Would you like to see Flying Dragons in ESO?

WarrioroftheWind_ESO · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

There are no dragons in the time period with the exception of Paarthurnaax on the Throat of the World and Nahfahlaar/Nafaaliargus, the Red Mercenary.

No dragons. Whatsoever. I have a cardboard paper towel tube I use to bop my cats when they do something naughty. I'm going to start bopping people who keep asking for dragons thinking 'omg the game would be much cooler with dragons fo realz'. No. No it would not. Flying would completely degrade the expansiveness of the game.

Spells/scrolls of levitation would be more lore-friendly at this point, only you move slow as ass and it lasts a short time. Player pancakes anyone?

Reverb · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

No. No because lore. No because lag. No because nothing about the skills or combat mechanics lend themselves to arial terrain. There are games that do flying mounts and combat. ESO should not become one of them.

catalyst10e · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

Since "Turbo No" wasn't an option I'll go with the basic no. But just know... I mean TURBO NO. Dragons are not in the lore, it renders PVE essentially useless, tons of lag, breaks PVP, there's already a game out that is Elder Scrolls AND has Dragons, Take your pick of whichever reason you like most, or take them all, but either way keep dragons out of ESO.

Acrolas · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

Have fun spending 5,000 crowns for your flying lizard to dry hump the boundaries of the map until you accidentally get dismounted and are eaten by slaughterfish.

DanielMaxwell · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

dragons do not fit into the current story-line for the gameworlds lore for the time frame that the story for ESOTU take place in.

Xellos77 · December 2015

Yes, Flying Dragons would be Nice.

I don't care if it's a flying carpet. I want a flying mount

DannyLV702 · December 2015

I want to see Godzilla tbh

Marukeru · December 2015

Yes, Flying Dragons would be Nice.

I would enjoy seeing them and being able to fight them. Though I also understand that they aren't a big part of the lore in the games current timeline.

So, yes I would enjoy them. No, I do not think they belong. . . yet.

Asherons_Call · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

CrowsDescend wrote: »

If the macho man randy savage dragon appeared, I'd pay $100 for that mount

Asherons_Call · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

robkrush wrote: »

Xellos77 wrote: »

I don't know about flying dragons, but I'd be game to see some kind of flying mounts. Therefore, yes to flying [something].

If we cant get sexy chrismas outfits.

We aint getting dragon mounts.

That strange anime stuff is far from sexy to me, but to each his/her own I guess

Forestd16b14_ESO · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

No to dragons and no to flying mounts cause flying mounts would break the game cause players could just use them to fly over keep walls and take a keep with out doing anything at all.

No dragons cause lore.

Volkodav · December 2015

ADarklore wrote: »

Dragons, other than Daedric Titans, weren't around during the ESO timeline.

There are Dragons in Skyrim though.That's part of the timeline.

robkrush · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

Asherons_Call wrote: »

robkrush wrote: »

Xellos77 wrote: »

I don't know about flying dragons, but I'd be game to see some kind of flying mounts. Therefore, yes to flying [something].

If we cant get sexy chrismas outfits.

We aint getting dragon mounts.

That strange anime stuff is far from sexy to me, but to each his/her own I guess

Really!?!? No sexy costumes? Okay, I can do without. I just thought it would be fun.

Asherons_Call · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

Volkodav wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

Dragons, other than Daedric Titans, weren't around during the ESO timeline.

There are Dragons in Skyrim though.That's part of the timeline.

Skyrim takes place somewhere around 700 years after ESO. I believe most of the dragons are in hibernation or in hiding, but I'm not the best at lore

Asherons_Call · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

robkrush wrote: »

Asherons_Call wrote: »

robkrush wrote: »

Xellos77 wrote: »

I don't know about flying dragons, but I'd be game to see some kind of flying mounts. Therefore, yes to flying [something].

If we cant get sexy chrismas outfits.

We aint getting dragon mounts.

That strange anime stuff is far from sexy to me, but to each his/her own I guess

Really!?!? No sexy costumes? Okay, I can do without. I just thought it would be fun.

Don't get me wrong I'm all for short skirts and cleavage, just not anime eyes that take up half of the face, lol

robkrush · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

Asherons_Call wrote: »

robkrush wrote: »

Asherons_Call wrote: »

robkrush wrote: »

Xellos77 wrote: »

I don't know about flying dragons, but I'd be game to see some kind of flying mounts. Therefore, yes to flying [something].

If we cant get sexy chrismas outfits.

We aint getting dragon mounts.

That strange anime stuff is far from sexy to me, but to each his/her own I guess

Really!?!? No sexy costumes? Okay, I can do without. I just thought it would be fun.

Don't get me wrong I'm all for short skirts and cleavage, just not anime eyes that take up half of the face, lol

Lol. I can agree with that. I guess i wasn't looking at her eyes.

Asherons_Call · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

robkrush wrote: »

Asherons_Call wrote: »

robkrush wrote: »

Asherons_Call wrote: »

robkrush wrote: »

Xellos77 wrote: »

I don't know about flying dragons, but I'd be game to see some kind of flying mounts. Therefore, yes to flying [something].

If we cant get sexy chrismas outfits.

We aint getting dragon mounts.

That strange anime stuff is far from sexy to me, but to each his/her own I guess

Really!?!? No sexy costumes? Okay, I can do without. I just thought it would be fun.

Don't get me wrong I'm all for short skirts and cleavage, just not anime eyes that take up half of the face, lol

Lol. I can agree with that. I guess i want looking at her eyes.

Oh snap! Bring on the angry ladies!!! *ducks for cover*

UrQuan · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

This topic comes up over and over and over, and every single time it ends up being a wildly unpopular idea. Largely because enough players have at least a passing familiarity with the lore. Enough to realize that anything other than maybe a single dragon as a trials boss or something would be completely out of place and lore-breaking.

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

Dragons, other than Daedric Titans, weren't around during the ESO timeline.

There are Dragons in Skyrim though.That's part of the timeline.

Skyrim takes place somewhere around 700 years after ESO. I believe most of the dragons are in hibernation or in hiding, but I'm not the best at lore

Actually, with a very very small number of exceptions (hence why a single dragon as a boss fight in the game would be OK), they're all dead. They've mostly been hunted down and killed. The reason they all come back in Skyrim is because you can't permanently kill a dragon so that he can't be revived unless you're a dragon yourself, or a dragonborn. To kill a dragon and make sure it can't be brought back to life you need to absorb the dragon's soul. In Skyrim Alduin knows the magic needed to bring all of those dead dragons back to life.

Reverb · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

Volkodav wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

Dragons, other than Daedric Titans, weren't around during the ESO timeline.

There are Dragons in Skyrim though.That's part of the timeline.

Skyrim is not in the ESO timeline, your statement has no relevance to this discussion.

From where ESO is taking place in the 2nd era, there are no known dragons on Tamriel. All other Elder Scrolls titles take place after the timeline of ESO, and their history documents that dragons are believed to have been eradicated during the Dragon War. They are believed to be extinct until their reappearance in the 201st year of the 4th era. You can't introduce dragons into the 2nd era timeline of ESO without breaking the lore of pretty much the entire Elder Scrolls universe.

With our knowledge of the future, we know the location of 2 living dragons in the 2nd era, but they cannot be exposed without breaking the belief that they are extinct, which is important through the 3rd era and the beginning of the 4th.

Divinius · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

Topics about dragons should be a bannable offense.

stevenbennett_ESO · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

No, for the same lore reasons mentioned by others.

That said, I'm not opposed to other flying mounts, and the eventual retooling of existing zones to better allow flight options. Or at least Scrolls of Icarian Flight.

nimander99 · December 2015

Yes, Flying Dragons would be Nice.

Yes, if only to be contrary.

Thevampirenight · December 2015

They do have dragons, Daedric Dragons otherwise known as Daedric Titans, now I can see them adding a couple of dragon npcs speical ones not seen yet or named or one as speical boss for a questline but no dragonborn so one day the dragonborn has to slay it in the future anyways and I bet it would not be easy either,They will not release dragons as main foes they will diffinently not do that but the only way I see a dragon being added is if its a speical boss and for a special quest requiring at least ten or more people to beat it.

Kelces · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

Might be fun perhaps to see, but practically useless in the end. At the height, they usually circle in the air, it's impossible to attack them. Not to mention those, who don't have any ranged abilities. So why even have them?

Bebopgroove · December 2015

The only one I'd really want to see would be Nahfahlaar/Nafaalilargus in and around Dragonstar, since he should be hanging around there at about this time.

Paarthurnaax too, if we had access to High Hrothgar, but I don't forsee that happening anytime soon.

Shimmer · December 2015

Yes, Flying Dragons would be Nice.

I want to FLY dragons!

Abeille · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

UrQuan wrote: »

This topic comes up over and over and over, and every single time it ends up being a wildly unpopular idea. Largely because enough players have at least a passing familiarity with the lore. Enough to realize that anything other than maybe a single dragon as a trials boss or something would be completely out of place and lore-breaking.

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

Dragons, other than Daedric Titans, weren't around during the ESO timeline.

There are Dragons in Skyrim though.That's part of the timeline.

Skyrim takes place somewhere around 700 years after ESO. I believe most of the dragons are in hibernation or in hiding, but I'm not the best at lore

Actually, with a very very small number of exceptions (hence why a single dragon as a boss fight in the game would be OK), they're all dead. They've mostly been hunted down and killed. The reason they all come back in Skyrim is because you can't permanently kill a dragon so that he can't be revived unless you're a dragon yourself, or a dragonborn. To kill a dragon and make sure it can't be brought back to life you need to absorb the dragon's soul. In Skyrim Alduin knows the magic needed to bring all of those dead dragons back to life.

Came here to say that. Take Mirmulnir for example, the first dragon we fight in Skyrim. He is last seen in E2 212 and there are no reports of him being slain, so he could very well be alive during the events of ESO, but it would contradict the established lore to see him in the game (and even worse, to kill him) since he only shows up again during the events of Skyrim. Yes, he hid for over a thousand years, then when he finally went out of hiding the first escaped prisoner he bumped into was the last freaking dragonborn. Talk about bad luck

UrQuan · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

Abeille wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

This topic comes up over and over and over, and every single time it ends up being a wildly unpopular idea. Largely because enough players have at least a passing familiarity with the lore. Enough to realize that anything other than maybe a single dragon as a trials boss or something would be completely out of place and lore-breaking.

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

Dragons, other than Daedric Titans, weren't around during the ESO timeline.

There are Dragons in Skyrim though.That's part of the timeline.

Skyrim takes place somewhere around 700 years after ESO. I believe most of the dragons are in hibernation or in hiding, but I'm not the best at lore

Actually, with a very very small number of exceptions (hence why a single dragon as a boss fight in the game would be OK), they're all dead. They've mostly been hunted down and killed. The reason they all come back in Skyrim is because you can't permanently kill a dragon so that he can't be revived unless you're a dragon yourself, or a dragonborn. To kill a dragon and make sure it can't be brought back to life you need to absorb the dragon's soul. In Skyrim Alduin knows the magic needed to bring all of those dead dragons back to life.

Came here to say that. Take Mirmulnir for example, the first dragon we fight in Skyrim. He is last seen in E2 212 and there are no reports of him being slain, so he could very well be alive during the events of ESO, but it would contradict the established lore to see him in the game (and even worse, to kill him) since he only shows up again during the events of Skyrim. Yes, he hid for over a thousand years, then when he finally went out of hiding the first escaped prisoner he bumped into was the last freaking dragonborn. Talk about bad luck

Actually, I just recently started a new game of Skyrim (partly because I was watching a couple of Skyrim Let's Play vids by @MissBizz and got a little nostalgic) and I noticed something in that fight with Mirmulnir that I never noticed before. Not only does the poor guy have the bad luck to immediately run into the last freaking dragonborn, but he has a moment of horrified realization where he says in surprise "dovakin!" Poor guy realizes how f'ed he is just a little too late.

TX12001rwb17_ESO · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

Only a fool who cares not for the legitimacy of the series or a typical MMO player who came to ESO just because it was the next big MMO would want these things, a large portion of the player base are people who only play ESO because it's an ES game, break the lore and the game is no longer an ES game...Im sure you can figure the rest of that out yourself.

BTW how would your non-dragonborn kill them, seeing as dragons can only be killed by other dragons, anyone else just knocks them out if anything.

UrQuan · December 2015

No, I don't want them Added.

TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »

BTW how would your non-dragonborn kill them, seeing as dragons can only be killed by other dragons, anyone else just knocks them out if anything.

Well, not exactly. Anyone can kill a dragon (it's what the Blades were organized to do), and by the time of ESO almost all dragons had been killed by normal people hunting them down. It's just that only a dragon or dragonborn can absorb their souls once they've been killed, and thus only a dragon or dragonborn can make sure that the dead dragon stays dead forever (instead of just being dead for a millennium or so until Alduin gets a chance to fly around bringing them all back).