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Non-Lorebreaking Mounts for the future?
Nirnrotten
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With all the hype and hate focused on "lorebreaking" mounts and their exuberant prices what sort of lore friendly mounts would you like to see in the future?
I vote for the Unicorn found in Oblivion. That mount killed many a monster for me. It's too bad it could never be stabled.
I went to such great lengths to keep em...
I vote for the Unicorn found in Oblivion. That mount killed many a monster for me. It's too bad it could never be stabled.
I went to such great lengths to keep em... 1
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TX12001rwb17_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Hmm......Those 4 or 6 Eyed Things you find in Craglorn for one would be suitable for Orcs to ride.Edited by TX12001rwb17_ESO on May 26, 2016 3:42PM11 -
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✭✭I would like a silt strider group mountThis one has an eloquent and well thought out response to tha... Ooh sweetroll!9 -
Saoirse_Siobhan✭✭✭✭✭I want an Echatere mount! Already in-game so not hard to make as mounts!
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Oompuh✭✭✭✭✭If we really don't want to break lore, then only khajiits would be allowed to ride the senches. The only race a senche-tiger allows on its back is the proud feline Khajiit.Xbox NA - Oompa
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Shunravi✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭staracino_ESO wrote: »Next up: WAMASU! You heard it here first.
Bring your rubber saddlesThis one has an eloquent and well thought out response to tha... Ooh sweetroll!9 -
Give me a mount - any mount - that does not flip its [you know what] every time it runs through a puddle.9 -
Gidorick✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭cyclonus11 wrote: »The game creates the lore, not the other way around.
I completely agree with @cyclonus11 here... As long as ZOS actually BOTHERS to create the lore. The Dro-M'Athra mount has lore! We know what it is, we know why it is... even though there's a very minor inconsistency with it's existence, it's still lore
This is very unlike the other mystical mounts we have. Lore behind the ice horse? Is there any?What ESO really needs is an Auction Horse.
That's right... Horse.
Click HERE to discuss.
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✭✭✭✭cyclonus11 wrote: »The game creates the lore, not the other way around.
I completely agree with @cyclonus11 here... As long as ZOS actually BOTHERS to create the lore. The Dro-M'Athra mount has lore! We know what it is, we know why it is... even though there's a very minor inconsistency with it's existence, it's still lore
This is very unlike the other mystical mounts we have. Lore behind the ice horse? Is there any?
You mean like the lore behind the nightmare courser and the ice mount? Because if you call that one sentence description lore. I might have to question if youre being serious or not.Penniless Sellsword CompanyCaptain Paramount - Jorrhaq VhentKorith Eaglecry * Enrerion Aedihle * Laerinel Rhaev * Caius Berilius * Seylina Ithvala * H'Vak the GrimjawlTenarei Rhaev * Dazsh Ro Khar * Yynril Rothvani * Bathes-In-Coin * Anaelle Faerniil * Azjani Ma'LesAban Shahid Bakr * Kheshna gra-Gharbuk * Gallisten Bondurant * Etain Maquier * Atsu Kalame * Faulpia SeverinusWhat is better, to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort? - Paarthurnax2 -
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✭✭✭✭✭staracino_ESO wrote: »Next up: WAMASU! You heard it here first.
Will it bug out and one-shot you like in VMA?
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JD2013✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Isn't it the devs get to choose and state what's lore, not the players?
So ultimately, they decide what's lore breaking.
Lore changes with every iteration of a series.
Been playing ES games since Arena and this doesn't bother me in the least. And I love ES lore.Sweetrolls for all!
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Abeille✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »cyclonus11 wrote: »The game creates the lore, not the other way around.
I completely agree with @cyclonus11 here... As long as ZOS actually BOTHERS to create the lore. The Dro-M'Athra mount has lore! We know what it is, we know why it is... even though there's a very minor inconsistency with it's existence, it's still lore
This is very unlike the other mystical mounts we have. Lore behind the ice horse? Is there any?
You mean like the lore behind the nightmare courser and the ice mount? Because if you call that one sentence description lore. I might have to question if youre being serious or not.
How long and deep must the lore behind something be for you to consider it "lore"?
Because an official explanation, even if short, is still lore.Just so that everyone knows, my Altmer still can't have black hair. About a dozen of Altmer NPCs in the game have black hair. Just saying.
Meet my characters:Command: Do the thing.
Zadarri, Khajiit Fist of Thalmor: The thing was done, as commanded.
Durza gra-Maghul, Orc blacksmith: The thing was done perfectly, in the most efficient way.
Tegwen, Bosmer troublemaker: You can't prove I didn't do the thing.
Sings-Many-Songs, Argonian fisher: Sure, I'll do the thing... Eventually. Maybe.
Aerindel, Altmer stormcaller: After extensive research, I've come to the conclusion that doing the thing would be a waste of resources.
Liliel, Dunmer pyromancer: Aerindel said I shouldn't do the thing. Something about "resources".
Gyda Snowcaller, Nord cryomancer: I will find a way to do it that won't waste resources and make Aerindel proud of me.
Beatrice Leoriane, Breton vampire: I persuaded someone else into doing the thing. You are welcome, dear.
Sahima, Redguard performer: Doing the thing sounds awfully unpleasant and really not my problem.
Ellaria Valerius, Imperial priestess: I'll pray to the Eight for the thing to be done, if it is Their will.6 -
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The gore creates the game, not the other way around.cyclonus11 wrote: »The game creates the lore, not the other way around.
There I fixed your spelling error, without the lore this game would just another generic fantasy game.
Edited by TX12001rwb17_ESO on May 26, 2016 4:54PM0 -
Abeille✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »
The "Lore" Creates the Game, not the other way around.cyclonus11 wrote: »The game creates the lore, not the other way around.
There I fixed your spelling error, without the lore this game would just another generic fantasy game.
They made the lore for it before adding it to the game as a mount.
So I think it checks out. Not lore-breaking. Yay.Just so that everyone knows, my Altmer still can't have black hair. About a dozen of Altmer NPCs in the game have black hair. Just saying.
Meet my characters:Command: Do the thing.
Zadarri, Khajiit Fist of Thalmor: The thing was done, as commanded.
Durza gra-Maghul, Orc blacksmith: The thing was done perfectly, in the most efficient way.
Tegwen, Bosmer troublemaker: You can't prove I didn't do the thing.
Sings-Many-Songs, Argonian fisher: Sure, I'll do the thing... Eventually. Maybe.
Aerindel, Altmer stormcaller: After extensive research, I've come to the conclusion that doing the thing would be a waste of resources.
Liliel, Dunmer pyromancer: Aerindel said I shouldn't do the thing. Something about "resources".
Gyda Snowcaller, Nord cryomancer: I will find a way to do it that won't waste resources and make Aerindel proud of me.
Beatrice Leoriane, Breton vampire: I persuaded someone else into doing the thing. You are welcome, dear.
Sahima, Redguard performer: Doing the thing sounds awfully unpleasant and really not my problem.
Ellaria Valerius, Imperial priestess: I'll pray to the Eight for the thing to be done, if it is Their will.2 -
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✭There aren't any mounts in this game that are lore-breaking, sorry to burst your hate bubble.12 -
Shunravi✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Isn't it the devs get to choose and state what's lore, not the players?
So ultimately, they decide what's lore breaking.
Lore changes with every iteration of a series.
Been playing ES games since Arena and this doesn't bother me in the least. And I love ES lore.
AgreedThis one has an eloquent and well thought out response to tha... Ooh sweetroll!0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »cyclonus11 wrote: »The game creates the lore, not the other way around.
I completely agree with @cyclonus11 here... As long as ZOS actually BOTHERS to create the lore. The Dro-M'Athra mount has lore! We know what it is, we know why it is... even though there's a very minor inconsistency with it's existence, it's still lore
This is very unlike the other mystical mounts we have. Lore behind the ice horse? Is there any?
You mean like the lore behind the nightmare courser and the ice mount? Because if you call that one sentence description lore. I might have to question if youre being serious or not.
I'm saying there is no lore behind the ice horse. I don't count item descriptions as lore @Korah_Eaglecry
The Dro-M'Artha exist in the game... they are sort of being added as "living lore" and there are other things that have discussed the Dro-M'Artha, even prior to ESO.
Where is a race of ice horses in the lore?
What ESO really needs is an Auction Horse.
That's right... Horse.
Click HERE to discuss.
Want more crazy ideas? Check out my Concept Repository!1 -
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✭"With its icy gaze and steaming breath, the frigid Frost Mare seems carved from the very glaciers of Skyrim. Its exact origin is unknown, but the Mages Guild believes it may originally have come from Takubar, the plane of origin of Cold Flame Atronachs."
There you go. They were proposed to exist in the plane of origin of Cold Flame Atronachs, a place none of us have been to but it's right there in the lore.9 -
Lenikus✭✭✭✭✭It's fair to assume that there's at least one dev working (among other things) in a mount based on every 4 leg'd (or more) creature you meet in the world.
Why?
For the glory of Money, of course.... Mai cave. >:31 -
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✭✭✭✭✭TheWhiteDarkness wrote: »I want an Echatere mount! Already in-game so not hard to make as mounts!
Id rather float on a jellyfish . That thing ... My brain still can't even decide wat it is .3 -
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✭✭Isn't it the devs get to choose and state what's lore, not the players?
So ultimately, they decide what's lore breaking.
Lore changes with every iteration of a series.
This is absolutely true. They might one day decide huge pauldrons with lightning and miniature tornadoes coming out of them are the lore.
Edited by khele23eb17_ESO on May 26, 2016 5:04PMP2P offered you 'hell yeah!' moments. F2P offers you 'thank god its over' moments.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭khele23eb17_ESO wrote: »Isn't it the devs get to choose and state what's lore, not the players?
So ultimately, they decide what's lore breaking.
Lore changes with every iteration of a series.
This is absolutely true. They might one day decide huge pauldrons with lightning and miniature tornadoes coming out of them are the lore.
If they do then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it's their property, dude!Sweetrolls for all!
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PC Beta Tester January 2014
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Abeille✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »cyclonus11 wrote: »The game creates the lore, not the other way around.
I completely agree with @cyclonus11 here... As long as ZOS actually BOTHERS to create the lore. The Dro-M'Athra mount has lore! We know what it is, we know why it is... even though there's a very minor inconsistency with it's existence, it's still lore
This is very unlike the other mystical mounts we have. Lore behind the ice horse? Is there any?
You mean like the lore behind the nightmare courser and the ice mount? Because if you call that one sentence description lore. I might have to question if youre being serious or not.
I'm saying there is no lore behind the ice horse. I don't count item descriptions as lore @Korah_Eaglecry
The Dro-M'Artha exist in the game... they are sort of being added as "living lore" and there are other things that have discussed the Dro-M'Artha, even prior to ESO.
Where is a race of ice horses in the lore?
All we have regarding the origins of the Frost mare is this description, saying that "Its exact origin is unknown, but the Mages Guild believes it may originally have come from Takubar, the plane of origin of Cold Flame Atronachs".
I do consider official explanations to be lore, which is why I don't have any problems with it, but I would much prefer an in-game lore book that at least mentions it.Just so that everyone knows, my Altmer still can't have black hair. About a dozen of Altmer NPCs in the game have black hair. Just saying.
Meet my characters:Command: Do the thing.
Zadarri, Khajiit Fist of Thalmor: The thing was done, as commanded.
Durza gra-Maghul, Orc blacksmith: The thing was done perfectly, in the most efficient way.
Tegwen, Bosmer troublemaker: You can't prove I didn't do the thing.
Sings-Many-Songs, Argonian fisher: Sure, I'll do the thing... Eventually. Maybe.
Aerindel, Altmer stormcaller: After extensive research, I've come to the conclusion that doing the thing would be a waste of resources.
Liliel, Dunmer pyromancer: Aerindel said I shouldn't do the thing. Something about "resources".
Gyda Snowcaller, Nord cryomancer: I will find a way to do it that won't waste resources and make Aerindel proud of me.
Beatrice Leoriane, Breton vampire: I persuaded someone else into doing the thing. You are welcome, dear.
Sahima, Redguard performer: Doing the thing sounds awfully unpleasant and really not my problem.
Ellaria Valerius, Imperial priestess: I'll pray to the Eight for the thing to be done, if it is Their will.3 -
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✭✭khele23eb17_ESO wrote: »Isn't it the devs get to choose and state what's lore, not the players?
So ultimately, they decide what's lore breaking.
Lore changes with every iteration of a series.
This is absolutely true. They might one day decide huge pauldrons with lightning and miniature tornadoes coming out of them are the lore.
If they do then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it's their property, dude!
Thats what Im saying. They can do whatever. And it seeems theyre heading in that direction already.P2P offered you 'hell yeah!' moments. F2P offers you 'thank god its over' moments.0 -
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✭Nirnrotten wrote: »With all the hype and hate focused on "lorebreaking" mounts and their exuberant prices what sort of lore friendly mounts would you like to see in the future?
I vote for the Unicorn found in Oblivion. That mount killed many a monster for me. It's too bad it could never be stabled. I went to such great lengths to keep em...
The new mount is in lore because it is part of the Maw trial storyline -- a Khajiit and the 3rd Black moon curse.
I a little trouble with the new Dire Wolf mount in DB. True, TES games do have Dire wolves... but a wolf for a mount... that is still kinda of hard to explain still in terms of lore.Edited by k9mouse on May 26, 2016 5:50PM2 -
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✭They are heading in their own direction, which they always have been since the game was created.1
