Mammoth

randconfig · August 1

KaGaOri wrote: »

SkaiFaith wrote: »

Flying... Shiny... Mammoth! - simply majestic. XD

There you go:

[snip] PLEASE GIVE US THIS ZOS
[edited for profanity bypass]

Versalium · August 1

tomofhyrule wrote: »

Point is: ESO can’t survive on progressively weaker stories alone, especially since Solstice was fighting against Oblivion’s remake and whatever is coming up next year is going to have to be up against GTA6. Cosmetic microtransactions, however you feel about them, are the best thing ZOS could do to try to keep ESO alive, because then they’re still getting income even from the people who are fed up with the stories and questing.

Maybe you are right and this is the right way to keep the game on float. But as an elder scrolls fan, I would much prefer to see ESO transforming into ESO 2.0. Better fidelity, better graphics, better stories, better and more engaging dialogues, better animations, better world interactivity, less loading screens, seamless open world, better exploration, diving, flying mounts, stable servers, etc.

Just buying a new fancy dress for a rotting corpse (I'm exaggerating) over and over again won't do it. For me, at least.

Mathius_Mordred · August 2

Koshka wrote: »

Mathius_Mordred wrote: »

Do we actually know how big it is? Is it significantly bigger than a horse or is it just a slightly larger pocket mammoth?

Here is a video from pts
https://youtu.be/yGK1Geh0C74?feature=shared

haha that's massive, I like the way it's trunk helps you up. Can you imagine a few of those in the crafting area? Thanks for sharing.

Thumbless_Bot · August 2

They need to make money. Don't care how they introduced it as long as we can earn it in game at some point in the future, after the exclusivity wears off... as long as it is cosmetic and does not impact combat.

I am just glad they are introducing new things that arent just reskinned old things.

randconfig · August 2

tomofhyrule wrote: »

I hate to be that person, but the Mammoth is a perfect example of something that should be sold in the Crown store. It’s flashy (in a “this is unique” way, not a disco-horse way like your Crown Crate mounts), it’s strictly cosmetic, it’s got all unique animations for everything (including swimming).

The fact that a lot of people want it means it will sell. I’m honestly expecting 5000 Crowns here, and I’d be surprised if it’s less than 4000.

I know “monetization” is a dirty word nowadays, but facing facts - video game prices have been around $60 since the 90s. That’s like the one thing that inflation doesn’t really touch. And yet budgets required for servers and graphics and so many more developers put them around what’s required for Hollywood blockbusters.

Now ZOS has talked about ESO making like $2B before. That’s gross - it doesn’t consider their expenses. But we do know that mathematically the amount of content has been going down, and every year there are more people disgruntled with buying another Chapter, so I’m sure ZOS’s current income is not what it was even two years ago. Even the last two years worth of “special Chapter feature” are both free with basegame now.

Point is: ESO can’t survive on progressively weaker stories alone, especially since Solstice was fighting against Oblivion’s remake and whatever is coming up next year is going to have to be up against GTA6. Cosmetic microtransactions, however you feel about them, are the best thing ZOS could do to try to keep ESO alive, because then they’re still getting income even from the people who are fed up with the stories and questing.

Sure, they should have earnable rewards, and they do! We have loads of earnable skill styles, and there’s been a zone-earnable mount and outfit style (and trial trifecta mount) every year since Necrom.
But of course the better quality ones are going to be for sale; that’s not greed, that’s just business. And that also means you can choose if it’s worth it - I saw the red Twilight skill style and I saved my money since I don’t run pets on my sorc… but my Warden is a Skaal so you bet I’m buying that polar bear the second it’s available.

I agree! We need the cosmetics to be something people want to buy, so the game is funded to support the developers, community staff, artists, pay for servers, make new content, etc. That's just the current nature of business, though one can never feel safe with a publicly traded company since stock market people demand line go up (even if that's unrealistic long-term since we live on a finite planet with finite resources).

Anywho, I think flashy fancy things like the Mammoth mount aren't required for the game/not pay to win, and don't undermine existing earnable in-game mount rewards. I think it's fine to make it a cash shop only thing for a few years, but once the novelty has worn off, it would be cool to introduce the earliest Mammoth sized mounts in events or as earnable rewards in-game.

Though I will say I wish we could get more in-game achievement rewards for polymorphs, and I wish they would bring back the class ability styles they gave away during the New Life celebration event, feels bad to have missed it.

AzuraFan · August 2

randconfig wrote: »

Anywho, I think flashy fancy things like the Mammoth mount aren't required for the game/not pay to win, and don't undermine existing earnable in-game mount rewards. I think it's fine to make it a cash shop only thing for a few years, but once the novelty has worn off, it would be cool to introduce the earliest Mammoth sized mounts in events or as earnable rewards in-game.

Thinking that something might eventually be free makes me less likely to buy it from the crown store. Which is probably why I haven't been buying and spending crowns lately - several items that I paid for have eventually been given away, either as login rewards, or through other means. So why buy anything I want? I'll just wait until it's given away.

It's okay to have stuff in the crown store that's never made available any other way.

ElderSmitter · August 2

I love the new Mammoth and cannot wait to buy one!!

Akylles · August 4

TyrTrolas wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback here. We will make sure to let the team know your thoughts around this. See if there is a better way to introduce a new mount type in the future. Thank you.

Flying mount please...

Flying mammoth mount please!

Digibrax · August 4

Heren wrote: »

WIth only a few modification we almost have a luminous copter horse, so, just a matter of time I guess.

I don't remember when was the last time i saw anyone ride this mount...