New Drakota Mounts with Game Update 63: SKYSHRINE!

Piestro · 04-04-2012, 09:12 PM

By Eric "Piestro" Cleaver

Everyone loves mounts, and Game Update 63: SKYSHRINE does not disappoint in this regard. With the inclusion of the new Drakota Mounts, players will have new choices for their steed to convey them throughout Norrath. Available in a number of different ways, everything from Collections and Quests to drops in Heroic and Raid instances, you’ll want to pick the Drakota that is right for you. There are even some named Drakota for those of you who are searching for the truly unique and most prestigious of mounts!

denmom · 04-04-2012, 10:12 PM

OOO, so been wanting something dragon-esque to ride!

So hope it's a flier...I suck horridly at steering gliders. >_<

CleeGrahamx2099 · 04-04-2012, 10:30 PM

No worries. It will be a flier, afterall, you won't be able to do the quests and dungeons until you are level 90 anyway so. I have to say, great addition though and thanks to Piestro for being very active in the forums.

P.S I suck with the gliders too, lol.

denmom · 04-04-2012, 10:41 PM

CleeGrahamx2099 wrote:

No worries. It will be a flier, afterall, you won't be able to do the quests and dungeons until you are level 90 anyway so. I have to say, great addition though and thanks to Piestro for being very active in the forums.
P.S I suck with the gliders too, lol.

Yah, I've six L90s and too many crafters who fly, heh.

Omg, if there's a cliff, tree, water, other players, mobs, anything in the area that can be crashed into, I'll do it. >_<

General_Info · 04-05-2012, 12:20 AM

Piestro wrote:

Everyone loves mounts, and Game Update 63: SKYSHRINE does not disappoint in this regard. With the inclusion of the new Drakota Mounts, players will have new choices for their steed to convey them throughout Norrath. Available in a number of different ways, everything from Collections and Quests to drops in Heroic and Raid instances, you’ll want to pick the Drakota that is right for you. There are even some named Drakota for those of you who are searching for the truly unique and most prestigious of mounts!

the only thing i can think off that would be cooler then those is a mount that you can sit on in combat (and will assist you) i've only come across one game with those sort of mounts.

Can you tell us what the varaitions in the color schemes are?

denmom · 04-05-2012, 01:11 AM

General_Info wrote:

Piestro wrote:
Everyone loves mounts, and Game Update 63: SKYSHRINE does not disappoint in this regard. With the inclusion of the new Drakota Mounts, players will have new choices for their steed to convey them throughout Norrath. Available in a number of different ways, everything from Collections and Quests to drops in Heroic and Raid instances, you’ll want to pick the Drakota that is right for you. There are even some named Drakota for those of you who are searching for the truly unique and most prestigious of mounts!
the only thing i can think off that would be cooler then those is a mount that you can sit on in combat (and will assist you) i've only come across one game with those sort of mounts.
Can you tell us what the varaitions in the color schemes are?

I remember when the horse animation would have them shuffling, pawing the ground, head moving when you were in a fight. Now they just stand there like a lump. It's like they're sighing as they look at their watch, waiting for you to finish what you're doing, lol. Tho when I make a mistake at an outside crafting station, it's amusing to me that not only does my toon get stung, the horse does as well. Sounds so mad, too, lol!

But yah, I agree, having battle animations would be neat.

PsiaMeese · 04-05-2012, 02:04 AM

I thought that Drakota were winged people? And did I read correctly elsewhere that we may get Wyvern mounts?

denmom · 04-05-2012, 02:40 AM

Psia@Antonia Bayle wrote:

I thought that Drakota were winged people? And did I read correctly elsewhere that we may get Wyvern mounts?

Dracur, I believe, are the new dragon race we find at Skyshrine. Drakota are the dragons that look like wyverns and are paired with the Droag (winged dragon people similar to Dracur I think) up in Kingdom of Sky. Drakota are also found in Butcherblock, Steamfont, and if I remember right the named Anguis and Ladon are larger versions. Also, there's a smaller drakota around the entrance to Ruins of Varsoon. Oh, and now larger ones up at the mountains by the Thrael'gor orcs camp.

The image shown of the new mount is the wyvern mount. Wyvern is the general term for a dragon whose forelimbs are their wings. In Norrath, wyverns are drakota...or so it seems to me after I think about it for a bit. SMILEY

Rainmare · 04-05-2012, 02:56 AM

drakota are dragons with wings for forelimbs, and breath fire/elemental attack. Wyverns also have wings as forarms, but they are built more like a Trex, an they have a scorpion stinger on thier tail. and thier tail and bite is thier primary attack, they don't have breath weapons.

what I still want is a drakota model drake for my BL. since they screwed everyone else who didn't 'exploit' the Drakonine Guardian. those people that tamed it before they stripped the ability to got a smaller grey drakota...and I've tested litterally every overworld drakota in game and none of the others are tamable.

I bet the 'named' Drakotas will be the Raid drops. like Crysta.

Stuez · 04-05-2012, 05:45 AM

Rainmare@Oasis wrote:

I bet the 'named' Drakotas will be the Raid drops. like Crysta.

and have a 0.01% chance of dropping and only see one drop in the span of a year.

Leko · 04-05-2012, 08:02 AM

Sweet. I have really been hoping for "Dragon" mounts.

Eshaac · 04-05-2012, 08:51 AM

Is this on Test/testcopy yet?

Eshaac

ttobey · 04-05-2012, 01:03 PM

Pheep@Unrest wrote:

Psia@Antonia Bayle wrote:
I thought that Drakota were winged people? And did I read correctly elsewhere that we may get Wyvern mounts?
Dracur, I believe, are the new dragon race we find at Skyshrine. Drakota are the dragons that look like wyverns and are paired with the Droag (winged dragon people similar to Dracur I think) up in Kingdom of Sky. Drakota are also found in Butcherblock, Steamfont, and if I remember right the named Anguis and Ladon are larger versions. Also, there's a smaller drakota around the entrance to Ruins of Varsoon. Oh, and now larger ones up at the mountains by the Thrael'gor orcs camp.
The image shown of the new mount is the wyvern mount. Wyvern is the general term for a dragon whose forelimbs are their wings. In Norrath, wyverns are drakota...or so it seems to me after I think about it for a bit.

The wyvern and drakota are two different creatures. The drakota is in the pic.

Eshaac · 04-05-2012, 04:40 PM

Is the drake mount coming to test/testcopy or is it just going to be in gu63 when it goes live?

Eshaac

denmom · 04-05-2012, 06:14 PM

ttobey wrote:

Pheep@Unrest wrote:
Psia@Antonia Bayle wrote:
I thought that Drakota were winged people? And did I read correctly elsewhere that we may get Wyvern mounts?
Dracur, I believe, are the new dragon race we find at Skyshrine. Drakota are the dragons that look like wyverns and are paired with the Droag (winged dragon people similar to Dracur I think) up in Kingdom of Sky. Drakota are also found in Butcherblock, Steamfont, and if I remember right the named Anguis and Ladon are larger versions. Also, there's a smaller drakota around the entrance to Ruins of Varsoon. Oh, and now larger ones up at the mountains by the Thrael'gor orcs camp.
The image shown of the new mount is the wyvern mount. Wyvern is the general term for a dragon whose forelimbs are their wings. In Norrath, wyverns are drakota...or so it seems to me after I think about it for a bit.
The wyvern and drakota are two different creatures. The drakota is in the pic.

Aha, thanks for the correction...but...wait...what are...ah, I'll just go find info. SMILEY

Lodrelhai · 04-05-2012, 11:46 PM

And the eternal question... will there be a version available via tradeskill quest?

sleepup2007 · 05-06-2012, 04:52 AM

does anyone know what are these collection that we need to get the collection drakota mount,, all i have found is the golem collection , but the others are still a mystery to me, are these collection in skyshrine, are they heirloom,lore?. thanks

feldon30 · 05-06-2012, 08:39 AM

sleepup2007 wrote:

does anyone know what are these collection that we need to get the collection drakota mount,, all i have found is the golem collection , but the others are still a mystery to me, are these collection in skyshrine, are they heirloom,lore?. thanks

You need all the Skyshrine collections.

04-04-2012, 09:12 PM	#1
Piestro Community Relations Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 481	By Eric "Piestro" Cleaver Everyone loves mounts, and Game Update 63: SKYSHRINE does not disappoint in this regard. With the inclusion of the new Drakota Mounts, players will have new choices for their steed to convey them throughout Norrath. Available in a number of different ways, everything from Collections and Quests to drops in Heroic and Raid instances, you’ll want to pick the Drakota that is right for you. There are even some named Drakota for those of you who are searching for the truly unique and most prestigious of mounts! __________________ -Piestro EverQuest Community Relations Manager

04-04-2012, 10:12 PM	#2
denmom Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Paradigm Clutch: Never shift reality without one... Posts: 2,490	OOO, so been wanting something dragon-esque to ride! So hope it's a flier...I suck horridly at steering gliders. >_< __________________ What I do when not playing EQ2: Paradigm Clutch

04-04-2012, 10:41 PM	#4
denmom Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Paradigm Clutch: Never shift reality without one... Posts: 2,490	CleeGrahamx2099 wrote: No worries. It will be a flier, afterall, you won't be able to do the quests and dungeons until you are level 90 anyway so. I have to say, great addition though and thanks to Piestro for being very active in the forums. P.S I suck with the gliders too, lol. Yah, I've six L90s and too many crafters who fly, heh. Omg, if there's a cliff, tree, water, other players, mobs, anything in the area that can be crashed into, I'll do it. >_< __________________ What I do when not playing EQ2: Paradigm Clutch

04-05-2012, 12:20 AM	#5
General_Info Lord Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 658	Piestro wrote: Everyone loves mounts, and Game Update 63: SKYSHRINE does not disappoint in this regard. With the inclusion of the new Drakota Mounts, players will have new choices for their steed to convey them throughout Norrath. Available in a number of different ways, everything from Collections and Quests to drops in Heroic and Raid instances, you’ll want to pick the Drakota that is right for you. There are even some named Drakota for those of you who are searching for the truly unique and most prestigious of mounts! the only thing i can think off that would be cooler then those is a mount that you can sit on in combat (and will assist you) i've only come across one game with those sort of mounts. Can you tell us what the varaitions in the color schemes are? __________________

04-05-2012, 01:11 AM	#6
denmom Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Paradigm Clutch: Never shift reality without one... Posts: 2,490	General_Info wrote: Piestro wrote: Everyone loves mounts, and Game Update 63: SKYSHRINE does not disappoint in this regard. With the inclusion of the new Drakota Mounts, players will have new choices for their steed to convey them throughout Norrath. Available in a number of different ways, everything from Collections and Quests to drops in Heroic and Raid instances, you’ll want to pick the Drakota that is right for you. There are even some named Drakota for those of you who are searching for the truly unique and most prestigious of mounts! the only thing i can think off that would be cooler then those is a mount that you can sit on in combat (and will assist you) i've only come across one game with those sort of mounts. Can you tell us what the varaitions in the color schemes are? I remember when the horse animation would have them shuffling, pawing the ground, head moving when you were in a fight. Now they just stand there like a lump. It's like they're sighing as they look at their watch, waiting for you to finish what you're doing, lol. Tho when I make a mistake at an outside crafting station, it's amusing to me that not only does my toon get stung, the horse does as well. Sounds so mad, too, lol! But yah, I agree, having battle animations would be neat. __________________ What I do when not playing EQ2: Paradigm Clutch

04-04-2012, 10:30 PM	#3
CleeGrahamx2099 Guardian Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 152	No worries. It will be a flier, afterall, you won't be able to do the quests and dungeons until you are level 90 anyway so. I have to say, great addition though and thanks to Piestro for being very active in the forums. P.S I suck with the gliders too, lol.

04-05-2012, 02:04 AM	#7
PsiaMeese Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 262	I thought that Drakota were winged people? And did I read correctly elsewhere that we may get Wyvern mounts?

04-05-2012, 02:40 AM	#8
denmom Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Paradigm Clutch: Never shift reality without one... Posts: 2,490	Psia@Antonia Bayle wrote: I thought that Drakota were winged people? And did I read correctly elsewhere that we may get Wyvern mounts? Dracur, I believe, are the new dragon race we find at Skyshrine. Drakota are the dragons that look like wyverns and are paired with the Droag (winged dragon people similar to Dracur I think) up in Kingdom of Sky. Drakota are also found in Butcherblock, Steamfont, and if I remember right the named Anguis and Ladon are larger versions. Also, there's a smaller drakota around the entrance to Ruins of Varsoon. Oh, and now larger ones up at the mountains by the Thrael'gor orcs camp. The image shown of the new mount is the wyvern mount. Wyvern is the general term for a dragon whose forelimbs are their wings. In Norrath, wyverns are drakota...or so it seems to me after I think about it for a bit. __________________ What I do when not playing EQ2: Paradigm Clutch

04-05-2012, 02:56 AM	#9
Rainmare Server: Oasis Guild: Pillage Rank: Captain Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,982	drakota are dragons with wings for forelimbs, and breath fire/elemental attack. Wyverns also have wings as forarms, but they are built more like a Trex, an they have a scorpion stinger on thier tail. and thier tail and bite is thier primary attack, they don't have breath weapons. what I still want is a drakota model drake for my BL. since they screwed everyone else who didn't 'exploit' the Drakonine Guardian. those people that tamed it before they stripped the ability to got a smaller grey drakota...and I've tested litterally every overworld drakota in game and none of the others are tamable. I bet the 'named' Drakotas will be the Raid drops. like Crysta.

04-05-2012, 05:45 AM	#10
Stuez Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 43	Rainmare@Oasis wrote: I bet the 'named' Drakotas will be the Raid drops. like Crysta. and have a 0.01% chance of dropping and only see one drop in the span of a year. __________________ Smedley: "Lots of good feedback from our player base..."

04-05-2012, 08:02 AM	#11
Leko Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 263	Sweet. I have really been hoping for "Dragon" mounts. __________________

04-05-2012, 08:51 AM	#12
Eshaac Tester Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 353	Is this on Test/testcopy yet? Eshaac __________________ The Old Test; Eshaac 84 Ranger, 92 Jeweler ; Eshaack 92 Beastlord, 37 Provisioner ; Faelander 20 Assassin, 20 Woodworker Curley 32 SK, 32 Alchemist ; Squint 20 Mystic, 22 Sage

04-05-2012, 01:03 PM	#13
ttobey Developer Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,126	Pheep@Unrest wrote: Psia@Antonia Bayle wrote: I thought that Drakota were winged people? And did I read correctly elsewhere that we may get Wyvern mounts? Dracur, I believe, are the new dragon race we find at Skyshrine. Drakota are the dragons that look like wyverns and are paired with the Droag (winged dragon people similar to Dracur I think) up in Kingdom of Sky. Drakota are also found in Butcherblock, Steamfont, and if I remember right the named Anguis and Ladon are larger versions. Also, there's a smaller drakota around the entrance to Ruins of Varsoon. Oh, and now larger ones up at the mountains by the Thrael'gor orcs camp. The image shown of the new mount is the wyvern mount. Wyvern is the general term for a dragon whose forelimbs are their wings. In Norrath, wyverns are drakota...or so it seems to me after I think about it for a bit. The wyvern and drakota are two different creatures. The drakota is in the pic. __________________ Tom Tobey Sr. Animator EverQuest 2

04-05-2012, 04:40 PM	#14
Eshaac Tester Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 353	Is the drake mount coming to test/testcopy or is it just going to be in gu63 when it goes live? Eshaac __________________ The Old Test; Eshaac 84 Ranger, 92 Jeweler ; Eshaack 92 Beastlord, 37 Provisioner ; Faelander 20 Assassin, 20 Woodworker Curley 32 SK, 32 Alchemist ; Squint 20 Mystic, 22 Sage

04-05-2012, 06:14 PM	#15
denmom Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Paradigm Clutch: Never shift reality without one... Posts: 2,490	ttobey wrote: Pheep@Unrest wrote: Psia@Antonia Bayle wrote: I thought that Drakota were winged people? And did I read correctly elsewhere that we may get Wyvern mounts? Dracur, I believe, are the new dragon race we find at Skyshrine. Drakota are the dragons that look like wyverns and are paired with the Droag (winged dragon people similar to Dracur I think) up in Kingdom of Sky. Drakota are also found in Butcherblock, Steamfont, and if I remember right the named Anguis and Ladon are larger versions. Also, there's a smaller drakota around the entrance to Ruins of Varsoon. Oh, and now larger ones up at the mountains by the Thrael'gor orcs camp. The image shown of the new mount is the wyvern mount. Wyvern is the general term for a dragon whose forelimbs are their wings. In Norrath, wyverns are drakota...or so it seems to me after I think about it for a bit. The wyvern and drakota are two different creatures. The drakota is in the pic. Aha, thanks for the correction...but...wait...what are...ah, I'll just go find info. __________________ What I do when not playing EQ2: Paradigm Clutch

04-05-2012, 11:46 PM	#16
Lodrelhai Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,271	And the eternal question... will there be a version available via tradeskill quest?

05-06-2012, 04:52 AM	#17
sleepup2007 Loremaster Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 7	does anyone know what are these collection that we need to get the collection drakota mount,, all i have found is the golem collection , but the others are still a mystery to me, are these collection in skyshrine, are they heirloom,lore?. thanks

05-06-2012, 08:39 AM	#18
feldon30 Fansite Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,424	sleepup2007 wrote: does anyone know what are these collection that we need to get the collection drakota mount,, all i have found is the golem collection , but the others are still a mystery to me, are these collection in skyshrine, are they heirloom,lore?. thanks You need all the Skyshrine collections. __________________ .. EQ2Wire.com \| EQ2U - Character, Item, Spell, and Guild Data