Aww boo, no tiger mount?

I saw a gorgeous = very rare one last night (same guy that had the new Hart elk) - he said he got the rare tiger in one of those crates !!! Almost made me run out and buy some, lol.

Aye, but that's a gamble of long odds ain't it?

That is what I said, but he begged to differ with me, lol. I was tempted, but ... saving up for my house; and possibly for that hinted at other news in Matt's End of Year statement.




This post has been edited by mALX: Dec 23 2016, 03:49 AM

I was really looking forward to the Deer mount, and it looks gorgeous, but 4500 crowns? noooooooooooooope. That's more than twice the price of most other mounts and 1500 more than the Orsinium expansion!

This post has been edited by hazmick: Dec 23 2016, 04:03 AM

This is Khajiit's only hesitation. That's a lot of crowns

This may or may not matter to some, but the elk mount's appearance cannot be changed. That is, it comes as is and will not respond to hide horse equipment options. Nor will it change as you go above 20 in any of the mount training you pay for. So the way it looks out of the box is the way it stays. The official forums are a bit miffed about that as well as the big price tag.

There is also frustration on the forums about a couple other recent crown store items:

The Frostcaster motif requires mimic stones but only comes with 5 of them - not even enough to craft one full set.

The crown festival hood cannot be dyed and does not so advise prospective purchasers.


I saw folks complaining about these things and, sure enough Zenimax came onto the threads in each case and confirmed.

Wait... this game has horse armor?!

When you upgrade your mounts skills to a certain point your mounts get some cosmetics. Saddlebags for capacity, boots/foot wraps for speed, and armour for stamina.

You could wait a year, then spend triple that in "Crates" in the hopes of getting one!


But I'm with you, that is more than Wrothgar cost! A bit ridiculous.










Oh, this is a really good heads up, Acadian! I didn't know that about the Hart or the Frostcaster!

Oh joy! Mira just bought a stamina upgrade for Empress!

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Dec 23 2016, 04:44 AM

Once per every 20 hours you can go to any stables and pay them to "Feed your horse" or "Train your Mount," or "Take Riding Lessons." = it is all the same thing, they just keep changing the name of what it is called.

It costs 250 in game gold per each time.

Capacity: When you feed your horse for capacity, it adds to how much That Character can carry. After 20 "Feedings," or "Lessons" - saddlebags will suddenly appear on your horse:


http://i.imgur.com/SNOYBIj.png


Capacity is the only one that effects the player; the others are for the horse. If you feed in Speed, your horse will get faster (YEAH !!!) and after 20 "Lessons" your horse comes out with this awesome armor type thing:


http://i.imgur.com/Rh1Vh0e.png


Feeding for Stamina makes it so when an enemy hits you or your horse, it doesn't immediately rear up and dump you. Misa has her stamina fed up to 60 and can be hit numerous times while riding before Puffy finally has had enough and dumps her to head back to the stables!

After 20 "Lessons" your horse gets a face plate that is ugly as sin; but you can hide it in "Escape/Settings/Gameplay/Hide Horse Armor Stamina" - which is why I don't have a screenshot showing it. You can probably find one on the internet somewhere, but most people hide them = because they are ugly, lol.

Here is a screenshot of one:


http://s30.postimg.org/s4vsvdjfl/maxed_rid...skill_horse.png


(You can also hide your own helmet here if you want to see your characters face and hair but still gain the benefit of wearing a helmet = "Escape/Settings/Gameplay/Hide Helmet." )


Misa always has a helmet on, but no one can ever see it; they see her face and hair. (It also hides costume hats though, so you need to change the settings if you are wanting to wear a hat).





This post has been edited by mALX: Dec 23 2016, 05:40 AM

Aww, Khajiit just looked it up and didn't think it was that bad... for some characters. Others will be using the hide function (like Feng), but Mira will probably leave it visible on Empress when she gets one. This one thinks adding customizable barding and caparisons for those who would like such a thing would be cool.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Dec 23 2016, 05:24 AM

Here is one, I added it to the above post:


http://s30.postimg.org/s4vsvdjfl/maxed_rid...skill_horse.png



I agree with what you said about customize-able. That would really be nice, and in fact - wish the Crown Store would sell some unique horse armor upgrades for all three ones - I mean other than the Alliance armors, of course.


http://files.elderscrollsonline.com/cms/20...8246969cc7c.jpg

Yeah, something like the alliance bardings except you could perhaps smith (or tailor or leatherwork) the set yourself in the various styles and leave off pieces as it suited your taste.

HOLY COW !!!! You should suggest this to Zenimax, either on the official site or Via the in game communication with them !!!! What a fantastic idea !!!!

Lol, well this one is sure that if crazy Khajiit thought of it, surely one of the smart people over at ZOS thought of it too. Perhaps they haven't figured out a way to apply the idea. It is a good idea though. MMOs are about expressing your character to other players through the game, so everything about your character should be fully customizable.

Many of their ideas come from suggestions or what they see people want or complain about wanting most.

Hmm, well Khajiit doesn't suppose it would hurt to put the idea out there...


So question about Magicka. Do you have to have a staff equipped to use spells or are staves simply melee weapons? Can we use, say, a battleaxe, and still cast spells?

I can cast spells from skill lines (like my Class skills/Fighters or Mages Guild skills, etc) no matter what weapon I am carrying; but if the spell is attached to your weapon skill line then = probably need to have that item equipped at the time to use its spells.