Mounts that can be EARNED in game?

Ari.cohen4nub18_ESO

Are there any plans to put some mounts into the game as rare drops/rewards for achievements anything like that? I get that they need to make their money on the crownstore, but a few mounts that could be earned would give people something cool to work towards. Right now horses get pretty dull (especially on small characters, they look ridiculous). World of Warcraft managed to have both a store and many in game mounts, I think that should work here as well.

Thoughts?

Xendyn

I wouldn't mind that at all.
Just a couple of cool ones even.

Defilted

I find it interesting that they are not all available, but this is a micro transaction universe. The days of the traditional MMO with all things included in the game seem to be gone.


I will settle for however that ability to transfer what I have unlocked for my mounts to whatever active mount I am riding. Meaning my inventory space would transfer to another mount that I chose to be active, or speed or stam.

Xendyn

Defilted wrote: »

I find it interesting that they are not all available, but this is a micro transaction universe. The days of the traditional MMO with all things included in the game seem to be gone.


I will settle for however that ability to transfer what I have unlocked for my mounts to whatever active mount I am riding. Meaning my inventory space would transfer to another mount that I chose to be active, or speed or stam.

???
Your carrying, stam and speed are Character bound, not mount bound.
Any mount you ride on that character will have the same stats.
Your wish has already been granted.

Defilted

I did not know this changed. There was a time that this was not the case. I switched mounts and had no stats. I will have to go back and try again. It has been some time since I tried. 4 months ago now.

Woot bear mount here I come!

TheShadowScout

Earn gold, buy horse, that's the in-game way.
Anything else is in the crown store, to generate the profit they need to keep paying the seever costs and employee salaries.
IF the game had stayed sub-based, they almost certainly would have made new mounts earnable... but that ship has sailed and sunk quite a while ago...

And as has been mentioned, nowadays horses stats are dependent on character-bound riding skill, as to allow people to easily upgrade to a better (crown-bought) mount appereance without loosing any of their hard-trained stats... just switch the appereance, all the stats will remain.

tinythinker

I dunno, they could have one or two earnable-only mounts, like that weird new critter native to Wrothgar, or maybe a baby Wamasu for the Murkmire DLC. They already have a ton of unique mounts in the Crown Store.

danno8

It's one of the things I miss about LotRO. You were and still are able to earn in-game mounts for getting high reputation with factions, or completing various objectives.

Ah my Prized Mathom Society horse. Back when you had to work for weeks to get the mathoms enough for the highest rep level. They give them out like candy now.

NewBlacksmurf

You can still buy mounts using gold from the stable masters but special mounts so to speak are crown only at this time.

Callous2208

I think it would be pretty cool if tied to achievements. I'm a sucker for cheeves, heard ladies love a guy with lots of cheeves.

Yukonjack

Having them drop as a 1-2% chance from certain things would be cool, like in Primal mounts in FF, very hard to get to drop but possible.

ZioGio

I've been around MMOs for decades, so take it for what it's worth, but I always found mount drops (or pet drops) to be kind of funny in a you-have-to-let-go-of-reality way (that didn't stop me from trying to collect them all). I mean, it's one thing to loot a weapon or armor from a dead creature (maybe it ate it) and simple enough to justify finding a weapon or armor in a container, but a living mount or pet?

"Hey, guys, look at this cool horse I found in the treasure chest!"

"That creature I killed pooped out a rare puppy!"

Still, back on topic, aside from any technical restrictions, I don't see why they couldn't introduce rare drop mounts/pets or special mounts/pets for achievements.

Beesting

Talking about horses , did anyone else notice the steath nerf to horse speed recently?

My lvl 60 speed horse feels a lot slower in cyro then before IC patch

RAGUNAnoOne

Beesting wrote: »

Talking about horses , did anyone else notice the steath nerf to horse speed recently?

My lvl 60 speed horse feels a lot slower in cyro then before IC patch

I noticed that the speed boost from what is it called again the first assault skill didn't boost my horse riding speed

and I thought it seemed a bit slower...

bareheiny

RAGUNAnoOne wrote: »

Beesting wrote: »

Talking about horses , did anyone else notice the steath nerf to horse speed recently?

My lvl 60 speed horse feels a lot slower in cyro then before IC patch

I noticed that the speed boost from what is it called again the first assault skill didn't boost my horse riding speed

and I thought it seemed a bit slower...

Rapid Maneuver.

And apparently it is indeed bugged...for the first rank. I haven't managed to level the skill much yet, so personally can't confirm that it applies to mounts at rank II +, but other posters have said as much.

Paazhahdrimaak

Lots have wanted this. Instead of just horses. I was hoping those skeletal mounts would be released in October. But now we got zombie horse instead.

Hopefully those skeletal mounts will be unlocks . Not likely. But here's hoping.

Ommamar

What I would like to see if a crafting line that allows you to tame wild beasts to make them a mount or pet. You could choose to sell it or bind it to your account I think it would add some horizontal advancement.
Barring that I could see a reward mount given for say completing Caldwells Gold. As to the mention of looting a mount that would be odd but not say a chit you could turn into the stable to get a unique mount or even a pet.

nimander99

ZoS has stated emphatically (in forums and on ESO Live) that there will be NO new mounts added in-game, only the few horses currently available for gold right now.

Justice31st

TheShadowScout wrote: »

Earn gold, buy horse, that's the in-game way.
Anything else is in the crown store, to generate the profit they need to keep paying the seever costs and employee salaries.
IF the game had stayed sub-based, they almost certainly would have made new mounts earnable... but that ship has sailed and sunk quite a while ago...

And as has been mentioned, nowadays horses stats are dependent on character-bound riding skill, as to allow people to easily upgrade to a better (crown-bought) mount appereance without loosing any of their hard-trained stats... just switch the appereance, all the stats will remain.

^This. You can still learn and ride a mount in the game without ever touching the crown store. The different mount skins in the crown store help support a subscription free game, and are luxury items.

Paazhahdrimaak

nimander99 wrote: »

ZoS has stated emphatically (in forums and on ESO Live) that there will be NO new mounts added in-game, only the few horses currently available for gold right now.

Really? They said that. That's a huge disappointment.

Ryska

nimander99 wrote: »

ZoS has stated emphatically (in forums and on ESO Live) that there will be NO new mounts added in-game, only the few horses currently available for gold right now.

This makes me a sad panda. :'(

NewBlacksmurf

ZioGio wrote: »

I've been around MMOs for decades, so take it for what it's worth, but I always found mount drops (or pet drops) to be kind of funny in a you-have-to-let-go-of-reality way (that didn't stop me from trying to collect them all). I mean, it's one thing to loot a weapon or armor from a dead creature (maybe it ate it) and simple enough to justify finding a weapon or armor in a container, but a living mount or pet?

"Hey, guys, look at this cool horse I found in the treasure chest!"

"That creature I killed pooped out a rare puppy!"

Still, back on topic, aside from any technical restrictions, I don't see why they couldn't introduce rare drop mounts/pets or special mounts/pets for achievements.

Hahaha!!!
Yep...I have a few rediculous mounts from wow. Like an oversized Drake

I can only imagine killing Molag B and out of the sky Mara drops a guar, pony or a panther with max skills and that's account bound

Storm_knight22

nimander99 wrote: »

ZoS has stated emphatically (in forums and on ESO Live) that there will be NO new mounts added in-game, only the few horses currently available for gold right now.

They promised me a camel......

jelliedsoup

How does stuff you earn in game give zos money?

Yep call me cynical or a realist....

Gidorick

Jared_lindsey86_ESO wrote: »

nimander99 wrote: »

ZoS has stated emphatically (in forums and on ESO Live) that there will be NO new mounts added in-game, only the few horses currently available for gold right now.

They promised me a camel......

Who did... when did they?

mrdankles

Yeah mount drops would be sweet. Like you know that 0.5% chance that you can go for
Once a week. Something. Who the hell creates these mounts? I want a damn dairy cow. So people in Cyrodiil know when to flee when they hear that cow bell ringing...

Keepercraft

Buy all mounts!
Zenimax make very good work with nice looking mounts and don't break the lore.

mrdankles

Go on, buy them for me. I'll ride them. I'm a grown man playing a game about wizards and monsters...

jelliedsoup

I want a giant duck that goes moo.

Curragraigue

The closest we have had was the tiger mount for a 12 month sub.

Faulgor

Rich Lambert hinted that this would come with Orsinium, but I haven't heard anything about it yet.

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