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Guar and Dinosaurs
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NOTE:
1. This is my opinion
2. I am NOT suggesting replacing Guar. I know people like them
3. I am not solely talking about mounts. I am talking about the variety of wild life in ESO in general.
As a Dinosaur and Reptile enthusiast, the dino-like creatures and mounts we have so far are...bad. They look like mouths with legs. They look horribly cartoonish nor the least bit interesting.
Also nothing of the guar suggests herbivorous. They look like they have the head of a Snake.
I understand that they had this to work with, but come on.
It's 2018 we have better technology and a better understanding of Dinosaurs. There is so much inspiration waiting to be used.
We get realistic looking horses, wolves, cats, but our dino mounts look like something pulled from a cartoon?
I would take a hadrosaur over a guar.
Also There actually are dinosaur type creatures in Elder Scrolls. Take the Swamp Leviathan for example. It would make a great World Boss, or maybe it would fit better as a Trial Boss.
More Realistically; How about some non-mechanical versions of these guys?
On a side note; the fact that Guar don't look any different in Black Marsh as compared to Morrowind is a perfect example of the homogenization in ESO due to re-purposing assets without doing anything to differentiate them. Maybe give them different skin patterns depending on where they are. They should be adapted to their environment.
Why not use the Tessellated Guar?
1. This is my opinion
2. I am NOT suggesting replacing Guar. I know people like them
3. I am not solely talking about mounts. I am talking about the variety of wild life in ESO in general.
As a Dinosaur and Reptile enthusiast, the dino-like creatures and mounts we have so far are...bad. They look like mouths with legs. They look horribly cartoonish nor the least bit interesting.
Also nothing of the guar suggests herbivorous. They look like they have the head of a Snake.
I understand that they had this to work with, but come on.
It's 2018 we have better technology and a better understanding of Dinosaurs. There is so much inspiration waiting to be used.
We get realistic looking horses, wolves, cats, but our dino mounts look like something pulled from a cartoon?
I would take a hadrosaur over a guar.
Also There actually are dinosaur type creatures in Elder Scrolls. Take the Swamp Leviathan for example. It would make a great World Boss, or maybe it would fit better as a Trial Boss.
More Realistically; How about some non-mechanical versions of these guys?
On a side note; the fact that Guar don't look any different in Black Marsh as compared to Morrowind is a perfect example of the homogenization in ESO due to re-purposing assets without doing anything to differentiate them. Maybe give them different skin patterns depending on where they are. They should be adapted to their environment.
Why not use the Tessellated Guar?
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✭✭✭✭...I'm sorry I got completely distracted when you said Swamp Leviathan and it occurred to me we haven't gotten to kill any of those yet. *re-reads*
I'm not terribly bothered by monsters that don't match real-world equivalents, Tamriel being someone's dream world and all, but I would like to see more variety in the generic creatures depending on location. They did it with the Netches, they could do it in other species too.#proud2BAStarObsessedLoony
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I honestly don't think Guar are meant to be mounts, but more so donkeys which can carry stuff for you. Probably with a bit of inspiration from the T-rex or something.
Though I will agree, they are hideous as hell. I would prefer the guar-chicken things oversized as mounts.
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Sawzallz✭✭✭LordSylvestrion wrote: »I honestly don't think Guar are meant to be mounts, but more so donkeys which can carry stuff for you. Probably with a bit of inspiration from the T-rex or something.
Though I will agree, they are hideous as hell. I would prefer the guar-chicken things oversized as mounts.
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