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Thread: Did you guys see this? Concept: Mounts
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GreenDragonMaster
Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:00 pm
#1
On "In concept Board":
In Concept: Mounts Unleashed
We want to bring mounts to a whole new level of functionality and would like your feedback on changes you would like to see take place.
What actions would you like to see while on mounts that you cannot currently do?
Please be descriptive and give bullet points for responses.
Some examples we are thinking of doing are:
* Areatrack while mounted
* Calling pets while mounted
* Throwing traps while mounted
It seems like they're thinking of us. All three of these ideas are ones I wish I could do.
In Concept: Mounts Unleashed
We want to bring mounts to a whole new level of functionality and would like your feedback on changes you would like to see take place.
What actions would you like to see while on mounts that you cannot currently do?
Please be descriptive and give bullet points for responses.
Some examples we are thinking of doing are:
* Areatrack while mounted
* Calling pets while mounted
* Throwing traps while mounted
It seems like they're thinking of us. All three of these ideas are ones I wish I could do.
Message Edited by GreenDragonMaster on 02-09-2005 11:05 PM
Message Edited by GreenDragonMaster on 02-10-2005 01:14 AM
tagas
Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:15 pm
#2
Item Storage on mounts inside the saddlebags. Example: When you make a bantha a mount its saddle has two saddlebags. I would like to use those saddle bagsFor item storage. So when a creature is trained to be a mount it would have its own inventory for meat,hide,bone, ect. and how much storage space you have would depend on the creature. Example: a mounted bantha would hold more items than a mounted kaadu.
Thats what i would like to see done.
SickSix
Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:07 pm
#3
i'm sorry but i have to DISAGREE with being able to throw traps while mounted..... What if you have a really fast mount and can just kite creatures with traps? it would make getting trapping xp ridiculously easy.....
i'm just afraid it will turn into a s'ploit......
GreenDragonMaster
Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:07 pm
#4
I haven't ridden creature mounts, so I'm not too sure what's out there for them. However, what about a food speed buff? Making the creatures faster might increase there popularity.
GreenDragonMaster
Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:23 pm
#5
SickSix wrote:i'm sorry but i have to DISAGREE with being able to throw traps while mounted..... What if you have a really fast mount and can just kite creatures with traps? it would make getting trapping xp ridiculously easy.....i'm just afraid it will turn into a s'ploit......
I agree somewhat. This can actually be done already. The only difference is that you have to push a button to dimaount throw a trap and then push a button to mount. Yes, it could lead to more people "exploiting" this, but I think we gain more than lose. If playing the ranger role in a hunting group, it would be nice to have a quick get away.
Other ideas:
1. Use weapon while mounted
2. While fighting mounted, allow mount to fight too. Maybe we would lose accuracy while doing this....
Calculus_Entropy
Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:47 pm
#6
SickSix wrote:
i'm sorry but i have to DISAGREE with being able to throw traps while mounted..... What if you have a really fast mount and can just kite creatures with traps? it would make getting trapping xp ridiculously easy.....
i'm just afraid it will turn into a s'ploit......
Mounts slow down to a walk while in combat and traps initiate combat, so there shouldn't be a problem.
Temujin23
Thu Feb 10, 2005 4:17 am
#7
Getting trapping xp is already ridiculously easy.
al-djinn'i
Master Ranger/Master Rifleman
JBMat
Thu Feb 10, 2005 4:55 am
#8
As our traps are pretty non-lethal - last I looked only the bone spur does actual physical damage (Mind damage and that has been nerfed) -how can we kite a creature with traps??
Specials won't work mounted. So we can ride in a fast circle around creatures and shoot using standard attack shots and tossing traps. Geeze guys, get on your feet, and in 90% of the terrain in the game with p darts you can outrun anything, to include cats. Cats will catch swoops on level ground, and will eat you in the hills. Speaking of hills, ever notice we are faster on foot than swoops are going uphill.
Yeah, guess it could be done, but really time consuming without some specials.
JB
agent156
Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:53 am
#9
SickSix wrote:i'm sorry but i have to DISAGREE with being able to throw traps while mounted..... What if you have a really fast mount and can just kite creatures with traps? it would make getting trapping xp ridiculously easy.....i'm just afraid it will turn into a s'ploit......
Well then there is much biger "s'ploit" (I can't spell it either, lol) to get trapping XP right under your nose, make up a few crates of glow juice traps, get someone to tank a criter that is high enough level for a good xp vs. stick rate... throw a trap... through another trap.. etc. etc. Traps with out states will give you xp untill the criter dies or it kills you.
Lets not nerf another good idea before it even exists just becuase some one cries "s'ploit."
SickSix
Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:53 am
#10
ok, well if you masters don't think it will be a problem then i believe you. But peronally i don't think you should be able to do anything but /survey or /areatrack from a vehicle mount.
I think all the other stuff (oh exept storage) should be restricted to animal mounts. just my opinion and i'll lay off the trapping 'exploit' thing.
(yeah, you can throw flashbombs at highend voritors all day, and they will all stick lol)
Owen-Lars
Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:59 am
#11
I believe this is refering to animal mounts only. Mounts are animal mounts, vehicles are vehicles. The idea is to make mounted travelmore attractive, thereforeused more.
After the survey addition i posted a proposal on tracking from mounts and then later, after dev posting it developed into a "cool, what other abilities would you like to see from mounts?" thread. Thats why the examples given were so scout/ranger intensive (because the whole thread was started asking for ranger/scout mount abilities).
I hope we get some of these as i think it would help alot. There are lots of other things we could add but trapping, tracking and concealing/mask would be great additions.
Message Edited by Owen-Lars on 02-10-2005 04:01 PM
Kinshi
Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:14 pm
#12
"i'm sorry but i have to DISAGREE with being able to throw traps while mounted..... What if you have a really fast mount and can just kite creatures with traps? it would make getting trapping xp ridiculously easy....."
We can already do this to an extent, tossing adhesive mesh traps at a critter gets to hold still while you spam it with glow juice traps, and a creature mount moves slower than you do during burst run.
I like ALL these ideas. I would get a creature mount in a heartbeat if I could do those new things.
We can already do this to an extent, tossing adhesive mesh traps at a critter gets to hold still while you spam it with glow juice traps, and a creature mount moves slower than you do during burst run.
I like ALL these ideas. I would get a creature mount in a heartbeat if I could do those new things.
staplesman88
Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:58 am
#13
It would be cool it our Bonus to Brust Running and stuff could apply to the creature we are on as well.
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