Notice the teeth in this picture. That is what herbivorous animals have. That is what the guar should have. Not massive Snake heads

Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »

Guar, Kagouti, and Alits are all interesting and alien reptilian species. Their whole reason for appearing the way they do is to invoke a reaction to something strange and alien. Something abnormal and out of place for what we know.

We have no need for earth like dinosaurs in a world where things did not evolve the way things evolved here.

Again But when it comes to dogs, horses, wolves, bears and wild cats (or any of the normal looking animals like chickens, crocodiles, elk, crabs, spiders, Mammoths, etc) that's different right?
Not saying to get rid of the Guars and related species to them.

My point is that it's ok to take creative license with an existing dinosaur OR to use them as inspiration. BUT if you are going to make up an animal then take realism into account. The Guar are almost literally mouths with legs.
They're herbivores but they have pointed teeth? Nothing that suggests it grounds up grass in it's mouth.
Day time animals with slits for eyes? A huge mouth but seemingly no area for digestion?

The Dinos that we saw in Clockwork at least makes sense. Even if they were mechanically modified.

Look we know that there are fantastical creatures that still have necessary touches of realism at the same time.
take the new salamander


Dunerippers


The Durzog are strange and interesting. Four legged, six eyed reptiles. How do they live in Wrothgar? They adapted Feathers for warmth and insulation.

What about the Wamasu?


The Haj Mota


Horkers


The Echatere




Dragons in Skyrim are fantastical yet biology is still taken into account when designing them.

When it comes to mounts we have 5 different species to pick from. We have 1 reptile/dinosaurian choice.
There are other species in the game to choose from.

SilentRaven1972 wrote: »

There are plenty of games out there with dinosaurs in them. From the way I see it, those fabricants are just a metal version of the clanfear. Please keep dinos out.

Except they aren't.
The lore says that they are a species taken from nirn and modified, as all species in Clockwork City are.

I'm not so shallow that because ESO doesn't have Dinos I won't play it.
I am pointing out that there clearly are Dinosaurian creatures in the lore and rarely found in places in the game. They exist. end of story.
Guar should not be the only option when it comes to dinosaurs and reptiles as mounts. AND we should have more realistic dinosaruian creatures in the general wild life.
Like in a DLC.

Caligamy_ESO wrote: »

Play Ark instead? The dinosaur mounts there are pretty well done.

So because ESO doesn't have realistic dinos currently, and I disapprove of the lack of realism concerning Guar, that automatically means I am going to play a different game?
"Oh don't like that thing? Go play a different game then. Who cares that you are a player like everyone else that has invested time and money"

It's not the end of the world if they don't do it. I'm just saying that they could do better.

Daus wrote: »

Any lizard-like creature can be considered a dinosaur, and the world of ESO is filled with lizard-like creatures. Enjoy the variety of dinosaurs bud.

Yeah, and we could do better...Why is it wrong to point that out?

Also Lizard-like does not automatically mean Dino. Dinos had feathers for starters

AuldWolf wrote: »

There are no dinosaurs. Tamriel didn't evolve the same way as Nirn. That's the reason why.

There are Dinosaurs in Elder Scrolls. They exist. This has been stated on this thread multiple times. Even on the very first post. They are here.
Also If Tamriel didn't evolve the same way then why are there horses? OR Bears, Wolves, Camels, Cats, Chickens, Crocodiles, Eagles, etc.
Tamriel will either take an existing animal and does some creative license. Like giant wolves, a giant electric Komodo dragon, or walrus with three tusks.
Or they make completely different species; like Guar and Echatere, which is cool. But the new creatures ESO makes today are far better in comparison to the ones that date back to Morrowind (2003) because they have the tech now to take realism into account when making a new animal.

Guar and kagouti from Morrowind serve as something to feel completely alien. But they are not updated that well.
At least this fan version of Guar makes sense. While still being strange.


I wouldn't be surprised if the upcoming Murkmire DLC had some interesting Dinosaur like species

AuldWolf wrote: »

Edit: Also, realistic dinosaurs are feathered. We have soooo much evidence of that, now. There's fake news occasionally that tries to undo this, nostalgia and all, but if it's realistic dinosaurs we want then they'd have a lot of feathers.
 

Yes, but if you are going to take inspiration from dinos or make something that resembles dinos then get ANATOMY right. Basic biological structure and adaptations.

Gargath wrote: »

Guars are adorable and harmless herbivore so the perfect mounts and all love them.
You instead propose some ugly looking carnivores who aren't cute and as such would not be a good choice.

You are saying predator animals can't be cute? Tell that to bears and wolves, baby birds, owls, etc.
You can make a beautiful predatory dinosaur, they aren't evil.

I am not saying "Instead". I am saying more options.

Literally in the OP I say

NOTE:
1. This is my opinion
2. I am not suggesting replacing Guar. I know people like them
3. I am not solely talking about mounts. I am talking about the variety of wild life in ESO in general.