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[SkinnerSw33t]

I'm sure I'll buy the Imperial DLC at some point, but I was hoping for an earlier release date. That's bad timing for my gaming interests.

I expected ESO to take this route with DLC after the way ZOS handled the Imperial upgrade. My biggest concern with this is that it seems like a backdoor that can be abused by other companies.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

what is the date on the DLC?

 

[dubq]

Then I shouldn't have had to pay $60 to play.

System bound DLC is how it works on console. They should have taken that into account.

I can't think of any other MMO that let's you do that on console. DLC/add-on content has always been account bound.

what is the date on the DLC?

Sept 15/16 for console.

 

[Somnia]

what is the date on the DLC?

August 31st on PC, Sept 15th on XB1 and Sept 16th on PS4.

 

[Edwardo]

what is the date on the DLC?

pc aug 31st (my bday hehe)
xbox sep 15th
ps sep 16th

 

[Macho Madness]

Again MMO's are different than most games. If you don't like it, don't spend your money on it just like you said, however I don't see the problem here. Almost every MMO ever even on console has acted the same way, items are account bound always in this genre. So no I'm sorry this isn't how it works on consoles, it's how it works on other genres.

That's a really lame excuse. If they sold it through the PS Store like any other game, it would work like he wants it to.

 

[Somnia]

That's a really lame excuse. If they sold it through the PS Store like any other game, it would work like he wants it to.

Again like others have stated, MMO's are ALWAYS account bound. That's how the genre works and has always worked. These are 100% always online games they are not your normal game.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Again like others have stated, MMO's are ALWAYS account bound. That's how the genre works and has always worked. These are 100% always online games they are not your normal game.

But this MMO isn't account bound.

 

[bigDave]

2500 crown? oh my god yes, i tought it was like 5000-6000 crowns

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Isn't this the first $60 retail MMO on the PS4? If this was f2p I'd understand, but I paid for this like every other normal game. The Crown Store should be for vanity and consumables only. Tying actual DLC content to it is really shitty.

 

[Somnia]

Isn't this the first $60 retail MMO on the PS4? If this was f2p I'd understand, but I paid for this like every other normal game. The Crown Store should be for vanity and consumables only. Tying actual DLC content to it is really shitty.

No FFXIV is and was $60 also but also has a monthly subscription fee. It has DLC and Expansions that are also account bound.

 

[Pantsuit Apologist]

Isn't this the first $60 retail MMO on the PS4? If this was f2p I'd understand, but I paid for this like every other normal game. The Crown Store should be for vanity and consumables only. Tying actual DLC content to it is really shitty.

FFXIV has been out on the PS4 for over a year and it was definitely $60 on release plus you get to pay for a subscription and any additional content.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

No FFXIV is and was $60 also but also has a monthly subscription fee. It has DLC and Expansions that are also account bound.

FFXIV has been out on the PS4 for over a year and it was definitely $60 on release plus you get to pay for a subscription and any additional content.

I guess I should say the first retail MMO that the gaming public at large actually cares about, being TES and all.

So instead of making a single DLC sale from my household, they will get zero.

I'll still play and enjoy the base game, but I'm not participating in this crap.

Microtransactions, vanity items, keep them account bound whatever. But entire new gameplay zones? Unacceptable.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

August 31st on PC, Sept 15th on XB1 and Sept 16th on PS4.

pc aug 31st (my bday hehe)
xbox sep 15th
ps sep 16th

thanks guys!

a little too close to Destiny to care right away but I will be there eventually.

 

[SkinnerSw33t]

Just got a chance to watch the trailer, and it looks OK. Little disappointed that it has the same terrible color palette as Cold Harbor.

I hope that isn't the extent of it. Cold Harbor drove me crazy because of that.

 

[banefirelord]

For someone who had been firmly opposed to the idea of an Elder Scrolls MMO since its announcement and wrote a bunch of incensed screeds about how it was going to ruin the franchise...I'm having a blast. Wish it looked a little nicer and that there were physics objects, but the quality of storytelling and quest design on the whole seems a significant cut above most other MMOs I've dabbled in. Combat's also really fun...far preferable to WoW and its gaggle of clones' explicit dice roll and quasi-turn based ontology.

 

[Winter John]

I guess I should say the first retail MMO that the gaming public at large actually cares about, being TES and all.

Your joking right?

 

[ironcreed]

Imperial City DLC trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpSeoMw9Ijo

Very cool and I will of course be buying it. This is the MMO that I will stay with and keep coming back to.

 

[Dre_G_Writer]

So instead of making a single DLC sale from my household, they will get zero.

I'll still play and enjoy the base game, but I'm not participating in this crap.

Microtransactions, vanity items, keep them account bound whatever. But entire new gameplay zones? Unacceptable.

Well if that's the case, you might as well save your money and pass on any other future and past MMOs coming to consoles because Im sure the rest will work this exact way. As they all have in the pass. Even MMOs back on 360 did this. It may come as a surprise to you because maybe this is your first experience with this type of game on consoles. Based on your reaction, it seems the entire MMO genre business model is not something you'd like.

I guess I should say the first retail MMO that the gaming public at large actually cares about, being TES and all.

And also based on your mmo statement, TESO is the second, after FF14 for consoles. FF14 has several hundred thousand active players on the PS4 alone. If we are to compare, i'd probably say FF14 has a bigger active player base than TESO.

 

[BokehKing]

FFXIV has been out on the PS4 for over a year and it was definitely $60 on release plus you get to pay for a subscription and any additional content.

Loved ff14 but too many cons
Enemies hit you regardless where you stand
Horrible tiny UI, lack of voice acting, horrible map system.

 

[Pantsuit Apologist]

Loved ff14 but too many cons
Enemies hit you regardless where you stand
Horrible tiny UI, lack of voice acting, horrible map system.

I know, I really loved it when it first hit the PS4 but it got way too grindy for me. When MMOs start to feel more like a second job than a game...

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Well if that's the case, you might as well save your money and pass on any other future and past MMOs coming to consoles because Im sure the rest will work this exact way. As they all have in the pass. Even MMOs back on 360 did this. It may come as a surprise to you because maybe this is your first experience with this type of game on consoles. Based on your reaction, it seems the entire MMO genre business model is not something you'd like.

I definitely won't be getting anymore MMOs on console. I'll keep playing ESO until the servers are shut off because it's still a really good Elder Scrolls game .

 

[Jetman]

No Dark Brotherhood with the Imperial DLC?

 

[Winter John]

Loved ff14 but too many cons
Enemies hit you regardless where you stand
Horrible tiny UI, lack of voice acting, horrible map system.

I agree about the terrible map. It was rage inducing until we figured it out. You can enlarge the u.i, but the option is hidden away in the menus. My biggest problem was the endless grinding. It's clearly the best console MMO, but the grinding killed it for me.

 

[gossi]

No Dark Brotherhood with the Imperial DLC?

Dark Brotherhood and Thieve's Guild are two other DLCs which are in development. They're probably a way off.

 

[Hawk269]

2500 crown? oh my god yes, i tought it was like 5000-6000 crowns

That is a pretty good price. I like the sound of the updates that are coming to the game even if you don't buy the DLC. Looking forward to that as much as the DLC itself.

 

[Hawk269]

Just got a chance to watch the trailer, and it looks OK. Little disappointed that it has the same terrible color palette as Cold Harbor.

I hope that isn't the extent of it. Cold Harbor drove me crazy because of that.

I am really interested in how the PVE/PVP Dungeon will work. You are not only fighting PVE enemies but the potential that other faction human players will be around too. It is going to make things really interesting indeed.

 

[The_Buttman]

Are guild stores the only way for me to purchase turpen/mastic*/rosin? im not in a guild but would like to be able to purchase them somehow.

 

[Hawk269]

Are guild stores the only way for me to purchase turpen/mastic*/rosin? im not in a guild but would like to be able to purchase them somehow.

Nope. You get those items from Refining Materials. The RAW Materials you find out in the world you take to a Wood Working/BlackSmith or Clothier. You then refine the raw materials into material, when you do this, there is a chance you will also get resins, turpins etc.

You can also get them by deconstructing items in the different crafting stations as well. When you break down items, you get a chance at also uncovering these specialty items.

You can also get them by hiring a hireling, which is in the skills menu and you use a skill point and a hireling will every 24 hours find materials for you. It is random, but at times you do get those rare items.

Lastly, you buy them from other players. You do not have to be in a guild to buy from a guild store. In most towns guilds have hired NPC's that are traders for the guild. These are open to anyone and you buy what you want. It is worth checking several before buying to find the best price, but also those items usually cost a lot of money since they are rare, especially the higher rated ones.

 

[MattyG]

I was hoping we'd see an expansion at least teased at QuakeCon, but the Imperial City DLC pretty much confirms that won't happen. Next year then.

 

[gossi]

I was hoping we'd see an expansion at least teased at QuakeCon, but the Imperial City DLC pretty much confirms that won't happen. Next year then.

The schedule for QuakeCon is out there, they will show the Imperial City DLC in action.

 

[Retrozocker]

I definitely won't be getting anymore MMOs on console. I'll keep playing ESO until the servers are shut off because it's still a really good Elder Scrolls game .

Agree, if they stay smart on this with regular content updates and keeping the game balanced Ill play this game until its dead. Really hope they add some sort of small scale pvp
to the game...

 

[Error]

I guess I should say the first retail MMO that the gaming public at large actually cares about, being TES and all.

So instead of making a single DLC sale from my household, they will get zero.

I'll still play and enjoy the base game, but I'm not participating in this crap.

Microtransactions, vanity items, keep them account bound whatever. But entire new gameplay zones? Unacceptable.

Welcome to MMOs.

 

[Retrozocker]

Really hope they add some sort of small scale pvp
to the game...

Wait whaaaaaat...just read about the DLC:

* A brand new PvP/PvE space, including the six Imperial City Districts
* One new Imperial City PvP Public Dungeon: The Imperial Sewers

Does this mean what I think it means???

 

[PepperedHam]

Even though it doesn't hold back overall progression it's still blowing my mind that this Prisoner of Jathsogur quest is still a mess on AD side. Been this way for a month, no way to progress due to the nature of the quest and trolls. This is unreal. I just wanna beat this fucking quest.

 

[SkinnerSw33t]

Even though it doesn't hold back overall progression it's still blowing my mind that this Prisoner of Jathsogur quest is still a mess on AD side. Been this way for a month, no way to progress due to the nature of the quest and trolls. This is unreal. I just wanna beat this fucking quest.

I actually ran into this problem last night. I knew about it but wasn't expecting it since we're doing the quest at VR3-5.

Sure enough we did anyway. So frustrating. But I logged out downstairs, and when I logged back in this morning I was able to get it without hassle. Maybe I got lucky.

 

[PepperedHam]

I actually ran into this problem last night. I knew about it but wasn't expecting it since we're doing the quest at VR3-5.

Sure enough we did anyway. So frustrating. But I logged out downstairs, and when I logged back in this morning I was able to get it without hassle. Maybe I got lucky.

Yea time of day helps I hear. I tried getting it yesterday at 6:30am ET before work and there was still a mob of people in there killing the mob giggling. I think that's what makes it worse, hearing these shits giggle and breathe heavy as they troll the fuck out of the quest mob.

Just gotta skip it I suppose. Although after a month of this issue being known it should be fixed by now.

 

[Kilrathi]

I guess I should say the first retail MMO that the gaming public at large actually cares about, being TES and all.

So instead of making a single DLC sale from my household, they will get zero.

I'll still play and enjoy the base game, but I'm not participating in this crap.

Microtransactions, vanity items, keep them account bound whatever. But entire new gameplay zones? Unacceptable.

Eqoa, dcuo, ff11, ff14, are all account based mmo that are on console. Also first retail mmo that public cares about? World of warcraft says hello. It has crossed into mainstream culture more then eso has

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Eqoa, dcuo, ff11, ff14, are all account based mmo that are on console. Also first retail mmo that public cares about? World of warcraft says hello. It has crossed into mainstream culture more then eso has

Mainstream western console culture. Console players don't care about WoW.

 

[blackjaw]

I definitely won't be getting anymore MMOs on console. I'll keep playing ESO until the servers are shut off because it's still a really good Elder Scrolls game .

I agree. Not a very good MMO, but a great Elder Scrolls game....so much content for single players like myself and when I feel like being social, mp dungeons and pvp.

I'll get xpac if I'm done with main game stuff by then.

 

[MaKTaiL]

I still have the initial 500 Crowns I got for free for buying the game. So the DLC will only cost me $14,99 dollars (2000 Crowns pack).
I bet we are getting way more content than the $39,99 expansion from Destiny, hahahaha.

 

[BokehKing]

Which do you prefer GAF

The tabard on the right (current) or the one on the left?

Or this

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Darker blue is better.

 

[Error]

We are the Starks?

Looks nice prefer dark blue.

 

[Ashodin]

This game feels like there's so much to do in it. I can just chill and work on crafting, or go looking for skyshards, or quest, or whatever. It's a living breathing world with tons of people

(PC)

The first person mode is so slick, it makes the world feel even larger than it does. And it's already pretty damn large.

 

[BokehKing]

What about..

 

[blackjaw]

Like the last one ^^^^

 

[Ragged Gloves]

Yeah, the last one looks best.

 

[BokehKing]

Yeah, the last one looks best.

Went with the last one, I'm the only dude in town wearing one, feel all sorts of special

 

[Pantsuit Apologist]

What about..

Definitely that one.