Flying mounts????

ochsinator

Will there ever be flying mounts?

temjiu

Probably not. Not sure if there's any official word on it, but it's been brought up for ages, and nada. It would most likely require an investment in redoing most the overland areas like they did in WoW. An investment that I don't see coming, since they can't even invest in getting things like PvP areas to function correctly as they are.

On a personal note, I don't feel a need for it in this game. I can already run my mount at insane speeds, don't feel the need to fly over everything.

VaranisArano

Highly unlikely, and they'd have to be disabled in Cyrodiil anyway.

Admittedly, plummenting to my death after getting ganked by a sniper would be pretty funny.

El_Borracho

VaranisArano wrote: »

Highly unlikely, and they'd have to be disabled in Cyrodiil anyway.

Admittedly, plummenting to my death after getting ganked by a sniper would be pretty funny.

That made me laugh. Chains would be a lot of fun, too

ochsinator

temjiu wrote: »

Probably not. Not sure if there's any official word on it, but it's been brought up for ages, and nada. It would most likely require an investment in redoing most the overland areas like they did in WoW. An investment that I don't see coming, since they can't even invest in getting things like PvP areas to function correctly as they are.

On a personal note, I don't feel a need for it in this game. I can already run my mount at insane speeds, don't feel the need to fly over everything.

Who cares about needs man imagin flying around on the back of a dragon or gryphon. It would be awesome I think they should try and make it happen.

CaffeinatedMayhem

Time and time again, devs have said no. Just give it a rest. We don't really need monthly "Flying Mounts????" or "Y NO AUCTION HOSUE" threads. The horse died in 2014, let it rest.

Gnortranermara

No.

The closest thing we could ever expect would be if they're implemented as "portable wayshrine" assistants, which would be pretty awesome.

Alinhbo_Tyaka

temjiu wrote: »

Probably not. Not sure if there's any official word on it, but it's been brought up for ages, and nada. It would most likely require an investment in redoing most the overland areas like they did in WoW. An investment that I don't see coming, since they can't even invest in getting things like PvP areas to function correctly as they are.

On a personal note, I don't feel a need for it in this game. I can already run my mount at insane speeds, don't feel the need to fly over everything.

I'm not advocating for flying one way or the other but they could do like Final Fantasy XIV by only supporting flying in new areas and keep ground transport in older ones. They also didn't bother to upgrade the older mounts. I will say a lot of the flying mounts look ridiculous in the ground only areas though.

JPcrazysquirrel3

No.
This was made into a few threads when Summerset came out. It was explained at length why this isn't possible on this game.

Not to mention that a majority of players were found to be against having flying mounts even if it was possible, because of all the lag and bug issues already present in the game and how this would add to it.

sharquez

Nope. The points have been made and the horse is now a fine paste spread across 20 feet of pavement.

/thread

ArchMikem

No.

GreenhaloX

I would settle for a hovering winged mount.. yeah? Just like those winged non-combat pet flying near the ground behind us.

ochsinator

Flying mounts are cool all of you are depressing to listen to

yodased

Its actually technically possible to have z axis incorporated into this engine, it would simply require every single area to be completely reworked and configured for that 3rd dimension.

AKA won't happen.

MattT1988

ochsinator wrote: »

Flying mounts are cool all of you are depressing to listen to

Sometimes reality is depressing bud, you might have to come back to it sooner or later, because it probably won’t happen.

Zardayne

I hated them in Wow and I'd hate to see them here.

Iskras

Yes!

Exodium

No, there's no need for it either. People in WoW are happy that vanilla is coming out for the exact reason that there are no flying mounts available.

All flying mounts do is trivialise overland content by making half the environment skippable. What this also means is that overland feels empty population wise, because 99% of people are floating in the clouds.

jircris11

ochsinator wrote: »

Will there ever be flying mounts?

They ruined wow because no one was anywhere, look what they need to do now lock flying behind a long quest line

wenchmore420b14_ESO

Short answer, no.... Long answer, noooooo.....

Claudman

Considering ESO lacks the verticality which GW2 has...
No.

It's not going to happen. This game wasn't meant for going up.

Katahdin

No

This horse has been beaten to a pulp in countless other threads

The game is not designed for flying mounts. The Devs themselves have said there will not be flying mounts

Thank God

idk

ochsinator wrote: »

temjiu wrote: »

Probably not. Not sure if there's any official word on it, but it's been brought up for ages, and nada. It would most likely require an investment in redoing most the overland areas like they did in WoW. An investment that I don't see coming, since they can't even invest in getting things like PvP areas to function correctly as they are.

On a personal note, I don't feel a need for it in this game. I can already run my mount at insane speeds, don't feel the need to fly over everything.

Who cares about needs man imagin flying around on the back of a dragon or gryphon. It would be awesome I think they should try and make it happen.

Yes, but it is not likely to happen. The game is not setup for flying mounts so the effort pretty large. Zos has said it will not happen.

andreasv

How about teaching current mounts how to get over a pebble. Then look at actually taking off the ground.

Knootewoot

Also, the current zones don't allow it

- zones are to small for flying mounts. Already they feel small due to too many wayshrines
- invisible walls everywhere
- weird anomalies when you reach certain heights in certain areas (doomcrag in Rivenspire will be an example)
- huge chunks of mobs can be skipped for quest by flying straight to goal

In order to make it work, EVERY zone needs to be reworked. And that, my friends, will never happen

Parrot1986

If ZoS put all that time and effort into making the game suitable for flying mounts for them to sell at 7k crowns each no doubt whilst having all the issues that exist in performance I think that would be last straw.

Ekzorka

The people of Tamriel can't fly. They can use the levitation scroll only, but it's a quite dangerous.

Minyassa

I wish, but I'm guessing we won't ever get them. I have yet to play in a game with flying mounts, I think it would be fun.

EvilAutoTech

This thread makes me imagine my toons zipping about in a tiny spaceship. Like the one flown by the Great Gazoo or maybe like George Jetson, though those were a little large.

Oh wait, I could use Yoda's hover chair.

No thanks, I'm fine with the sorrel horse for most of my characters.

ATomiX96

the map isnt made for flying mounts so I'd say you wont see them in near future.

xxthir13enxx

xxthir13enxx wrote: »

idk wrote: »

Your friends were mostly correct. There isn’t a third axis to work with on mounts.

Besides, as others have pointed out there is not a need. However, Zos could do hovering mounts since they follow the same route and can abide by the same rules as what we currently have.

This would be perfect...a griffin mount that runs/walks on paws and takes “flight” during sprint.
Simply an animation image...no actual vertical axis control...just added visual feature