Horse Racing?

MindOfTheSwarm

How would all feel if mount racing became a thing? Speed Boosts on the map and one time use spells like icy mists that slow people behind you, fireballs that you can use to dismount other players, map hazards etc etc.

i11ionward

In my opinion, it would be fun. But the main thing is that this race should not be the main theme/mechanics of the whole update.

LunaFlora

it seems like fun

Aliniel

This was supposed to be a thing way back in beta. It was dropped somewhere along the way.

Probably never gonna happen.

AnduinTryggva

MindOfTheSwarm wrote: »

How would all feel if mount racing became a thing? Speed Boosts on the map and one time use spells like icy mists that slow people behind you, fireballs that you can use to dismount other players, map hazards etc etc.

Mh. As the game mechanics work I don't see this as a useful addition although I would like that idea. Horses have basically the same speed, there is no inertia (you can instant-turn and accelerate to top speed in niff time). So anything that would differenciate one player from the other in terms of riding performance boils down to their ping performance.

moderatelyfatman

Go for it!
Let's try the mushroom horse first!

gronoxvx

Have to grind to level 50 mount speed first.......

Sarannah

Well, there are some games already in ESO which ZOS could massively expand upon. Maybe have competitions for all of these:
1: Thizzrini Arena in Reaper's March. Would be a perfect set-up for either a duel competition or a PvE kind of competition.
2: Spikeball in Reaper's March. Fun running game. Could be expanded into a competition and expanded into a horseracing variant, like the OP suggests.
3: Lizard racing in Alik'r desert and Auridon. Expand this into a full competition with Tamriel wide lizard collecting/feedings collecting, and have players race eachother. Maybe even expand it to different animals. (critter collecting system)
4: Aranias's footrace on Silatar island in Greenshade. Would be a fun race event for players.
5: Hunting game in Eastmarch. Where we have to kill critters using a special weapon, maybe even have a weapon upgrade system especially for this hunting game.
6: Riddle game in Auridon(veiled heritance initiation quest). Where we have to guess which item is meant by the different riddles. Could be expanded with more items and riddles. Maybe allow the winning of small prizes like crafting upgrade materials.
7: Lurcher building and fighting in Greenshade. Where we can build our own lurchers and have them combat eachother. Expand this with a massive lurcher upgrade system.

Place them all into one spot, like an ESO game island(including ToT and some other quest games I missed).

HatchetHaro

Mario Kart in TESO lets goooooooooo