HugsyTheJedi Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Any chance they are planing to give us animal mounts?? i would like one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soazak Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Bantha would be fun, or a Tauntaun for Hoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuredoind Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I heard somebody mention something about them adding it in future updates. Who knows though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonmoss Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Any chance they are planing to give us animal mounts?? i would like one! Ohlen talked about it recently. I believe this is something they are implicating in the future. I do not believe there is an ETA for this however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShotByBothSides Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I am sure that they will add animal mounts one day; but this like other goodies will be drip fed to ensure we keep hanging around and paying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWitteveen Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Sounds Good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbUMlerv1ow& Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karbardin Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Yes, I'm quite sure that before long, you'll see multiple mounts and pets available at your local microtransaction store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugsyTheJedi Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 looking forward to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theborch Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 If you go to some of the data mining sites there are items in there like tauntaun vanity pets and crap like that, but it doesn't guarantee if or when they will ever release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerion Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) Had a MCH in SWG-pre-nge (of course) who had all of the mountable creatures in the game. It was fun to ride the huge dinosaur-like one (forget it's name now) through town. I hope BW restricts where mounts can be called and ridden, however. Riding a bantha on Fleet would be beyond silly. Edited February 16, 2012 by Cerion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balrizangor Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I hope BW restricts where mounts can be called and ridden, however. Riding a bantha on Fleet would be beyond silly. Or a Tauntaun on Tantooine ... Since they are cold weather animals that evolved on an ice planet, a desert planet would probably kill them in a matter of moments .. Animal mounts are actually kind of stupid unless you are a native of a particular planet with zero plans or ability to ever leave it due to different planets having different climates. Plus, where would you keep these many animal pets? In your Faster than light Arc? That would be messy I hope if they add these mounts they are restricted by the planet of their origin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunsoar Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Will probably be a main feature of an expansion along with real alien races that dont use recolored human faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsboxer Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Don't quote me on this but I remember reading somewhere that it was not put in because they did not program the animations and the "bob" of the running on an animal. They went with the quick and cheap "totally straight and non moving streaming" view. Note how there are simply no moving or mount animations at all in game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptwonline Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I want my Trooper to be able to ride M1-4X into battle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urael Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I hope BW restricts where mounts can be called and ridden, however. Riding a bantha on Fleet would be beyond silly. Not to mention cleaning up after them. I would hate to be fleet maintenance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valethar Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) Bantha would be fun Probably, but it would have a speed reduction of -50% Edited February 16, 2012 by Valethar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyraele Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Yes, I would love one too. Especially a Tauntaun with jet packs on it's legs so I can take off when needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerion Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Or a Tauntaun on Tantooine ... Since they are cold weather animals that evolved on an ice planet, a desert planet would probably kill them in a matter of moments .. Animal mounts are actually kind of stupid unless you are a native of a particular planet with zero plans or ability to ever leave it due to different planets having different climates. Plus, where would you keep these many animal pets? In your Faster than light Arc? That would be messy I hope if they add these mounts they are restricted by the planet of their origin Agreed to a point. I could see Tauntauns on Ilum for example. And Tauntaun on Hoth were ridden because they were hardy enough to withstand the extreme weather, whereas vehicles broke down and were unreliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyraele Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Or a Tauntaun on Tantooine ... Since they are cold weather animals that evolved on an ice planet, a desert planet would probably kill them in a matter of moments .. Animal mounts are actually kind of stupid unless you are a native of a particular planet with zero plans or ability to ever leave it due to different planets having different climates. Plus, where would you keep these many animal pets? In your Faster than light Arc? That would be messy I hope if they add these mounts they are restricted by the planet of their origin Doesn't mean they can't restrict them to areas where they are suitable, and if you ride them from their suitable area to an unsuitable one there is a warning message like the exhaustion zones indicating the animal will die if you don't turn back or unmount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonit Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 If they implement some there is one thing they must think about: Neither Tauntaun nor Rancors are as fast as a speeder bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyraele Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 If they implement some there is one thing they must think about: Neither Tauntaun nor Rancors are as fast as a speeder bike Unless they come with jetpacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swage Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I hope BW restricts where mounts can be called and ridden, however. Riding a bantha on Fleet would be beyond silly. Great idea, mounts limited by appropriate enviroment would be wonderful though I doubt it would happen; too often I see people riding in a giant landspeeder right up to the GTN terminal on fleet, they've already bypassed silly and gone straight to ludicrous. Not only that but in one of the Star Wars books there's an "animal show" on Coruscant where almost all the animals you know from the books and films are present, some contained better than others; basically there is more than one source from licensed material to show that there was interplanetary movement of large 'livestock'. Note how there are simply no moving or mount animations at all in game. You just haven't gotten to the right planet yet if you think this. Alderaan has a flying beast as a taxi substitute, it's a fully animated flying animal mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwena Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Agreed! I was disappointed to see so many Tauntauns on Hoth and yet not have them be the "taxi" for that planet. Regarding current animal mounts, I loved those flying manta-ray critters on Alderaan. I saw some similar types of creatures flying around on Belsavis, but alas, the taxis were all normal. I can see how it could be tricky to implement them, as animal mounts would logically be restricted to certain environments. I think it could work if players could get a second type of mount training that was for riding animal mounts. And at 25, 40, and 50, instead of buying speeders you'd buy a "live mount rental pass" that would work just like a speeder except it summons an animal for you to ride that is different depending on the planet you are on. And for certain areas like the fleet it could summon something small and clean . . . I'm sure they can think of something in a whole galaxy full of creatures! (though personally I don't think mounts should be allowed on the fleet anyway, but that is another thread lol) And of course, adding them as the taxis for each planet would be great too. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowanThursday Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Alderaan's Thranta are beautiful, though they do illustrate the bobbing problem mentioned earlier- the 'riding' animation for them looks great *some* of the time, but it quite often ends up looking like the rider's bouncing up and down for no apparent reason. Tauntauns for Hoth would be lovely, though I suspect as a general rule, animal mounts may be implemented sometime after womprats as a playable race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerrorTigr Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I want a Tauntaun! And it took me a LOT of effort not to write that whole sentence in caps. Oh, frak it. I WANT A TAUNTAUN! Please! They're fluffy and white and cute and I want one! Their codex entry says they're real fast, so it'd be okay, right? It would! You know it. The moment I saw them on Hoth I hoped I'd get to ride one! Even their name is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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