Please. Pllllleeeeeaaaasssseeee let us walk around with our pokemo- I mean, mounts! I don't just want to use my mount as a taxi, but I want to walk around with it like its my cherished familiar. This could be implemented a few ways:
- Add all collected mounts to the non-combat pet collection list. A mount of our choice can then follow us like a pet! And we could even ride the same mount, while it follows us around (so it looks like we have two).
- Add an "Active Mount" option to non-combat pets. It will clone your active mount, and have it follow you like a pet, but only when you are dismounted. If you mount it will run up to you, and you will hop on (instead of the summon animation). It then disappears as a pet, and does not reappear until you dismount again.
- Add a shrunken version without the saddle to our non-combat pet collection list. I can understand people worrying about large mounts being in the way, but I fail to see how that would be any more of an issue than sorc pets, or warden bears (they're literally the same size).
This would only encourage more players to obtain mounts!
On that note.... would it be too much to ask for interactions with our mounts/pets when they are in our home? I see that we will be able to pet a dog in Markarth, now let us pet our pets/mounts!
Want to encourage more people to get into provisioning? Add mount recipes. Similar to how recipes increase a players stats, we could cook recipes specifically for our mounts that increase their speed, stamina, or even our mount inventory bonus! Like existing recipes, they would expire after ever so long. And if your carry capacity buff expires... you can over encumbered and can only walk, just like the single player titles.
And lastly.... Can we add the ability to set "emotes" for our pets/mounts at pathing nodes? Its great that their idle animations play when standing still (and some even when moving), but why not give us the ability to choose when our pets and mounts do their various animations at various pathing nodes? This would allow us to get so creative.
It seems we are getting more and more small little details such as these with recent updates, and it adds a ton to the game! I hope to see more "embellishments" implemented over time, as they really add an extra richness to ESO, and MMOs rely on these small things to keep the game fresh, unique, and charming.