Suggestion: Flying Mount Solution

Unknown_Redemption

Suggested Item:
New Collection Tab: Flying Mounts

Item Function:
Allows the player to travel for free, at all times, to a known wayshrine.

1. Using the mount triggers a visual mount and liftoff, similar to a momento, then enters a zoning screen.
2. Upon finishing the zoning process, the player lands near the wayshrine with a second visual effect prior to dismounting.

Item Limitations:

1. Upon activating the mount, your player is rooted.
2. May not be used in combat.
3. Porting to another player activates the current mundus visual; as they may be inside a dungeon where a flying mount can't reach.

Reasoning:
ESO's environment is not built for free flying exploration.
Allows the possibility for exciting drops and rewards from in-game content.
Allows the possibility for revenue growth with crown exclusive mounts.
Removes the outdated and trivial cost of teleporting to wayshrines.
Easy to implement.

Community Added Ideas:
Although the player will see both the visual takeoff and landing, the landing should be client side only.

• This is to prevent large amounts of visual traffic and noise.

Flying mounts may be placed inside a home to be used as a way to travel out.

• This should have a unique Furnishing Category and only available in Notable Homes.

Possible Mounts and Gateways

1. Bull Netch; Ancestor Moth; Ancient Cliff Strider; Infused Bone Dragon; Gargoyle; Gryphon; Reborn Sunbird
2. Psijic Portal; Mage Portal; Daedric Portal

Special thanks to:
ZOS_Holden; SidewalkChalk5; SilverIce58; TheShadowScout; Kuramas9tails;

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Micah_Bayer

But why not just ride to a wayshrine that takes less than a minute wherever you are? Then travel to another wayshrine for free.

Unknown_Redemption

Micah_Bayer wrote: »

But why not just ride to a wayshrine that takes less than a minute wherever you are? Then travel to another wayshrine for free.

Chances of getting into combat.
Chances of getting caught if you have a bounty.
Clicking M and selecting a destination is faster.
Having a flying mount is a status symbol.

ZOS_Holden

Hi there @Unknown_Redemption,

Thanks for the suggestion! Flying mounts as a way to use Wayshrines, or status symbol, is a very fun and interesting idea. Unfortunately, we can't guarantee your idea will make it into the game. That being said, we really appreciate the time you took to share your idea with us and hope you will continue share any other feedback or suggestions you may have for us in the future.

MehrunesFlagon

Unknown_Redemption wrote: »

Suggested Item:
New Collection Tab: Flying Mounts

Item Function:
Allows the player to travel for free, at all times, to a known wayshrine.

1. Using the mount triggers a visual mount and liftoff, similar to a momento, then enters a zoning screen.
2. Upon finishing the zoning process, the player lands near the wayshrine with a second visual effect prior to dismounting.

Item Limitations:

1. Upon activating the mount, your player is rooted.
2. May not be used in combat.
3. Porting to another player activates the current mundus visual; as they may be inside a dungeon where a flying mount can't reach.

Reasoning:
ESO's environment is not built for free flying exploration.
Allows the possibility for exciting drops and rewards from in-game content.
Allows the possibility for revenue growth with crown exclusive mounts.
Removes the outdated and trivial cost of teleporting to wayshrines.
Easy to implement.

Make it a Dragon.

Tryxus

Reminds me of my first ever Pidgey: evolved it to Pidgeot, taught it HM02 Fly

CyberSkooma

I really don't think flying mounts will ever be implemented into ESO simply because of all the instancing. That being said they can always have ground mounts that look like they're flying.

EDIT: I re-read your post and now understand how you want it to function.... eh. I mean I guess it would be cool, and there's no reason *not* to have a function like this, but I think we may be able to find a better alternative.

CyberSkooma

(redacted. accidentally quoted myself.)

max_only

This is a great idea! It’s how the giant bugs in Vvardenfell should work. There should be a short animation of you sitting in the bug chair and a short animation of it coming to halt at the next tower.

Vain

I like this a million times better than what world of Warcraft did. I also like how it's different from how guild wars 2 has done it even though I love the guild wars 2 mount design generally better than the ESO design (it doesn't take 90 days to max level each character's mounts in GW2 - it's faster and account wide).

Valrien

ZOS_Holden wrote: »

Hi there @ Unknown_Redemption,

Thanks for the suggestion! Flying mounts as a way to use Wayshrines, or status symbol, is a very fun and interesting idea. Unfortunately, we can't guarantee your idea will make it into the game. That being said, we really appreciate the time you took to share your idea with us and hope you will continue share any other feedback or suggestions you may have for us in the future.

ZOS...responded to a suggestion thread?

Holy crap

Cronopoly

I want the actual taxi rides NOT between all wayshrines however, only semi-long trips. Say the top of Auridon to the bottom. Maybe to Skyreach.

It would be nice if the destination had something of worth...Not just a bridge to nowhere.

Valrien

Cronopoly wrote: »

I want the actual taxi rides NOT between all wayshrines however, only semi-long trips. Say the top of Auridon to the bottom. Maybe to Skyreach.

It would be nice if the destination had something of worth...Not just a bridge to nowhere.

Similar to Chocobo rides in FFXIV?

Unknown_Redemption

ZOS_Holden wrote: »

Hi there @Unknown_Redemption,

Thanks for the suggestion! Flying mounts as a way to use Wayshrines, or status symbol, is a very fun and interesting idea. Unfortunately, we can't guarantee your idea will make it into the game. That being said, we really appreciate the time you took to share your idea with us and hope you will continue share any other feedback or suggestions you may have for us in the future.

Thank you very much for the response, it is appreciated! There is no question that the art team in ESO loves what they do and this would give them a new platform to have fun with.

SilverIce58

I would love to see a carriage that rides around each of the provinces like in Archeage. It could stop at or near a wayshrine if its on the road, and you could jump on and ride it to wherever the next stop is. I get that the provinces aren't that big, but it could be helpful to the newer players whose mounts aren't as trained as the rest of ours are.

Pyr0xyrecuprotite

I can't imagine flying mounts (thematically) able to make trans-dimentional hops to or from zones like CWC, Coldharbor or Arteum, but it's a cool idea otherwise. Personally, I'd prefer to be able to make a different "dimension door"-type animation when porting, the way some NPCs create portals. Magic Carpets might also be cool.

Note that you might need a second mount slot, one of which would be for faster local travel, especially in Cyrodiil, so this would require a lot more coding than you might think.

Removing the gold cost is probably not going to happen - perhaps there could be some other sort of benefit to a "flying" mount instead?
Edit: adding an additional cutscene before and after the load screen is already quite a cost (time delay) to the player, so might give you a 186gp discount on each port? This would make the first one "free", but you might still have to pay a lot of you make additional ports in quick succession.

Although using a flying mount cutscene and "porting" to a wayshrine would fit in much better with existing game mechanics, I would really prefer the ability to use a "flying mount" to travel to chosen points anywhere on the map (Excluding Cyrodiil of course), closer to my destination, perhaps, than a wayshrine. The downside might be that you have to DEPART from specific locations - can't just whistle them up out of the air, as it were, but instead your mount has to be "stabled" at an "airport" equivalent.

Edit: Note that it would be broken if "flying" mounts allowed you to quickly and easily discover all wayshrines and points of interest in a new zone. It should either take about the same time as riding around at max mount speed, or cost a lot (i.e through the increasing teleport costs). Likewise, thematically, you should not be able to "fly" into delves and underground locations - although you could still port to guildmates and friends in those locations.

Kuramas9tails

So what if a bunch of people are landing in the same city wayshrine? Will you just see other peoples effects all the time? Or would they fade in like way shrines because that's a hefty animation for a laggy game already. I would imagine the sound effect would get really annoying (like when people are continuously going through a door).

Freddycruz89

Valrien wrote: »

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ZOS_Holden wrote: »

Hi there @ Unknown_Redemption,

Thanks for the suggestion! Flying mounts as a way to use Wayshrines, or status symbol, is a very fun and interesting idea. Unfortunately, we can't guarantee your idea will make it into the game. That being said, we really appreciate the time you took to share your idea with us and hope you will continue share any other feedback or suggestions you may have for us in the future.

ZOS...responded to a suggestion thread?

Holy crap

Yes. They do that sometimes when people are actually constructive.

I personally love OP's Idea! I would prefer the impossible flying exploration, but as a role-player I will 100% settle for this which is reasonably doable.

otis67

I'm against flying mounts in general, but I like this idea. I think it would be a cool thing for the game.

idk

It makes no sense to call it a mount if it’s just a load screen.

CyberSkooma

Vain wrote: »

I like this a million times better than what world of Warcraft did. I also like how it's different from how guild wars 2 has done it even though I love the guild wars 2 mount design generally better than the ESO design (it doesn't take 90 days to max level each character's mounts in GW2 - it's faster and account wide).

Everyone knows that ESO has the worst mount system ever implemented in an MMO

Unknown_Redemption

Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »

I can't imagine flying mounts making trans-dimentional hops to or from zones like CWC, Coldharbor or Arteum, but it's a cool idea otherwise. Personally, I'd prefer to be able to make a different "dimension door"-type animation when porting, the way some NPCs create portals. Magic Carpets might also be cool.

Note that you would need a second mount slot, one of which would be for faster local travel, especially in Cyrodiil, so this would require a lot more coding than you might think.

Removing the gold cost is probably not going to happen - perhaps there could be some other sort of benefit to a "flying" mount instead?

Although using a flying mount cutscene and "porting" to a wayshrine would fit in much better with existing game mechanics, I would really prefer the ability to use a "flying mount" to travel to chosen points anywhere on the map (Excluding Cyrodiil of course), closer to my destination, perhaps, than a wayshrine. The downside might be that you have to DEPART from specific locations - can't just whistle them up out of the air, as it were, but instead your mount has to be "stabled" at an "airport" equivalent.

The could add a Coldharbor Portal above the player when porting to CH
They could add a Psijic Portal above the player when porting to Artaem

CHBanger

Really nice idea, a very creative and unique approach.

Why not treat them like a regular mount though? You could ride them around like you do a ground based one, but if you do a quick travel to a Wayshrine while mounted you would get the flying off animation instead of the teleport animation.

Sevn

CHBanger wrote: »

Really nice idea, a very creative and unique approach.

Why not treat them like a regular mount though? You could ride them around like you do a ground based one, but if you do a quick travel to a Wayshrine while mounted you would get the flying off animation instead of the teleport animation.

Ooh, I like that too!

Cpt_Teemo

Wonder if its possible for them to make gliding mounts instead of pure flying like Gw2

Unknown_Redemption

CHBanger wrote: »

Really nice idea, a very creative and unique approach.

Why not treat them like a regular mount though? You could ride them around like you do a ground based one, but if you do a quick travel to a Wayshrine while mounted you would get the flying off animation instead of the teleport animation.

The idea for them being more like a momento is so they can be.... large. A bone dragon or a gryphon mount would be 5-10x the size of your character.

Unknown_Redemption

Kuramas9tails wrote: »

So what if a bunch of people are landing in the same city wayshrine? Will you just see other peoples effects all the time? Or would they fade in like way shrines because that's a hefty animation for a laggy game already. I would imagine the sound effect would get really annoying (like when people are continuously going through a door).

Great question, the port out / lift off visual would be seen by all. The phase in / landing, would just be seen by you.

Valrien

Freddycruz89 wrote: »

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Valrien wrote: »

ZOS_Holden wrote: »

Hi there @ Unknown_Redemption,

Thanks for the suggestion! Flying mounts as a way to use Wayshrines, or status symbol, is a very fun and interesting idea. Unfortunately, we can't guarantee your idea will make it into the game. That being said, we really appreciate the time you took to share your idea with us and hope you will continue share any other feedback or suggestions you may have for us in the future.

ZOS...responded to a suggestion thread?

Holy crap

Yes. They do that sometimes when people are actually constructive.

I personally love OP's Idea! I would prefer the impossible flying exploration, but as a role-player I will 100% settle for this which is reasonably doable.

I never see it, no matter how constructive (keep in mind, being constructive is not just being positive all the time. You can complain/say ZOS did something wrong and still be constructive)

Unknown_Redemption

Valrien wrote: »

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Freddycruz89 wrote: »

Valrien wrote: »

ZOS_Holden wrote: »

Hi there @ Unknown_Redemption,

Thanks for the suggestion! Flying mounts as a way to use Wayshrines, or status symbol, is a very fun and interesting idea. Unfortunately, we can't guarantee your idea will make it into the game. That being said, we really appreciate the time you took to share your idea with us and hope you will continue share any other feedback or suggestions you may have for us in the future.

ZOS...responded to a suggestion thread?

Holy crap

Yes. They do that sometimes when people are actually constructive.

I personally love OP's Idea! I would prefer the impossible flying exploration, but as a role-player I will 100% settle for this which is reasonably doable.

I never see it, no matter how constructive (keep in mind, being constructive is not just being positive all the time. You can complain/say ZOS did something wrong and still be constructive)

I have thrown a few suggestions out, that was my 1st response. I am glad they read the forum for player suggestions and send them to the development team.

Pyr0xyrecuprotite

BTW, if ZoS developers ever look into using the teleport system as a way of implenting pseudo-flying mounts, I strongly recommend that they include (into the base game) something like the EasyTravel or Luminary Teleporter addons, which show all the zones that you can teleport to for free, based on your online friends and guildmates. (Ideally, free teleport zones should be highlighted on the map).

Leocaran

Valrien wrote: »

ZOS...responded to a suggestion thread?
Holy crap

Yes, that's a sight.
Ofc, it's just a cosmetic thing which could be sold in a Crown shop.