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Honest question: Why quest-related NPC characters never use a MOUNT? Why NO NPC is seen mounted???
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Lyris Titanborn, Abnur Tharn, Razum--dar, Fennorian, Count Verandis Ravenwatch, etc..
So many important and beloved characters interact with our "Vestige" (in its several versions) during zone quests or others. Sometimes we need to reach a distant part of the map and these characters are going with us. Our character call their mount and start running -- just to see behind Razun-dar or any other (like The FLASH) running like crazy in a completely awkward scene.
Why?
Why these NPC doesn't have a nice mount too? It is to difficult develop the effect, movement or algorithm? It will take too much graphic card juice? Why not give these NPCs a nice visual pairing with OUR character on their mount?
Why we (with the exception of that High Island soldier patrolling on horse) NEVER see occasionally an anonymous NPC passing by on a mount (maybe a wolf, bear or other) in The Rift, Stormhaven or Auridon -- any other town in Tamriel?
Would to made those immersive scenes be too expensive in developers work hours or investment? Wouldn't ESO feel so much "ALIVE" with such details? Personally I think Elder Scrolls Online will became a fantastic game if we could see NPC walking around, sometimes, on beautiful mounts.
Food for thought.
So many important and beloved characters interact with our "Vestige" (in its several versions) during zone quests or others. Sometimes we need to reach a distant part of the map and these characters are going with us. Our character call their mount and start running -- just to see behind Razun-dar or any other (like The FLASH) running like crazy in a completely awkward scene.
Why?
Why these NPC doesn't have a nice mount too? It is to difficult develop the effect, movement or algorithm? It will take too much graphic card juice? Why not give these NPCs a nice visual pairing with OUR character on their mount?
Why we (with the exception of that High Island soldier patrolling on horse) NEVER see occasionally an anonymous NPC passing by on a mount (maybe a wolf, bear or other) in The Rift, Stormhaven or Auridon -- any other town in Tamriel?
Would to made those immersive scenes be too expensive in developers work hours or investment? Wouldn't ESO feel so much "ALIVE" with such details? Personally I think Elder Scrolls Online will became a fantastic game if we could see NPC walking around, sometimes, on beautiful mounts.
Food for thought.
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Hapexamendios✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Honestly it doesn't make any difference to me wherever they're on a mount or not.4 -
ghastley✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I suspect the main reason is so the player character can interact with them. Even if they have nothing to say now, future seasons could add dialogue.1 -
smallhammer✭✭✭And no NPC's are using the roads either. Except for the wandering merchants. The world is pretty empty. You'd expect the inhabitants to actually use the lands. Travel the roads.4
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✭✭✭✭✭I think they added the ability for NPCs to be mounted and using a horse with High Isle. I seem to recall them making an offhand comment when also talking about the moving boats.XBox EU/NA:@ElsonsoJannus
PC NA/EU: @Elsonso
PSN NA/EU: @ElsonsoJannus
Total in-game hours: 11321
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wolfie1.0.✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Their mounts drowned crossing a river and they don't have the ability to summon1 -
MrGarlic✭✭✭✭✭
✭It's payback for when they create a portal and leave you behind.
'Sharp Arrows'Mr.GarlicHidden by darkness, a shadow in the night,A sped arrow dissecting the gloom,Finding it's target, such delight.1 -
EmEm_Oh✭✭✭✭✭Dog food is very scarce in Tamriel.
However, you see a lot of friggin' dogs running around...don't you.0 -
M_Volsung✭✭✭✭✭Dog food is very scarce in Tamriel.
However, you see a lot of friggin' dogs running around...don't you.
As an aside, the very first horse I ever got in game is named Alpo."In the Deep Halls, Far from Men;
Forsaken Red Mountain, Twisted Kin;
Hail the Mind, Hail the Stone;
Dwarven Pride, Stronger than Bone"
—Dwemer Inquiries I-III, Thelwe Ghelein0 -
JJBoomer✭✭✭✭✭there is a mounted npc in Necrom by the entrance to the necrom underways, by the emissary's enclave. they are riding a guar.0
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✭✭✭✭✭there is a mounted npc in Necrom by the entrance to the necrom underways, by the emissary's enclave. they are riding a guar.
This npc would be on a predetermined path, though. Other npcs that follow you would not be.
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