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Why wasn't Bantha included?

And for the record, they are not kaadu, or carrion spats, or chickens.

They're ostards.

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Waaaaaaaahhhhh..............No banthas?

Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh.............No rontos?

Wahhhhhhhhhhhahaaahahh..................No eopies?

Give it up. I'm sick of all you whiners out there that expect the SWG community and developers to cater to your every wish and whim. You probably don't even understand or care about the reasonings behind not allowing banthas or rontos to be ridable. So,just becauseyou just want the "most popular" creatures in the universe to be ridable doesn't mean that they are going to be. Give the devs a break, they are working hard to get this info out to us. I gaurantee you that they will come out with countless other mounts as time passes, so those of you who want to ride your giant peko and be invincible while soaring above all the trouble like little wimps, you can just give it up and wait. I'm sick of waiting through all your junk trying to get to the good posts of the thread.

Whew....Now that I got that off my chest. Thanks for the info Q! It is always good to see you guys progressing, remember when you all said it may be months and months until we see even the concept of mounts? It is great that you are on/before schedule!

Avirda

I also noticed that in the demo video the Dewback is wearing a different style of saddle that has packs and canisters attached to it.

Will these be items we can also place on the pet or is there different types of saddles? Are the Saddles purchased from tailors?

Does the CH have control over what type of saddle is displayed when they convert the pet to a mount?

Or is that type of saddle in the demo not going to be used?

I have to admit I liked this Friday Feature. No negativity from me in this post.. Promise. you even gave us a glimer of hope by saying these 6 first. Which leads me to believe there will be more I hope to see a Creature Handler "only" version of mounts. I can hope can't I?

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Kosta wrote:
When should I expect to be able to ride a Wookie?

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OK people.. lets sum up the whole of this and every other forum post on this site... YES a lot of people are whining, but by God I would rather hear most of them then the people who flip out and, yes, WHINE about the whiners... really!

People here are whining because they paid $50 for a game and some 15 odd bucks a month to play it. The simple fact is that the developers are doing themselves a wonderful pay raise to take their time adding items to this SWG post-beta they released. I complain about the lack of updates because I was promised them by SOE and I pay my money to see these promises fulfilled.

Fact of the matter is that a couple people here hit it right on the head... SIX mounts, YAY. But it is NOT six mounts! The developers have cheated us just one more time by the ole cut-n-paste with 3 models. THey continue to lead players on and rip players off and yet we all still eagerly get in line to toss fifteen George Washingtons at em. Sick...

Skyne Thorngrin

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Ok enough caps, your eye got caught

Please as the web team to fix it, i can't see the screenshots!!!! I want screenies!

On another note, very nice list imho, except that i've been soloing bol lairs for the past 2 days without ever seeing a baby.. Is this a BE only Pet? If it is, i understand, the BEs need a slice of the mounts Cake too!

To eastmaster: I thought non Ch were limited to level 15 creatures? I am a novice Ch and have a falumpaset which is level 18. So I would presume that it would be limited to a CH ( unless they changed the level for non-Ch's - I have been out of the country for a while.)

Alright first of all.. CU PAs are TOO SMALL to ride. I'm a Mon Calimari and I'm taller than them. They will never be mounts.

Banthas are slow, as pets now they can't keep up with a group. You want to ride an ox?

The big cats are probably out, since cats don't deal well with being ridden. It's sort of silly to want that.

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Galacium wrote:

True they are traditional mounts in star wars, but...

My Mon Calmari can move quite a bit faster than the average bantha. The utility of the mounts is to look cool and move fast, granted the bantha look cool but they arn't exactly known for their speed.

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I'd add to this for those wanting to ride GSPs or grand wrixes: They also don't want to make mounts move TOO fast. As it is, they'll have to be very careful with this to not wreck PvE/PvP. If you make the mounts move TOO fast, I can definitely see the GSP-riding commando ruling PvP. Imagine defending against a commando that can get within 16m of you to attack, then get back out of range before you can attack back. And I know they can't use specials, but up close a flamethrower still does a lot of damage.

Seems to me that they picked creatures whose natural speed was less than burst run speed, but more than walking speed.

Is there anything that you guys wont bitch about? I mean come on...

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I'm left out, because I am NOT going to ride ANYTHING OTHER than a Cu Pa, and so now I don't have a ridable mount like most others are going to have.

Yes, I am whining and moaning and being immature about this. I admit it, but I'm still going to want to ride my cu pa

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Heh, at least you are honest about it... In any case, there aren't gonna be any Cu Pa's and you will need some transportaion...can I intrest you in a used Dewback? Only 60,000 miles... ;D