Masked Bear Mount (limited edition) Preview - Will you purchase it now or wait the Lottery Boxes?

Nestor

I won't ride something that would just as soon eat me as look at me.

So, Horses and Guars only. I also have an issue with Lore and mounts, and Horses and Guars are the only lore correct service animals in the TES world.

nimander99

I will continue to buy everything cosmetic that drops in the Crown Store until the RNG Lockboxes drop. I have one vote: My dollar. And I will cast that vote accordingly.

UrQuan

Nestor wrote: »

I won't ride something that would just as soon eat me as look at me.

So, Horses and Guars only.

Don't worry, I've been telling all of the senches (stupid autocorrect tried to change that to stenches) and bears that you taste terrible, and that you're all gristle. None of them want to eat you now.

dodgehopper_ESO

Wow wrote: »

I'd say grab it if you want the panda mount There's no chance to get this within 7 Crown Crates without consumable items getting in your way

I jokingly call it a Panda too, but really that coloration is more like a badger.



Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!

Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!

Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

A SNAKE A SNAKE! OH NOOOOOO, ITS A SNAAAAAKE

UrQuan

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

Wow wrote: »

I'd say grab it if you want the panda mount There's no chance to get this within 7 Crown Crates without consumable items getting in your way

I jokingly call it a Panda too, but really that coloration is more like a badger.



Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!

Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!

Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

A SNAKE A SNAKE! OH NOOOOOO, ITS A SNAAAAAKE

I've actually had that running through my head since I posted this:

UrQuan wrote: »

PurifedBladez wrote: »

It reminds me of a skunk.

It reminds me more of a badger for some reason.

Apparently any mention of "badger" does that to me...

Asata

It's like a really ugly fake panda. No thanks.

And I'm never buying any lottery boxes to begin with.

Garwulf

I would recommend Bears of any type for PVP. They make you more visible and hence easier to Gank.

MarkusLiberty

Garwulf wrote: »

I would recommend Bears of any type for PVP. They make you more visible and hence easier to Gank.

Because that big faction logo hovering over your characters head wasn't visible enough?

Honestly, this is a great mount, a proper quality retexture. I hope they keep this up for future limited-time mounts.

Garwulf

MarkusLiberty wrote: »

Garwulf wrote: »

I would recommend Bears of any type for PVP. They make you more visible and hence easier to Gank.

Because that big faction logo hovering over your characters head wasn't visible enough?

Honestly, this is a great mount, a proper quality retexture. I hope they keep this up for future limited-time mounts.

The stupidly large Faction logo plus the Bear makes you even more 'special'.

dodgehopper_ESO

UrQuan wrote: »

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

Wow wrote: »

I'd say grab it if you want the panda mount There's no chance to get this within 7 Crown Crates without consumable items getting in your way

I jokingly call it a Panda too, but really that coloration is more like a badger.



Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!

Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!

Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

A SNAKE A SNAKE! OH NOOOOOO, ITS A SNAAAAAKE

I've actually had that running through my head since I posted this:

UrQuan wrote: »

PurifedBladez wrote: »

It reminds me of a skunk.

It reminds me more of a badger for some reason.

Apparently any mention of "badger" does that to me...

(Un)fortunately it does that for me too. Humorous, but usually better kept to one's self.

MarkusLiberty

The stupidly large Faction logo plus the Bear makes you even more 'special'.

I just hope the enemy players at least try to appreciate the effort I've put into being a special snowflake before they kill me.

Lysette

When I think about it, most of my characters ride either a horse or a camel - the rest is using wolf, guar and lion(ess). Bear is more the exception, but I sometimes like to ride my bears. The wolf is one of my favorite mounts for female characters, it is so sleek and silently moving, feels so fast because the camera is near the ground level. I will have to see how my characters will feel about the new bear - I like it, but that does not mean, that my characters would share my opinion - we will see.

UrQuan

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

Wow wrote: »

I'd say grab it if you want the panda mount There's no chance to get this within 7 Crown Crates without consumable items getting in your way

I jokingly call it a Panda too, but really that coloration is more like a badger.



Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!

Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!

Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger

A SNAKE A SNAKE! OH NOOOOOO, ITS A SNAAAAAKE

I've actually had that running through my head since I posted this:

UrQuan wrote: »

PurifedBladez wrote: »

It reminds me of a skunk.

It reminds me more of a badger for some reason.

Apparently any mention of "badger" does that to me...

(Un)fortunately it does that for me too. Humorous, but usually better kept to one's self.

The people at work look at me funny if I start doing that out loud...

Acrolas

It looks fine. It's fine walking. It's the riding animation that I'd need motion sickness pills for.

Given the amount of riding that can be required in Cyrodiil, animation comfort is far more valuable than aesthetic. I'll take an ugly mount that rides smoothly over a beautiful one that rocks like a boat in a heavy storm.

UrQuan

Acrolas wrote: »

It looks fine. It's fine walking. It's the riding animation that I'd need motion sickness pills for.

Given the amount of riding that can be required in Cyrodiil, animation comfort is far more valuable than aesthetic. I'll take an ugly mount that rides smoothly over a beautiful one that rocks like a boat in a heavy storm.

You know what mount gives the smoothest ride? The striped senche. Somehow it even seems like a smoother ride than any of the other senches... But that's probably just in my head.

Apherius

Sorry , i just see a Panda . and if i should buy a mount , i will take a Red-Panda mount .

Epona222

It's not a panda, a panda isn't even a bear ffs!

I like it, I bought it. It's the only bear mount I have so far.

WhiteCoatSyndrome

Not keen on bear mounts of any kind, so not getting it.

Thank you for the video anyway Elloa!

JamilaRaj

Elloa, could you preview gambling boxes for comparison? You know, make some unboxing videos. I need to know whether they are worth it not!

Epona222

JamilaRaj wrote: »

Elloa, could you preview gambling boxes for comparison? You know, make some unboxing videos. I need to know whether they are worth it not!

So you want Elloa to spend a load of IRL cash to gamble so you don't have to? Nice.

Abeille

Nestor wrote: »

I won't ride something that would just as soon eat me as look at me.

So, Horses and Guars only. I also have an issue with Lore and mounts, and Horses and Guars are the only lore correct service animals in the TES world.

On the pre-ESO TES world, yeah. ESO added lore in the game regarding bears and dire wolves used as mounts (although I think I saw mention of bear mounts before ESO in the lore, but it could as well have been boar mounts). They are lore-accurate now, unless you don't consider ESO canon.

I don't know about the senche being used by non-Khajiit, though. I think the loremaster said something before about these senche not being the Senche-Tiger Khajiit furstock, but I don't know if that explanation made it to the game.

acw37162

I missed the black bear mount being out of town and really wish I had that one for one of my characters.

I bought the Panda bear already.

It will be a hard sell to get me to buy lottery boxes as I hate he idea.

If they give me a couple a month with ESO plus membership I may open a couple otherwise, meh.

acw37162

I missed the black bear mount being out of town and really wish I had that one for one of my characters.

I bought the Panda bear already.

It will be a hard sell to get me to buy lottery boxes as I hate he idea.

If they give me a couple a month with ESO plus membership I may open a couple otherwise, meh.

Cousin_Idirfa

I bought it. It does look really good with maxed riding stamina. It's a fun addition. If you want it, you better buy it now, because there won't be a real chance of getting this cheaper in the gambling crates, otherwise, there would be no reason for them to introduce the crates. The crates are not about adding fun or value for the players, or about "keeping the game" fresh for the players. The crates are about getting more money out of the loyal players (like those of us here discussing the cosmetics) who purchase the cosmetics like this mount because they add fun to the game.

I don't know. I'm hoping that everything in the boxes will be available first to purchase outright, such as this mount is. But they've already stated that certain rare cosmetics will be limited strictly to the gambling crates. We'll have to see how far ZOS goes with that.

Elloa

Lysette wrote: »

I think this bear is really nice - it goes well with different climates and I think Elloa showed it off pretty well - like always, she is always doing well with this kind of stuff.

Btw @Elloa, I miss the english video discussing the gamescom event - I saw your news in french but I understand currently too little french to follow the content in full. Will it be up in english soon as well?

If nothing is in my way I should edit a new episode of ESO News for next week. I try to publish them every other week, alternating between En and Fr ones.

WhiteCoatSyndrome

Abeille wrote: »

On the pre-ESO TES world, yeah. ESO added lore in the game regarding bears and dire wolves used as mounts (although I think I saw mention of bear mounts before ESO in the lore, but it could as well have been boar mounts). They are lore-accurate now, unless you don't consider ESO canon.

I don't know about the senche being used by non-Khajiit, though. I think the loremaster said something before about these senche not being the Senche-Tiger Khajiit furstock, but I don't know if that explanation made it to the game.

@Abeille There was a bear mount in one of the books (The Infernal City/Lord of Souls), so that isn't new, it's just a lot more widespread in ESO.

I ignore the Loremaster's 'they're not Khajiit' stance because they seem to flip-flop on that, the last I recall hearing they'd reverted it to 'only the Khajiit know if there's a difference and they're not telling', and more relevantly...dro-M'Athra. We've not heard anything about random bits of wildlife being able to be 'Bent' like the Khajiit so where did the sar-m'Athra come from if these mounts are non-Khajiit?

So my stance is that they are Khajiit, the bipedal ones just occasionally say otherwise because they like to mess with us shaveskins. Keeps the Altmer on their toes.

Lysette

UrQuan wrote: »

Acrolas wrote: »

It looks fine. It's fine walking. It's the riding animation that I'd need motion sickness pills for.

Given the amount of riding that can be required in Cyrodiil, animation comfort is far more valuable than aesthetic. I'll take an ugly mount that rides smoothly over a beautiful one that rocks like a boat in a heavy storm.

You know what mount gives the smoothest ride? The striped senche. Somehow it even seems like a smoother ride than any of the other senches... But that's probably just in my head.

To me the wolf mount gives a very smooth riding experience, followed by the lioness (which is no longer on the crown store). The wolf has a more sleek motion whilst the lioness sounds "heavier" and is a bit more noisy than the wolf. So wolf is to me THE mount for a stealthy character, who wants to get around quickly and silently - and the wolf is gray, goes well with being camouflaged in the shadows (but this is just a role play aspect, for which I personally care, but which has no ingame effect).

AlienSlof

I bought it. Sloths are cute!

I won't ever buy a gamble box - I prefer set price for set item.

Abeille

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

Abeille wrote: »

On the pre-ESO TES world, yeah. ESO added lore in the game regarding bears and dire wolves used as mounts (although I think I saw mention of bear mounts before ESO in the lore, but it could as well have been boar mounts). They are lore-accurate now, unless you don't consider ESO canon.

I don't know about the senche being used by non-Khajiit, though. I think the loremaster said something before about these senche not being the Senche-Tiger Khajiit furstock, but I don't know if that explanation made it to the game.

@Abeille There was a bear mount in one of the books (The Infernal City/Lord of Souls), so that isn't new, it's just a lot more widespread in ESO.

I ignore the Loremaster's 'they're not Khajiit' stance because they seem to flip-flop on that, the last I recall hearing they'd reverted it to 'only the Khajiit know if there's a difference and they're not telling', and more relevantly...dro-M'Athra. We've not heard anything about random bits of wildlife being able to be 'Bent' like the Khajiit so where did the sar-m'Athra come from if these mounts are non-Khajiit?

So my stance is that they are Khajiit, the bipedal ones just occasionally say otherwise because they like to mess with us shaveskins. Keeps the Altmer on their toes.

Oh good, I'm not crazy then :P

So the only mount type we have that could be a little problematic is the senche, because they were not supposed to be used as mounts by non-Khajiit characters (although they should be bigger and have longer forelimbs afaik) and the explanations we got were not very satisfying.

That's not so bad.

WhiteCoatSyndrome

@Abeille ...why exactly are they supposed to be limited to Khajiit riders?