NPCs using mounts

Iccotak

Just saying from a world-building perspective that it would be cool to see NPCs, here and there, riding mounts as they travel.

GabiAlex

That will be nice to see. I don't see that in many MMOs, except few where the world building and attention to details are on the main agenda (alongside milking player for money). I'll also like to see NPCs riding guars, senches oe wolfs, not only generic horses. Now what I don't see is ZoS adding a bit more immersion to the existing content.

Iccotak

Immersion is a staple of the ES series and should be an ever present priority in ESO.
There simply should be world building taken into account in the game.

Rohamad_Ali

That would be nice .

Elsonso

Where do they buy the Crowns to get the mounts?

Iccotak

Could be a unique enemy type. But then there is the question of whether or not players should have the ability to do some form of attack while on their mount

altemriel

Iccotak wrote: »

Just saying from a world-building perspective that it would be cool to see NPCs, here and there, riding mounts as they travel.

that is really true!!! I did not notice that, but now that you are writting it, true!! why are they not using mounts ZOS??

red_emu

NPC's can't afford to shop in the crown store

WakeYourGhost

Thought - Boss in a new Dungeon, Semi-open area, on a mount with a lance trampling you every chance they get.
After you work own their HP, they are dismounted and have a whole new bar. Starts doing long range thrusts and stuff.

Slick_007

lordrichter wrote: »

Where do they buy the Crowns to get the mounts?

they just need to be lvl 10

Turelus

It would be nice, especially the travelling merchants on the roads in zones.

Demion

Yes and moving chariots perhaps, and while they re-saddle to horse back Merchants they can give be their pack Guars.. just saying

Wolfchild07

Turelus wrote: »

It would be nice, especially the travelling merchants on the roads in zones.

Would be cool to see merchants with a caravan and guards, it's dangerous out there on the roads.

Could be an instance to attack the caravan/help the guards and save the caravan from bandits.

LadyAstrum

Also would like to see travelling merchants with actual carts.

klowdy1

red_emu wrote: »

NPC's can't afford to shop in the crown store

They just level up.

stewhead2ub17_ESO

Great idea OP!

red_emu

LadyAstrum wrote: »

Also would like to see travelling merchants with actual carts.

Travelling merchants have the biggest pockets in Tamriel! Especially the ones in Cyrodiil... "Oh aye adventurer! I do have 50 ballistas with me and 20 camps. Let me just reach into my coat pocket!"

SkyIsTheLimit1206

Enemies with mounts will make the Anti-Calvary morph of Caltrops actually viable in PvE...

Waffennacht

I didn't even realize they don't till you pointed it out, and now I want it so

Rouven

They could be riding the apex mounts, saying something like: "Thank you Pacrooti."


Lol, honestly that is a great idea, little details like that sell the world.

Nestor

They could add NPCs to the game that just ride the roads on their mounts. Schedule it or Randomize it, but it would not need to be a bunch of them.

And, if they are going to do that, add some NPCs riding in a cart. We have plenty of wrecked cards in the game, but I never see one actually being used.

Skua

That would actually be pretty cool. I see NPCs with pack animals all the time and it would make total sense for some of them to have mounts.

QuebraRegra

GabiAlex wrote: »

That will be nice to see. I don't see that in many MMOs, except few where the world building and attention to details are on the main agenda (alongside milking player for money). I'll also like to see NPCs riding guars, senches oe wolfs, not only generic horses. Now what I don't see is ZoS adding a bit more immersion to the existing content.

Reikling raider lancers riding bristlebacks in the recently datamined BLOODMOON DLC





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in my dreams

forfoxsakemary

This is especially necessary for quests where a NPC follows you, cause when you use your mount they just run at the speed of light behind you and it kinda breaks the immersion !

LadySinflower

red_emu wrote: »

NPC's can't afford to shop in the crown store

If NPCs were going to get mounts they would have to get them from the crown store, which would mean they would have to have money. So ZOS would have to hire them as employees and pay them for their time. That would cut back on the shareholders' and executives' vacations, er, team building trips and stag parties.. I mean seminars.

Anyway, we can't have that....

ZOS_Volpe

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