Do you want flying mounts in the game?

Aertew

I feel like this would be really fun, and would be good for high level players to travel faster, also cuz you would be able to fly.

Sylvermynx

No

I loved flying in WoW. But then they took it away. Not interested in going there again.

AzraelKrieg

No

No because if they were to try and implement it they would need to redo the entire engine for the game to get it working properly.

Vapirko

Oh come on did you even try to search? This can’t/won’t ever happen. I’m pretty sure it’s been officially stated at some point. There’s been a million threads on it. The only other thread that gets posted this many times and is just as unlikely to happen is spell crafting and even that has a better possibility of happening than flying mounts. I could see them adding some sort of low level ”hovering” mount that would essentially just be a mount sans legs, but there would be no ability to move up or down since that would require an entirely new system. And while people might still enjoy it, it wouldn’t really be a legit flying mount.

Grandma

No

they're cool for 5 minutes, then making exploration obsolete and kill zones exploration and people being out in the wild.

Thevampirenight

Other

Like Vampire Lord In Skyrim I would not mind see them adding a mount that hover flies in the way the vampire lord did, The Mounts would
appear to fly their feet being a couple of feet off ground and thats it. This is the best hope for flying mounts there is though. If they ever introduce them it will most likely be in this manner. They would not be true flying mounts but they would be floating up in the air and when moving and idle either land or have wings flapping at all times as to make it as if it is flying. Hopefully we will see Griffon mounts added in this manner as well as those flying Tigers Raz was mentioning.

Alucardo

They couldn't even implement flying gryphons and cliff racers into the engine. Can you see them adding flying mounts? Naw.

GLP323b14_ESO

No

The game world is tiny enough as it is.

Thevampirenight

Other

Alucardo wrote: »

They couldn't even implement flying gryphons and cliff racers into the engine. Can you see them adding flying mounts? Naw.

They are adding flying dragons though.

Ryath_Waylander

Frikking hell no!!! Bad enough with darn bears, matriarchs and scamps cluttering up the wayshrines and crafting areas. All we need is people too lazy to get off their flying mounts while buying from the merchants.

redspecter23

No

The game world isn't built for it. It's designed around ground based mounts. Not only would they have to redesign all the terrain and quest chains to take into account the fact that you're flying over intentionally placed obstacles, but they need to do something about all those pesky zones and load seams between them as you'd fly up high enough and the map would basically lose all meaning quickly.

ezio45

Other

mixed on this

never played wow( except for a few hrs) so never have used a flying mount

part of me thinks it is a cool and convenient way to travel and allows you to really check out all of the world

i could also see how it would be obnoxious

if zos does it tho i want the ability to free fly, like to tricks like loops, no rails that point you in specific destinations or anything like that

RogueShark

No

I liked flying in WoW, but the world is a lot bigger there., and way more open. I don't think it would suit how ESO, nor do I think ESO needs it.

MrGarlic

Yes

Gliding could be handy. But without a the mount.

ruengdet2515

No

Completely ruin the game, no.

VaranisArano

Sadly, the physics won't allow it, any more than it will allow capes that aren't stapled to our character's butts.

Though the thought of plummeting to my death after being ganked by a sniper in Cyrodiil is pretty funny.

Mudcrabber

Other

I want a low-riding saddled netch, arms flailing outwards as it struggles under my weight.

But I don't want it to have any special abilities, only the illusion of flight, with the same physics that govern all other mounts.

It's not much more exotic than the dwarven spiders we've had since Morrowind.

Jhalin

I’d like a mount that appears to be flying (personally I want a giant Sep Adder), but I know that the game engine doesn’t know how to handle vertical movement in that way

Thevampirenight

Other

VaranisArano wrote: »

Sadly, the physics won't allow it, any more than it will allow capes that aren't stapled to our character's butts.

Though the thought of plummeting to my death after being ganked by a sniper in Cyrodiil is pretty funny.

Its because of performance, I am guessing the way the servers were built. I think they would have to upgrade them, and possibly one day they could add some limited capes or cloaks, but the thing is they might have to disable their usage in Pvp or they could just add them to the hero costumes only. Which would work I think. But they could not add many of them. Otherwise it really would effect the server.

max_only

They already said their game engine can’t do vertical. Flying in the air or diving under the water, they can’t do it.

Zenzuki

Can't even use ladders in this game and you want to fly?

lol

Alucardo

Thevampirenight wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

They couldn't even implement flying gryphons and cliff racers into the engine. Can you see them adding flying mounts? Naw.

They are adding flying dragons though.

Flying dragons that you actually fight, or just ones that are part of the background like the twilights overhead in IC?
I'll believe it when I see it.

VDoom1

No

It would be very cool.

However...the world in ESO is made to be experienced from the ground. It simply wouldn't work with flying. ESO was designed like this. Flying would probably break ESO quite badly and it would need a massive rework.

Why run through an entire area crawling with enemies the quest wants me to pass when one can just fly over it.

Alucardo

VDoom1 wrote: »

Why run through an entire area crawling with enemies the quest wants me to pass when one can just fly over it.

'Cause mats.

wishlist14

No

I voted no because I personally think it would ruin eso for me. I've played other games where they introduced flying and it changed things but not in a good way. Gold farmers would swoop down and steal your nodes. If your latency is not that good it can get extremely annoying when dudes keep swooping down , beating you to herbs, chests , ores etc

I also think it takes away from the integrity of the game.I love it that I have to ride places and I enjoy navigating the roads and paths, it feels more organic and satisfying.

Please don't change my Eso to mimick other games that are now broken..thank you.

Ajaxandriel

Other

Free limitless flight = no, because there would be no more interest in exploration.
Moreover the maps would appear so tiny this would kill immersion.

The only way it could work is with strong limitations.

- Altitude limit - a flying mount can't reach the top a significant hill.
- Stamina resource limit (=flight time limit) - a mount can't fly more than a few minutes after each take-off, then it will have to regen its own Stamina by landing.
- Cultural lore limite - Only High Elf characters can ride Gryphons.

HappyLittleTree

No

Gliding above the ground okay.

But no flying...

highkingnm

No

As cool as it would be, I have a feeling it would only serve to demonstrate the limits of the game. One of the ways the devs, quite cleverly, made zones feel huge was by using elevation to raise places up or to make it so you had to go around things to get to places. Flying mounts would make the world feel that bit smaller. Whilst I want my gryphon mount, it will either be disappointing to run it around on the ground or fly at ground level and would hurt the experience to actually fly.

Ash_In_My_Sujamma

Other

I would like the ability to dive and explore underwater instead

eklhaftb16_ESO

No

Game devs generally fail to design zones that actually utilize flying in a meaningful way.
Unless we also have vertically stratified zones, flying is just a gimmick.

Minyassa

Yes

I would love to have flying mounts. I've never played in a game that had them, and I'm not interested in any of the games that do have them, I'm interested in this one. It would be fun to have.