Do I only need "The Elder Scrolls Online Deluxe Collection: Gold Road" bundle to finish playing the whole game?

[RendCycle]

I am new to The Elder Scrolls Online and I just bought the The Elder Scrolls Online Deluxe Collection: Gold Road bundle. With this, do I have everything the game has to offer to finish it or do I still need to purchase Crowns if I only plan to play PVE? How many estimated play hours will it take to finish the whole game?

[Lokiator]

Originally posted by RendCycle:

I decided to buy a few Crowns for future use when the following DLC Bundles in the Crown Store, accessible inside the game, ever goes on sale with hopefully at least 67% off too

I've never seen DLC get better than a 40% discount in the Crown Store, and that only comes up once or twice a year.

Though with the game going into "maintenance mode" maybe they'll offer some better discounts in the future?

[Pʳᵒᶠ ◁⌧▷ Cʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ]

wait i thought everything was open if you subscribed?

[Lokiator]

Originally posted by Pʳᵒᶠ ◁⌧▷ Cʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ:

wait i thought everything was open if you subscribed?

Everything but the latest chapter is available to subscribers. If you buy a Deluxe Collection, then you get all the chapters but no access to the DLC zones or dungeons. Those you then need to buy with crowns. At which point, you can access everything subscription free.

[RendCycle]

Originally posted by Lokiator:

I've never seen DLC get better than a 40% discount in the Crown Store, and that only comes up once or twice a year. Though with the game going into "maintenance mode" maybe they'll offer some better discounts in the future?

Some say past discounts on DLCs get as high as 50% off inside the Crown Store. Yes, I am hoping discount offer will get bigger due to supposed "maintenance mode" or just simply since this is an old game.

[RendCycle]

Originally posted by Pʳᵒᶠ ◁⌧▷ Cʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ:

wait i thought everything was open if you subscribed?

It is but not everything as Lokiator explained above. Since I don't like to subscribe, I bought the Gold Road Deluxe Collection due to the recent enticing big sale. I was not planning on buying Crowns and have just tried it when I learned the Crown Store also offer discounts from time-to-time. Holding on to them to spend on possible sale offerings this year.

[Morgan Fun Gamer]

I think that it comes with elder scrolls online deluxe collection gold road comes with many dlcs and but I don't think it comes with all of them I just think it comes with the previous major expansions like morrowind summerset greymore blackwood nothrern elsweyr and it also comes with the new gold road but I think I it doesnt come with the zone dlcs like deadlands murkmire and the guild quests gold coast dark brotherhood and hews bane theives guild I think it just comes with the major expansions and I think I know all this because I looked at it on a page once so this is just me recalling from memory but it might be wrong and sorry if its wrong and this the content you do get it including base game content this should be many hours hundreds of hours I don't know the exact number of hours but I think it would be a lot of hours there is a lot of quests in this dlcs.

[AmaiAmai]

Originally posted by RendCycle:

I decided to buy a few Crowns for future use when the following DLC Bundles in the Crown Store, accessible inside the game, ever goes on sale with hopefully at least 67% off too:

[1] Guilds & Glory (Dark Brotherhood, Orsinium, & Thieve's Guild) = 4,000C
[2] Year 2 Mega Pack (Horns of Reach, Shadows of the Hist, & The Clockwork City) = 3,500C
[3] Year 3 Mega Pack (Dragon Bones, Murkmire, & Woflhunter) = 3,500C
[4] Seasons of the Dragon (Dragonhold, Scalebraker, & Wrathstone) = 3,500C
[5] Dark Heart of Skyrim (Harrowstone, Markath, & Stonethorn) = 3,500C
[6] Gates of Oblivion (Deadlands, Flames of Ambition, & Waking Flame) = 3,500C

Titles above are listed in chronological order based on release date and I guess that would also be my purchase prioritization plan since I cannot buy everything at once. For acquiring the remaining Crown Store DLCs, I will have to wait longer when they're finally bundled and offered at a discount too. :lunar2019grinningpig:

Hopefully you didn't pay that price in crowns. I am not sure about Steam version prices, but on the standalone launcher acct. I got those packages for 1000-1500 crowns at one point.

Whether they will do that again with the game entering maintenance mode, no clue. They are aiming to extract the maximum profit from the game at this point, after all...

[RendCycle]

Originally posted by AmaiAmai:

Hopefully you didn't pay that price in crowns. I am not sure about Steam version prices, but on the standalone launcher acct. I got those packages for 1000-1500 crowns at one point. Whether they will do that again with the game entering maintenance mode, no clue. They are aiming to extract the maximum profit from the game at this point, after all...

In no way will I pay those ridiculous amount of Crowns for the regular DLC Bundle prices. Do you mean, in the past, you were able to buy a DLC Bundle, (with 3 DLCs included in a bundle) for only 1000-1500 Crowns? That means each DLC costed only about 333-500 Crowns each?

I am guessing Zenimax will have to offer better deals if the game is truly dying and/or they are still aiming to invite more players in the game, It's counter-productive to continue pricing the game high if not enough people are buying. ESO is old and like mostly everything in the digital world, it loses value over time. I am guessing it is time the price settles to a more affordable level so a lot of new folks will be enticed to join. I just hope the game will continue to thrive, provide steady income to Zenimax, and still be accessible for many more years to come.

[RendCycle]

Originally posted by Morgan Fun Gamer:

I think that it comes with elder scrolls online deluxe collection gold road comes with many dlcs and but I don't think it comes with all of them I just think it comes with the previous major expansions like morrowind summerset greymore blackwood nothrern elsweyr and it also comes with the new gold road but I think I it doesnt come with the zone dlcs like deadlands murkmire and the guild quests gold coast dark brotherhood and hews bane theives guild I think it just comes with the major expansions and I think I know all this because I looked at it on a page once so this is just me recalling from memory but it might be wrong and sorry if its wrong and this the content you do get it including base game content this should be many hours hundreds of hours I don't know the exact number of hours but I think it would be a lot of hours there is a lot of quests in this dlcs.

You're right, the Gold Road Deluxe Collection, even though it has a lot of content, is still incomplete if we consider the existence of the other DLCs in the Crown Store. But it is definitely still enjoyable and playable. I think I have only scratched the surface of the game and so I don't know whether a story will be cut short and then will have to be continued on a DLC to have an ending/conclusion. Still, I am prioritizing to get the Guilds & Glory DLC Bundle so I can finally manage to open those Thieve's Trove boxes scattered around the game world.

[UnderNewManagement]

Originally posted by RendCycle:

Originally posted by Morgan Fun Gamer:

I think that it comes with elder scrolls online deluxe collection gold road comes with many dlcs and but I don't think it comes with all of them I just think it comes with the previous major expansions like morrowind summerset greymore blackwood nothrern elsweyr and it also comes with the new gold road but I think I it doesnt come with the zone dlcs like deadlands murkmire and the guild quests gold coast dark brotherhood and hews bane theives guild I think it just comes with the major expansions and I think I know all this because I looked at it on a page once so this is just me recalling from memory but it might be wrong and sorry if its wrong and this the content you do get it including base game content this should be many hours hundreds of hours I don't know the exact number of hours but I think it would be a lot of hours there is a lot of quests in this dlcs.

You're right, the Gold Road Deluxe Collection, even though it has a lot of content, is still incomplete if we consider the existence of the other DLCs in the Crown Store. But it is definitely still enjoyable and playable. I think I have only scratched the surface of the game and so I don't know whether a story will be cut short and then will have to be continued on a DLC to have an ending/conclusion. Still, I am prioritizing to get the Guilds & Glory DLC Bundle so I can finally manage to open those Thieve's Trove boxes scattered around the game world. :lunar2019grinningpig:

if you sub. you get monthly crowns almost worth the price you pay into the sub. and can use that to buy the dlc over time that you like while playing them all. and can eventually drop the sub once you have enough crowns from it.

[RendCycle]

Originally posted by UnderNewManagement:

if you sub. you get monthly crowns almost worth the price you pay into the sub. and can use that to buy the dlc over time that you like while playing them all. and can eventually drop the sub once you have enough crowns from it.

Yeah, I read some folks do that. But I'm not into subscription really as it feels like I am chasing time to maximize monthly savings which might push me to get addicted playing. With the recent sale on Crowns in Steam, it's still cheaper I think if I can also manage to buy from the Crown Store when they have a big sale on the DLCs. I also worry that it will be difficult to track/manage unfinished quests in those DLCs that became inaccessible if ever I have a subscription and it expires. But thanks for the suggestion.