Creature Handler Archive

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Vertexon wrote:

There's a lot of other stuff on our plate, but I would like to get some ideas generated for a "mount request document" to present to the Devs. If you could answer the following questions, I would be most grateful.

1. Which best describes how often you use mounts? (Pick One)

• Seldom. Perhaps for a change of pace every now and then, but mostly I run or use vehicles



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I usually use my speederbike on the way out and my mount on the way back unless I have to throw a camp up anyway, then I stick with the vehicle. They're just plain faster unless I'm hunting casually on the way someplace.

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Vertexon wrote:

2. Please re-order the following mounts in descending order of how often you use them (omit mounts you never use):

• Dewback
• Carrion Spat
• Kaadu

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Never had any of the others even though I'm a MCH and could get/use them.

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Vertexon wrote:

3. What's the single most important quality in a mount to you?

• Endurance. I'll take a hit in raw speed, as long as I can gallop most of the time

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When I'm traveling it's all about how fast I can get where I'm going. I sometimes hunt with my dewback but not very often since I don't yet have a high level combat capable mount.

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Vertexon wrote:

4. Please rank the following design requests in descending order (most important first) of how much they would increase the desirability of mounts in your eyes:

• Let mounts gallop longer and recover from being winded faster
• Give at least some mounts vehicle speed, at least when galloping
• Make more creatures mountable
• Let at least some players use special attacks on mounts


• Let at least some players have the mount itself fight while riding it
• Other (write in)

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Vertexon wrote:

5. Please list the top five creatures you would like to see made mountable

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Banthas
something that flies (if even CH only)

Message Edited by Centurion on 02-11-2004 10:53 AM

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1. Sometimes, depends how I feel that day. It's more often than seldom. If I do have my mount out I always dismount in combat. I need the extra help.

2.

• Bol, I have 2 of them and nothing else

3.

• Physical appearance


• Combat strength


• Endurance


• Speed

4.

• Mount fight while riding


• More mount types


• Some special attacks


• gallop longer


• vehicle speed

5.

• Avian (Dragon flight)


• Cat (Heman complex)


• Bantha ( ??????? /shakehead)


• Cu Pa (Empire Strikes Back)


• Elephant types (War Gronda)

6. A quick look at mounted warriors in history should give you an idea of what I'm thinking with a good dosefrom science fiction novels. Since be can not make avian animals the avian mount could be an interesting niche for the ch that still wants to sell mounts.

Ele Sar

Be/Ch

1.) I use mounts 95% of the time. The only time I use a vehicle is if I have to get somewhere very quickly or have to travel a huge distance over easy terrain. I always use a mount on adventure planets, and when I'm working (missions, sampling, etc).

2.) Humbabas (savage humbaba is my prime mount), carrion spat (giant), dewbacks

3.) Physical appearance. With the second tallest avatar model in the game, I look really stupid on a small mount. Second would be combat strength, followed by endurance.

4.) *Make more animals mountable

*Let at least some players have the mount fight while riding it (but only for certain mounts. Mounts that would need to jump to fight should not have this ability, but there's no reason why a falump can't spit.)

*Give at least some mounts vehicle speed, at least while galloping

*Let some players use combat specials on mounts

*Let mounts gallop longer and recover faster (Actually I don't think this should be changed and would be disappointed if it did)

5.) What I REALLY want to see is more mounts for the high and low end of the avatar model spectrum. Bothans should be able to ride a tybis, for example, or a khrabu. Wooks and trandos need a couple more high-end choices (by high end I mean "big", not "powerful").

• The bageraset is the most popular request from the non-CH crowd. I get asked to put a saddle on one at least once a night.


• A few horse models, especially dappled gualamas. I've seen the concept art for the "horse" saddle and armor, and it looks great.


• Banthas. Duh.


• Rontos, with more ronto models tamable. I would kill for a sharnaff to ride.


• A Master CH mount model. Since "vehicle speed" is one thing that a lot of CH's would think would be a nice perk to Mastery, I'd say a cat model for a Master CH mount. It could actually use the same avatar posture as the speederbikes to keep the avatar's legs high enough.

A few other requests on mounts:

• We look retarded when we're riding. No rider sits stock still and bolt upright at a gallop or when their mount rears. How about an additional animation so that we lean forward when running fast, going uphill,or when a mount does a certain trick, such as "rear" or "flip"?


• Can they shut the frigging dewbacks and birds up PLEASE?


• Customizable saddle colors at Master?


• Armor? Come on, I know they've thought about it.


• If they can toss a saddle on one, why not them all? Or at the very least, every creature of that skeleton under a certain CL. I really don't understand why they felt limiting the mounts to one per planet (well, four on Corellia) was a good idea to begin with. If we can put a saddle on a kaadu, we should be able to put a saddle on every tamable bird model under CL 20, with a couple of high-level exceptions. Same thing with the other skeletons we can put saddles on. We shouldn't have 12 (or whatever it is) to choose from, we could have a good 30 with no more real work from the art department and just a simple code change.

• Seldom. Perhaps for a change of pace every now and then, but mostly I run or use vehicles (to get to lairs then use the mount as a regular combat pet and transport to get to next lair).

• Dewback (Mountain)

• Combat strength as a regular pet

• Let at least some players use special attacks on mounts (st Mgmt III)


• Let at least some playershave the mount itself fight while riding it (at Mgmt IV)
  
• Make more creatures mountable (New Creatures)
  
• Let mounts gallop longer and recover from being winded faster
  
• Give at least some mounts vehicle speed, at least when galloping

• Reptilian Flyers (or some CL 20 flyer)

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1. Which best describes how often you use mounts? (Pick One)

• Seldom. Perhaps for a change of pace every now and then, but mostly I run or use vehicles

2. Pleasere-order the following mounts in descending order of how often you use them (omit mounts you never use):

• Dewback


• Carrion Spat

3. What's the single most important quality in a mount to you?

• Endurance. I'll take a hit inraw speed, as long as I can gallop most of the time

4. Please rank the following design requests in descending order (most important first) of how much they would increase the desirability of mounts in your eyes:

• Give at least some mounts vehicle speed, at least when galloping


• Let at least some players use special attacks on mounts


• Let at least some playershave the mount itself fight while riding it


• Other: Allow armoursmiths to craft an "light-armour-chassis" for mounts - mountsincur aspeeddecrease when it is equipped.


• Make more creatures mountable


• Let mounts gallop longer and recover from being winded faster

5. Please list the top five creatures you would like to see made mountable

(1) Cu Pa

(2) Rancor

(3) Tortur

(4) Kliknik Queen

(5) Graul

6. (Optional) If you have any mount-related comments or feedback, please feel free to give that here.

I'd like to see additional items that can be equipped or accessorised on mounts. Items such as armour chassis andsaddle bags for equipment / resources. Also more trick animations would be nice.

1. Which best describes how often you use mounts? (Pick One)

* When fighting. I usually dismount and use the mount as a regular combat pet.

2. Please re-order the following mounts in descending order of how often you use them (omit mounts you never use):

* Dewback
* Bol

3. What's the single most important quality in a mount to you?

* Physical appearance

4. Please rank the following design requests in descending order (most important first) of how much they would increase the desirability of mounts in your eyes:

* Make more creatures mountable
* Let at least some players have the mount itself fight while riding it
* Let at least some players use special attacks on mounts
* Let mounts gallop longer and recover from being winded faster
* Give at least some mounts vehicle speed, at least when galloping

5. Please list the top five creatures you would like to see made mountable

Cu pa
Kwi (ties in with cu pa, same body skeleton)
Thune
Kimogila
Reptilian Flyer (all varities)

1. Seldom
2. Kaadu, Dewback
3. Combat strength
4. Using specials; other (storage space) more mounts, mount fighting; longer gallop; vehicle speed
5. Pikets; Rontos; GSP; Bantha; Some sort of flyer
6. I think mounts must have some kind of storage compartments, though not excessive.

1-seldom

2-dewback, giant carrion spat

3-speed

4- a--give some mounts vehicle speed, b---make more mountable, c---gallop longer,d---everything else.

5- anything that flies!!! cu'pa, bantha, any cats, rhontos,

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Vertexon wrote:

There's a lot of other stuff on our plate, but I would like to get some ideas generated for a "mount request document" to present to the Devs. If you could answer the following questions, I would be most grateful.

1. Which best describes how often you use mounts? (Pick One)

• When fighting. I usually dismount and try to keep the pet out of the battle entirely.

2. Pleasere-order the following mounts in descending order of how often you use them (omit mounts you never use):

• Bol


• Brackaset


• Falumpaset/Humbaba


• Dewback


• Kaadu


• Carrion Spat

3. What's the single most important quality in a mount to you?

• Endurance. I'll take a hit inraw speed, as long as I can gallop most of the time

4. Please rank the following design requests in descending order (most important first) of how much they would increase the desirability of mounts in your eyes:

• Make more creatures mountable(4)


• Let at least some players use special attacks on mounts (1)


• Let at least some playershave the mount itself fight while riding it(2)


• Let mounts gallop longer and recover from being winded faster(3)


• Give at least some mounts vehicle speed, at least when galloping (5)


• Give pets better terrain negociation then vehicles, make it more viable to ride your pets on say Dothimore

5. Please list the top five creatures you would like to see made mountable

1. GSP

2. Gualama

3. Klicknik

4. Torton

5. Winged animal, say Giant peco

6. (Optional) If you have any mount-related comments or feedback, please feel free to give that here.

The biggest drawback to pets is with vehicles being able to go on everyworld and being faster then every mount, there is no reason for the non CH to own one. I personnally have 2 mounts and a third brewing because on planets like Doth it's more Starwarsy to roam the country on a Bol or dewback.

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Granted that speeder bikes were used on Yavin in the movies, but I feel that we at least one or two planets where due to the ecology vehicles should be prohibited, anyone caught using a vehicle on said planet should pay heafty fines and/or be transported to the doth prison. make it part of the crackdown...to ferret out rebels stop the use of vehicles on planets they might be hiding on..... let's make this fun

• Seldom. (actually never now)

• Brackaset (was the last mount I used. No one has asked me to train a mount since vehicles came out )

• Endurance. I'll take a hit inraw speed, as long as I can gallop most of the time

• Let at least some players use special attacks on mounts
  
• Make more creatures mountable
  
• Give at least some mounts vehicle speed, at least when galloping
  
• Let at least some playershave the mount itself fight while riding it
  
• Let mounts gallop longer and recover from being winded faster

1. When fighting I usually dismount and use the mount as a regular combat pet.

2. Bol, Brackaset, Dewback, Falumpaset, Kaadu, Carrion Spat

3. Speed over short distances and combat strength as a pet

4. Make more creatures mountable, Give at least some mounts vehicle speed, at least while galloping, let at least some pets have gallop more, let at least some players be able to let the pets attack, and let some players use special attacks.

5. Rancor, Snorbals/Thunes, Mantigrues, Peko Pekos, Fambaas

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Also klikniks and cats

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