I hate to use the W word, but WoW did the whole mount and guild emblem thing ages ago. BUT... to be honest... it looked awesome. Riding into a PvP battle with a group of your guildies all of you showing guild colours... soooo very cool !
Adramelach wrote: »How would you mount a bull netch, I wonder... maybe it would be trained to sort of lift you up with a tentacle and pop you on to its back? precarious, indeed...
Definitely just horses. Real horses come in many shapes and sizes. There isn't any reason they couldn't just go horse crazy and leave it at that.
I think race specific perks/motifs to horses would be ideal. Nords might prefer to ride bare-back and get a speed bonus on the horse as a result. Argonians are good healers--maybe their horses can eat more often--instead of every 20 hours, they eat every 15. Dark Elves might be resistant to getting knocked off their horses by fire based attacks. Motifs are kind of self explanatory. Just let the players start crafting and finding things we can decorate our horses with.
Another thread was going crazy about player housing. I'd be good with a customizable horse!
Flying mount!