Breeding mounts

Adelwulf · September 2014

I think it would be cool to be able to breed mounts once you level them to 50. Maybe make the new mount a vet with higher base percentages.

Nestor · September 2014

Horse carry the foals for 320 to 340 days before giving birth. Then it takes one to two years for a horse to be big enough to carry a rider and be trained. So, your willing to put in a two year plus commitment to have a young horse?

Or, are we just going to skip all that and have a Cliff Racer show up and drop off the horse?

Adelwulf · September 2014

I think we could fast forward a few days. Plus it would be based on a day in eso not real life if you wanted it to be that way.

DenverRalphy · September 2014

A mechanic which would allow you to trade in 2 level 50 horses, for a horse that could be fed up to level 75 would be cool.

Though the new horse should start at level 1 and need to be fed/trained from scratch. At level 1 the horse should have 3 options to choose from, each being a variation of 20/20/10 starting stats. Only stables in VR zones should be able to offer the trade. This would provide a desirable in-game veteran item, as well provide a time sink to give players a goal to complete.

Adelwulf · September 2014

DenverRalphy wrote: »

A mechanic which would allow you to trade in 2 level 50 horses, for a horse that could be fed up to level 75 would be cool.

Though the new horse should start at level 1 and need to be fed/trained from scratch. At level 1 the horse should have 3 options to choose from, each being a variation of 20/20/10 starting stats. Only stables in VR zones should be able to offer the trade. This would provide a desirable in-game veteran item, as well provide a time sink to give players a goal to complete.

I think this would be a great idea

jrgray93 · September 2014

Cliff racer fly sooo high

Drop a horse from the sky

Rodario · September 2014

Only if we can sell them to other players. Spending an obscene amount of gold on stables for our player houses first.

Sarenia · September 2014

And inevitably somebody comes in with the science textbook to try and invalidate game mechanics using reality. -_-

I think it's a pretty neat idea, though doesn't seem like something they're likely to add.

PSLAnimal · September 2014

Nestor wrote: »

Horse carry the foals for 320 to 340 days before giving birth. Then it takes one to two years for a horse to be big enough to carry a rider and be trained. So, your willing to put in a two year plus commitment to have a young horse?

Or, are we just going to skip all that and have a Cliff Racer show up and drop off the horse?

You're playing a game that lets you turn into a giant dog, shoot fireballs from a stick and travel across a continent instantly by reading a map next to a glowing thing on top of a rock, and you're worried about the gestation time of a horse breaking immersion? ***Boggles***

UrQuan · September 2014

Nestor wrote: »

Horse carry the foals for 320 to 340 days before giving birth. Then it takes one to two years for a horse to be big enough to carry a rider and be trained. So, your willing to put in a two year plus commitment to have a young horse?

Or, are we just going to skip all that and have a Cliff Racer show up and drop off the horse?

See, you do know things about horses! I knew I wasn't completely off-base with my suggestion that because of the connection to the Homeric Nestor you should know all about horses! I feel vindicated!

On-topic, I like the idea that @DenverRalphy had. You'd be putting 2 good horses out to pasture as breeding stock in order to get a young horse that will eventually be superior. Not exactly realistic, but a good game mechanic to use as an approximation.

ravenhartb14_ESO · September 2014

Nestor wrote: »

Horse carry the foals for 320 to 340 days before giving birth.

How many game days does it take to level a horse from 1 to 50?

Approx 3 game days per level if you feed the second your horse gets hungry.
That's 150 days, or closer to 200-250 if you sleep at some point.

Since It's a fantasy game, fiction, and; therefore, very loosely based on reality I think leveling a horse from 1-50 would be an adequate interval.

I think this is a cool idea worth some merit.

Wolfshead · September 2014

Nestor wrote: »

Horse carry the foals for 320 to 340 days before giving birth. Then it takes one to two years for a horse to be big enough to carry a rider and be trained. So, your willing to put in a two year plus commitment to have a young horse?

Or, are we just going to skip all that and have a Cliff Racer show up and drop off the horse?

In real life that is true but we talk about a game right and why can we not do for both AoC and WoW have have this as quest and if i reminder right it take like 30 day to complete that quest in WoW and i not 100% sure but i think it take little longer in AoC but point is it can be done and it wont take 2 year

AlexDougherty · September 2014

Nestor wrote: »

Horse carry the foals for 320 to 340 days before giving birth. Then it takes one to two years for a horse to be big enough to carry a rider and be trained. So, your willing to put in a two year plus commitment to have a young horse?

Or, are we just going to skip all that and have a Cliff Racer show up and drop off the horse?

Well a day in game lasts about 4 hours, so six days per real day. So it would take 4 months of real time to do that.

But horses are supposed to be a gold sink. The only way I could see them doing it, is if it costs gold to breed them.

Ragefist · September 2014

Rodario wrote: »

Only if we can sell them to other players. Spending an obscene amount of gold on stables for our player houses first.

In the pile of worthless junk, I found this gem

Brilliant idea Sir! Especially since it would give more features to housing

Tabbycat · September 2014

Certainly would make horse racing interesting.

fromtesonlineb16_ESO · September 2014

Nestor wrote: »

Horse carry the foals for 320 to 340 days before giving birth. Then it takes one to two years for a horse to be big enough to carry a rider and be trained. So, your willing to put in a two year plus commitment to have a young horse?

Or, are we just going to skip all that and have a Cliff Racer show up and drop off the horse?

Of course, since the number of hours in a Tamriel day is but a fraction (c. 25% IIRC) of that of 'real world' days, the number of days would be reduced by around 75%.

Then of course since Tamriel isn't Earth, gestation periods for mammals may also not have to be similar.

ndantony · September 2014

Nestor wrote: »

Horse carry the foals for 320 to 340 days before giving birth. Then it takes one to two years for a horse to be big enough to carry a rider and be trained. So, your willing to put in a two year plus commitment to have a young horse?

Or, are we just going to skip all that and have a Cliff Racer show up and drop off the horse?

LOL. Same thing as saying, building a house take 9 months to 2 years. So, you're willing to put in a two year plus commitments to have a house?