Make all mounts blink

Folkb · June 2021

I noticed earlier today that most mounts don't blink and their eyes just look lifeless which once you see cant unsee and bugs me to no end.

Please ZOS team make it so all mounts with eyes have a blinking animation.

VaranisArano · June 2021

There's a lot of little immersion things that I've hit the point where I can't unsee them...and then gradually I get used to it again.

This too will pass. Or you'll notice something else, like the bad anatomy of many of the horse mounts or the total lack of children and toilets.

Lugaldu · June 2021

Oh yes, one of those little things is also that every time I look at Bastian, I wish that his eyes would wander to the right and left or up and down and that he doesn't just stares straight ahead.

nukk3r · June 2021

NGL, I thought this was about blink teleport.

M_Volsung · June 2021

All my mounts are Dwemer animunculi, they don't need to blink... technically, they don't even have eyes.

ectoplasmicninja · June 2021

I'm a little ashamed to say it, but the first time I noticed the lack of blinking was actually with the durzog mount. So many eyes...and none of them move at all.

I think Hildegard from the Gold Coast is supposed to be an adolescent, but she's just a very small adult Nord with a baby face. It's a little weird. They could have gone the immortal children route of Skyrim.

EmEm_Oh · June 2021

VaranisArano wrote: »

This too will pass. Or you'll notice something else, like the bad anatomy of many of the horse mounts or the total lack of children and toilets.

That is a good observation, and years playing I never really thought about it. Would add to the realism of having kids running around, doing what kids do.

Abigail · June 2021

Too many razma taz mounts that make ME blink ... talk about immersion-breaking foo foo for the "look at me" attention-needing crowd.

hands0medevil · June 2021

I force my mounts to keep their eyes on the road all the time, so thanks but no blinking is fine

Eiagra · June 2021

It's strange how there are sewers, but no toilets.

Abigail · June 2021

Eiagra wrote: »

It's strange how there are sewers, but no toilets.

I also find it strange that with all the monsters roaming Tramriel there's no meadow muffins or road apples.

OutLaw_Nynx · June 2021

Majority of the base game horses don’t blink. It’s rather unsettling.

kip_silverwolf · June 2021

Abigail wrote: »

Eiagra wrote: »

It's strange how there are sewers, but no toilets.

I also find it strange that with all the monsters roaming Tramriel there's no meadow muffins or road apples.

That's because the trolls collect them all so they always have some on hand to fling at passersby....

Folkb · June 2021

VaranisArano wrote: »

There's a lot of little immersion things that I've hit the point where I can't unsee them...and then gradually I get used to it again.

This too will pass. Or you'll notice something else, like the bad anatomy of many of the horse mounts or the total lack of children and toilets.

Dear God what have you made me notice! 😱

Folkb · June 2021

nukk3r wrote: »

NGL, I thought this was about blink teleport.

😅

NotaDaedraWorshipper · June 2021

VaranisArano wrote: »

There's a lot of little immersion things that I've hit the point where I can't unsee them...and then gradually I get used to it again.

This too will pass. Or you'll notice something else, like the bad anatomy of many of the horse mounts or the total lack of children and toilets.

*shudders at the horses*

But there are some toilets. Outhouses, buckets, chamber pots etc. Honestly when stealing it feels like every npc carry around a portable chamber pot.

Lugaldu · June 2021

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

But there are some toilets. Outhouses, buckets, chamber pots etc.

Indeed, they are, found one on Vardenfell

M_Volsung · June 2021

Abigail wrote: »

Eiagra wrote: »

It's strange how there are sewers, but no toilets.

I also find it strange that with all the monsters roaming Tramriel there's no meadow muffins or road apples.

What do you think is in that everlasting mudball pouch?

Fischblut · June 2021

I agree!
Horses and guar have "dead" eyes, it doesn't look cute at all

On latest horse models (such as Ayleid apex horse) eyes were at least reworked: they have more details and some better image of light reflection - but they still don't blink.

Many other mounts (camels, wolves, senche, bears) blink, but not always as well. And some times, instead of full blink when we can see their eyelids, they just twitch their eye shape a bit - so that can roughly pass as "blinking".

I always look at their eyes when I preview new mount in the store - if the mount blinks, this little detail actually adds some value to them

Of course, this is mostly about mounts who have realistic eyes - when mount has solid orange eyes with flames coming out, he can be allowed to not blink

Fun fact: Dro-m'Athra senche blinks - even though I wouldn't expect such detail from this unusual creature. Cute detail!

Or you'll notice something else, like the bad anatomy of many of the horse mounts or the total lack of children and toilets.

I never notice that in game myself

And I really wouldn't want to see immortal annoying children in ESO. If they were polite little NPCs though, I wouldn't mind them running around the cities at all.