New Mounts and More Mount Armor Type : V - Skyrim

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:09 am

So http://www.robotvsbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/dino20riders.jpg what really happened to the dinosaurs. This is a historic find, Fearless Hero. Let me contact National Geographic to tell them the news!

» Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:40 pm

So http://www.robotvsbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/dino20riders.jpg what really happened to the dinosaurs. This is a historic find, Fearless Hero. Let me contact National Geographic to tell them the news!

Indeed. I'm glad this is finally getting some recognition in the scientific community. I'm also in possession of a "tape" containing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnHuNUNV0BE documenting this overlooked, yet extremely likely theory.

In all seriousness, only the first few creatures on my list were vaguely realistic suggestions for Skyrim mounts. I've got my fingers crossed for mammoths and/or giant wolves.

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:05 am

Do you want to ride lions and tigers (WTF are doing them in Skyrim? And they are too small...)? And dragons...? I think that it has been explained enough times why that's a bad idea, so I won't do it again...

I doubt wolfs would be big enough... and I doubt Giant Spiders would be tameable.... Seriously, things that fit in WoW don't neccesarily fit in TES.

I'm happy with horses. If there is some addition.... maybe guars.

» Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:18 pm

I support this fully. I would love to ride a dragon! Fly around and such.

» Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:08 pm

Cliff racer mount

» Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:14 pm

lok no to all mounts but horses, have you ever seen someone ride a bear? didnt think so. plus nothing else will make the cut im sure if they dont even know if they will get horses how they want them

edit:why would you want rusty armor for you horse? i prefer my horse not to have tetanus

Have you ever seeb a Dragon?or someone cast a healing spell?

» Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:49 pm

Have you ever seeb a Dragon?or someone cast a healing spell?

What you have mentioned does exists in Tamriel. However, if bears are more or less the same size in Skyrim than in Cyrodiil (real world size), the problem is that they are small... and not very useful to travel, compared with a horse...

» Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:29 pm

Bear cavalry?! Heh, dragons would be a peace of cake then. I'm gonna put forth sharks with laser beams attached to their heads as an aquatic mount.

More seriously, if other mounts fit into the lore and they have time to make them viable, sounds good to me.

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:04 am

Have you ever seeb a Dragon?or someone cast a healing spell?

ive seen the dagons in game yes..? what does that have to do with anything

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:31 am

I know its a fantasy based game but think Elder Scrolls tries to stay more realistic. i.e. how many people do you see in the world riding bears and lions? Maybe if they introduce pint sized gnomes as a playable race that but I doubt that very much.

I'd def' like to see more horse armors. I thought this with Oblivion. It seems daft having the horse dressed in completely different armor to the one you are wearing. The choices were way too limited

» Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:02 pm

Instead of just one fur and leather armour I would like to see the same armour(even if the stats are the same) to have different looks and visuals.

Basically just more looks for the same armours, well at least for the common armours.

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:33 am

Instead of just one fur and leather armour I would like to see the same armour(even if the stats are the same) to have different looks and visuals.

Basically just more looks for the same armours, well at least for the common armours.

or one armor with variations of color and decorations etc so it matches in with any armor your character wears.

» Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:54 pm

Aint nothing like savin' the world on a confused giant turtle. Gief plox.

On a more serious note, though, yeah more mounts would be nice. But not necessary.

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:02 am

Bethesda has an insanely difficult time (for god knows what reason) designing a simple horse that you can ride that moves correctly and goes at a faster pace than your character.

Their brains would melt if they were told they had to design OTHER mounts as well.

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:29 am

BEAR MOUNTS Most fantasy mounts would be awkward in my opinion but Bears and Eagles all the way.

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:49 am

I want to ride a saber-toothed tiger!!!!!

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:58 am

i dont even want a horse mount if i cant attack from ontop of it.

» Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:46 pm

I want to ride a slaughterfish!

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:50 am

Horses. Bears. Wolves. Dinos. Seriously?

Bethesda better not even release Skyrim http://www.sras.org/img/photo/Fairweather_the_Reindeer.jpg. And it better have armor, too!

(Sorry the picture is small.)

~ Dani ~

» Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:21 pm

I want to ride a slaughterfish!

Bahahahahahahahahaahahahaha :goodjob:

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:55 am

I want to ride a slaughterfish!

Why wait for Skyrim? http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=10479

~ Dani ~

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:24 am

Well having at last ridable horse as base will allow apply riding to any other creatures as well with mods like it was in Oblivion
Making Ridable Creatures
http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Making_Ridable_Creatures
In such way almost all creatures can be ridable in game just few examples
The Oblivion Mount Project
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=5246
Rideable Sheep
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=7209
Bear Mount Beta
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16909
Tharanthiels Deer Mount
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=9727
Rat Mount
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=31689
Ridable Dreugh
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=13192
RideableCrab
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=26436
RidableTrolls
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16887
Rideable Ogre
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=7233
Giant Rideable Boar 10
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=9084
Rideable Goblin
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=17615
Modified Ridable Clannfear
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=7610
A Ridable Slaughterfish
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=10479

Rideable GateKeeper
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=17618
Rideable Frost Atronach
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=18466
Rideable Elytra
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=18580
Rideable Baliwog
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=17697

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:44 am

Ive been avoiding this thread.....

....I dunno. Im not totally against it, but after seeing a mountable rat above....I just dont know what to think anymore. My whole perception of reality has been shattered. I no longer know what makes sense. Its all just chaos.

I think that they should focus on moutable horses....considering they have yet to confirm those Its hard for me to imagine there being anything else in addition. And I would much rather see horses as mounts BEFORE any of these ideas. Just saying.

Edit* OMFG. There is a mountable slaughterfish also?!?!?!?!?! :dead:

» Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:46 am

DLC and modders, is all I have to say about this. There's no chance in hell that fantastic mounts will ever be ridable in a TES game, because riding in general is fairly redundant. It's a curiosity of gameplay, something that might look cool and is great for roleplay. But unless you'll be able to do mounted combat, mounts bear very little gameplay value (interaction-wise).

Also, don't forget that making the horses ridable can potentially result in less gamesales, provided that (1) it turns out to be a bad feature and (2) critics points that out too much to the public. TES has never been about horseriding specifically, it's pretty much the same as the Diablo series in terms of world design and how that flows through the gameplay experience. In Diablo it's because the game is linear. In TES games it's because of fast travel (either instant or through services).

Well having at last ridable horse as base will allow apply riding to any other creatures as well with mods like it was in Oblivion

It's rarely about what's possible or not, it's about what's prudent and relevant.

» Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:29 pm

Ive been avoiding this thread.....

....I dunno. Im not totally against it, but after seeing a mountable rat above....I just dont know what to think anymore. My whole perception of reality has been shattered. I no longer know what makes sense. Its all just chaos.

I think that they should focus on moutable horses....considering they have yet to confirm those Its hard for me to imagine there being anything else in addition. And I would much rather see horses as mounts BEFORE any of these ideas. Just saying.

Edit* OMFG. There is a mountable slaughterfish also?!?!?!?!?! :dead:

Well isn't thats great thats we can create all what comes to mind and put it into game and at the same time ignore and not install thats what put our mind in chaos?
Just leave base for modding an possibility to expand game features all other the will do by self, Oblivion add ridable horse type thats was handled well by hardcoded engine logic, such features hard to script and add by modders, I remember how it was in Morrowind in Pegas Horse Ranch mod just ad an ridable creature, with scripting: there was trigonometric calculation of position in world so horseman will be send to be at horse in thats space, force equip special saddle for lower body, AI change for custom horse creature model completely with custom animations mesh and textures and sound.
Thats was really hard and large work.

DLC and modders, is all I have to say about this. There's no chance in hell that fantastic mounts will ever be ridable in a TES game, because riding in general is fairly redundant. It's a curiosity of gameplay, something that might look cool and is great for roleplay. But unless you'll be able to do mounted combat, mounts bear very little gameplay value (interaction-wise).

No need fantastic mounts just well done Horses need as base all other can be expanded by mods, even mounted combat can be done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAepZrJxPag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vckqoncSag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccRKQTPYX1I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w4w1gxeDkw

Also, don't forget that making the horses ridable can potentially result in less gamesales, provided that (1) it turns out to be a bad feature and (2) critics points that out too much to the public. TES has never been about horseriding specifically, it's pretty much the same as the Diablo series in terms of world design and how that flows through the gameplay experience. In Diablo it's because the game is linear. In TES games it's because of fast travel (either instant or through services).

It's rarely about what's possible or not, it's about what's prudent and relevant.

Horses riding done even at the same level as in Oblivion add variability to game, using fast travel as main feature turn game into Progress Quest.
Having features as horse riding will rise sales as well, since TES open world game and many player like to travel, Skyrim will have great Nature thats features handcrafted unique landscapes why need hide them behind dull Fast Travel menu?
Ride your horse and travel, enjoy great work of game designers.