Would you like to see other mounts but horses in ESO?

RianaTheBosmer · May 2014

No

I want to see horses of every kind. I prefer my Elder Scrolls games to be realistic and riding something other than a horse, isn't realistic.

ErykGrimm · May 2014

Yes

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

I want to see horses of every kind. I prefer my Elder Scrolls games to be realistic and riding something other than a horse, isn't realistic.

That is a very interesting standpoint. I would imagine then, that you only play human races and don't utilize magicka in any way. For that would be unrealistic.

AlexDougherty · May 2014

Yes

ErykGrimm wrote: »

Although, as a few have posted interest in dragon mounts, dragons have no mention of being around at the point in time ESO is taking place. Alduin won't show up to resurrect them for a very long time.

I know, most of the dragons are dead at the moment.
But would still like to see some variation in mounts.

Maybe we could have Battle Hogs like in Zelda, or some sort of Tame Troll as someone said, or Giant weasels, or Huge Dogs as mounts (like Great Danes or St Bernards but horse sized), or Giant Rabbits.

Edit~ I realise you said yes too, but I started commenting on the dragons and got carried away, sorry about that.

ErykGrimm · May 2014

Yes

AlexDougherty wrote: »

ErykGrimm wrote: »

Although, as a few have posted interest in dragon mounts, dragons have no mention of being around at the point in time ESO is taking place. Alduin won't show up to resurrect them for a very long time.

I know, most of the dragons are dead at the moment.
But would still like to see some variation in mounts.

Maybe we could have Battle Hogs like in Zelda, or some sort of Tame Troll as someone said, or Giant weasels, or Huge Dogs as mounts (like Great Danes or St Bernards but horse sized), or Giant Rabbits.

Edit~ I realise you said yes too, but I started commenting on the dragons and got carried away, sorry about that.

I agree that a diversity of mounts would be splendid. I feel that Zenimax has done a great job adhering to the lore thus far, and future additions to the stable should follow that standard. And with the rich lore the Elder Scrolls can pull from, I don't think you will be disappointed by the selection. All in due time, of course. I think dragons would be super fun too, but it would destroy a lot of the lore is all.

Night_Watch · May 2014

Yes

I voted 'Yes' as variety is, it is said, the spice of life.

I would not mind at all having other mounts in game that fit within the structure of the game.

As with others though, I think there should be limits and any mount not fitting the game should not be included.

(Make your own minds up on what fits and does not!)

Mix · May 2014

Yes

The mount would need to be lore-friendly though. I do love guars, not sure about riding one, but I would love a pack-guar!

Even just more horse variety would be nice - so people could choose colour and starting stats.

Dusty5 · May 2014

Yes

mounts must match game lore and...NO PANDA'S

UrQuan · May 2014

Yes

hauke wrote: »

i ride dragons in skyrym so.... that should be only possible after a extremely hard quest, nearly impossible. solo only. and so impossible that max level goto be good, no build should make it easy.

it should stay rare

even if im not good enough to get it a dragon should be rare

Sallakat wrote: »

Or merely a flying dragon, dat be hella cool

No... Just no. Almost nothing would be as lore-breaking as dragons. All of the dragons (well, aside from Paarthurnax) have been dead for centuries in the time period of ESO, and they won't be resurrected by Alduin for centuries more.

Ysbal · May 2014

Yes

I vote yes. There's lots of creatures besides horses used as mounts in lore, it would be nice to have them in game as well.

RianaTheBosmer · May 2014

No

ErykGrimm wrote: »

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

I want to see horses of every kind. I prefer my Elder Scrolls games to be realistic and riding something other than a horse, isn't realistic.

That is a very interesting standpoint. I would imagine then, that you only play human races and don't utilize magicka in any way. For that would be unrealistic.

Have you seen a mount in any Elder Scrolls game that was anything but a horse that was not modded in. You know what I meant. Horses as mounts is ES.

UrQuan · May 2014

Yes

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

ErykGrimm wrote: »

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

I want to see horses of every kind. I prefer my Elder Scrolls games to be realistic and riding something other than a horse, isn't realistic.

That is a very interesting standpoint. I would imagine then, that you only play human races and don't utilize magicka in any way. For that would be unrealistic.

Have you seen a mount in any Elder Scrolls game that was anything but a horse that was not modded in. You know what I meant. Horses as mounts is ES.

Off the top of my head Oblivion had a unicorn as a mount, and Skyrim let you ride dragons. Both would be bad ideas for ESO (the unicorn less than dragons, but any "unique" mount would be a bad idea because it would very quickly lose all uniqueness and you'd see hundreds of them), but both are examples of non-horse, non-modded mounts in ES games.

KiwiKutKu · May 2014

Yes

Silt Strider mount = enough said

RianaTheBosmer · May 2014

No

Ur-Quan wrote: »

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

ErykGrimm wrote: »

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

I want to see horses of every kind. I prefer my Elder Scrolls games to be realistic and riding something other than a horse, isn't realistic.

That is a very interesting standpoint. I would imagine then, that you only play human races and don't utilize magicka in any way. For that would be unrealistic.

Have you seen a mount in any Elder Scrolls game that was anything but a horse that was not modded in. You know what I meant. Horses as mounts is ES.

Off the top of my head Oblivion had a unicorn as a mount, and Skyrim let you ride dragons. Both would be bad ideas for ESO (the unicorn less than dragons, but any "unique" mount would be a bad idea because it would very quickly lose all uniqueness and you'd see hundreds of them), but both are examples of non-horse, non-modded mounts in ES games.

You rode a dragon but you didn't own the dragon and I played Oblivion, I never saw a unicorn to buy.

AlexDougherty · May 2014

Yes

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

You rode a dragon but you didn't own the dragon and I played Oblivion, I never saw a unicorn to buy.

You didn't buy it, one of the Deadric quests was to murder a Unicorn, but once you killed the minotaurs, you could just mount it and ride it.

Merlin13KAGL · May 2014

Yes

I, personally, would love to expand on this... I'd like short term visual only spells that can be cast on other players...

Would be nothing more beautiful than being able to cast 'Curse of the Cat Lady' on a Dragon Knight and have him be followed by 40 felines for 10 seconds...(In town only...not trying to mess up anyone's stealth, etc...)

Not mount specific...but along the same lines...

I'd like some alternate mount options (I, too, was looking to see how much the bear was...) and I wouldn't mind pack animal options.

We'll see where they end up going...

(Visually and server wise, I can see ZoS implementing a check-your-beast-at-the-door policy)

There could be varying levels of mounts with associated cost... I do find some amusement at the thought of a lower level character charging valiantly into battle on a mountain goat...

Badh0rse · May 2014

Yes

Lore friendly only, I don't want a Khajiit motorcycle gang zooming by me one day! Have you ever been mauled by a pack of furries? I have not but it sounds terrifying!

Edit: "The Fast and the Furriest"

Merlin13KAGL · May 2014

Yes

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

Ur-Quan wrote: »

Off the top of my head Oblivion had a unicorn as a mount...

You rode a dragon but you didn't own the dragon and I played Oblivion, I never saw a unicorn to buy.

The unicorn was not really a mount, so much...you could ride it, but when you hopped off, it would wander back to it's original location (unless you locked it behind a gate...ahem...)

I remember hopping on it and riding away, trying to save it from the surrounding Minotaurs...(Did I ever have that one wrong...)

Along with the wander-off issue, I also found out it would also attack anything that drew a weapon...including me... I just figured it was cantankerous.

Once the true purpose behind the quest came out, it all made sense...

(Look up Harcane Grove if you wish to know more...)...

And no one ever owns a dragon...

Sariias · May 2014

Yes

Yes, I'll take a Wamasu, thanks.

RianaTheBosmer · May 2014

No

AlexDougherty wrote: »

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

You rode a dragon but you didn't own the dragon and I played Oblivion, I never saw a unicorn to buy.

You didn't buy it, one of the Deadric quests was to murder a Unicorn, but once you killed the minotaurs, you could just mount it and ride it.

Oh yes, now I remember that but it's still an almost horse is it not?

UrQuan · May 2014

Yes

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

Ur-Quan wrote: »

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

ErykGrimm wrote: »

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

I want to see horses of every kind. I prefer my Elder Scrolls games to be realistic and riding something other than a horse, isn't realistic.

That is a very interesting standpoint. I would imagine then, that you only play human races and don't utilize magicka in any way. For that would be unrealistic.

Have you seen a mount in any Elder Scrolls game that was anything but a horse that was not modded in. You know what I meant. Horses as mounts is ES.

Off the top of my head Oblivion had a unicorn as a mount, and Skyrim let you ride dragons. Both would be bad ideas for ESO (the unicorn less than dragons, but any "unique" mount would be a bad idea because it would very quickly lose all uniqueness and you'd see hundreds of them), but both are examples of non-horse, non-modded mounts in ES games.

You rode a dragon but you didn't own the dragon and I played Oblivion, I never saw a unicorn to buy.

The Unicorn was available after a quest. Also, whether you own a mount or not does not have anything to do with whether that mount is a mount. If it's something you can ride to get places it's a mount.

Doomraven · May 2014

Yes

Frcyr wrote: »

Yes, like @Azzuria said, only lore-friendly mounts. But i think ZOS thinks the same way. I don't think they would add an pink unicorn or something

100% Agree, it was hard for me to hit the yes button on this poll because while I do think exotic lore-friendly mounts would be awesome, it would be really easy to mess this up with mounts that don't make sense lore-wise.

ErykGrimm · May 2014

Yes

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

ErykGrimm wrote: »

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

I want to see horses of every kind. I prefer my Elder Scrolls games to be realistic and riding something other than a horse, isn't realistic.

That is a very interesting standpoint. I would imagine then, that you only play human races and don't utilize magicka in any way. For that would be unrealistic.

Have you seen a mount in any Elder Scrolls game that was anything but a horse that was not modded in. You know what I meant. Horses as mounts is ES.

I am glad you presented that question. Mounts in general are a relatively new mechanic in the game series. As such, it doesn't make much sense to limit content in ESO to that which has been done in previous titles. An easy answer to your question would be yes: after completing the dragonborn expansion of Skyrim you could use a shout to break the will of nearly any dragon and use them for transportation. For the record, Dragonborn is an official release. However, dragons were not around in the late 2nd era. However, there is a multitude of lore supporting numerous non-equine modes of transportation. I don't foresee ZOS adding non lore friendly mounts to the game so I wouldnt be too concerned.

brandon · May 2014

Yes

I would love to have other mounts in eso

KeynesAlley · May 2014

Yes

Variety is always good.

ers101284b14_ESO · May 2014

Yes

I want a unicorn like from oblivion. I would also accept a llamacorn

Saint_JiubB14_ESO · May 2014

No

Lore friendly only, and really I don't see Guar mounts as a great idea, pack animal followers sure, but riding them seems like it would look silly and is not actually canon as far as I am aware, they are usually exclusively pack animals.

from dawnguard DLC, really I don't think you can get away from horses without it being silly, but you can do creative stuff with them.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/File:SR-creature-Arvak.jpg

skarvika · May 2014

If they're "lore friendly" I'm fine with it.

ZurinArctus · May 2014

Yes

What was the giant bug looking thing in Balmora in Morrowind?

Yeah one of those would be pretty fancy.

fiachsidhe · May 2014

Yes

Dwemer monocycle.

Cogo · May 2014

No

No, because horses are already an integrated feature/function in the characters. Lets that settle. But, I have seen Q&A with DEVS who are saying Guars and something else wasn't impossible. Let them intergrate everything first. So far I don't know how many even own a horse, or two, where you can use 2 different sets that effects your character.

I am all for choices, but all in good time, and they need to make sense. Class specific maybe? Long quest reward? oh and NEVER ever never ever ever flying mounts.

I think its a better idea to tinker with the horses, make blacksmith be able to do horse armor etc.