Arent ground mounts a bit useless?

Kremia - Lost City

I found someone selling a Mammoth mount at 3 mills, i was like: yay cheap mount!, but... meh, then i used the money on a fashion.
Since i already have a ninetales (with 3 tails b:chuckle) theres no point on getting another mount, not even to merchant cause people dont pay too much for a mount nowadays, cause theyre useless if u have a good flyier.
So i was wondering, cant ground mounts have an update or something cool?, like make us able to cast ranged skills above them, or be able to atack with bows or something; or maybe make them able to make a phys atack, so casters dont get stuck with only mage atacks (that will be pretty cool).
ijs xD
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Lady_buffer - Heavens Tear

no........just.....no.


this would give an unfair advantage in pvp. mounts are much faster than flyers. it's an even trade off. with flyers you can fly high in the sky and auto path, taking a bit of time. or you can hop on a mount and control where you want to go manually and get there faster. you also use them to farm mat routes, which can be very competitive.

anwynd

only update they need imo is to let them swim at the top of water but you cant go below the water or you get demounted after 10 seconds of going under if tht happened id be rlly happy sense i like to travel alot on my mount instead of just flying

MoonUsagi - Heavens Tear

Increase their speed to 15 and they will become popular again. b:pleased

anwynd

MoonUsagi - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Increase their speed to 15 and they will become popular again. b:pleased

man if tht happened they would definately be worth the stupid prices you have to pay for them lol

Kremia - Lost City

Lady_buffer - Heavens Tear wrote: »

no........just.....no.


this would give an unfair advantage in pvp. mounts are much faster than flyers. it's an even trade off. with flyers you can fly high in the sky and auto path, taking a bit of time. or you can hop on a mount and control where you want to go manually and get there faster. you also use them to farm mat routes, which can be very competitive.

Is not always faster, you can go running with your grond mount, but if there are a lot of magic mobs there u will be killed easily since u cant defend yourself, or if there is water or a high mountain u just cant pass with it.
And about ranged skills for pvp, we casters can be easily stun locked and thats all, and is a lie we can kill bms and sins before they can reach us is they have charms and inmune pots and all that stuff, so cast spells over a mount will give us an escape method.

Lady_buffer - Heavens Tear

oh i'm well aware that the so called "weak against mag" classes kill mag classes off somewhat easy, never said otherwise lol. your idea isn't really valid as an escape method, it takes like what? 3-5 seconds to get on your mount? and during this time you can't do a thing. it would be easy to interrupt, infact, during that time, you would most likly die even with average geared players unless you yourself are decked out with gear. this is just my personal opinion, but when dealing with pvp in most mmos, it's more like a commitment, if a fight starts, it has to be finished. sins are the only exception to this. if you want to run away, holy path may be a better option.

if only casters are allowed to do this then it, again, will be an unfair advantage. they would be able to kite way to easy. then you would have a big issue with archers, who, if i'm not mistaken, have the longest range in the game. range+speed+ physical attack =**** for mag classes. if something like this is added then it must be for all classes not just ranged.

i knew someone who never bothered with flyers because he was highly impatient so he used mostly land mounts. i was on my way to dreamwaver from archo by flyer, he was at angler village and rode his raptor to dreamwaver and got there before me. yes he got hit a few times but i understand he only got dismounted once due to his pet having high loyalty. so it still balances out.


the sad truth is, we all can get stunlocked easy. not just casters. using the mounts as a get away plan just isn't valid. but then again that was never your original idea.

Kremia - Lost City

Lady_buffer - Heavens Tear wrote: »

when dealing with pvp in most mmos, it's more like a commitment, if a fight starts, it has to be finished. sins are the only exception to this.

And again sins have an advantage against any other class, they are the only ones able to hit-and-run succesfully =(
And yes, the escape method was one of the original ideas, the extra speed of a mount can only be used to escape or chase, what cannot be done if u cant atack when riding one. I just think there should be something else mount can do, theyre basically only to farm and thats all, so in my point of view theres no reason to pay 6 or 7 mils to get one of them, the fashion at least u can wear it wherever u go but ride a mount in the wrong place will get u killed.And i think will be pretty cool for pvp cause that will make the fight not only to click ur skills combo and watch or click the normal atack and see how aps kills ur enemy.

Outlaw_Arch - Heavens Tear

hmmmmm buffer does make points. no matter how you look at it, it's silly to do this cos it takes like 5 secs to get on the mount. if anything, if you want to run aaway then holy path may be a better option.


this idea, may be very good in other mmos for pvp but not this one, not in a game where people die from 3 hits, once to tick charm, twice to over damage the pot they may use, and 3 to finish em off.

i would also imagine the coding for something like this would be rather annoying to deal with.