Why not let us transfer our mounts

Chate · 10-26-2005, 06:43 PM

Why not let us transfer our mounts that cost us an arm and a leg to our other chars on the same server and account? I am about to get a new horse, but i would like to give my old one to my 2nd char on the same account, same server .... Why wount they allow this? Please allow it.... it makes sense to be able to ..... just don't make it so people can sell them, just be able to transfer them to a char they already have on SAME server SAME account... thank you

Selene1 · 10-26-2005, 06:47 PM

this surely would be nice. but i dont think it will happen. Games like these have an infinite flow of money comming into the game (through loot) and they need money sinks. There are many little money sinks (travelling tickets, repairs, the gambling gobbo's) and a few big ones (that also give a bonus) like the horses. If you need to buy a horse for each char the drain will be at least twice as large for a lot of players as opposed to them being tradeable so......

AngelVyxen · 10-26-2005, 07:01 PM

How does it make sense? You can't transfer attuned or naturally no-trade gear.. the horse is no-trade. You can resell the horse and use the money to buy your other character a horse.. it's the only thing that makes sense to me.

AbsentmindedMage · 10-26-2005, 08:38 PM

AngelVyxen wrote:How does it make sense? You can't transfer attuned or naturally no-trade gear.. the horse is no-trade. You can resell the horse and use the money to buy your other character a horse.. it's the only thing that makes sense to me.

A horse is not like other gear in that it can only be purchased from a merchant and that it costs multiple platinum and/or status. It is something that should be tradeable or at least shareable across characters on the same server. You are right you can resell the horse to a merchant. But the value you get from reselling is SIGNIFICANTLY less than the value you invested in it. I could understand not trading the guild 30 mounts but the regular mounts which require no guild would be nice if they could be traded.

AngelVyxen · 10-26-2005, 08:55 PM

So people should be able to buy thier 60p 750k status mount and give that to a level 20 who could not possibly have achieved such status on his/her own as a character? You're right, it's not like any other item.. and because of that difference it should be special and unique to the character that has earned it, specifically speaking of status mounts in that scenerio. If it's a money issue, you take a loss and re-buy it.. but status should never be transferred to another character, that defeats the purpose of status.

Until you mentioned status mounts I hadn't even thought of that.. but it only makes my opinion stronger.

Croa · 10-26-2005, 10:15 PM

AbsentmindedMage wrote:

AngelVyxen wrote:
How does it make sense? You can't transfer attuned or naturally no-trade gear.. the horse is no-trade. You can resell the horse and use the money to buy your other character a horse.. it's the only thing that makes sense to me.

A horse is not like other gear in that it can only be purchased from a merchant and that it costs multiple platinum and/or status. It is something that should be tradeable or at least shareable across characters on the same server. You are right you can resell the horse to a merchant. But the value you get from reselling is SIGNIFICANTLY less than the value you invested in it.

I could understand not trading the guild 30 mounts but the regular mounts which require no guild would be nice if they could be traded.

Significantly less? Are you selling them back to the proper npc? You sell horses back to the other npc in the horse stables (NOT the same one that you buy the horses from). There's a loss involved, but you get full status back and the majority of the money back too.

Message Edited by Croake on 10-26-2005 11:16 AM

valkyrja · 10-26-2005, 11:06 PM

You also need to consider that horses are in the game as a way to remove money from the economy. If you could share horses between accounts, that would defeat the reason they are expensive.

SniplenButterfigs · 10-26-2005, 11:36 PM

sparql wrote:You also need to consider that horses are in the game as a way to remove money from the economy. If you could share horses between accounts, that would defeat the reason they are expensive.

That's exactly what Selene1 was explaining in the second post.:smileywink:

AngelVyxen · 10-26-2005, 11:42 PM

Yeah in terms of significant loss, I think I got like 8p back for my 10p horse.. Carpet sells back for 50p from 60p.. so it's like a 20% hit you take in terms of cash.. it sucks, but I wouldn't consider it ridiculous to suggest that if you want the horse for your alt, you sell it and repurchase it if it's that important to you.

Tanit · 10-27-2005, 06:38 PM

Stupid idea

10-26-2005, 06:47 PM	#2
Selene1 Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 74	this surely would be nice. but i dont think it will happen. Games like these have an infinite flow of money comming into the game (through loot) and they need money sinks. There are many little money sinks (travelling tickets, repairs, the gambling gobbo's) and a few big ones (that also give a bonus) like the horses. If you need to buy a horse for each char the drain will be at least twice as large for a lot of players as opposed to them being tradeable so...... __________________

10-26-2005, 07:01 PM	#3
AngelVyxen Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: .. Delaware. Posts: 187	How does it make sense? You can't transfer attuned or naturally no-trade gear.. the horse is no-trade. You can resell the horse and use the money to buy your other character a horse.. it's the only thing that makes sense to me. __________________

10-26-2005, 08:55 PM	#5
AngelVyxen Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: .. Delaware. Posts: 187	So people should be able to buy thier 60p 750k status mount and give that to a level 20 who could not possibly have achieved such status on his/her own as a character? You're right, it's not like any other item.. and because of that difference it should be special and unique to the character that has earned it, specifically speaking of status mounts in that scenerio. If it's a money issue, you take a loss and re-buy it.. but status should never be transferred to another character, that defeats the purpose of status. Until you mentioned status mounts I hadn't even thought of that.. but it only makes my opinion stronger. __________________

10-26-2005, 10:15 PM	#6
Croa General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 79	AbsentmindedMage wrote: AngelVyxen wrote: How does it make sense? You can't transfer attuned or naturally no-trade gear.. the horse is no-trade. You can resell the horse and use the money to buy your other character a horse.. it's the only thing that makes sense to me. A horse is not like other gear in that it can only be purchased from a merchant and that it costs multiple platinum and/or status. It is something that should be tradeable or at least shareable across characters on the same server. You are right you can resell the horse to a merchant. But the value you get from reselling is SIGNIFICANTLY less than the value you invested in it. I could understand not trading the guild 30 mounts but the regular mounts which require no guild would be nice if they could be traded. Significantly less? Are you selling them back to the proper npc? You sell horses back to the other npc in the horse stables (NOT the same one that you buy the horses from). There's a loss involved, but you get full status back and the majority of the money back too. Message Edited by Croake on 10-26-2005 11:16 AM

10-26-2005, 11:06 PM	#7
valkyrja Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 559	You also need to consider that horses are in the game as a way to remove money from the economy. If you could share horses between accounts, that would defeat the reason they are expensive. __________________

10-26-2005, 06:43 PM	#1
Chate General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 15	Why not let us transfer our mounts that cost us an arm and a leg to our other chars on the same server and account? I am about to get a new horse, but i would like to give my old one to my 2nd char on the same account, same server .... Why wount they allow this? Please allow it.... it makes sense to be able to ..... just don't make it so people can sell them, just be able to transfer them to a char they already have on SAME server SAME account... thank you

10-26-2005, 08:38 PM	#4
AbsentmindedMage Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 362	AngelVyxen wrote:How does it make sense? You can't transfer attuned or naturally no-trade gear.. the horse is no-trade. You can resell the horse and use the money to buy your other character a horse.. it's the only thing that makes sense to me. A horse is not like other gear in that it can only be purchased from a merchant and that it costs multiple platinum and/or status. It is something that should be tradeable or at least shareable across characters on the same server. You are right you can resell the horse to a merchant. But the value you get from reselling is SIGNIFICANTLY less than the value you invested in it. I could understand not trading the guild 30 mounts but the regular mounts which require no guild would be nice if they could be traded.

10-26-2005, 11:36 PM	#8
SniplenButterfigs Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 35	sparql wrote:You also need to consider that horses are in the game as a way to remove money from the economy. If you could share horses between accounts, that would defeat the reason they are expensive. That's exactly what Selene1 was explaining in the second post.:smileywink: __________________ Lord Snippy Butterfigs /chuckles Qeynosian wizard Antonia's Dragoons(Lucan D'Lere)

10-26-2005, 11:42 PM	#9
AngelVyxen Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: .. Delaware. Posts: 187	Yeah in terms of significant loss, I think I got like 8p back for my 10p horse.. Carpet sells back for 50p from 60p.. so it's like a 20% hit you take in terms of cash.. it sucks, but I wouldn't consider it ridiculous to suggest that if you want the horse for your alt, you sell it and repurchase it if it's that important to you. __________________

10-27-2005, 06:38 PM	#10
Tanit General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 611	Stupid idea __________________ Tethra of Xanadu - Runnyeye. Xanadu Raid Loot Database