MMOpwn
01-25-2008, 11:23
In a recent public chat with fans of Lord of the Rings: Online, members of the development team made cryptic remarks indicating that the game will see flying mounts at some point in the future.
When asked what future plans the team had for the game's mounts, the developers stated that they were working on "a new type of mount to take you into places horses would dare not go."
Currently the mount system in LotR:O hews close to existing lore by making horses the only riding option, despite the greater variety of pack animals in competing MMOs.
Based on all those Tolkien books I read as a kid (and those movies I slept through) I'd have to assume that any flying mount would be of the giant eagle or fell beast variety, but it's also vaguely possible that the team will go in a completely different direction and throw in flying panda bears or levitating moose (meeses?) just to shake things up.
What? It could happen!
LotRO Developer Chat Log (http://www.warcry.com/articles/view/devchat/2854-LotRO-Developer-Chat-Log) [WarCry]
When asked what future plans the team had for the game's mounts, the developers stated that they were working on "a new type of mount to take you into places horses would dare not go."
Currently the mount system in LotR:O hews close to existing lore by making horses the only riding option, despite the greater variety of pack animals in competing MMOs.
Based on all those Tolkien books I read as a kid (and those movies I slept through) I'd have to assume that any flying mount would be of the giant eagle or fell beast variety, but it's also vaguely possible that the team will go in a completely different direction and throw in flying panda bears or levitating moose (meeses?) just to shake things up.
What? It could happen!
LotRO Developer Chat Log (http://www.warcry.com/articles/view/devchat/2854-LotRO-Developer-Chat-Log) [WarCry]