The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Necrom & ESO plus

[Keezayl]

Hello there fellow gamers,

I was thinking of buing ESO for some time now but I was always hesitant with the prices and the microtransactions inside the game.

The game is currently on a big sale, and I am here to ask some things I need clarification on.

I was thinking on buying The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Necrom which includes The Elder Scrolls Online Standard Edition (base game), Necrom and all previous Chapters - High Isle, Blackwood, Greymoor, Elsweyr, Summerset, and Morrowind and through ESO website I see that ESO plus gives Full access to all DLC game packs available in the Crown Store - new zones, quests, dungeons.

My question is, does necrom contain all of the zones that eso plus also gives or does eso plus unlocks all the zones and necrom unlocks a portion of those?

Is it worth buying just the necrom collection for 20E and playing the game as is, or ESO plus is a must if you want to get the full experience?

Thanks in advance!

[girlboss maxxing :3]

Publicado originalmente por Keezayl:

My question is, does necrom contain all of the zones that eso plus also gives or does eso plus unlocks all the zones and necrom unlocks a portion of those?

maybe. i bought the necrom collection a few days ago and i realised there was a few places i couldnt access, i think it said something about requiring some dlc but i could be misremembering it

[Noctis Axton Aurora]

The collection only gives you the major DLC releases and even then with the mentioned ESO plus you can't even get access to Nercom. ESO plus will give you access to all past DLCs major or small expect from the newest major release DLC which is Necrom right now, only way to access Necrom is to well buy it but even then having access to the current and past major DLCs will extend the game's life by a lot for ya past the base game stuff.

You can get gifted the DLCs though like Dark Brotherhood but you have to wait 150 days if ya buying the game as due to something happening awhile ago they had to disable the ability to gift crowns and Crownstore items and once they turned it back on they added an 150 days old account requirement for the ability to gift or be gifted crownstore things

[Swans]

ESO Plus is a must for the FULL experience. However, the base Necrom pack is so vast that you don't need the full experience from the start. e.g., the DLC dungeons are for more experienced players, so you'll be cutting your teeth on the base dungeons initially. Nonetheless, if you like the game, then the DLC is all pretty compelling from a completionist perspective, although quality is inconsistent.

A reasonable way to get the DLC is to sub to ESO plus for a long period, get the free Crowns from that period, then use it to buy each DLC as they come up in Crown Sales (50% Crowns required), then you have the DLC forever and do not need to keep subbing. I own and have completed all content following this model and I only sub to ESO+ if I am playing the game a lot and the benefits are useful.

You could also buy Crowns for gold and get DLC in sale, it's pretty easy to make gold in this game so plenty of people use that model.

[Keezayl]

So Necrom collection gives you latest dlc + some of the old DLCs and ESO plus gives you access to all DLCs except the latest dlc which is Necrom. Did i get that correctly?

[Noctis Axton Aurora]

Publicado originalmente por Keezayl:

So Necrom collection gives you latest dlc + some of the old DLCs and ESO plus gives you access to all DLCs except the latest dlc which is Necrom. Did i get that correctly?

Correct, the ones the collection gives you access to are listed on the store page, whee as ESO plus also gives you an monthly 1650 crowns each month, double bank space and the crafting bag which can store inf crafting mats not just access to all but the newest major DLC. As the Swans said you can save the monthly crowns from ESO plus to buy the DLCs for good which most generally cost 2k crowns unless ya going for one of the bundles which is something like 3k crowns but contains up to three of the smaller DLCs

[Keezayl]

Publicado originalmente por Swans:

ESO Plus is a must for the FULL experience. However, the base Necrom pack is so vast that you don't need the full experience from the start. e.g., the DLC dungeons are for more experienced players, so you'll be cutting your teeth on the base dungeons initially. Nonetheless, if you like the game, then the DLC is all pretty compelling from a completionist perspective.

A reasonable way to get the DLC is to sub to ESO plus for a long period, get the free Crowns from that period, then use it to buy each DLC as they come up in Crown Sales (50% Crowns required), then you have the DLC forever and do not need to keep subbing. I own and have completed all content following this model and I only sub to ESO+ if I am playing the game a lot and the benefits are useful.

You could also buy Crowns for gold and get DLC in sale, it's pretty easy to make gold in this game so plenty of people use that model.

Since the necrom collection is on sale, and based on what you said, isn't it the best choice to buy the necrom collection, play whatever this collection offers, gather gold and then buy the rest of the DLCs that the collection never gave?

[Swans]

Publicado originalmente por Keezayl:

Publicado originalmente por Swans:

ESO Plus is a must for the FULL experience. However, the base Necrom pack is so vast that you don't need the full experience from the start. e.g., the DLC dungeons are for more experienced players, so you'll be cutting your teeth on the base dungeons initially. Nonetheless, if you like the game, then the DLC is all pretty compelling from a completionist perspective.

A reasonable way to get the DLC is to sub to ESO plus for a long period, get the free Crowns from that period, then use it to buy each DLC as they come up in Crown Sales (50% Crowns required), then you have the DLC forever and do not need to keep subbing. I own and have completed all content following this model and I only sub to ESO+ if I am playing the game a lot and the benefits are useful.

You could also buy Crowns for gold and get DLC in sale, it's pretty easy to make gold in this game so plenty of people use that model.

Since the necrom collection is on sale, and based on what you said, isn't it the best choice to buy the necrom collection, play whatever this collection offers, gather gold and then buy the rest of the DLCs that the collection never gave?

I think, from what another poster says above me however, there might be some sort of 150 day time limit on the gold/trading for Crowns thing, I guess to prevent bot and farming accounts. This is what I'd do if so:

Get base game and play for a week, you'll know if it's your thing or not by then. If it's your thing and you can see yourself getting the hours out of it, get say a 6 month ESO+ sub, for which you get about 10,000 Crowns, then pick like 6 of your desired DLC with that. This will tide you over until you can gold trade.

[Noctis Axton Aurora]

Publicado originalmente por Keezayl:

Publicado originalmente por Swans:

ESO Plus is a must for the FULL experience. However, the base Necrom pack is so vast that you don't need the full experience from the start. e.g., the DLC dungeons are for more experienced players, so you'll be cutting your teeth on the base dungeons initially. Nonetheless, if you like the game, then the DLC is all pretty compelling from a completionist perspective.

A reasonable way to get the DLC is to sub to ESO plus for a long period, get the free Crowns from that period, then use it to buy each DLC as they come up in Crown Sales (50% Crowns required), then you have the DLC forever and do not need to keep subbing. I own and have completed all content following this model and I only sub to ESO+ if I am playing the game a lot and the benefits are useful.

You could also buy Crowns for gold and get DLC in sale, it's pretty easy to make gold in this game so plenty of people use that model.

Since the necrom collection is on sale, and based on what you said, isn't it the best choice to buy the necrom collection, play whatever this collection offers, gather gold and then buy the rest of the DLCs that the collection never gave?

Crowns not gold. You can buy the DLCs with gold via trading gold for crowns but since ya would be buying the game, that won't be something you can do until 150 days have gone buy. Something scummy was happening with crowns trading, so they had to disable gifting and that for a bit, but once they turned that back on, they added an 150 days old account requirement for gifting, being gifted and trading crowns sadly.

[Keezayl]

I am thinking that this may be the best for me specifically because I dont know if I will invest that much time or "get eso plus for a long period" as Swans said, in order for the crowns from eso plus give max value. Grabbing the collection for just 20E and playing whatever it gives to the player, grinding gold to maybe buy other DLCs sounds better for a possible not lasting player instead of pay 14E each month on top of the base game price.

[Keezayl]

I can buy the Necrom collection, play the whole shazam, and after 150 days start picking up the rest. I mean i can stop whenever and come back, and not waste 14E each month since I can get the rest eventually.

[Swans]

Publicado originalmente por Keezayl:

I am thinking that this may be the best for me specifically because I dont know if I will invest that much time or "get eso plus for a long period" as Swans said, in order for the crowns from eso plus give max value. Grabbing the collection for just 20E and playing whatever it gives to the player, grinding gold to maybe buy other DLCs sounds better for a possible not lasting player instead of pay 14E each month on top of the base game price.

Yes, if you're not going to play intensively, the sub is questionable. And there is so much content in the base game, if it's on sale, it's a no-brainer to me. You'll know if it's your sort of thing pretty quickly.

[Noctis Axton Aurora]

Publicado originalmente por Swans:

Since the necrom collection is on sale, and based on what you said, isn't it the best choice to buy the necrom collection, play whatever this collection offers, gather gold and then buy the rest of the DLCs that the collection never gave?

I think, from what another poster says above me however, there might be some sort of 150 day time limit on the gold/trading for Crowns thing, I guess to prevent bot and farming accounts. This is what I'd do if so. [/quote]

The 150 days only applies to now accounts made now days... And sadly if you owned ESO on another platform before and move to say PC like with me. Well my ESO account is like maybe 5 or 6 years old Xbox wise but due to me being "new" on PC. I am currently unable to trade crowns and that even though logically my ESO account is well over 150 days old.

[Keezayl]

Publicado originalmente por Swans:

Publicado originalmente por Keezayl:

I am thinking that this may be the best for me specifically because I dont know if I will invest that much time or "get eso plus for a long period" as Swans said, in order for the crowns from eso plus give max value. Grabbing the collection for just 20E and playing whatever it gives to the player, grinding gold to maybe buy other DLCs sounds better for a possible not lasting player instead of pay 14E each month on top of the base game price.

Yes, if you're not going to play intensively, the sub is questionable. And there is so much content in the base game, if it's on sale, it's a no-brainer to me. You'll know if it's your sort of thing pretty quickly.

Base game is for 6E and necrom for 20E. I think the collection is a great deal.

[Swans]

Publicado originalmente por Keezayl:

Publicado originalmente por Swans:

Yes, if you're not going to play intensively, the sub is questionable. And there is so much content in the base game, if it's on sale, it's a no-brainer to me. You'll know if it's your sort of thing pretty quickly.

Base game is for 6E and necrom for 20E. I think the collection is a great deal.

Sorry yes, I meant the Necrom collection, which is indeed a great deal and will last you a long time for sure.

[Noctis Axton Aurora]

Publicado originalmente por Keezayl:

I can buy the Necrom collection, play the whole shazam, and after 150 days start picking up the rest. I mean i can stop whenever and come back, and not waste 14E each month since I can get the rest eventually.

Sounds about right. Besides stuff in the crown stuff is like 80% for looks. See an nice mount ya want? Well get it if ya can, all mounts share the same stats, no mount is faster then another mount so besides DLC and a few crown store items like exp boost scrolls. You'd only be buying crowns if ya want something badly from the crown store.