Dragon Mounts

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Dragon Mounts

Postby Dixel » Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:48 pm

Searched for this on the forum before posting, couldnt find anything on the subject....
i cant be the first one to see this game is missing dragons.... tamable mountable dragons....

I come from a childhood of Ultima Online... countless hours lost on that freaking game... and had all sort of tamed creatures, from giant beetles, to nightmare horses that shoot lightning.... and the top prize was an awesome white wyrm.....

Dragons could be a fearsome threat to any kingdom and villages within, maybe drawn towards gold?... so if much gold is located at a certain area, dragon is more likely to attack?
they steal gold and amass it at their lair? secret cave? deep underground?


then it could be uber hard to tame, maybe an entire village (10+ people) required to tame it... but would add to PVE as well... which seems to be lacking after the mammoths are easy to solo....

the upkeep alone of such tamed creature could be huge, like eat a cow whole every day or so....

maybe even make it so only the king of a realm can ride it (?) not sure about all the details, but it would sure make it something to work towards to....

a dragon could ignore ground obstacles like trees or such while flying.... even fly over water?
gets tired as with horses, same mechanics... maybe just one option to fly or walk....

you could potentialy fly over a palisade with it.... though the implications and implementations of that could be discussed, like if u fly over a palisade u are instantly marked as visitor, same as with going thru a claimed gate....

Even if just for PvE, without the tamable/riding part, they would add something to fear and collaborate towards if a dragon settles on a kingdom...

Imagine the following scenario.... you are sitting calmly on ur rocking chair, when u see a dragon fly by towards the west... and you know west of you is a big capital city that probably has lots of gold.... you inform the leaders and they await the creature at the gate riding horses...
the dragon flies past them, grabbing one person off the horse and dropping it many meters away, half clawed... the archers start shooting, doing holes in its wings and forcing it to the ground.... then the horsemen charge in for glorious combat.... only to get half baked by the flames....
after intense combat, the creature is finally defeated, and if it had a lair, it can be tracked using the dragon head, or something similar, to retreive the treasures it amased...

i think that will add to the overall gameplay, since then kingdoms would have to worry about something else than players....

anyway, i hope they are tamable too =P leave u with this image i found xD

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Re: Dragon Mounts

Postby Granger » Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:16 pm

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Re: Dragon Mounts

Postby LadyV » Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:26 pm

No thank you.
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Re: Dragon Mounts

Postby Dixel » Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:56 pm

Granger wrote:http://www.havenandhearth.com/forum/search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&keywords=dragons+ride


ah, i knew i couldnt be the first one... seems i didnt find the others cuz i was searching for dragon alone, and many people like to just say dragon or name things dragon for no apparent reason -.- =P

anyway, they are quite old threads, over a year and 7 years old.... maybe its time to think about dragons again? *wink wink* :D


End game boss... kingdoms get to do something aside from looking at each other.... and potentially a nice pet to have =)
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Re: Dragon Mounts

Postby Headchef » Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:57 pm

No.
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Re: Dragon Mounts

Postby Dixel » Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:45 pm

Its weird to see people not want more content, but aside from that, what do you have against it?
"no thank you" is very polite, but doesnt quite explain why not? whats so bad about it?
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Re: Dragon Mounts

Postby Potjeh » Thu Aug 10, 2017 2:02 pm

It's bit too high fantasy, Haven is more of a low fantasy setting.
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Re: Dragon Mounts

Postby Dixel » Thu Aug 10, 2017 3:04 pm

so we draw the line after trolls? thats not high fantasy?

edit: and mammoths are prehistoric...

alright... no dragons... make it a Pterodactyl.... cuz if we have mammoths, why not that?
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Re: Dragon Mounts

Postby 2d0x » Thu Aug 10, 2017 3:07 pm

How to Train Your Dragon

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Re: Dragon Mounts

Postby Dixel » Thu Aug 10, 2017 3:18 pm

LadyV, u even sort of almost supported this idea a few months back...

LadyV wrote:I cant say I welcome these but if they ever added make them very rare. And they must have lairs. :) After all something has to hunt the trolls and hapless warriors after their skulls. :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJRaLnLDMWg



once u have done everything u can, what else is there to do? something to rally the people into a common goal would be a nice addition.... it could be an event of sorts...
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