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Buyers beware about the horse/guar/dragon stick mounts
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Hoolielulu✭✭✭✭✭I like mine. Like certain costumes he'll come out a couple of times a year for fun. And I'm going to make a stable for him in one of my houses.2 -
Kikke✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Bought it and got exactly what I expected. What did you expect? You zooming around with a stick between your legs? =/Cleared Trials:
- vAA HM - vHRC HM - vSO HM - vMoL HM - vHoF HM - vAS HM - vCR HM -
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, and a lot of bitching."
-Someone said it, I guess.2 -
jonhuggsSoul ShrivenTheShadowScout wrote: »
...are you saying... those things are... Pay To Loose???You equip it as a mount, but you don’t have any mount speed or anything, your just walking and sprinting normally as if your not on a mount, except with a funny looking stick between your legs...
(Just check which category they are sold in!
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Forgive me for the noob question but what does pay to lose mean, looks like these cost real life money, does it go away after a certain time? for over $10 that would suck0 -
Skullstachio✭✭✭✭✭Well it is the Jesters festival we are talking about so of course the novelty stick mounts are nothing like the real deal.
If you see me anywhere. Know that I am sitting back with a bag of popcorn, watching as ESO burns the goodwill of its player base with practices that only disrespects the players time like it did to me and many others...
If a game does not respect your time, best thing to do is move on from it and find something else.0 -
mayasunrising✭✭✭✭✭I've very happy with mine. I bought it through Tamriel Crown Exchange and it was well worth the gold I spent on it. I think it's freakin' hysterical.
I just don't know what to tell folks who didn't read the tool tip before buying AND thought that any mount would ever be worth only 900 crown. :P Personally, I didn't even expect it to have the hella funny galloping animation, I thought I'd just be running on it. And then the sound it makes when you jump, and the little bow. SOOOO adorable.
Thank you to whomever at ZOS thought these up and worked on them!
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tohopka_eso✭✭✭✭when i first heard of the stick mount, i already envisioned it being nothing more then a toy. Guess if the guy with the coconut shells behind might've proven the point on it.1 -
MattT1988✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭TheShadowScout wrote: »
...are you saying... those things are... Pay To Loose???You equip it as a mount, but you don’t have any mount speed or anything, your just walking and sprinting normally as if your not on a mount, except with a funny looking stick between your legs...
(Just check which category they are sold in! )
Forgive me for the noob question but what does pay to lose mean, looks like these cost real life money, does it go away after a certain time? for over $10 that would suck
It’s a gag. The broom and bucket and the stick mounts go under that category because they intentionally make you less powerful for laughs. The bottom and bucket you equip as weapons but they do next to no damage.
The stick mount you equip as a mount but you lose your mount speed.
So essentially your buying these things to lose. But they are designed to just be a bit of fun. Really wish they made them real mounts though, would be hilarious seeing those things all over the place.4 -
GiggleGoat✭✭✭✭I'm ok with it not being an actual mount .. but am hella bummed it's so expensive
They did an awesome job with the animations but theres no way I'd pay that much - 200-400 crowns would have been perfect0 -
norrisnick✭✭✭Yeah I get that. Still It’s a pity they didn’t make it a proper mount, would of sold like candy. Would of been brilliant.
It DID sell like candy. Everyone in my guild that was online bought one once they figured out how hilariously dumb but awesome the stick horse is. We then had an impromptu HRC dagger run and there were 6 of us (the pugs didn't participate) "riding" sticks into glorious battle.
Must have been lucky too as there were 2 AY daggers (and 2 swords, an axe, and a great sword) and an IA shock stick in group!
Edited by norrisnick on March 22, 2019 11:05AM1 -
DakiriSoul ShrivenI absolutely love my new stick horse - the casual skipping along and the running animation makes me smile. It's totally worth it to me
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macsmooth✭✭✭✭I don’t know if this has been specified or not, so just a heads up about these in case it hasn’t. They are not real mounts. You equip it as a mount, but you don’t have any mount speed or anything, your just walking and sprinting normally as if your not on a mount, except with a funny looking stick between your legs, when you sprint, your character doesn’t even use it, it carries it over its shoulder and runs.
So if you buy this expecting it to function like a proper mount, you’ll be mistaken.
Thank you for the heads up I was thinking of getting one but I won’t be now thank you and shame on Zos for scamming people out of real money by not being very clear about it on the webpage
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norrisnick✭✭✭The webpage is essentially an advertisement to increase.interest. The point of sale they were very clear.
ZOS exists to sell us things. They do a pretty good job of it. There is no one thing that is for everyone, but they do a good job of trying to make something for everyone.
The stick mounts and rock, IMO, are the perfect level of whimsy. Not for everyone, but a LOT of people do enjoy them.1 -
Reistr_the_Unbroken✭✭✭✭✭
✭Does the stick actually show up in the mounts collection after you buy it?0 -
Universe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I wouldn't have bought this weird mount even if ZOS would have offered it for free
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norrisnick✭✭✭Reistr_the_Unbroken wrote: »Does the stick actually show up in the mounts collection after you buy it?
Yes, it behaves as a mount with the exception of trained speed.0 -
Loralai_907✭✭✭✭✭
✭@mommadani907
It is NOT sold under the MOUNT's tab in the crown store, but sold under "PAY TO LOSE" tab in the Crown store.
It has a few different mechanics compared to a normal ESO Mount.
Riding Skill has no influence over it's speed, it runs as fast as your character can run without a horse.
However if you Sprint while using it, it will use Mount Stamina,
While sprinting you're character is shown carrying it rather then riding it. Walking and Running will show your character riding it.
You WILL keep your advanced Carrying Capacity Slots
It will unmount in places where you can't normally mount.
When using the key for the Mount display (rearing for Horses, roaring for Senches, Wolfs and Bears, Spitting for camels)
your character will make a bow while mounted on the Novelty Stick Mount.
When running and using that key, your character will simulate the Mount's sound (a horses neighing for example).
Thank you
I appreciate the clarification PC-NA - formerly, mommadani907Guild: Weeping Angels - Co-GMTwitter: @ Loralai_907 several Alt accounts....CP 1700+Active characters:Fauna Rosewood ( Bosmer Stam DK - Master Crafter/AD)///Loralai Darknova (Drunken Zombie Bosmer Stam Sorc - PvP/AD)Lilith Darknova ( Dunmer Mag DK - Master Crafter - PvP/AD)///and roughly 1billion alts0 -
themaddaedra✭✭✭✭✭
✭They are pretty fun tbh and cheap af.
Also ZoS clearly said they are pay to lose! PC|EU0 -
I actually love how lame it is. Isn’t that kinda the point? But then I read the text and was aware of how it functions before buying. I love that when you jump your character makes horse noises lmao0 -
Kambo✭✭✭IzzyStardust wrote: »As nearly the cost in gems of a radiant mount; I expected better.
Agreed, it's a *** ripoff and people who support this via realism is really stupid too, realism and immersion went out the window when lava wolves and horses made of lightning and sticks showed up, a stick mount wouldn't have hurt anything and in fact would have been so much fun.
There would probably be a lot of people, myself included, who would have a 'joke' character who just used the joke items, the style pages, the mount, the pebble pal and such. I was going to buy it all personally for this purpose to goof around with, but with the mount the way it is it's kinda pointless to make a joke character but have to use a normal mount.
The difference between a Lava Wolf and a Stick Horse/Guar being that you're actually riding the Wolf, which by all means is living and its own being, and with the stick mounts you're essentially running with a pole. You shouldn't have expected the stick mounts to benefit from the riding speed increases in the first place. That's simple common sense.
And also, you not thinking of how the stick mount would actually operate doesn't make it a ripoff if you bought it. You're the one who spent their money and you were not happy with what you got, and therefore it's completely your fault that your money is gone.
You argue that realism and immersion have been thrown out the window due to things like Lava Wolves and Horses made of Lightning but I would argue that they actually support the already established continuity of the series, as they are essentially Atronachs that have taken form as the mounts in question. The Stick mounts are not Atronachs. They were never said to be anything other than Sticks.
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Characters:
Nathyrin Othrril - Dunmer Stamina Sorcerer
Niveth Othrril - Dunmer Stamina Dragonknight0 -
Tasear✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Darkenarlol wrote: »900 crowns for... your own movement speed...
poor guys who paid 350 gems (really zos...it was a bad move)
Saw some people in craglorn with them and really looks like having fun. I think want one but not really a fan of horse or guar stick versions so on fence.0 -
Jaraal✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Try it with the wedding suit on, it looks like the stick is coming out of your fly!1 -
CMDR_Un1k0rn✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭The stick mounts have a practical use, if you're grinding for Royal Jester.
When you are stealing Princess the Pig at Ebonheart, the stick mount give you unlimited unmounted sprint.
It was thank to Sticky McStickerson that I was able to so easily dodge the owner and get the title.
TL;DR: Stick mounts are pay-2-win.In-game username: Un1korn | Happy member of the PCNA UESP guild (Resident Daggerfall Covenant enjoyer) | Main & basically only character: Crucian Vulpin, Imperial Dragonknight of the Daggerfall Covenant, and Undaunted Bulwark (I tank) | Mountain bike enjoyer and vulpine appreciator | If you know me from PCEU: No | To ZOS: THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BRING MY HORSE INTO BATTLE!2
