this has to be a joke right?

twev

tomofhyrule wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

I think more adults do not want these flashy over the top mounts than do.

This thread alone is not demonstrating support for this new mount, but rather the opposite. As is this poll below.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/661231/do-you-think-things-have-gotten-too-loud-and-flashy/p1

Fortunately, there are also some more grounded and realistic things in the Crown Store as well. That way, the people who like the grounded and realistic things can get those, and the people who like the flashy things can get what they want. It's a win-win!

...unless, of course, by "adults don't like flashy things," you mean "I don't like to see other people enjoy flashy things." In which case...

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Look, that horse isn't my cup of tea. I do recognize it is themed after the Symphony of Blades (which, surprisingly, is a thing in ESO), so it works. I'm not expecting many people are going to get it, and probably a lot of people who do will get it because they like how flashy it is.

But ZOS wouldn't make and sell things like this if they didn't sell... so obviously someone likes it.

Now to just hope they decide to make some of the things that I want so I can buy them, regardless of what others on the forum think.

I concede that it's not my place to say players can't have whatever skooma-fever-dream induced sparkling rainbow beast shooting flowers and fireworks everywhere, that a player might want.
But I'd pay cash monies for the slider that allows *ME* not to see that cartoony rubbish on *my* screen.

I don't want to keep players from buying what players want, but don't obligate *me* to have to see it.

NotNi.ya

WiseSky wrote: »

when take your kid to work day goes too far...

Elsonso

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

(No, but seriously, can we please get some regular horses with normal horse coats please? And no weird hair styles or over the top armor. Just a horse. With horse looking colors. Please.)

I doubt you could afford the Crown Crates required to get such a thing. Here, have a glowing daedric rock mount with light sabers and a P90 while you wait.

twev

Shanee wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

I think more adults do not want these flashy over the top mounts than do.

This thread alone is not demonstrating support for this new mount, but rather the opposite. As is this poll below.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/661231/do-you-think-things-have-gotten-too-loud-and-flashy/p1

Can't judge too hard based off forum posts though, the forums are mostly negative comments and that's just generally how forums are. People are more likely to post their opinions on things they dislike, rather than come post compliments on all the things they enjoy.

Players *expect* a game to be good and satisfying.
People in general don't tend to posts comments when a product meets expectations.
But, while some people do post negative comments when something falls short of expectations, many more people say nothing and consume it less or just stop consuming it without comment.

preevious

They expect to sell a lot of those to trolls and jokesters, I suppose.
The meme potential is enormous.

SilverBride

With all these arms and swords swinging around it's likely that this monstrosity will end up accidentally chopping off a leg or 4 and pretty soon there won't be any left out in the world. We can only hope.

Warhawke_80

So... I found that the horse originates from the Bhagavad Gita and represents an aspect of Krishna. While it’s a mytho correct reference, I still feel it doesn’t quite fit the theme of Tamriel, it just seems that the devs don't take into account the community dynamic when they "trot" out things like this.

Elsonso

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Warhawke_80 wrote: »

So... I found that the horse originates from the Bhagavad Gita and represents an aspect of Krishna. While it’s a mytho correct reference, I still feel it doesn’t quite fit the theme of Tamriel, it just seems that the devs don't take into account the community dynamic when they "trot" out things like this.

So, someone saw something, thought it was cool, and needed to add it to the game? Yay.

SilverBride

twev wrote: »

But I'd pay cash monies for the slider that allows *ME* not to see that cartoony rubbish on *my* screen.

I don't want to keep players from buying what players want, but don't obligate *me* to have to see it.

I don't think we should have to pay cash, but I definitely agree that we need a way to block all the flashy and loud cartoony content that other players choose to parade around town.

The worst part is that these things do not fit into the story and have no place in Tamriel.

Who approved this?

Syldras

Maybe we'll get these next:



Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulisse_Aldrovandi

OtarTheMad

Regular horses would be boring to me but I’d love a Chimera mount somehow… thanks!

I don’t mind the weird flashy ones but this one was odd.

Contraptions

You can thank the whales who buy everything for bringing us to this point. They live off attention and the flashier the mount the better they think it is.

SilverBride

Contraptions wrote: »

You can thank the whales who buy everything for bringing us to this point. They live off attention and the flashier the mount the better they think it is.

They think wrong.

When I see someone on a flashy mount it gives me a negative feeling, rather than good.

DP99

ArchangelIsraphel

Wait, I figured it out. This isn't a mount.

Its the Tamriel equivalent of a turbo speed blender!

They don't want us to RIDE it, they want us to make smoothies.

Nharimlur_Finor

silky_soft wrote: »

Maybe next they'll do a goat with Ra Kotu.

Edit: Then we can name it Ba Goatu

You sure are angry.

SilverBride

A Symphony of Dawn Charger Haiku:

A horse can't have arms
Unless it bred with a man
This is travesty!

Syldras

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

Wait, I figured it out. This isn't a mount.
Its the Tamriel equivalent of a turbo speed blender!
They don't want us to RIDE it, they want us to make smoothies.

So I need an empty tower or tower ruin. Then I lower that thing into it and... then what? Throw down a few prisoners?

SilverBride wrote: »

A horse can't have arms
Unless it bred with a man
This is travesty!

I think there's a different term for that.

spartaxoxo

Syldras wrote: »

So I need an empty tower or tower ruin. Then I lower that thing into it and... then what? Throw down a few prisoners?

This almost makes me want one for the housing idea. Almost.

SilverBride

Syldras wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

A horse can't have arms
Unless it bred with a man
This is travesty!

I think there's a different term for that.

There may be but travesty had the right amount of syllables for the haiku.

twev

SilverBride wrote: »

A Symphony of Dawn Charger Haiku:

A horse can't have arms
Unless it bred with a man
This is travesty!

Maybe that's why horses can't swim in water deeper than their hooves.
I'd rather have a horse that could ford a river, than a horse crossed with a mix-master.

NoticeMeArkay

This is without a doubt the worst case of asset reuse I've seen so far in this game. And there's a ton of this stuff with every "new" feature added. Don't crosscheck the animations used for the scribed skills, there's only like 2 or 3 that are actually not about 10 years old and realizing that is pretty depressing.

Why would you stick the mournful aegises arms to a horse?!
Why would you stick anybody's arms to a mount at all?


For the love of god Zos, put that yearly revenue to a better use and hire somebody to design and rig new mounts!
Last time I checked you went as far as to reskin a bloody camel into a feathered llama. You couldn't come up with any more ideas for that reskinned-to-death cat from Felidae so the camel had to put with it.

You turned the senche-raht into a bear AND a wingless gryphon and didn't even bother to remove the feline hygiene animation from them. I bet the druids are still trying to figure out what's up with their furry companions because there's definetly some weird magic going on with these things and on top of that their wardrobe shipment got lost in a storm.

How absurd do things have to get for you to spend money, honestly?

ArchangelIsraphel

Syldras wrote: »

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

Wait, I figured it out. This isn't a mount.
Its the Tamriel equivalent of a turbo speed blender!
They don't want us to RIDE it, they want us to make smoothies.

So I need an empty tower or tower ruin. Then I lower that thing into it and... then what? Throw down a few prisoners?

Precisely!

As a green-pact bosmer, I highly recommend the Cyrodiil 3 Alliance Smoothie! : D

A dash of confetti for extra flavor, and if you want it warm, throw in a flaming camel lizard.

LalMirchi

A very bizarre looking mount, perhaps this will be an April Fools joke?

colossalvoids

LalMirchi wrote: »

A very bizarre looking mount, perhaps this will be an April Fools joke?

Every month can be a fool month here now hehe.

abkam

Syldras

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

Wait, I figured it out. This isn't a mount.
Its the Tamriel equivalent of a turbo speed blender!
They don't want us to RIDE it, they want us to make smoothies.

So I need an empty tower or tower ruin. Then I lower that thing into it and... then what? Throw down a few prisoners?

Precisely!
As a green-pact bosmer, I highly recommend the Cyrodiil 3 Alliance Smoothie! : D
A dash of confetti for extra flavor, and if you want it warm, throw in a flaming camel lizard.

Interesting, interesting. Is this... pulp suitable for nix-hounds? And what about the metal scraps that certainly must be present? I mean, you don't throw the ingredients into the blender nude, do you?

ake

WiseSky wrote: »

If I think about the dollars spent to give birth to this disgrace instead of solving the problems of this rusty product, I wonder what horrible future awaits us.

spartaxoxo

ake wrote: »

WiseSky wrote: »

If I think about the dollars spent to give birth to this disgrace instead of solving the problems of this rusty product, I wonder what horrible future awaits us.

The people who work on making cosmetics to sell probably aren't on the same team as the ones doing bug fixes or making content. And these dumb mounts are the things that fund the other stuff.

Elsonso

spartaxoxo wrote: »

ake wrote: »

WiseSky wrote: »

If I think about the dollars spent to give birth to this disgrace instead of solving the problems of this rusty product, I wonder what horrible future awaits us.

The people who work on making cosmetics to sell probably aren't on the same team as the ones doing bug fixes or making content. And these dumb mounts are the things that fund the other stuff.

Yes, these mounts drive sales, and that is arguably the important thing. It seems like that has always been the important thing when it comes to over the top and questionable Crown items. I am just surprised that it is not the Radiant Apex mount in some loot box to maximize things.

As for the teams being different... I would suggest the possibility that those people could have been working on other art related things besides this. They might not have the instant "ewww, ick" factor that this thing has, but I bet that if they marketed it like they were working on improving the game, there would be a payoff.


Edit: clarifications.