Boat Mounts?

syxx210 · October 2014

Traveling on top of the water on a boat or something, like the ones that you would see in-game parked on-shore, similar to the build used by the horse mounts.

What do you think? Suggestions?

Lord_Draevan · October 2014

Riding a Sea-Drake. It would be awesome.
But I doubt we'll get aquatic or flying mounts... fun as it would be.

TGiordano92 · October 2014

YESSSSSSSS boats plz

Cazic · October 2014

This would be pretty sweet. Maybe one day

Razour · October 2014

If boats or flying mounts were to be added it would also require another way to impose map boundaries as an alternative to slaughter fish over water and unclimable mountains/walls on land.

Not impossible but somewhat lower down the priority list than a whole bunch of other work for the devs right now I'd suggest.

itsBishop · October 2014

Where do you plan on going on your boat? Unless you're on Kenarthi's Roost or Auridon (or any other small island offshore of Tamriel) there doesn't appear to be much utility in owning one.

Sigerk · October 2014

I could see this work. Open up and extend where necessary, riverways as new ways in and out of zones. More possibilities for exploration and immersion which for me would mean longer game longevity. You can add ways to make it more interesting also. Perhaps some form of mini-games. New delves only reachable by boat, treasures along the way, fishing locations out at sea with their own loot-table perhaps. Expanding the slaughterfish border to the edges of the map so that more bodies of water are passable.

On a sidenote, this would work best if we would be able to dive. I think it can work
without that option but adding the ability to dive underwater would make it better I think. But since I don't see that ever happening I think just the boats and my ideas for them are awesome enough to implement on their own.

WraithAzraiel · October 2014

I vote we get naval warfare PvP. Ship vs Ship battles, boardings, sea monsters. Would be fun.

UndeadBlood · October 2014

I'm totally against flying mounts, but little boats would be really awesome. Paddle trough the seas and go fishing in a quiet area

Enemy-of-Coldharbour · October 2014

Boats would be cool. Even better if there was a chance of being attacked by a water monster.

Stroggnonimus · October 2014

Yea I dont like flying mounts but boats would be nice, maybe there wouldnt be much use from them but still, would be nice.

Cazic · October 2014

Stroggnonimus wrote: »

Yea I dont like flying mounts but boats would be nice, maybe there wouldnt be much use from them but still, would be nice.

Yeah flying mounts is kind of an awkward idea, and probably a lot harder to add in the game.

Seems like boats wouldn't be to difficult to add in. And it opens up expansion of the game in the form of traveling to islands only accessible by boat, naval combat, etc...

Daenerys · October 2014

if this ever gets implemented, I will have to create the Onion Knight and sail around from town to town, stealing from the rich, and giving away onions.

Selique · October 2014

Sailing is an epic idea. I'd love to be able to explore the islands around Tamriel, and possibly see the "other continents" that supposedly exist on Nirn

. I would LOVE to have sailing ships and row boats. I think it would add a lot of exploration to ESO.

You could travel down rivers in the interior of Tamriel, or the wide open oceans around it. I see it working out to be very useful and fun. Could make it so that ships require crafters to build various parts. Clothing for sails, wood working for the base, and blacksmithing for an anchor (Or something), just to give more to crafting and the players in general.

Chufu · October 2014

boats would be very nice...!!

Especially house-boats! Travel with your own bank on the sea.. nice idea.

But yes, it could be difficult to implement. But perhaps in the future

Athas24 · October 2014

I'd love to row or sail out into the ocean and fish.... and possibly catch sharks! ooh yeah!