Would You Buy A Flying Mount If They Were To Come To ESO

Morimizo

Yes

As long as it were a hover-type, rather than free-form flying, sure.

I'd like a one-seater Dwemer Airship. With arbalests.

Robotmafia

No

don't add flying mounts!

Iluvrien

No

maryriv wrote: »

So 27% of us would buy it, that's a NICE chunk of money ZoS Think about it...

...while quite possibly annoying a part of the remaining 72% (that is what the poll says) enough to make them actually leave.

... don't think about it, ZOS.

Alphashado

Yes

I don't believe this poll is accurate. The question isn't whether or not you want to see flying mounts, but rather would you buy one if they were in the game. I think a lot of people are using this poll as a means to express their distaste for flying mounts rather than actually answering the question.

I don't believe for a second that 70% of the player base would NOT buy a dragon while watching other people fly around on them.

Do I want to see them in ESO? No. But that isn't the question.

AngryNord

No

Alphashado wrote: »

I don't believe for a second that 70% of the player base would NOT buy a dragon while watching other people fly around on them..

The second I see such a thing, my game will be uninstalled.

Iluvrien

No

Alphashado wrote: »

I don't believe for a second that 70% of the player base would NOT buy a dragon while watching other people fly around on them.

Really? Interesting. Of course, they might not be watching other people flying around on them if they had actually just left.

Personally, my main spends 90% of his time on foot. He only saddles up when he has to get back to an area he has already recently been too (and so the possibility of missing materials nodes is much smaller). On that basis, why would I care what other people are doing with flying mounts if the pre-existing land-based ones concern me not at all?

bloodenragedb14_ESO

No

most people consider flying mounts to be the sign of the apocolypse for any mmorpg.

you will find little to no support for this here

Navaya

Yes

As long as it's lore friendly then yea sure. I don't see a point in having it though since we got fast travel. There is also a lot more important stuff to add to the game before they even start thinking about flying mounts. But I wouldn't mind them adding it in the future.

hamgatan

Yes

there are ways to mitigate the flying aspect. based on the feedback in this thread. Make flying not endless, make it have an associated Stamina cost.

1. Flying outside of zones -> If they can make Slaughterfish, I'm sure they can make Slaughter Pidgeons. That goes for flying between islands in planes of Oblivion too..

2. Flying in Cyrodiil - Keep Storming -> Increased stack of Mages on the rooftop in each Keep that have automatic knockdown effect on hit when they target a flying mounted Player. Knockdown = dismount = big big fall.. Make it suicidal to even try. Also increased detection radius.

3. Zerg Flying in Cyrodiil - NPC attacks do additional AoE Damage to Flying Mounts. Perhaps change one of the Caltrops morphs to affect airborne players as well (Caltrops pierce and stick to mount, saps mount Stamina - Forced to land QUICK!)

I think the thing to keep in mind here is look at GTA Online as an example - how fun is it to steal a fighter jet and just obliterate everything in sight. Same reason you jump in a VTOL Jet in Saints Row - launch missiles at the Luchadores, jump out of the jet and polish the rest off with the Dubstep gun. It might be OP, but god it's fun and so much more effective than melee'ing with the Penetrator!

Revenant_Spartan

No

Flying mounts also make it harder for future updates for ZOS as they would have to take into account that you can just flap into the air and touch down anywhere. It screws with zone flow and makes mobs between quest giver and quest target moot. Flying mounts? No not ever.

Wow made that mistake - and yes the Blizz themselves said that flying mounts have been one of the worst things they ever implemented in hind-sight. Why do you think WoD doesn't have it?

Dositheus

I can only imagine the awesomeness of sniping people off of flying mounts.. and watching them fall to a horrid, quick, and still painfully humilliating death. That sounds kind of awesome. Just shoot, and watch them fall to their death. I could totally get behind that.

winterscrolls229prerb18_ESO

Yes

Yes, but i think they should cap the ceiling of it just above the trees.. thinking about the world it would pretty mad at tree level.

Turelus

Yes

Would I buy one if it were added? Yes. However only to stay competitive with everyone else.

Do I want them in the game? No.

The game is really made in a way that you don't need flying mounts, there are shrines everywhere, the option to fast travel to any of them for 146 gold and even the instant transport to friends/party/guild members.

Most of the want for flying mounts in games normally comes from "x game has it, so it's a staple of MMO's and is needed now!"
Additionally what animals would we be flying on? ZOS have worked very hard to respect the TES lore with this game and other than Skyrim and it's Dragons I don't recall any races uses flying mounts (people who know lore better than me please correct me).

Julianos

Yes

yes because in elder scrolls lore you can ride dragons. in cities or in cyrodiil no

Turelus

Yes

Axorn wrote: »

yes because in elder scrolls lore you can ride dragons. in cities or in cyrodiil no

There are no Dragons in the era though. So what else would you be riding which fits the lore?

Dositheus

Turelus wrote: »

Axorn wrote: »

yes because in elder scrolls lore you can ride dragons. in cities or in cyrodiil no

There are no Dragons in the era though. So what else would you be riding which fits the lore?

Netches? I'd shoot people off Netches, that would be fine by me.

Julianos

Yes

Turelus wrote: »

Axorn wrote: »

yes because in elder scrolls lore you can ride dragons. in cities or in cyrodiil no

There are no Dragons in the era though. So what else would you be riding which fits the lore?

we are in the second era and there was dragons in first era so they can be found somewhere on the tamriel

Gandrhulf_Harbard

Wyietsayon wrote: »

Not actual flying. Something that flew along the ground, sure. But with aerial controls, going up and down, nah. Why? Because the game wasn't designed to be played that way. Cliffs are designed to block passage, you can't stand on roofs, mobs are supposed to be able to knock you off your mount, etc. And I don't want invisible walls everywhere.

While I agree with you that I wouldn't want to see flying mounts in ESO (even though I love them in WoW0 I disagree with your reasoning.

The game already has invisible walls, I've encountered dozens when trying to get to out of the way places.

Cliffs do block passage but, as in the real world, should be climbable, with associated risks.

Not being able to stand on or move along roofs is somewhat silly now we have the Legerdemain systeem. The world is 3 dimensional, being able to move through it only 2 dimensions is not ideal and is not really acceptable in modern games. We should be able to climb up the sides of building and gain entry through upper floor windows and even roof hatches. I also believe that we should be able to swim under water (for the same reasons) with the normal associated risks.

Not only would it make the game world more dynamic and immersive it would add a whole new level of complexity for quest, and especially, dungeon design.

Imagine a dungeon with a barred door that can only be accessed from the other side. A "legerdemain" skilled character may need to climb a wall, disarm a trap, and get to the other side, meanwhile the other group members are fending off an attack of those minions intent on stopping them gaining entry.

In the way that putting point in Stamina allows you to sprint further it should also allow you to swim further without needing to draw breath. Add in some climbing skills, and passives to the Legerdemain skill line and we suddenly have a very different, more interesting, more dangerous and more immersive game-world.

All The Best

Etaniel

Yes

The question is not wether or not we would buy, as of course everyone would buy it if it was available, .... But the question is, do you want to see flying mounts in ESO? And to that my answer is no !

AleriSadasIndoril

No

Because it breaks the ESO Lore!

Endurance

No

nobody wants to fly on a bull netch mount

Psychobunni

No

Alphashado wrote: »

I don't believe this poll is accurate. The question isn't whether or not you want to see flying mounts, but rather would you buy one if they were in the game. I think a lot of people are using this poll as a means to express their distaste for flying mounts rather than actually answering the question.

I don't believe for a second that 70% of the player base would NOT buy a dragon while watching other people fly around on them.

Do I want to see them in ESO? No. But that isn't the question.

I haven't bought a single thing from the crown store, or rode the not so special, anyone can buy senche we were given either. Believe it or not, some people don't want to look the same as 95% of the other players on their screen

Pendrillion

No

I can imagine one exception of the NO I posted... The average Oblivion Plane. After all... ANYTHING can come from Creatia. But inside Tamriel? NO!!!

Divinius

Yes

I would probably buy one, but only because I'd feel I had to, if they existed. And that's only assuming their introduction didn't annoy me so much that I actually quit playing the game entirely.

If the question was "should there be flying mounts in ESO?" or even "would you want a flying mount?" my answer in either case would be a resounding "NO!"

Flying mounts are lore-breaking and idiotic.

Saturn

No

If they added a flying mount to the game that would be pretty *** weird. I mean they'd have to make big change to the world as most players are not accessible because of invisible walls, i.e. you cannot land on most mountains because they are blocked off. Further if they only added the flying mount to the stores that would just be a *** move. Honestly though, they should never add flying mounts to ESO, there has only been one time in the TES series where you could have a flying mount and that was in Skyrim where it sort of made sense.

Wolfshead

No

Simple answer to OP idea is this

LOOK AT WOW FLYMOUNT HAVE FRACK UP WOW TOTAL!!

Honest flymount is one of worst thing every made to mmo it remove people from the ground and make the whole world empty

Alphashado

Yes

Saturn wrote: »

If they added a flying mount to the game that would be pretty *** weird. I mean they'd have to make big change to the world

This is true. It would take a HUGE change to the design of the game. Especially since there is no underwater swimming. Here is why: Take WoW for example. Underwater swimming existed prior to flying mounts. So they only thing they did was xfer the swimming mechanics to mid air and it was probably a somewhat seamless transition. ESO doesn't even have that mechanic in the game for swimming, let alone flying through the air.

Gandrhulf_Harbard

Alphashado wrote: »

This is true. It would take a HUGE change to the design of the game. Especially since there is no underwater swimming.

Now flying mounts aside (I don't want them here either) don't you think the changes you talk about need doing anyway?

The gameworld should be a genuine 3D world.

All The Best

Audigy

No

Flying did a lot of harm to WOW, the game feels small and silly with all the dragons. I think a horse is all we need, nobody rides a dragon, carpet or bird - that's just so nerdy

It would require a complete overhaul of Tamriel, I prefer the dev resources spent on something better like housing.

NovaMarx

No

NO! and for two reasons:

1) It would endlessly annoying to see people flying about in the sky! I want to enjoy the pretty scenery, please.
2) It's not lore-friendly. Besides, there aren't really any pre-existing flying creatures that could be used as mounts (Yes, you could fly around on a dragon in Skyrim, but it can't really be considered a mount.)

Flying mounts may fit i other MMO/RPGs, but not ES.

Say NO to flying mounts in ESO!