Flying mounts

Am I the only one who would love to see flying mounts being more accessible, but not too over the top?
Example; instead of lets say 10-20 people per server having flying mounts at a specific time, maybe like 500-1000 ??

I would love to hear what other people think.

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Songcaller

I'd rather have no flying mounts. Besides, the standard is 20 from the nodes/castles and then we have timed flying mounts (Legendary Mount Category) so there might be a few more in the game world for different time spans.

Talents

No. I'm perfectly fine with them being as restricted as they currently are. Makes them actually rare and nice to see when you see someone with them in-game.

neuroguy

Nope, lower the number the better. I'd even be happy with zero honestly.

Schmuky

Not zero, but 10-20 is just fine by me. Exclusivity breeds competitiveness. You see someone on a flying mount and go "i want that" so you go and make a guild and then make it a good guild and attack a castle. Bc you wanted to fly.

Hell, i would like even more systems like this

Nagash

Big no. the system they have in place now is perfectly fine

Spontancous6

Good to

Neurath wrote: »

I'd rather have no flying mounts. Besides, the standard is 20 from the nodes/castles and then we have timed flying mounts (Legendary Mount Category) so there might be a few more in the game world for different time spans.

Oh wow, I didn't even know this. Great to hear.

Schmuky

Spontancous6 wrote: »

Good to

Neurath wrote: »

I'd rather have no flying mounts. Besides, the standard is 20 from the nodes/castles and then we have timed flying mounts (Legendary Mount Category) so there might be a few more in the game world for different time spans.

Oh wow, I didn't even know this. Great to hear.

So this will work like this:
During Boss fights, players can get a rare loot drop of a dragon's egg (or something similar depending on the boss my guess)
A player with animal husbandry profession can then hatch the egg and depending on their skill level, the mount will get different stats INCLUDING LIFESPAN. Those mounts will be time limited, i think Steven said in a stream it would be something like 15-30 days.

So they are temporary. But all flying mounts are temporary. You might mayor of a node and have a flying mount, but if you don't win the next election (elections happen once per month), you lose it. Same with guilds, you lose the castle, you lose the mount.
Yes, 10-20 people sounds incredibly small, but, it will keep rotating around

Khronus

As a guild leader...I will probably end up owning a flying mount from a castle but I honestly don't even want it. I don't want to experience something in game that others will not have the option to experience. It will be cool AF for sure....but sucks for everyone else. I'm even go as far as getting guild members to mayoral status as often as possible so they can get a mount and experience it.

My ideal scenario would be to remove flying mounts and just let us see them as a GM uses it. That probably won't be the case though.

Vhaeyne

Flying mounts are no good in an open world PvX game. Allowing 10-20 people to have them truly is a compromise that keeps them in the game and makes them special whilst not ruining PvX.

Grumsten

I have to agree, I like the idea of flying mounts being restricted. Adding a sense of awe and achievement for the players that really dedicate themselves

bloodprophet

Flying mounts kill the open world interaction between players.
If wow went back to single servers the majority of the world would be dead because of a lot of things but flying mounts are one of the big ones.

Shabob

I feel like the way it is now has the Total War Warhammer vibe to it where two armies clash on the field, but the legendary lords have flying mounts. There are going be huge egos and some drama over this stuff and I love it.

Marcet

I think it's very epic that only 20 people have it. When you see one you will follow him around in awe, and in battle maybe shit your pants when there is one on the other side leading his army, Witch King style.
Im all about that kind of exclusivity, not because im gonna have any of that stuff, but it adds another layer of seriousness to the game.

RocketFarmer

I think the flying mount thing goes into that category of “if everyone gets one then it doesn’t have value”. To worse, if you don’t have one then you are missing out. Sounds best as a perk for holding a higher level of responsibility or an epic, limited reward.

Nagash

Shabob wrote: »

I feel like the way it is now has the Total War Warhammer vibe to it where two armies clash on the field, but the legendary lords have flying mounts. There are going be huge egos and some drama over this stuff and I love it.

That is a good way to describe it really

Asgerr

With the full knowledge that I will never achieve a flying mount as I have no one to play with, nor will I get to be a guild leader, or a castle owner, I prefer them to remain very rare.

Makes it matter more, and breaks the game less

Nagash

Asgerr wrote: »

With the full knowledge that I will never achieve a flying mount as I have no one to play with, nor will I get to be a guild leader, or a castle owner, I prefer them to remain very rare.

Makes it matter more, and breaks the game less

Might get lucky in a world boss fight

Asgerr

Nagash wrote: »

Asgerr wrote: »

With the full knowledge that I will never achieve a flying mount as I have no one to play with, nor will I get to be a guild leader, or a castle owner, I prefer them to remain very rare.

Makes it matter more, and breaks the game less

Might get lucky in a world boss fight

Though I appreciate the optimism, my luck in terms of MMO drops, spawns, special events, Pokemon shinies etc is par to non-existant

Nagash

Asgerr wrote: »

Nagash wrote: »

Asgerr wrote: »

With the full knowledge that I will never achieve a flying mount as I have no one to play with, nor will I get to be a guild leader, or a castle owner, I prefer them to remain very rare.

Makes it matter more, and breaks the game less

Might get lucky in a world boss fight

Though I appreciate the optimism, my luck in terms of MMO drops, spawns, special events, Pokemon shinies etc is par to non-existant

See I have really good luck with rolls (why i play Warhammer) so I always have hope

grimcee

I think it's pretty cool as is, and feeds to a sense of rarity. Being that, if they do it like they say they are, when you see a flying mount in the game, you know it's somebody important. I think it'd be a pretty cool occurrence. It also adds at least some kind of drive for players to compete more in the social aspect, to become mayors and etc. Just about as close to simulated social gov't as I think you can get. Especially with scientific nodes requiring votes.

No more rambling, I promise. I think flying mounts are a cool and necessary driver to earn higher spots.

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