4024

I thought that was curious, too. You can’t purchase this expansion with Crowns, like you could with the other DLC.

4025

Oh, and here’s the big PSA some people have unwittingly stumbled onto: On console at least, if you pre-order the ESO + Morrowind bundle offer, they don’t actually let you play the base game until the expansion launches. It’s treated as one SKU that isn’t launching until June 6th.

Purchase the base game now, then upgrade if you want to play immediately.

4026

I subscribed for 6 months but cannot use the crowns I earned to buy the expansion is annoying.

4027

My feeling as well.

4028

That’s a lot of it, yeah. Crowns in your inventory are like gift certificates. You already paid for them. They want a new revenue source.

4029

For a b2p MMO that you get a huge amount of content for without subbing, I have no problem with paying for a large expansion.

4030

I got ESOplus for three months just for the hell of it. But now, come reup time I’ll be continuing it. The mats bag alone is worth it. And the crowns now, for homes. I think it’s a great game and I want to support it so that it doesn’t go away.

4031

As someone who is about to hit 300 hours in ESO, and has spent a grand total of maybe 15 bucks, I have no problem with them charging. I actually think they are far too generous with their F2P model.

4032

It’s very reasonable for non-subscribers, yes. Subscribers are the only ones upset.

4033

I thought this was the common way to handle it in the MMO space. Is that not true?

(I’m honestly asking. I don’t know how other MMO’s handle expansions.)

4034

There aren’t many B2P MMO examples out there, actually, but yes GW2 handles expansions the same way. The difference is Zenimax set precedent with previous DLC packs by including access in the subscription.

Morrowind doesn’t compare well to the size of a traditional MMO expansion. Vvardenfell is about twice the size of Orsimer.

4035

Also slightly different in that Guild Wars 2 doesn’t offer a subscription that provides in-game premium currency (and also lets you exchange free<->premium), though at last check you couldn’t buy their expansion with Gems either. Another decent comparison would be one of the Turbine MMOs, which IIRC did let you buy the expansions with Turbine points – but they were F2P.

I don’t know of another MMO with the exact model of ESO though, so best we can do is compare the "close enough"s.

4036

Yes, I should have clarified that I am a subscriber currently, though ESO makes it very easy to go back and forth IMO.

4037

I started playing this again after bouncing the first time off it hard well before One Tamriel thingy launched. Wanted to try out the Thieves & Brotherhood DLC so I sprung for a month of Plus.

It’s a total mixed bag. I am enjoying myself enough to keep playing but the non instanced thieving missions are ridiculous. All of the atmosphere and gameplay goes completely out the window when you have a dozen people running around like Ritalin addicts dragging guards into extended congo lines.

I thought I would check out the Brotherhood and the first mission takes place in Anvil - or what I like to think would happen if you mixed an insane asylum together with an abattoir. I loved these questlines in the Elder Scroll series but it’s just absurd in the MMO.

4038

Once i train my main to max mount speed should I move to the increased carrying capacity (or whatever it is called)? does increasing the carrying capacity lower the speed etc?

not sure if it is ok to train more than one mount trait.

4039

Yeah, you’ll want to max each line out if you’re in it for the long haul. They don’t affect each other.

4040

“Gameplay” trailer:

4041

DWEMER YAY! I so love the Dwemerbots.

4042

Quick question: Now that all characters are scaled up or down to be able to explore all regions, what role does weapon damage still play in the equation?

I assume its not about this weapon does 500 damage and that one does 1000, instead its the level of the weapon that is relevant, right? (at least in relation to your level?)

Or how does it work now?
Is there any point in updating a weapon? How do all the number mechanics work in a leveled environment. I guess you get more skills and spells as you level up, but the rest is probably pretty irrelevant now?

4043

Gear performance is based on the difference between the gear’s itemlvl and your character level (or champion point tier). So yes, you still want to upgrade your gear.