De-Mystical Mounts - A Crown Store Concept

NeKryXe

i would buy a Mystical Mounts Ignore for sure

Volkodav

Gidorick wrote: »

I find myself dreading the impending addition of the frost horse. I wanted to make a post imploring ZOS not to offer the horse, to maintain the integrity of the atmosphere, but I knew that plea would be in vain. ZOS stands to make money from these Mystical Mounts, so suggesting they not be released is entirely unrealistic. Instead, I'm suggesting something different.

I will more than likely never buy any of the mystical mounts that ZOS will releases. I have no interest in fire, ice, skelton, lava, wood, lightning, or whatever type of mystical or elemental mounts they come up with. I do, however, have an active interest in not seeing these mounts. To me they are almost as bad as if we had glitter unicorns with trailing rainbows. Not quite as bad, but close.

The point is? As silly as this sounds, they directly negatively impact my playing experience. So, I would like a purchasable Mystical Mounts Ignore toggle so that "cool" mounts like the Nightmare Courser and Frostmare appear as "Normal" mounts to me.

So the fire horse would go from this:

To this:


This should change everyone's mount but my own, and only in my perspective. If I have a fire mount, and I'm riding it around and also have this toggle turned on, my fire mount is the only fire mount I'll see. This could be accomplished with a toggle in the gameplay options menu or a trophy type item I could activate.

I would pay the same amount as one of these "cool" mounts for this option: 2500 Crowns. I would probably pay more. I really do dislike these mounts being so commonplace.

This concept can also possibly extend to costumes so players can ignore costumes others have on and see their real armor. I could see PVPers liking that option.

It's also important to note that no player would be able to tell if another player has this option turned on. It will in no way impact any other player's experience.

Umm,..that's kinda asking a lot isnt it? Just for you? This is the first time I have seen a post like this.Asking to change it so you dont see anyone else's mystic mount? Cant you just see them now? Riding down the road with no mount beneath them.Now THAT would be weird and annoying to see,in my humble opinion. :}

Volkodav

One thing,..the Nightmare Courser isnt lore breaking.He is in Skyrim.He just doesnt have firey feet.His eyes are firey red and he is black,but thats it.Still,the courser isnt lore breaking really.

svartorn

Still waiting for a glowy white/gold Aedric themed mount for my templar healer.

Iluvrien

WhiskeyRiver.AZub17_ESO wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

I find myself dreading the impending addition of the frost horse. I wanted to make a post imploring ZOS not to offer the horse, to maintain the integrity of the atmosphere, but I knew that plea would be in vain. ZOS stands to make money from these Mystical Mounts, so suggesting they not be released is entirely unrealistic. Instead, I'm suggesting something different.

I will more than likely never buy any of the mystical mounts that ZOS will releases. I have no interest in fire, ice, skelton, lava, wood, lightning, or whatever type of mystical or elemental mounts they come up with. I do, however, have an active interest in not seeing these mounts. To me they are almost as bad as if we had glitter unicorns with trailing rainbows. Not quite as bad, but close.

The point is? As silly as this sounds, they directly negatively impact my playing experience. So, I would like a purchasable Mystical Mounts Ignore toggle so that "cool" mounts like the Nightmare Courser and Frostmare appear as "Normal" mounts to me.

So the fire horse would go from this:

To this:


This should change everyone's mount but my own, and only in my perspective. If I have a fire mount, and I'm riding it around and also have this toggle turned on, my fire mount is the only fire mount I'll see. This could be accomplished with a toggle in the gameplay options menu or a trophy type item I could activate.

I would pay the same amount as one of these "cool" mounts for this option: 2500 Crowns. I would probably pay more. I really do dislike these mounts being so commonplace.

This concept can also possibly extend to costumes so players can ignore costumes others have on and see their real armor. I could see PVPers liking that option.

It's also important to note that no player would be able to tell if another player has this option turned on. It will in no way impact any other player's experience.

Umm,..that's kinda asking a lot isnt it? Just for you? This is the first time I have seen a post like this.Asking to change it so you dont see anyone else's mystic mount? Cant you just see them now? Riding down the road with no mount beneath them.Now THAT would be weird and annoying to see,in my humble opinion. :}

Part of me assumes that the above is a joke and is sarcastic. Just in case it isn't, and for anyone else who may be thinking in a similar vein, please accept the tongue-in-cheek...

... "I didn't actually read the post I am in opposition to" award. <queue fanfare>

1) Look at the responses in this 5-page thread. @Gidorick isn't the only one asking for this.
2) They didn't suggest that you wouldn't see any horse... but a comparatively normal one. He gave an example of this in the second screenshot in the post that you quoted.

Gidorick

WhiskeyRiver.AZub17_ESO wrote: »

One thing,..the Nightmare Courser isnt lore breaking.He is in Skyrim.He just doesnt have firey feet.His eyes are firey red and he is black,but thats it.Still,the courser isnt lore breaking really.

The horse you speak of is Shadowmere @WhiskeyRiver.AZub17_ESO , which is NOT the same horse as the Nightmare Courser.

Now, there is support the the concept that Shadowmere is a specific horse. Originally he was Lucien Lachance's horse in Oblivion. I choose to believe Shadowmere is sort of a mantle... were a horse becomes Shadowmere while it's owner is serving the dark brotherhood. We may just get to see Shadowmere in ESO!



Anyway Whisky... I don't see me asking for an item to be offered in the crown store is any different than someone asking for a specific pet, or costume. It's something many people would buy.

Personally, I would prefer something more along the lines of adding these mounts TO the game, as I discussed in the following thread (http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/174930/a-request-for-mystical-mount-presence-in-game/p1).

Volkodav

Iluvrien wrote: »

WhiskeyRiver.AZub17_ESO wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

I find myself dreading the impending addition of the frost horse. I wanted to make a post imploring ZOS not to offer the horse, to maintain the integrity of the atmosphere, but I knew that plea would be in vain. ZOS stands to make money from these Mystical Mounts, so suggesting they not be released is entirely unrealistic. Instead, I'm suggesting something different.

I will more than likely never buy any of the mystical mounts that ZOS will releases. I have no interest in fire, ice, skelton, lava, wood, lightning, or whatever type of mystical or elemental mounts they come up with. I do, however, have an active interest in not seeing these mounts. To me they are almost as bad as if we had glitter unicorns with trailing rainbows. Not quite as bad, but close.

The point is? As silly as this sounds, they directly negatively impact my playing experience. So, I would like a purchasable Mystical Mounts Ignore toggle so that "cool" mounts like the Nightmare Courser and Frostmare appear as "Normal" mounts to me.

So the fire horse would go from this:

To this:


This should change everyone's mount but my own, and only in my perspective. If I have a fire mount, and I'm riding it around and also have this toggle turned on, my fire mount is the only fire mount I'll see. This could be accomplished with a toggle in the gameplay options menu or a trophy type item I could activate.

I would pay the same amount as one of these "cool" mounts for this option: 2500 Crowns. I would probably pay more. I really do dislike these mounts being so commonplace.

This concept can also possibly extend to costumes so players can ignore costumes others have on and see their real armor. I could see PVPers liking that option.

It's also important to note that no player would be able to tell if another player has this option turned on. It will in no way impact any other player's experience.

Umm,..that's kinda asking a lot isnt it? Just for you? This is the first time I have seen a post like this.Asking to change it so you dont see anyone else's mystic mount? Cant you just see them now? Riding down the road with no mount beneath them.Now THAT would be weird and annoying to see,in my humble opinion. :}

Part of me assumes that the above is a joke and is sarcastic. Just in case it isn't, and for anyone else who may be thinking in a similar vein, please accept the tongue-in-cheek...

... "I didn't actually read the post I am in opposition to" award. <queue fanfare>

1) Look at the responses in this 5-page thread. @Gidorick isn't the only one asking for this.
2) They didn't suggest that you wouldn't see any horse... but a comparatively normal one. He gave an example of this in the second screenshot in the post that you quoted.

I promise it was joking. :}

Volkodav

Gidorick wrote: »

WhiskeyRiver.AZub17_ESO wrote: »

One thing,..the Nightmare Courser isnt lore breaking.He is in Skyrim.He just doesnt have firey feet.His eyes are firey red and he is black,but thats it.Still,the courser isnt lore breaking really.

The horse you speak of is Shadowmere @WhiskeyRiver.AZub17_ESO , which is NOT the same horse as the Nightmare Courser.

Now, there is support the the concept that Shadowmere is a specific horse. Originally he was Lucien Lachance's horse in Oblivion. I choose to believe Shadowmere is sort of a mantle... were a horse becomes Shadowmere while it's owner is serving the dark brotherhood. We may just get to see Shadowmere in ESO!



Anyway Whisky... I don't see me asking for an item to be offered in the crown store is any different than someone asking for a specific pet, or costume. It's something many people would buy.

Personally, I would prefer something more along the lines of adding these mounts TO the game, as I discussed in the following thread (http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/174930/a-request-for-mystical-mount-presence-in-game/p1).

I agree with you that there is no difference in you asking for an item in the crown store. I never said there was. I have no problems with asking for mounts,pets,or anything.I just wish that some of them stayed in the store longer.I was only saying that the difference in looks between the courser and Shadowmere was that one's feet are firey and the other's is not. As to which mount or pet or anything is lore breaking,why is one thing not lore breaking if it is in an earlier TES game,but it is if it is in ESO? Just wondering.
(if we're talking lore breaking,doesnt pink and blue armor seem a bit lore breaking? People have it though,as are bikinis on females and speedos in males lore breaking.)

Gidorick

WhiskeyRiver.AZub17_ESO wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

WhiskeyRiver.AZub17_ESO wrote: »

One thing,..the Nightmare Courser isnt lore breaking.He is in Skyrim.He just doesnt have firey feet.His eyes are firey red and he is black,but thats it.Still,the courser isnt lore breaking really.

The horse you speak of is Shadowmere @WhiskeyRiver.AZub17_ESO , which is NOT the same horse as the Nightmare Courser.

Now, there is support the the concept that Shadowmere is a specific horse. Originally he was Lucien Lachance's horse in Oblivion. I choose to believe Shadowmere is sort of a mantle... were a horse becomes Shadowmere while it's owner is serving the dark brotherhood. We may just get to see Shadowmere in ESO!



Anyway Whisky... I don't see me asking for an item to be offered in the crown store is any different than someone asking for a specific pet, or costume. It's something many people would buy.

Personally, I would prefer something more along the lines of adding these mounts TO the game, as I discussed in the following thread (http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/174930/a-request-for-mystical-mount-presence-in-game/p1).

I agree with you that there is no difference in you asking for an item in the crown store. I never said there was. I have no problems with asking for mounts,pets,or anything.I just wish that some of them stayed in the store longer.I was only saying that the difference in looks between the courser and Shadowmere was that one's feet are firey and the other's is not. As to which mount or pet or anything is lore breaking,why is one thing not lore breaking if it is in an earlier TES game,but it is if it is in ESO? Just wondering.
(if we're talking lore breaking,doesnt pink and blue armor seem a bit lore breaking? People have it though,as are bikinis on females and speedos in males lore breaking.)

In other TES titles these special mounts were touted as one-of-a-kind type mounts. There were no species of mystical mounts or wizards enchanting their mounts or anything like that. Everyone rode on regular horses and then the hero (you) got a special mount and those mounts always ALWAYS come with existence justification.

There is zero justification for these mounts being in this game. That is my problem. Not that they exist. That there is no reason for them to exist.

Shogunami

[Thread Necromancy]

I want NEED this because there are too many silly mounts around.
Wouldn't mind a toggle to remove certain costumes either, like skeletons.

Paazhahdrimaak

I Love My Frost Horse.

kifyiib14a_ESO

Paazhahdrimaak wrote: »

I Love My Frost Horse.

You can love your Frost Horse. I mean I think they're pretty nifty looking. But not everyone really wants to see them or the nightmare or the zombie horse, soul shriven horse, etc. I can definitely see the appeal to such a toggle whether you have to pay for it or not. I'd probably buy it, but I'm pretty happy with my palomino. (If only they'd bring back the Dapple Grey.)

Volkodav

kifyiib14a_ESO wrote: »

Paazhahdrimaak wrote: »

I Love My Frost Horse.

You can love your Frost Horse. I mean I think they're pretty nifty looking. But not everyone really wants to see them or the nightmare or the zombie horse, soul shriven horse, etc. I can definitely see the appeal to such a toggle whether you have to pay for it or not. I'd probably buy it, but I'm pretty happy with my palomino. (If only they'd bring back the Dapple Grey.)

Hmm,..if someone toggles the mounts off,the person riding them will look pretty weird.Riding along on an invisible mount.THAT would be an immersion breaker,I would think. XD
Why do people get all ruffled about things they dont want to see in a game.It isnt real,..it's fantasy.Ignore things one doesnt like and just carry on.