Death Hound Mount shouldn't be a thing

ArchMikem

There needs to be a line. I really don't want to see someone sitting on top of a decomposing dog in the middle of town. In reality I'd want the City Guard Mages to burn it.

Danksta

Wasn't there already a zombie horse mount? What's the difference?

Danikat

Is it any worse than the zombie horse? That thing is missing half it's skin and large chunks of flesh. https://eso.mmo-fashion.com/zombie-horse-mount/

Not that I disagree, I just think it's a bit late to be raising that complaint.

Edaphon

ArchMikem wrote: »

There needs to be a line.

That line has been crossed years ago.

BoraxFlux

"These are not the decomposing dogs you are looking for"

StrandedMonkey

wait i didnt see this deathhound mount

well boys if the pre-order stuff looks better than the actual content then i'm going to have to purchase

pog

SpacemanSpiff1

ArchMikem wrote: »

There needs to be a line. I really don't want to see someone sitting on top of a decomposing dog in the middle of town. In reality I'd want the City Guard Mages to burn it.

reality... mages

Revokus

Someone people need to mind their own business and let other people live. Look away if you don’t like it.

Veinblood1965

BoraxFlux wrote: »

"These are not the decomposing dogs you are looking for"

If they had half an awesome as a choice I'd give you that for this one, but it's not deserving of a full awesome sorry.

BoraxFlux

Veinblood1965 wrote: »

If they had half an awesome as a choice I'd give you that for this one, but it's not deserving of a full awesome sorry.

I'll do it for half an awesome, I'm cheap.

meekmiko

Is one of them a mount? I thought it was just two pets? One black, one red.

TheTwistedRune

Personally I am very much looking forward to the Death Hound mount, being a fan of all things undead in ESO, Warhammer and other fantasy mythos'.

@OP. I feel the same way about Indrik mounts. To me they look like a bizarre, jumble of animal types. Utterly ridiculous. But I respect others people's rights of appreciation of their aesthetic.

Does anybody other than ZOS have a right to judge what "crosses a line" and what does not. What is pleasing to the eye for one may not be for another, and that's a fact that should be adhered too.

Smitch_59

Edaphon wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

There needs to be a line.

That line has been crossed years ago.

Yeah, ZOS "jumped the shark" with over-the-top mounts a long time ago. Heck, I even own a few.

So why not a shark mount? Or a death shark mount, even?

max_only

meekmiko wrote: »

Is one of them a mount? I thought it was just two pets? One black, one red.

One is a mount

Cirantille

I stopped caring after seeing this:




And people went crazy for this...

Kaartinen

Smitch_59 wrote: »

Edaphon wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

There needs to be a line.

That line has been crossed years ago.

Yeah, ZOS "jumped the shark" with over-the-top mounts a long time ago. Heck, I even own a few.

So why not a shark mount? Or a death shark mount, even?

Sharknado teleportation system confirmed.

Veesk

Undead mounts aren't new to ESO like some others have mentioned.

Ashen Fang Lair Courser

Fang Lair Courser Mount

The whole Skeletal line of Mounts from Reaper's Harvest crates

Zombie Horse

Plus a growing number of ghost mounts at this point.

Personally I'm looking forward to the Death Hound mount, but I'm also a fan of the undead/spooky stuff in ESO.

RefLiberty

ArchMikem wrote: »

There needs to be a line. I really don't want to see someone sitting on top of a decomposing dog in the middle of town. In reality I'd want the City Guard Mages to burn it.

Totally looking forward to prance around on zombie doge, I'm gonna love it, feed him with nothing than the best meat of my dead enemies and snuggle him to death, no wait, he is already dead, no matter.
That was one of the reasons to do collector edition prepurchase anyway.

Pretty AF:



Btw, there was a lot of mounts of that demonic undead type available in Casino Crates, so I'm not sure why you are triggered by this one.
I mean there was a Decayed Zombie Skin for characters, and the mount triggered you.

Cinder Wolf “Old Char” is burned to bones
Hollowjack Crown Crate Zombie Horse

???

ArchMikem

SpacemanSpiff1 wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

There needs to be a line. I really don't want to see someone sitting on top of a decomposing dog in the middle of town. In reality I'd want the City Guard Mages to burn it.

reality... mages

In Tamriel's reality.

Nairinhe

If undead dog mount shouldn't be a thing, then any undead mount shouldn't be a thing.
Then daedric mounts shouldn't be a thing.
Then daedric and undead pets shouldn't be a thing.
And don't forget about skins.
And some outfits - since when is it OK to walk around dressed like a dremora or some evil cultist?

P. S. Doggo is really cool, can't wait to get it!

ArchMikem

Nairinhe wrote: »

If undead dog mount shouldn't be a thing, then any undead mount shouldn't be a thing.
Then daedric mounts shouldn't be a thing.
Then daedric and undead pets shouldn't be a thing.
And don't forget about skins.
And some outfits - since when is it OK to walk around dressed like a dremora or some evil cultist?

P. S. Doggo is really cool, can't wait to get it!

I actually agree to all of that though.

Banana

Yep. I ordered the regular version so I didn't get that ugly ass thing

Starlock

Edaphon wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

There needs to be a line.

That line has been crossed years ago.

Sadly true..l

ShawnLaRock

Err - half of, umm... 3 of my characters’ skin is missing.

The now, level 18 Dunmer Sorceress alt I made 2+ years ago, to well... ACT like a Necromancer before it was a class; and my 810s Breton MagCro & Nord StamCro are also demi-decayed (and it was a big decision ‘cause I normally NEVER cross looks; themes; body markings; etc. between characters lol).

Methinks they’d all look perfect upon this mount.

(in a similar, and disturbing manner as my Dunmer Vamp looks strikingly like his Scamp pet in a Nosfetatu-meets-General Zod sort of way to avoid the “cosmetic Vamp naysayers” on purpose; riding his pasty, glowing guar mount, but I digress)

S.

Fischblut

I love the look of the pet version - perfect!
Not sure about the red skin of mount version... It looks like a mix of Death Hound and Skinned Hound. I would prefer pure black/gray version
I loved the look of Skinned Hounds in Oblivion (and had a pack of them following me as battle pets), and Skeletal mounts in ESO were not close to that scary but cute look. I like to think that maybe someday we will get true Skinned Hound mount in ESO

But there is no Death Hound recolor datamined so far, so I've decided to buy Collector's edition just to have that mount. I was rather disappointed by the fact that it will use wolf movements model (I hoped for sabre cat movements) Or maybe it will have some unique not-quite-wolf model, this would be interesting

I still hope that it will have amazing voice edit - so far we have no wolf mount with awesome edited voice. Death Hound is perfect wolf mount to have the voice For perfect voice edit, see Flame Atronach Senche model - very strong, truly uncanny, pleasant to hear, matching the appearance

Thevampirenight

Well some dogs can get very big. I've recently a few ago or a couple weaks ago when we took our cat Fancy into the vet I saw some very huge dogs I was surprised by their size so them being a mount isn't much a problem if there can be actual dogs that can get so big. I don't know if death hounds would be more of a zombie dog or a type of specially created dog or undead dog that might be more vampiric but reacts differently with animals. It isn't the worst mount type they have added and they can be very creative or have some weird variations of mounts out there.

There is many kinds of different exotic and magical things in the World of Nirn. Plus there have been other kinds of undead mounts daedric mounts and all kinds of different concepts of mounts. So the Death Hounds are not actually the worst kind of mount they have done. Some might even think of them more like a variation of hellhound. You can even think of them as daedric dogs if you wanted too.

D0PAMINE

ArchMikem wrote: »

There needs to be a line. I really don't want to see someone sitting on top of a decomposing dog in the middle of town. In reality I'd want the City Guard Mages to burn it.

At this point, I could care less what pets, mounts, skins or armor people have, as long as none of it gets in my way while Tanking.

xXMeowMeowXx

ArchMikem wrote: »

In Tamriel's reality.

Tamriel’s reality now has ‘Death Hounds’ as a part of it. ZoS decided this a long time ago, as well, many other wondrous creatures that yet have to be seen.

Variety is a good thing for the growing player-base.

Personally I feel the Death Hounds fit the new theme. Sorry you don’t like them @ArchMikem but I am sure there are many things you do !!

xXMeowMeowXx

Banana wrote: »

Yep. I ordered the regular version so I didn't get that ugly ass thing

I ordered the pink flying banana mount....named Paloqueth >_>

RefLiberty

ArchMikem wrote: »

There needs to be a line. I really don't want to see someone sitting on top of a decomposing dog in the middle of town. In reality I'd want the City Guard Mages to burn it.

In matter of fact, not that they should not be in new chapter, they are totally in line with Lore and Skyrim chapter.

Loading screen from Skyrim is self explanatory:



They are totally spot on.

ArchMikem

RefLiberty wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

There needs to be a line. I really don't want to see someone sitting on top of a decomposing dog in the middle of town. In reality I'd want the City Guard Mages to burn it.

In matter of fact, not that they should not be in new chapter, they are totally in line with Lore and Skyrim chapter.

Loading screen from Skyrim is self explanatory:



They are totally spot on.

But did you see them standing around Whiterun with people on their backs?