Damn, I thought it was account bound! Not being able to give it to another character is just stupid. What the hell ZoS? Maybe submit a ticket to ask that they transfer it to another character?

EDIT: Scratch that! See below.

It's simply a lazy move to make a profit from selling riding lessons on crown store.

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

I can only assume it's because of the crown store cash cow that is riding lessons. They'll know people are more likely to buy this crap for alts rather than going through months of +1 all over again.

That..... really doesn't make any sense.. It's already a store item because people might wish to buy it instead of training for months... no logical leap why binding it correlates with improved sales on alts.. either way it's paid for and they make money, no reason at all to make it possible to essentially buy a pet rock that can only be destroyed.

Skayaq wrote: »

Open the crate, you can then put the scrolls into the bank.

Oh yeah, duh! The number of times I've made that mistake! Especially with maps. Treasure map containers are bound to character but once you remove the maps from the container they are account bound. Forgot about that!

Skcarkden wrote: »

Skayaq wrote: »

Open the crate, you can then put the scrolls into the bank.

..... If this actually works then... awkward..


But man, to the people answering about it's done for zos to make a profit re-read please. Far as i know, the lessons are 100% crown store obtainable only so the "thney do it to mak a profit" doesn't add up too well.

@Skcarkden

Lessons are done in game as well so it's not for a profit 100%

The Character is the one "learning" how to ride the Mount, not the Account.

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

I can only assume it's because of the crown store cash cow that is riding lessons. They'll know people are more likely to buy this crap for alts rather than going through months of +1 all over again.

This is why I do not create a new character. I play until I get bored of my current characters then quit for a year.

So if you purchase a riding lesson from the crown store, it maxes out that particular trait rather than adding +1? Wow I didn't know that, may have purchased it earlier.

SolidusPrime wrote: »

So if you purchase a riding lesson from the crown store, it maxes out that particular trait rather than adding +1? Wow I didn't know that, may have purchased it earlier.

Yeah, I think it is 10 skill points for 1,000 crowns. So, 6,000 crowns (just over $39.99) to upgrade one tree or 18,000 crowns (just over $140.00) to fully upgrade your horse from 1 through the crown store.

SolidusPrime wrote: »

So if you purchase a riding lesson from the crown store, it maxes out that particular trait rather than adding +1? Wow I didn't know that, may have purchased it earlier.

@SolidusPrime
Not sure it's what you wrote but when purchasing the lessons it only gives you a 10 stack of scrolls to use. It doesn't max you out, it just gives you the option to read the scrolls and apply 1 lesson per scroll limited to one use on one character.

The scrolls can be used on any of your characters, one at a time for a total account use of 10.
There are three different types as well.


So if you have three characters and buy a speed lesson from the crown store, (read it before buying) it will give you a item that when opened, contains a 10 stack paper. You can read all 10 on one character and that character raises their speed by each scroll read only. Or you can use a few on one character and place the remaining scrolls in the bank and use on other characters once retrieved from the bank.


It really shouldn't require this much explanation. The things should just add 10 to all current and future characters.

Skcarkden wrote: »

Skayaq wrote: »

Open the crate, you can then put the scrolls into the bank.

..... If this actually works then... awkward..


But man, to the people answering about it's done for zos to make a profit re-read please. Far as i know, the lessons are 100% crown store obtainable only so the "thney do it to mak a profit" doesn't add up too well.

As others have said, you can get riding lessons from the Stable Keepers at the rate of 1 per day. I have 7 characters with maxed out riding skills and never spent a crown on them.

I think the whole issue of coffers not being bankable dates to the early game when hireling mail used to come in a box and the contents scaled based on the character that opened them. And the same thing would apply to any of the other daily coffers too. So that's why you can't bank coffers, even if you can bank the contents after you've opened them.

RAGUNAnoOne wrote: »

Money

Okay.... Does the government subsidise ZoS every time people buy items on their alts as opposed to their mains? If not, i don't see how 'money' is the answer.

If a restaurant has dine-in but won't do take away is the reason also 'money' even though they could have more turn-over for takeaway? or could it possibly be they aren't equipped to do take away (ei they don't have the plastic/paper containers to hold the food etc)

Anyway, Skayaq was right, the box was bound but the scrolls weren't. Never realised because i didn't want to have 2 lost inventory spaces as a result of thinking the scrolls would also be bound. but i find the 'money' based answers rather frustrating as it seems those people aren't reading or understanding that a crown store items price isn't based on whether you use a main or an alt.

Base implemented. Compensation for players who invested lots of crowns/time in alternate Characters is hard to achieve
so better keeping it the way it is...

There have been posts about this since 2 Years and the problem just got worse

But this is their way of adressing stuff

JKorr wrote: »

When the game started, there weren't riding lessons. There were different horses. Basic horse cost 10,000 gold. Prices went up from there. Want to be fast? Buy the gaited horse that starts with more speed, and feed it the correct food every day to make it faster. Want stamina? Buy the right horse with the improved starting stats and feed it every day to max. Same with inventory space; I think it was the draft horse. The improved base stat horses cost in the 42,000 range.

I like the idea of the character getting skills; once I improve my characters, I can use any mount with any character and still get the same benefits, instead of needing to feed different foods to different horses to have speed/armor/inventory.

@JKorr

When the gam started there were always riding lessons.
The only difference is the lessons were per mount and per character.