now moving to the store. This means fewer and fewer people will be able to get them when they go for 30k if you don't have the time or desire to do the trial the umpteen times you need to for ALL the motifs. It means that those items in Rolis' inventory will likely be in the crown store for a hefty price since they go for a hefty number of writs on the PTS.

Yeah, I was feeling like I should keep up on my research but when I saw this today and thinking of all the things I saw in PTS along with the lack of new actual game content (updates like tam one and house do NOT count). There is no reason to stay. Sadly, I believe this game has seen its best days and they were never nearly as good as many other games, mainly skrim.

Doctordarkspawn · January 2017

Is Zeni trying to kill this game?

Is Zeni attempting genuinely to kill their own game with the price increase in crown store items, horrible game balance and little actual new content?

Turelus · January 2017

Cadbury wrote: »

Turelus wrote: »

BlazingDynamo wrote: »

Just made a post about how BS the price is and it got closed within 3 minutes. You guys don't deserve to carry the Elder Scrolls name anymore. Bethesda shut this crap down!

Well I would imagine the thread was locked because there is already an official discussion thread.

Also the age old thing, if you don't like the pricing or the product don't buy it. They won't list something again at a high price if it doesn't get sales.

The way this works is they keep pushing the bar a little higher until they find the sweet spot where they're getting more money and not seeing masses leaving the game or no sales at all.

The Crown Store has never been well priced on items if you translate them into RL values, if people are not happy with what's on there don't buy it and you won't help validate them.

If it's an item you really want then sadly you need to pay for it, this is the joys of F2P/B2P models.

Also Bethesda please don't shut this down, I really enjoy it.

You know, on one hand I could say the price is justified because of the rarity. But on the other hand....6k??

Holy guacamole!

Makes me wonder about the prices on CS homes...

Which is again not outstanding when you look at every other one being 5k. I mean don't get me wrong it's a ridiculous price, but when they're selling standard motifs at 5k then a limited time offer at 6k really shouldn't shock people.

lehran · January 2017

So now that there are items that are above 5.5k crowns, when do you plan on making the process to buy crowns not painfully slow (aka let us buy multiple packs at once)? Or at least introduce a higher pack tier that gives 11.5-12k crowns for $79.99 USD.

Runs · January 2017

I have to wonder if the pricing was done purely to push the issue people have been talking about while speculating crown prices of housing. I have seen it mentioned that no other crown items have gone over the 5500 crown pack amount, so houses shouldn't either. Well now something has.

I half way expect major complaints and rage quits in 11 days when people, who are too lazy to farm the gold, see the crown prices for housing.

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