Since the past April Fool Mounts Kingsisle made were amazingly special and hilarious to have. I have a weird but silly idea for these years mount! The "WRECKING BALL": The wizard either swings on it by holding the chain like tarzan or even standing and balancing on the it while it rolls! This would be very funny to have in game!
Do you guys like the idea? Whats your ideas for this years April Fool Mount :P
a bat-board would be SUPER funny. you would ride on the bats back like a surfboard. or a eagle mount. the eagle would carry you with its claws grabbing your shoulders. how funny would those two be!
How 'bout a wizard riding a wizard? Stacking wizards?
Aw, yeah. Programming-wise, I wonder about two possibilities: (1) Easy-ish: The mount would be a default Level 1 apprentice (with paintable outfit as with proper wizards). (2) Trickier: The mount would match your own wizard's look, and change outfits when you do. Initial version would have to be no-trade / no-share to prevent programming confusion between wizards, but I think it would be hilarious for a wizard to be riding his/her "clone".
How about rather than a mount, the wizard performs a funny action? My all time favorite mount is the Mighty Steed mount because what we see is the wizard galloping. I have been stopped and asked about this mount, and complimented on it, more than any other mount I have (and I have, literally, hundreds!)
I think maybe our wizards doing cartwheels, somersaults, walking handstands, skipping, etc. would be cool.
As for mounts, I think less is more. I get caught by street mobs more on big lavish mounts because I can't see where I am going or what's coming at me!
Smaller is easier to get around on. Like the mighty steed a Mary Poppins style umbrella would be a reference to a classic movie/ book. Since KI likes to do those It may actually work. Are you sure you want it for April fools? They are likely to give it a speed penalty. Though you would then be able to glide about in stately fashion, standing ramrod straight, as Mary does in the movie.
a bat-board would be SUPER funny. you would ride on the bats back like a surfboard. or a eagle mount. the eagle would carry you with its claws grabbing your shoulders. how funny would those two be!
~Miranda jade song
I love this idea! It reminds me of the ending of Lord of the Rings.
One of the B.O.X.E.S. This would float about and spin every once in a while (or maybe for the idle animation) and perhaps was uncontrollably fast instead of slow, or just +30% speed
A tiny pirate ship This would go the normal +40% on land, but on underwater levels or while on top of water it'd go +50% There should be NO mention of this in the trailer for it, or ingame on the stats tooltip, leaving it as just a nice easter egg
A carrot. No seriously. You just ride atop a carrot like a surfboard. Thats it.
Sneaky snail Its a cartoonized snail wearing a black mask like a superhero or generic ninja/bandit -80% speed. HOWEVER, While riding atop the snail you cannot be pulled into battle. Its useful, but you are so slow that it counterbalances it
Speedy scooter Its a floating scooter/motorbike with a sidecar similar to hagrid's one in the 1st harry potter. Speed is +40% as always
Oh and finally "Just a box" Similar to the sneaky snail, this will have the "No getting pulled" but instead you have to be not moving. AKA if you stand still in the middle of a enemy's pathfinding you wont get pulled. The speed boost of this mount it just +10%, slower than a 1 day mount, but faster than walking.
The lazy lion. While moving you have to get off the lion, get behind it and push it wherever you're going. When you stop moving you get back on. Afk animation is he yawns, collapses to the ground and falls asleep. With you still on him. Till you move again which gives a slight delay because you have to get off and start pushing him again.
A dial-up modem, complete with the sounds, beeping, chirping, blinking lights, etc. And it has a -70% speed boost. (negative like the slowpoke sloth, but more!!!)
Since the past April Fool Mounts Kingsisle made were amazingly special and hilarious to have. I have a weird but silly idea for these years mount! The "WRECKING BALL": The wizard either swings on it by holding the chain like tarzan or even standing and balancing on the it while it rolls! This would be very funny to have in game!
Do you guys like the idea? Whats your ideas for this years April Fool Mount :P
~AngelPixieDust
i would like this idea for the walking on top of it, seems like they'd add some funny animations to it, or maybe make it a rainbow afro like a clown wig, and that rolls
I like every single one of these ideas in the thread.
Some of my ideas:
Maybe instead of you having to get off an push the Lazy Lion, which would be laggy and weird, the mount was just you pushing a lion, no bonuses, just you pushing a lion. That would be fun.
The sneaky snail makes you way too slow in my opinion. Maybe -40%?
How about rather than a mount, the wizard performs a funny action? My all time favorite mount is the Mighty Steed mount because what we see is the wizard galloping. I have been stopped and asked about this mount, and complimented on it, more than any other mount I have (and I have, literally, hundreds!)
I think maybe our wizards doing cartwheels, somersaults, walking handstands, skipping, etc. would be cool.
As for mounts, I think less is more. I get caught by street mobs more on big lavish mounts because I can't see where I am going or what's coming at me!
Different wizard animations for traveling without a mount. That shouldn't just be for April fools. That would be cool all year round.