Creature Handler Archive
Thread: *two mounts that should be in the game*
Message Edited by GMANHNC on 06-17-2004 02:27 PM
Vertexon wrote:
I think there was some confusion at FanFest about whether the questioner from the audience was referring to True Atmospheric Flight (which would be a big technological challenge). The flying mounts that folks have asked for here on the forums would not be "flying mounts" so much as "hugging the terrain like a speederbike" mounts.
Gurbokolok wrote:
My Greater Sludge Pather is alot bigger than me, but of course I'm a small rodian. But a cat mount would be nice, something that can rival the speed of bikes.
I have one problem with the GSP, that large thing down its back. Is that a mane, or a skeletal bone? Either way that would be uncomfortable to ride.
A GrandWrix is my choice of mountable pet. Nice and large.
Message Edited by Bajonett on 06-17-2004 10:10 PM
Ragemaster9999 wrote:
Gurbokolok wrote:
My Greater Sludge Pather is alot bigger than me, but of course I'm a small rodian. But a cat mount would be nice, something that can rival the speed of bikes.
I agree, there SHOULD be a cat type mount in the game. Why? beacuse most cat types can run faster than a landspeeder and even keep up with a speeder bike. Having a cat mount in game would set a major balance between bikes and mounts, whereas currently only broke newbies use mounts.
Sorry, i'm just trolling around the CH boards looking for info on what types of creatures a non CH can get as mounts, and i read this post.
Just for some info, I am not a broke noob, but i actually prefer animal mounts over vehicles for a few reasons.
1. If they get hurt, i can just use a regular Stim B on it to heal it.
2. I can forage for food for it, instead of having to go to a garage anytime it needs a tune-up
3. I am a TK master, and I can attack creatures while riding my Dewback or Spat (currently looking for more level 10 or lower mounts so i have a wider selection)
4. It just plain looks cooler riding up to a battle on a Dewback or a Spat instead of a swoop, even if Zanzabar and Prancer are slower than my swoop.
5. I get TONS of compliments about my pets, as well as TONS of offers to buy them (though i'm not selling them)
6. It's a good way to be different than everyone else
7. They are a lot cheaper to buy. (my Dewback cost 1k credits, and my Spat cost 2k)
8. It's fun to have my Spat do a backflip while i'm riding him
So I say keep up the good work of taming creatures. Even if most people ride vehicles, there are some of us non-newbs who really enjoy riding animal mounts instead of bikes.
(on a side note, where is a good spot to find a listing of all Level 10 and lower creatures that can be used as mounts? i want to get a whole troop of them so i can pick an animal that goes well with the planet i'm on, because a Dewback looks silly running along the Swamps of Rori, or the fields of Naboo.)
BerentD wrote:
I still wonder to this day....
Why are brackasets, falumpasets, and humbabas mountable when bagerasets are not? Same skeletal structure and design, why is it so hard to slap a saddle on them?
Same goes for bolmas compared to bols....why are they not mountable?
Why do surefoot brackasets NOT spawn babies? Or seething bol crushers?Or cannibal dewbacks? What is the point of having high-levelversions of mountable creatures if we can't tame them to mount!
Can you imagine if cats were mountable....riding around on a great plains stalker would be awesome....assuming I even see one in the wild someday to try and get a baby...
Greater Sludge Panthers are kind of like the Clydesdales of the cat family in SWG, though that big ridge on their back would be kind of uncomfortable, you'd have to ride near their hips.