Improved Mount Support, PLEASE!

[shat]

[RESOLVED] Improved Mount Support, PLEASE!

I have noticed that while leveling boosted characters and even new characters, despite having the Purple Swift Wind Rider available, it is never an option for using as a mount. It would be absolutely superb if Bossland would add support for these mounts even for ground transportation. It takes much longer to level from 90-100 without a ground mount, but we have mounts that could easily be used for ground travel.

I have noticed that druids will not use "Travel Form" for ground mount.
Characters will not use the * Swift Wind Rider for ground mount.

Please help us get better mount options so we can specify which we would like to use. I feel it should be permitted for us to select any mount we want for ground or flying; if a user is incompetent or ignorant to the fact that their ground mount cannot be used for flying, that is on them.

Could we expect this to be included in a patch release at some point in the near future?

 

[CodenameG]

ground mounts are ground mounts and flying mounts are flying mounts. theres a reason why they're separate and not already in some mismatch crap-shoot for people to select whatever.

 

[shat]

@CodenamG: However, most flying mounts can be used as a ground mount without any issues. Likewise some ground mounts can be used as a flying mount. Per my previous post, if your only mount is the * Wind Rider or * Swift Wind Rider, you now have a ground mount for WoD and a Flying mount for Pre- WOD. However, take the Onyx Panther or one of the other jeweled cats. It is listed as a ground mount, but in fact is a flight mount as well. Your logic of ground mount is ground flight is for flying makes sense from a UI perspective. But the logic is not sound in a pragmatic way, as flying mounts can fly and ride. Even if you remove which ground mounts can take flight, that doesn't answer at all why a flying mount cannot be used for ground.

To my knowledge, all flying mounts can be used as ground mounts.

 

[chinajade]

Hi, Shat,

CodenameG is spot on. How Honorbuddy handles mounts is not an arbitrary decision. This article provides some insight into some of the problems involved:

Honorbuddy:HelpDesk:Configuring Mounts​

We are unwilling to publicly discuss the design, and set of considerations, that go into this issue. If you are unhappy with the Honorbuddy design, you may write a plugin that alters the behavior accordingly, and live with the consequences of your decisions.

Ground mounts are incredibly cheap, and easy to obtain. What is the resistance to using a bona-fide ground mount?

cheers,
chinajade

 

[shat]

@chinajade, I am not being resistant. I am asking questions. The document you linked provides a good reference, as the interaction with the mesh itself wasn't in my head when initially posting. Appreciate the feedback.