ESO On Sale Again for $6 and $20

[Ironwu]

$6 for the Core Game and Morrowind. $20 for everything (except Crown Store DLC, of course).

Now is the time to get it if interested!

[Hayley]

the steam winter sale literally starts in 15 minutes

[Ardenian]

I am thinking of jumping into ESO, but is there any good source and overview over the membership? Having to pay monthly for playing a game is a huge turn-off and the only reason that I play neither FF14 and ESO despite itching so much for it.

[Ironwu]

Actually, ESO is 100% playable without the subscription. There are, of course, tangible benefits, the most useful being access to all the Crown Store quest content DLC for as long as the sub is active. And the Craft Bag is useful as well, but really not needed.

Purchasing the Blackwood package for $20 gives you extra character slots as well, so will have the ability to make mule characters to hold materials and gear.

The standard package for $6 gives the Core Game and the Moorowind Chapter. This is a huge amount of content that would take many months to play through. For the content that is available in the package, there are no restrictions.

If there are any other questions, post them up here. :)

[WhyAlwaysMe]

is it worth the 6 euro ? how much content is there

[WhyAlwaysMe]

and why has this game still a subscription

[PortalShifter]

Originally posted by WhyAlwaysMe:

is it worth the 6 euro ? how much content is there

I saw a review where a guy had something like 1,200 hours in ESO and his review said "Just finished the base game!"

=D

[Ironwu]

Originally posted by WhyAlwaysMe:

and why has this game still a subscription

ESO is not a 'F2P' game. It never has been and the no-subscription option is more recent. It is fully playable and the $6 version has no restrictions on the content you do get. The core game and the included chapter have hundreds of hours of content.

[Ardenian]

Originally posted by Ironwu:

Actually, ESO is 100% playable without the subscription. There are, of course, tangible benefits, the most useful being access to all the Crown Store quest content DLC for as long as the sub is active. And the Craft Bag is useful as well, but really not needed.

Purchasing the Blackwood package for $20 gives you extra character slots as well, so will have the ability to make mule characters to hold materials and gear.

The standard package for $6 gives the Core Game and the Moorowind Chapter. This is a huge amount of content that would take many months to play through. For the content that is available in the package, there are no restrictions.

If there are any other questions, post them up here. :)

I see, thank you! Might give it a try then. Kinda a collector guy so when I see shiny, I have to grab it, so not sure if I want to miss out on the bag or not. Will have to do some pondering.

[Halcyform]

Originally posted by WhyAlwaysMe:

and why has this game still a subscription

It's optional.

Subscription and the cosmetics are for those people who want to support the game. Those people doing the subscription are the ones making it possible for those who just want to buy their game copies on sale and game for cheap.

Except for the crates, it's not a bad thing.

[Ironwu]

Originally posted by Ardenian:

Originally posted by Ironwu:

Actually, ESO is 100% playable without the subscription. There are, of course, tangible benefits, the most useful being access to all the Crown Store quest content DLC for as long as the sub is active. And the Craft Bag is useful as well, but really not needed.

Purchasing the Blackwood package for $20 gives you extra character slots as well, so will have the ability to make mule characters to hold materials and gear.

The standard package for $6 gives the Core Game and the Moorowind Chapter. This is a huge amount of content that would take many months to play through. For the content that is available in the package, there are no restrictions.

If there are any other questions, post them up here. :)

I see, thank you! Might give it a try then. Kinda a collector guy so when I see shiny, I have to grab it, so not sure if I want to miss out on the bag or not. Will have to do some pondering.

The Crafting Bag holds ONLY materials. It does not hold gear or other items; so need mules for those anyway. If you are not a crafting person, then no need for the Craft Bag as you can be in a Trading Guild and sell all the mats you collect to other players. :)

One thing to keep in mind though, one can obtain the best gear ONLY by being able to craft. Crafting is used to improve gear to the highest quality possible (not RNG dependent; not Cash Shop dependent).

[Peter II]

Originally posted by WhyAlwaysMe:

and why has this game still a subscription

Why not, it's an mmo ? Wow has a susbription too and they don't give anything. Here you get 1650 crowns wich you can spend how you like and you get daily rewards. Wow gave me nothing during a decade except Diablo 3 wich ruined my Diablo 2 memories.

[Luka Mosca]

Guys, i have the game base... can i buy just the last expansion or i have to buy all of then ?

[Ironwu]

Originally posted by Orstraws:

Guys, i have the game base... can i buy just the last expansion or i have to buy all of then ?

Don't actually HAVE to buy any of them. But, if you have the base game, and want all the Chapters cheap, then buy the $20 Blackwood package that includes the base game and all the Chapters. It will warn you that you won't get a second copy of the stuff you already own, but that's ok.

Note that this does not include the DLC that is sold in the Crown Store. For that, you either need to subscribe (which gives access to ALL of it), or purchase separately from the Crown Store.

Good Luck
Have Fun!

[Dr.Abscondus]

Subscription is a great deal at least for 3 months maybe longer depending on how you play. It gives you Crown store money of about the same value as the subscription price so it really doesn't cost you anything if you were going to buy Crown store DLC's anyway. It gives you access to the Crown store DLC's so you can try them out before you buy. You may or may not want all of them. There are a lot of group dungeon packs that you'll only want if you play with friends. Still it's the best way to sample what the game has to offer. Also always buy the most complete edition of the game which right now is the Blackwood edition otherwise you'll be back eventually to buy the rest of it anyway, probably at a higher price.

[Rockco]

for a new player like me, do i buy the 6 or 20 dollar version. Do these version include subscription or is that seperate. As i am not really interested in subscription model. Do i get to have experience all dlc with 20 dollar or are some locked behind subscription.