Nerf Horses

eNumbra

Some of us remember a time when your Mount mattered. Different breeds of horse had different stats and your choice mattered, but since they were turned into collectibles, all mounts now share the "riding" stat pool.

So why then is this still a thing?



Can we bring the original power breeds down in price zenimax? I'd like to add at least one of them to my collection, but with what Rubedo/Rubedite/Ancestor silk go for I'll never drop 43k on horse.

Glaiceana

I accidentally bought the midnight horse when I was trying to preview it, like the way it works in the the crown store. It some how managed to register my two clicks as a double click, even though they were far apart, and boom; 42k gone, with no "Are you sure?", or "Press E to Confirm". Luckily it was the one I was thinking of getting, but I wasn't quite ready for that.

eNumbra

Glaiceana wrote: »

I accidentally bought the midnight horse when I was trying to preview it, like the way it works in the the crown store. It some how managed to register my two clicks as a double click, even though they were far apart, and boom; 42k gone, with no "Are you sure?", or "Press E to Confirm". Luckily it was the one I was thinking of getting, but I wasn't quite ready for that.

Ouch. When I originally bought ESO I got the Imperial version - the "free" (see 1 gold) horse was a big part of that decision.
It wasn't until I saw how much those other horses were that I realized I'd made the right decision.

Alucardo

Drop the horse price down to 25k, add a Guar ranch where you can buy Guars for 45k+. Hell yeah

Gidorick

I say raise them all to 50k

Alucardo

Gidorick wrote: »

I say raise them all to 50k

Can I still have my Guar ranch?

nimander99

Gidorick wrote: »

I say raise them all to 50k

Yeah, way too cheap imho.

laksikus

Alucardo wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

I say raise them all to 50k

Can I still have my Guar ranch?

you can have your guar ranche, if i egt to ride on a pocket mammoth

Yolokin_Swagonborn

That's because ZOS was going to add different animals with different abilities. Horses have sprint, other mounts were going to be unique.

Then ZOS got lazy and decided it was easier to just sell Re-skins for $30 a pop and not have to do any coding.

Edit: I found the quote!!!! More broken promises.

- ZOS 06.16.2014 SOURCE

UltimaJoe777

laksikus wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

I say raise them all to 50k

Can I still have my Guar ranch?

you can have your guar ranche, if i egt to ride on a pocket mammoth

I shall raise your Pocket Mammoth with a Daedric Spider.

Draxys

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

laksikus wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

I say raise them all to 50k

Can I still have my Guar ranch?

you can have your guar ranche, if i egt to ride on a pocket mammoth

I shall raise your Pocket Mammoth with a Daedric Spider.

You can have all that stuff as long as I get a rideable cart pulled by skeevers

eNumbra

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

That's because ZOS was going to add different animals with different abilities. Horses have sprint, other mounts were going to be unique.

Then ZOS got lazy and decided it was easier to just sell Re-skins for $30 a pop and not have to do any coding.

I'm not sure lazy is strong enough here, since it doesn't require any coding past copy, paste, rename, change 1 variable.

Draxys wrote: »

You can have all that stuff as long as I get a rideable cart pulled by skeevers

Swap the skeevers with Argonians and you've got a deal.

Gidorick

Alucardo wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

I say raise them all to 50k

Can I still have my Guar ranch?

100k for a guar. 125k for a senche

Jura23

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

That's because ZOS was going to add different animals with different abilities. Horses have sprint, other mounts were going to be unique.

Then ZOS got lazy and decided it was easier to just sell Re-skins for $30 a pop and not have to do any coding.

Yolokin_Swagonborn

Jura23 wrote: »

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

That's because ZOS was going to add different animals with different abilities. Horses have sprint, other mounts were going to be unique.

Then ZOS got lazy and decided it was easier to just sell Re-skins for $30 a pop and not have to do any coding.

@Jura23
@eNumbra

Check out the quote I just added to my last post. I think we are up to 3 bells of shame.

eNumbra

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

Jura23 wrote: »

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

That's because ZOS was going to add different animals with different abilities. Horses have sprint, other mounts were going to be unique.

Then ZOS got lazy and decided it was easier to just sell Re-skins for $30 a pop and not have to do any coding.

@Jura23
@eNumbra

Check out the quote I just added to my last post. I think we are up to 3 bells of shame.

Huh, interesting. My original point still stands, as all horses in this case are created equal.

Zenimax likes to waffle on issues more than a politician though.

RAGUNAnoOne

Alucardo wrote: »

Drop the horse price down to 25k, add a Guar ranch where you can buy Guars for 45k+. Hell yeah

Guar for gold? hell yes just give me a bland domestic guar I would love it!

Yolokin_Swagonborn

eNumbra wrote: »

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

Jura23 wrote: »

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

That's because ZOS was going to add different animals with different abilities. Horses have sprint, other mounts were going to be unique.

Then ZOS got lazy and decided it was easier to just sell Re-skins for $30 a pop and not have to do any coding.

@Jura23
@eNumbra

Check out the quote I just added to my last post. I think we are up to 3 bells of shame.

Huh, interesting. My original point still stands, as all horses in this case are created equal.

Zenimax likes to waffle on issues more than a politician though.

You are right. They should equilize all horse prices since they are nothing but glorified skins now and dont come with riding upgrades.

But here's the thing. Those prices are probably hard coded into the game. Actually having to go into the code (oooh scary) and correcting this disparity will probably cause memory leaks for a month, 5FPS in cyrodiil and any horse you purchased before they changed the cost will now fly across the map if you double tap sprint while running over standing water. That bug will last for 3 months.

Now you see why they can't normalize the prices.

Asherons_Call

Another day, another nerf thread. If you want a mount, right now is the best time as crowns are on sale. I'd rather spend 3 dollars instead of 10,000 gold

Yolokin_Swagonborn

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Another day, another nerf thread. If you want a mount, right now is the best time as crowns are on sale. I'd rather spend 3 dollars instead of 10,000 gold

Found the ZOS marketing department.

Asherons_Call

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Another day, another nerf thread. If you want a mount, right now is the best time as crowns are on sale. I'd rather spend 3 dollars instead of 10,000 gold

Found the ZOS marketing department.

Haha nope although I would love any job for a gaming company. I'm just a realist. I'd rather spend a few RL dollars, but everyone is different

eNumbra

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Another day, another nerf thread. If you want a mount, right now is the best time as crowns are on sale. I'd rather spend 3 dollars instead of 10,000 gold

I'd love to do that but you see those horses there?

Those horses there aren't available for crowns, cupcake. Make them available for crowns and I won't care about the gold price.

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

You are right. They should equilize all horse prices since they are nothing but glorified skins now and dont come with riding upgrades.

But here's the thing. Those prices are probably hard coded into the game. Actually having to go into the code (oooh scary) and correcting this disparity will probably cause memory leaks for a month, 5FPS in cyrodiil and any horse you purchased before they changed the cost will now fly across the map if you double tap sprint while running over standing water. That bug will last for 3 months.

Now you see why they can't normalize the prices.

I know you're being cheeky, but you're probably closer to the truth than anyone realizes.

Yolokin_Swagonborn

eNumbra wrote: »

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Another day, another nerf thread. If you want a mount, right now is the best time as crowns are on sale. I'd rather spend 3 dollars instead of 10,000 gold

I'd love to do that but you see those horses there?

Those horses there aren't available for crowns, cupcake. Make them available for crowns and I won't care about the gold price.

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

You are right. They should equilize all horse prices since they are nothing but glorified skins now and dont come with riding upgrades.

But here's the thing. Those prices are probably hard coded into the game. Actually having to go into the code (oooh scary) and correcting this disparity will probably cause memory leaks for a month, 5FPS in cyrodiil and any horse you purchased before they changed the cost will now fly across the map if you double tap sprint while running over standing water. That bug will last for 3 months.

Now you see why they can't normalize the prices.

I know you're being cheeky, but you're probably closer to the truth than anyone realizes.

I remember joking one day about a bug that makes DKs fly. Then there was a bug that made DKs fly. I don't know how to feel anymore.

Ra'Shtar

Alucardo wrote: »

Drop the horse price down to 25k, add a Guar ranch where you can buy Guars for 45k+. Hell yeah

Amazing idea add to that bears cats and other types of creatures that can be used as mounts and we have ourselves an ilegal ranch where you have to domesticate your own mount!!!