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The downside of mounts
stormdrag0n
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Like most I'm pretty excited to see that there will be mounts in Neverwinter but it also brings up major concerns.
Are we going to have to deal with idi..err "people" on mounts inside every building?
What about using them to grief? Blocking mail boxes and entryways is a huge problem in TOR and WoW despite what the devs say..it has been well documented.
What about flying mounts? They seemed like a awesome idea when wow introduced them but having tons of them hovering a couple inches over the street is frustrating not to mention it makes for empty zones because everyone if flying to their destinations and when everyone and his uncle has one they just aren't that special not to mention it isn't very Forgotten Realms.
Finally mounts other than horses I really hope we don't start having pigs, wolfs, Gnome contraptions, mammoths and flying swords for mounts, LOTRO has mainly horses ponies (and a ram) and they have been able to give us a huge variation in those mounts.....this would be a excellent model for Cryptic.
That's my two coppers on it I would love to hear other viewpoints.
Are we going to have to deal with idi..err "people" on mounts inside every building?
What about using them to grief? Blocking mail boxes and entryways is a huge problem in TOR and WoW despite what the devs say..it has been well documented.
What about flying mounts? They seemed like a awesome idea when wow introduced them but having tons of them hovering a couple inches over the street is frustrating not to mention it makes for empty zones because everyone if flying to their destinations and when everyone and his uncle has one they just aren't that special not to mention it isn't very Forgotten Realms.
Finally mounts other than horses I really hope we don't start having pigs, wolfs, Gnome contraptions, mammoths and flying swords for mounts, LOTRO has mainly horses ponies (and a ram) and they have been able to give us a huge variation in those mounts.....this would be a excellent model for Cryptic.
That's my two coppers on it I would love to hear other viewpoints.
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As long as it fits in the Realms it's cool my worry is that take an uncommon mount from the books and make it common as dirt.
Tom the Troll (and we can ride its back)
Bob the Beholder (with safety glasses on its eyes to avoid any mishaps)
White Unicorn who teleports(like Lurue)
Stone the Golem(with cushion seat on its shoulder)
My choices of pets pets:-
Fairies (one that fit your pocket)
Mindflayer baby brain (who has not yet developed fangs)
Ioun stone
A nameless zombie
Boo - (go for the eyes)
These are one I would be happy to pay for too.
- they should not be invocated like in wow
- mounts blocking mail box??? u have mail box eveywhere in wow so if one is blocked go to another one, don't be id... err narrow minded.
- flying mounts : totally agree : should be very rare, and they are a pain in mmo because zones they killed savage pvp and they made the world empty... so please, no flying mounts or very rare, and by the way in DnD it is very rare and hard to find too, so stick the rules!
- fighting on mounts could be cool, think about it!
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Other mounts more normal mounts should exists, but not be cheap so that everybody is galloping to and fro. Besides horses, mules and donkeys could be included for both riding and load bearing. Mules and Donkeys could be purchased for a few gold pieces, horses for a couple hundred gold, not to forget about Worgs but they should be an expensive item as well. Fantastical/Flying mounts should be under no circumstances purchasable.
Speaking of mounts, there could be purchasable carts, wagons, and coaches, none of them cheap of course. Also barding could be for sale, again not very cheaply. A thing that Cryptic could offer is are stables, where you can house your mount while you are off delving in a dungeon. They could also provide upkeep for horse such as shoeing and tack maintenance.
These are all things that Cryptic could offer for real money. Naturally horse wranglers, wagon wrights, blacksmiths, stable keepers should all be interactive NPCs.
Yeah I agree maybe have a powerful NPC show up on a flying mount or a GM......but not you're average player.. even Elminster doesn't have a flying mount. I would love to see carts and wagons in the game but yes very expensive as no one wants the streets of Neverwinter full of them...and actually they really should consider limiting where mounts can go. One thing I have noticed from videos is some of the streets are really narrow. As far as cost goes horses should be pricey just to keep them rare they should even consider adding a resting feature after all horses do get tired.
Well it is a bit complicated this economy stuff we don't know how Auction house will affect the economy of players that remains to be seen. When I started playing WOW the first year I felt poor and the most expensive fastest flying speed felt very expensive so I could only afford highest flying speed to one of the my characters.
I had however started crafting... after a long time(WOW is time sink in some crafting skills not all) Epic crafting at highest level combined with Auction House made me filthy rich in WOW. In WOW I am like a multimillionarie I have so much gold so I really don't know what to do with it. When I quit WOW after 3.5 years playing in 2011 my income was huge compared to what little expenses I had. The price for having fastest mounts in WOW felt like nothing no matter how many characters I would roll.
I think it is really difficult to compare WOW to Neverwinter. At the end of the Day today WOW with all its expansion is pretty HUGE world also outside to explore. While in Neverwinter seems so instanced so I really wonder how small is the outside World in Neverwinter? I like mounts, but if the outside World is small then there is less need. In time hopefully Cryptic will increase the outside World. If it comes to that players began to complain it is so huge world to explore outside the World then that day in the future we really need mounts. On the other hand sure we all want mounts, but it is a free game with limited resources. Of course I would love mounts...
I really hope two of those connecting areas are luskan and the Crags....as there is just a boat load of history and lore in those areas.
Probably the largest areas would be in the Neverwinter city itself - remember that only protector's enclave area is under Neverember's rule and the rest has been overrun by various things. There is also that large tear ... um ... abyss in the center east of neverwinter. Maybe open areas will consist there - full of hostile creaures and thus open world fights with demons and all kinds of monstrosities.
Yeah I was speaking about the Ruins of Luskan which still has a strong Pirate influence, also speaking of the abyss really hoping there is content there that isn't just dungeon delve, but yeah I'm straying off topic now sorry.
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Yes but it isn't a proprietary mount which makes my earlier point that these things should never be a common (as in you can buy one for 25 bucks in the C store) sight in Neverwinter.
Well, there are several Faerun Kingdoms that employ flying mounted mercenaries and militia. There was even the Knight of the Flying Hunt prestige class in 3rd where all the knights would get a trained pegasus. There is even the Champions of Valor supplement that introduced more rules on flying mounts within the Realms.
But.. I'll settle for a simple fly spell.
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It is the sub(12.50 euro/month) that costs a lot in WOW. WOW is the best MMO that I have played, but I have paid more then 500 euro for WOW so I am happy that Neverwinter is a free game.
Anyway on to topic yeah I hope they will increase the outside World and in time when world grows there will be more need for mounts. I really want mounts. That said if with limited resources I can choose mounts vs PvP and that we have at least 5 playable classes at release(Cleric and MAYBE Ranger(or some other class)) then I think mounts can be postponed to after release.
they go in your bag of holding :P
Yeah one thing I loved about Skyrim your Horse stayed wherever you parked it...they could do something like that by making the horse only rideable by the owner (because Horse jacking would become the new past time of the Jerkish) and maybe have the horse disappear back into your inventory after say half an hour.
Waiting for demands of being able to steal other peoples mounts in 3....2....1.:rolleyes: