SO expansion Direbear mount. - Page 3

Lilj · 10-17-2008, 05:05 AM

Ohiv wrote:

Faell@Najena wrote:
Ilucide wrote:
I don't know anything about retail distribution. That question's sort of akin to asking the chef about how long the wait for a table is.
Seriously is that the answer?
I didn't expect a Dev, Designer or Producer to be able to answer my question. At best I was hoping for community relations response of "we don't know but we will get back to you".
I really love this game but sometimes I wonder, does anyone at SOE understand that customers are needed to pay the bills?
Ilucide, sadly I expected more, stupid me ............
I'm a complete Noob when it comes to international anything, but I will ask the question and you guys can quickly correct me..... Couldn't you just preorder a US copy of the game and have it mailed to you? Yea I know that will take forever and a day to get to yea but it would resolve the issue of not being able to get one period. Although I frankly don't know if there are any restrictions on US copys to other contries. If that isn't plausable are there other outlets for the retail chains that can do mail order for your specific country? I mean alot of companies are international which to me would seem they should be able to facilitate the request.

That is an option, to order a retail copy from the US. Possible problems with such a solution:It is snail mail and getting through Customs can take literally weeks.Customs, you have to pay Customs too and other weird fees. These can become more than the game itself.Payment for the mail. Some companies take up to 50$ to mail 1 game to Europe.Some US companies won't even ship outside the states.We can end up paying 40$ for the game, 50$ for the shipment and 50$ for Customs. I don't know if you think it is a fair price, but 140$ for a game is a tad too much for me.Of course sometimes things are better, if the game slips past Customs, or if you are lucky and find a store that is cheap in shipment. But then we are talking luck, and I prefer to know what m game will cost me and not depend on luck (getting past Customs).But I'm not saying it is impossible to order it from a US company, but it can get rather difficult sometimes SMILEY

I hope this could shed some light on some of the problems we can experience and why some many of us outside the US like the DD download option, because it is in reality the only option for us.

Daysy · 10-17-2008, 05:16 AM

Last year we could either get one from the local shop, assuming we had a local shop that could get stock from Sony, or we could download the digital version. Either way, we got the badger. Everyone paid the same, everyone got the same. Why has it been made so complicated, and unfair, this year?

Malandrin · 10-17-2008, 05:36 AM

So, as I understand it, being a spanish player I have 3 choices:

1) Buy a retail game from any international distributor, paying twice as much what an american player pays for the same game (because of customs, transport, etc). So I will get the dire bear paying x2 what american players pay.

2) Pray and hope that any spanish game store gets copies of EQ2 TSO. But even if this happens (EQ2 is not a very popular game on stores at all in Spain), I will have to wait many weeks after launch date to get that copy, as it happened with previous expansions. So I get the dire bear, but I won't be able to play TSO at the same time that american customers will.

3) Get the digital download, pay the same and play TSO at the same time than american players, but forget the dire bear.

Fair?

Jhot · 10-17-2008, 08:03 AM

Malandrin, desist on trying to find the game in spain. Probably there would be a couple of copies, but dont think it will be easy to find them.I preordered at Play.com. Dont know if ill have a mount or whatever, and at this point, i really do not care. Buying this game is a nightmare for spanish users...

IlikeDragons · 10-17-2008, 08:37 AM

When you guys pay for customs is that just from a store or anythign say you get a freind in the states to buy one and its marked gift do you still pay customes? I mean shipping will be crazy expensive to get it a 1-2 days but you will at least get the mount and never have to worry about buying a mount on any toon you make =P. besides not like the server will be down most of the first day and im sure with frequent crashes.

I did have a question about the mount. What is SOE's plans to make all other mounts in game not obsolete. I am planning on selling all my mounts, on toons that dont have crafter earing, and just book it with the free dirty carpet until they get of lvl to have a similar speed bear, then never think about mounts. The mounts with combat effects aren't realy worth it since they are very small effects and most combat is done in dungeons, besides solo questing.

Arcueid · 10-17-2008, 10:11 AM

So now after busting my chops for enough status and plat for that Guild 65 nightmare, hopefully you get some status back by selling it?

StormCinder · 10-17-2008, 10:19 AM

Liljna wrote:

Ohiv wrote:
Faell@Najena wrote:
Ilucide wrote:
I don't know anything about retail distribution. That question's sort of akin to asking the chef about how long the wait for a table is.
Seriously is that the answer?
I didn't expect a Dev, Designer or Producer to be able to answer my question. At best I was hoping for community relations response of "we don't know but we will get back to you".
I really love this game but sometimes I wonder, does anyone at SOE understand that customers are needed to pay the bills?
Ilucide, sadly I expected more, stupid me ............
I'm a complete Noob when it comes to international anything, but I will ask the question and you guys can quickly correct me..... Couldn't you just preorder a US copy of the game and have it mailed to you? Yea I know that will take forever and a day to get to yea but it would resolve the issue of not being able to get one period. Although I frankly don't know if there are any restrictions on US copys to other contries. If that isn't plausable are there other outlets for the retail chains that can do mail order for your specific country? I mean alot of companies are international which to me would seem they should be able to facilitate the request.
That is an option, to order a retail copy from the US. Possible problems with such a solution:It is snail mail and getting through Customs can take literally weeks.Customs, you have to pay Customs too and other weird fees. These can become more than the game itself.Payment for the mail. Some companies take up to 50$ to mail 1 game to Europe.Some US companies won't even ship outside the states.We can end up paying 40$ for the game, 50$ for the shipment and 50$ for Customs. I don't know if you think it is a fair price, but 140$ for a game is a tad too much for me.Of course sometimes things are better, if the game slips past Customs, or if you are lucky and find a store that is cheap in shipment. But then we are talking luck, and I prefer to know what m game will cost me and not depend on luck (getting past Customs).But I'm not saying it is impossible to order it from a US company, but it can get rather difficult sometimes I hope this could shed some light on some of the problems we can experience and why some many of us outside the US like the DD download option, because it is in reality the only option for us.

Bear in mind that the extra $100 you're paying is strictly for the mount. You can get everything (except this one specific item) for $40 on the day of release.

I can't think of ANY in-game item worth $100.

SC

DragonMaster2385 · 10-17-2008, 10:21 AM

I really wasn't expecting it to be 52% since it was just a bonus item. That seems a little much imo since a lot of people spent a lot of plat and status buying a high level guild mount.

katalmach · 10-17-2008, 10:46 AM

Diknak@Butcherblock wrote:

I really wasn't expecting it to be 52% since it was just a bonus item. That seems a little much imo since a lot of people spent a lot of plat and status buying a high level guild mount.

Well, if you've got a high level guild mount that you're happy with, you can save yourself the hassle of buying retail and just get the digital download instead. Thing is, if the Direbear was less than 52% run speed, it would be a useless item. All my characters have mounts with speeds of 48 - 52% runspeed, so why would I ever bother to summon the bear? It looks cool, but the look goes completely wasted if the mount is too slow to be used. Besides, do you honestly think that your high level guild mount is going to remain the fastest mount in game forever? (My spirit steed, that I bought when T5 w as "end-game", certainly didn't remain the best and fastest mou nt out there, despite the fact that I "spent a lot of plat and status" buying it.). Anyway, I'd say the fact that they're giving away a 52% Direbear is a pretty good sign that Shadow Odyssey will introduce new mounts with faster runspeed than any mount currently in game.

DragonMaster2385 · 10-17-2008, 11:04 AM

Possumu@Splitpaw wrote:

Diknak@Butcherblock wrote:
I really wasn't expecting it to be 52% since it was just a bonus item. That seems a little much imo since a lot of people spent a lot of plat and status buying a high level guild mount.
Well, if you've got a high level guild mount that you're happy with, you can save yourself the hassle of buying retail and just get the digital download instead. Thing is, if the Direbear was less than 52% run speed, it would be a useless item. All my characters have mounts with speeds of 48 - 52% runspeed, so why would I ever bother to summon the bear? It looks cool, but the look goes completely wasted if the mount is too slow to be used.Besides , do you honestly think that your high level guild mount is going to remain the fastest mount in game forever? (My spirit steed, that I bought when T5 w as "end-game", certainly didn't remain the best and fastest mou nt out there, despite the fact that I "spent a lot of plat and status" buying it.). Anyway, I'd say the fact that they're giving away a 52% Direbear is a pretty good sign that Shadow Odyssey will introduce new mounts with faster runspeed than any mount currently in game.

No, but the best mounts in the game have ALWAYS been ones that were bought from guild level/status/plat, not quested for or given as a bonus item. And I imagine that they will have new mounts in TSO, but I don't see it getting higher than 55%. And it is one per character, not one per account, which makes it even better since most people don't spend that kind of plat for alts anyway. And the DD preorders just get a house pet that doesn't do anything. At least with the other expansions, the house pet had usefullness (expect DoF).

Kendricke · 10-17-2008, 12:01 PM

Diknak@Butcherblock wrote:

No, but the best mounts in the game have ALWAYS been ones that were bought from guild level/status/plat, not quested for or given as a bonus item.

Aye, this has been the case.

MrWolfie · 10-17-2008, 12:30 PM

Kendricke wrote:

Diknak@Butcherblock wrote:
No, but the best mounts in the game have ALWAYS been ones that were bought from guild level/status/plat, not quested for or given as a bonus item.
Aye, this has been the case.

Not true. LON cards gave very desirable mounts, and the last time I checked the only requirement was how much you had to shell out before you got lucky. And, if I'm not entirely mistaken, at least on one occasion the fastest (or equal fastest) mounts in the game were LON loot cards - gaining one required no guild level, status, plat or effort.I'm afraid LON has set a precedent for giving away desirable loot in exchange for hard cash, and what's worse, it's not even a price set in stone. I know of players spending ridiculous amounts to get a certain loot card in SOE's LON lottery.

DragonMaster2385 · 10-17-2008, 12:45 PM

What LoN mount is that highly desired? Yeah, they have the stupid Unicorn, but it isn't faster than 52%. I don't think LoN has ever given the best mount in the game.

speedycerv · 10-17-2008, 01:27 PM

does the mount have anything besides the run speed, like ca dmg or crit or anything fun like that?

Ilucide · 10-17-2008, 01:46 PM

Nope.

DragonMaster2385 · 10-17-2008, 01:53 PM

Ilucide wrote:

Nope.

Good; lets keep them that way please. At least our uber expensive mounts will still have some advantage over the bonus gift.

Bozidar · 10-17-2008, 02:09 PM

So what's the speed on these things, and what's this i hear about it growing?

I got the pre-order on the web site w/o knowing i'd be missing out on the bear cub SMILEY totally sucks, imo.. i'm gonna see about cancelling that and getting the retail box.

DragonMaster2385 · 10-17-2008, 02:22 PM

Bozidar wrote:

So what's the speed on these things, and what's this i hear about it growing?
I got the pre-order on the web site w/o knowing i'd be missing out on the bear cub totally sucks, imo.. i'm gonna see about cancelling that and getting the retail box.

lol at lazyness. It has been posted twice in this very same thread. It's not like this thread is 30 pages long.

Bozidar · 10-17-2008, 03:10 PM

ok so the digital download promos start on the 14th.. i get it.. and on the 16th we find out that we can get a free mount for all characters by getting the box set? SMILEY

FTL!

kreepr · 10-17-2008, 03:20 PM

Bozidar wrote:

ok so the digital download promos start on the 14th.. i get it.. and on the 16th we find out that we can get a free mount for all characters by getting the box set? FTL!

Where was it stated that you get one for each toon?? I thought it was one per account........

Valentina · 10-17-2008, 03:23 PM

kreepr13 wrote:

Bozidar wrote:
ok so the digital download promos start on the 14th.. i get it.. and on the 16th we find out that we can get a free mount for all characters by getting the box set? FTL!
Where was it stated that you get one for each toon?? I thought it was one per account........

It was stated in this very thread.

Valentina · 10-17-2008, 03:24 PM

Ilucide wrote:

It's one per character.

DragonMaster2385 · 10-17-2008, 03:30 PM

You can cancel your preorder up until the expansion is released. If you want the box instead of the DD, just cancel it. Not a hard concept.

Bozidar · 10-17-2008, 03:33 PM

Diknak@Butcherblock wrote:

You can cancel your preorder up until the expansion is released. If you want the box instead of the DD, just cancel it. Not a hard concept.

Do you find it neccisary to be a jerk while being helpful? You can do one w/o the other. That's twice you've replied to me in this manner on this page.

If you resent being helpful, then just dont.

DragonMaster2385 · 10-17-2008, 03:36 PM

The first time, you didn't read the thread before asking the question. I would understand if we were on page 20 and it was posted on page 3, but is it really that hard to skim 6 pages? Not like you would even have to read everything, just look for key words. The second time, well, I don't have an excuse. I'm stuck at work, I'm sick, and it's Friday, so I am a little anxious. /sorry

kreepr · 10-17-2008, 03:38 PM

xsikal wrote:

kreepr13 wrote:
Bozidar wrote:
ok so the digital download promos start on the 14th.. i get it.. and on the 16th we find out that we can get a free mount for all characters by getting the box set? FTL!
Where was it stated that you get one for each toon?? I thought it was one per account........
It was stated in this very thread.

WOW I am slow today I dont know how I missed that............. XP

Bozidar · 10-17-2008, 04:30 PM

Diknak@Butcherblock wrote:

The first time, you didn't read the thread before asking the question. I would understand if we were on page 20 and it was posted on page 3, but is it really that hard to skim 6 pages? Not like you would even have to read everything, just look for key words.The second time, well, I don't have an excuse. I'm stuck at work, I'm sick, and it's Friday, so I am a little anxious. /sorry

The first time i was doing a dev search to find out about this. I clicked on the latest dev post in the thread and began to look around. I missed it, sue me.

The second time.. well, i'd have gone and checked about canceling that order already but i'm at work too, i'm also recovering from being sick this week, and my firewall has virutally every sony site but this one blocked -- so i couldn't go to my account.

Oh · 10-17-2008, 04:45 PM

Bozidar wrote:

ok so the digital download promos start on the 14th.. i get it.. and on the 16th we find out that we can get a free mount for all characters by getting the box set? FTL!

Actually the preorder for the boxed versions have been going on for a lot longer then the digital download has been. I remember last week googling it to tell a guildy about it. NOW I didn't know the specifics of the bear mount at that point in time, but I knew of it's existance and the rewards for the box preorder just not of the digitial download rewards.

DragonMaster2385 · 10-17-2008, 04:55 PM

Bozidar wrote:

Diknak@Butcherblock wrote:
The first time, you didn't read the thread before asking the question. I would understand if we were on page 20 and it was posted on page 3, but is it really that hard to skim 6 pages? Not like you would even have to read everything, just look for key words.The second time, well, I don't have an excuse. I'm stuck at work, I'm sick, and it's Friday, so I am a little anxious. /sorry
The first time i was doing a dev search to find out about this. I clicked on the latest dev post in the thread and began to look around. I missed it, sue me.
The second time.. well, i'd have gone and checked about canceling that order already but i'm at work too, i'm also recovering from being sick this week, and my firewall has virutally every sony site but this one blocked -- so i couldn't go to my account.

that's so weird, my work as all sony sites blocked too, but I can still access the forums. I can't get to eq2players.com, but the forums never give me problems.

Chanaluss · 10-17-2008, 05:08 PM

im just not fond of the fact that, unless for thematic reasons, or you are too impatient to wait for a fast mount, if you get the retail copy you can have a free mount for every single character you ever have. in my eyes it should be one per acct, but im bitter like that.

10-17-2008, 05:05 AM	#61
Lilj General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 766	Ohiv wrote: Faell@Najena wrote: Ilucide wrote: I don't know anything about retail distribution. That question's sort of akin to asking the chef about how long the wait for a table is. Seriously is that the answer? I didn't expect a Dev, Designer or Producer to be able to answer my question. At best I was hoping for community relations response of "we don't know but we will get back to you". I really love this game but sometimes I wonder, does anyone at SOE understand that customers are needed to pay the bills? Ilucide, sadly I expected more, stupid me ............ I'm a complete Noob when it comes to international anything, but I will ask the question and you guys can quickly correct me..... Couldn't you just preorder a US copy of the game and have it mailed to you? Yea I know that will take forever and a day to get to yea but it would resolve the issue of not being able to get one period. Although I frankly don't know if there are any restrictions on US copys to other contries. If that isn't plausable are there other outlets for the retail chains that can do mail order for your specific country? I mean alot of companies are international which to me would seem they should be able to facilitate the request. That is an option, to order a retail copy from the US. Possible problems with such a solution:It is snail mail and getting through Customs can take literally weeks.Customs, you have to pay Customs too and other weird fees. These can become more than the game itself.Payment for the mail. Some companies take up to 50$ to mail 1 game to Europe.Some US companies won't even ship outside the states.We can end up paying 40$ for the game, 50$ for the shipment and 50$ for Customs. I don't know if you think it is a fair price, but 140$ for a game is a tad too much for me.Of course sometimes things are better, if the game slips past Customs, or if you are lucky and find a store that is cheap in shipment. But then we are talking luck, and I prefer to know what m game will cost me and not depend on luck (getting past Customs).But I'm not saying it is impossible to order it from a US company, but it can get rather difficult sometimes I hope this could shed some light on some of the problems we can experience and why some many of us outside the US like the DD download option, because it is in reality the only option for us. __________________

10-17-2008, 10:11 AM	#66
Arcueid Server: Guk Guild: Type Moon Rank: True Ancestor Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Castle Brunestud Posts: 188	So now after busting my chops for enough status and plat for that Guild 65 nightmare, hopefully you get some status back by selling it? __________________

10-17-2008, 10:19 AM	#67
StormCinder Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,009	Liljna wrote: Ohiv wrote: Faell@Najena wrote: Ilucide wrote: I don't know anything about retail distribution. That question's sort of akin to asking the chef about how long the wait for a table is. Seriously is that the answer? I didn't expect a Dev, Designer or Producer to be able to answer my question. At best I was hoping for community relations response of "we don't know but we will get back to you". I really love this game but sometimes I wonder, does anyone at SOE understand that customers are needed to pay the bills? Ilucide, sadly I expected more, stupid me ............ I'm a complete Noob when it comes to international anything, but I will ask the question and you guys can quickly correct me..... Couldn't you just preorder a US copy of the game and have it mailed to you? Yea I know that will take forever and a day to get to yea but it would resolve the issue of not being able to get one period. Although I frankly don't know if there are any restrictions on US copys to other contries. If that isn't plausable are there other outlets for the retail chains that can do mail order for your specific country? I mean alot of companies are international which to me would seem they should be able to facilitate the request. That is an option, to order a retail copy from the US. Possible problems with such a solution:It is snail mail and getting through Customs can take literally weeks.Customs, you have to pay Customs too and other weird fees. These can become more than the game itself.Payment for the mail. Some companies take up to 50$ to mail 1 game to Europe.Some US companies won't even ship outside the states.We can end up paying 40$ for the game, 50$ for the shipment and 50$ for Customs. I don't know if you think it is a fair price, but 140$ for a game is a tad too much for me.Of course sometimes things are better, if the game slips past Customs, or if you are lucky and find a store that is cheap in shipment. But then we are talking luck, and I prefer to know what m game will cost me and not depend on luck (getting past Customs).But I'm not saying it is impossible to order it from a US company, but it can get rather difficult sometimes I hope this could shed some light on some of the problems we can experience and why some many of us outside the US like the DD download option, because it is in reality the only option for us. Bear in mind that the extra $100 you're paying is strictly for the mount. You can get everything (except this one specific item) for $40 on the day of release. I can't think of ANY in-game item worth $100. SC __________________ ______________________________________________ Hostis Humani Generis curÂ·mudgÂ·eon (kr-mjn) n. An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions.

10-17-2008, 10:46 AM	#69
katalmach Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 275	Diknak@Butcherblock wrote: I really wasn't expecting it to be 52% since it was just a bonus item. That seems a little much imo since a lot of people spent a lot of plat and status buying a high level guild mount. Well, if you've got a high level guild mount that you're happy with, you can save yourself the hassle of buying retail and just get the digital download instead. Thing is, if the Direbear was less than 52% run speed, it would be a useless item. All my characters have mounts with speeds of 48 - 52% runspeed, so why would I ever bother to summon the bear? It looks cool, but the look goes completely wasted if the mount is too slow to be used. Besides, do you honestly think that your high level guild mount is going to remain the fastest mount in game forever? (My spirit steed, that I bought when T5 w as "end-game", certainly didn't remain the best and fastest mou nt out there, despite the fact that I "spent a lot of plat and status" buying it.). Anyway, I'd say the fact that they're giving away a 52% Direbear is a pretty good sign that Shadow Odyssey will introduce new mounts with faster runspeed than any mount currently in game.

10-17-2008, 11:04 AM	#70
DragonMaster2385 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,063	Possumu@Splitpaw wrote: Diknak@Butcherblock wrote: I really wasn't expecting it to be 52% since it was just a bonus item. That seems a little much imo since a lot of people spent a lot of plat and status buying a high level guild mount. Well, if you've got a high level guild mount that you're happy with, you can save yourself the hassle of buying retail and just get the digital download instead. Thing is, if the Direbear was less than 52% run speed, it would be a useless item. All my characters have mounts with speeds of 48 - 52% runspeed, so why would I ever bother to summon the bear? It looks cool, but the look goes completely wasted if the mount is too slow to be used.Besides , do you honestly think that your high level guild mount is going to remain the fastest mount in game forever? (My spirit steed, that I bought when T5 w as "end-game", certainly didn't remain the best and fastest mou nt out there, despite the fact that I "spent a lot of plat and status" buying it.). Anyway, I'd say the fact that they're giving away a 52% Direbear is a pretty good sign that Shadow Odyssey will introduce new mounts with faster runspeed than any mount currently in game. No, but the best mounts in the game have ALWAYS been ones that were bought from guild level/status/plat, not quested for or given as a bonus item. And I imagine that they will have new mounts in TSO, but I don't see it getting higher than 55%. And it is one per character, not one per account, which makes it even better since most people don't spend that kind of plat for alts anyway. And the DD preorders just get a house pet that doesn't do anything. At least with the other expansions, the house pet had usefullness (expect DoF).

10-17-2008, 05:16 AM	#62
Daysy Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 436	Last year we could either get one from the local shop, assuming we had a local shop that could get stock from Sony, or we could download the digital version. Either way, we got the badger. Everyone paid the same, everyone got the same. Why has it been made so complicated, and unfair, this year?

10-17-2008, 05:36 AM	#63
Malandrin Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 111	So, as I understand it, being a spanish player I have 3 choices: 1) Buy a retail game from any international distributor, paying twice as much what an american player pays for the same game (because of customs, transport, etc). So I will get the dire bear paying x2 what american players pay. 2) Pray and hope that any spanish game store gets copies of EQ2 TSO. But even if this happens (EQ2 is not a very popular game on stores at all in Spain), I will have to wait many weeks after launch date to get that copy, as it happened with previous expansions. So I get the dire bear, but I won't be able to play TSO at the same time that american customers will. 3) Get the digital download, pay the same and play TSO at the same time than american players, but forget the dire bear. Fair?

10-17-2008, 08:03 AM	#64
Jhot General Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Madrid Posts: 35	Malandrin, desist on trying to find the game in spain. Probably there would be a couple of copies, but dont think it will be easy to find them.I preordered at Play.com. Dont know if ill have a mount or whatever, and at this point, i really do not care. Buying this game is a nightmare for spanish users...

10-17-2008, 08:37 AM	#65
IlikeDragons Loremaster Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 10	When you guys pay for customs is that just from a store or anythign say you get a freind in the states to buy one and its marked gift do you still pay customes? I mean shipping will be crazy expensive to get it a 1-2 days but you will at least get the mount and never have to worry about buying a mount on any toon you make =P. besides not like the server will be down most of the first day and im sure with frequent crashes. I did have a question about the mount. What is SOE's plans to make all other mounts in game not obsolete. I am planning on selling all my mounts, on toons that dont have crafter earing, and just book it with the free dirty carpet until they get of lvl to have a similar speed bear, then never think about mounts. The mounts with combat effects aren't realy worth it since they are very small effects and most combat is done in dungeons, besides solo questing.

10-17-2008, 10:21 AM	#68
DragonMaster2385 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,063	I really wasn't expecting it to be 52% since it was just a bonus item. That seems a little much imo since a lot of people spent a lot of plat and status buying a high level guild mount.

10-17-2008, 12:01 PM	#71
Kendricke Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,032	Diknak@Butcherblock wrote: No, but the best mounts in the game have ALWAYS been ones that were bought from guild level/status/plat, not quested for or given as a bonus item. Aye, this has been the case. __________________ * -Opinions expressed in this post do not represent any current or past employers.

10-17-2008, 12:30 PM	#72
MrWolfie Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Agent of Chaos Guildhall, North Qeynos, Splitpaw. Posts: 1,239	Kendricke wrote: Diknak@Butcherblock wrote: No, but the best mounts in the game have ALWAYS been ones that were bought from guild level/status/plat, not quested for or given as a bonus item. Aye, this has been the case. Not true. LON cards gave very desirable mounts, and the last time I checked the only requirement was how much you had to shell out before you got lucky. And, if I'm not entirely mistaken, at least on one occasion the fastest (or equal fastest) mounts in the game were LON loot cards - gaining one required no guild level, status, plat or effort.I'm afraid LON has set a precedent for giving away desirable loot in exchange for hard cash, and what's worse, it's not even a price set in stone. I know of players spending ridiculous amounts to get a certain loot card in SOE's LON lottery. __________________

10-17-2008, 12:45 PM	#73
DragonMaster2385 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,063	What LoN mount is that highly desired? Yeah, they have the stupid Unicorn, but it isn't faster than 52%. I don't think LoN has ever given the best mount in the game.

10-17-2008, 01:27 PM	#74
speedycerv Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 188	does the mount have anything besides the run speed, like ca dmg or crit or anything fun like that? __________________ NO DAZE FOR REPEATING ARROWS IN 09

10-17-2008, 01:46 PM	#75
Ilucide Developer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 193	Nope. __________________ __________ Noel "Ilucide" Walling Lead Content Designer, EverQuest II

10-17-2008, 01:53 PM	#76
DragonMaster2385 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,063	Ilucide wrote: Nope. Good; lets keep them that way please. At least our uber expensive mounts will still have some advantage over the bonus gift.

10-17-2008, 02:09 PM	#77
Bozidar Loremaster Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,292	So what's the speed on these things, and what's this i hear about it growing? I got the pre-order on the web site w/o knowing i'd be missing out on the bear cub totally sucks, imo.. i'm gonna see about cancelling that and getting the retail box.

10-17-2008, 02:22 PM	#78
DragonMaster2385 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,063	Bozidar wrote: So what's the speed on these things, and what's this i hear about it growing? I got the pre-order on the web site w/o knowing i'd be missing out on the bear cub totally sucks, imo.. i'm gonna see about cancelling that and getting the retail box. lol at lazyness. It has been posted twice in this very same thread. It's not like this thread is 30 pages long.

10-17-2008, 03:10 PM	#79
Bozidar Loremaster Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,292	ok so the digital download promos start on the 14th.. i get it.. and on the 16th we find out that we can get a free mount for all characters by getting the box set? FTL!

10-17-2008, 03:20 PM	#80
kreepr General Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 681	Bozidar wrote: ok so the digital download promos start on the 14th.. i get it.. and on the 16th we find out that we can get a free mount for all characters by getting the box set? FTL! Where was it stated that you get one for each toon?? I thought it was one per account........

10-17-2008, 03:23 PM	#81
Valentina Server: Butcherblock Guild: House of Fallen Shadows Rank: Empress Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 509	kreepr13 wrote: Bozidar wrote: ok so the digital download promos start on the 14th.. i get it.. and on the 16th we find out that we can get a free mount for all characters by getting the box set? FTL! Where was it stated that you get one for each toon?? I thought it was one per account........ It was stated in this very thread.

10-17-2008, 03:24 PM	#82
Valentina Server: Butcherblock Guild: House of Fallen Shadows Rank: Empress Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 509	Ilucide wrote: It's one per character.

10-17-2008, 03:30 PM	#83
DragonMaster2385 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,063	You can cancel your preorder up until the expansion is released. If you want the box instead of the DD, just cancel it. Not a hard concept.

10-17-2008, 03:33 PM	#84
Bozidar Loremaster Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,292	Diknak@Butcherblock wrote: You can cancel your preorder up until the expansion is released. If you want the box instead of the DD, just cancel it. Not a hard concept. Do you find it neccisary to be a jerk while being helpful? You can do one w/o the other. That's twice you've replied to me in this manner on this page. If you resent being helpful, then just dont.

10-17-2008, 03:36 PM	#85
DragonMaster2385 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,063	The first time, you didn't read the thread before asking the question. I would understand if we were on page 20 and it was posted on page 3, but is it really that hard to skim 6 pages? Not like you would even have to read everything, just look for key words. The second time, well, I don't have an excuse. I'm stuck at work, I'm sick, and it's Friday, so I am a little anxious. /sorry

10-17-2008, 03:38 PM	#86
kreepr General Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 681	xsikal wrote: kreepr13 wrote: Bozidar wrote: ok so the digital download promos start on the 14th.. i get it.. and on the 16th we find out that we can get a free mount for all characters by getting the box set? FTL! Where was it stated that you get one for each toon?? I thought it was one per account........ It was stated in this very thread. WOW I am slow today I dont know how I missed that............. XP

10-17-2008, 04:30 PM	#87
Bozidar Loremaster Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,292	Diknak@Butcherblock wrote: The first time, you didn't read the thread before asking the question. I would understand if we were on page 20 and it was posted on page 3, but is it really that hard to skim 6 pages? Not like you would even have to read everything, just look for key words.The second time, well, I don't have an excuse. I'm stuck at work, I'm sick, and it's Friday, so I am a little anxious. /sorry The first time i was doing a dev search to find out about this. I clicked on the latest dev post in the thread and began to look around. I missed it, sue me. The second time.. well, i'd have gone and checked about canceling that order already but i'm at work too, i'm also recovering from being sick this week, and my firewall has virutally every sony site but this one blocked -- so i couldn't go to my account.

10-17-2008, 04:45 PM	#88
Oh General Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,516	Bozidar wrote: ok so the digital download promos start on the 14th.. i get it.. and on the 16th we find out that we can get a free mount for all characters by getting the box set? FTL! Actually the preorder for the boxed versions have been going on for a lot longer then the digital download has been. I remember last week googling it to tell a guildy about it. NOW I didn't know the specifics of the bear mount at that point in time, but I knew of it's existance and the rewards for the box preorder just not of the digitial download rewards. __________________

10-17-2008, 04:55 PM	#89
DragonMaster2385 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,063	Bozidar wrote: Diknak@Butcherblock wrote: The first time, you didn't read the thread before asking the question. I would understand if we were on page 20 and it was posted on page 3, but is it really that hard to skim 6 pages? Not like you would even have to read everything, just look for key words.The second time, well, I don't have an excuse. I'm stuck at work, I'm sick, and it's Friday, so I am a little anxious. /sorry The first time i was doing a dev search to find out about this. I clicked on the latest dev post in the thread and began to look around. I missed it, sue me. The second time.. well, i'd have gone and checked about canceling that order already but i'm at work too, i'm also recovering from being sick this week, and my firewall has virutally every sony site but this one blocked -- so i couldn't go to my account. that's so weird, my work as all sony sites blocked too, but I can still access the forums. I can't get to eq2players.com, but the forums never give me problems.

10-17-2008, 05:08 PM	#90
Chanaluss Loremaster Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 133	im just not fond of the fact that, unless for thematic reasons, or you are too impatient to wait for a fast mount, if you get the retail copy you can have a free mount for every single character you ever have. in my eyes it should be one per acct, but im bitter like that.