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[Gargamel]

I think it would be SWEET if quest sharing worked like this.

You get credit for the quest or the quest update, but cannot complete the quest is prior (questline) requisites are made.

For example... you should 'quest share' on a raid of Deathtoll. 

That quest goes like this:

1) Enter Deathtoll, get disco update when blocked at fire wall 2) Go back to naggy, get update and material to make flame shield 3) Return to Deathtoll, get past flame wall using fire shield and get update 4) Get other 5 discovery updates from 5 points throughout Deathtoll (last one in same room as Tranix) 5) AFTER all 5 discovery updates, you need to kill Fitzpizzle, which is a named probably killed earlier in the raid 6) AFTER killing Fitzpizzle, you need to kill Tranix the final named in the zone.

If you happen to kill Fitz and Tranix, before you are on that part, or before you even get the quest... you still get the 'credit' for killing them as part of the "Beyond Death's Door" quest near the end of the Claymore line, but you don't get to collect the quest reward, and still have the 'discovery' update parts of the quest to do, which you can't do because they are trigged by completing earlier parts.

BUT once you get to that part of the quest line, and make your 'discovery' updates, the earlier kills that were 'shared' with a person at those points are 'saved' and count as already done.

[Shankonia]

Didn't see any mention of making the Monk class better.

I hope this means that a secret, Monk enhancing Ninja will sneak in on the update and give us some Love!

[Rutabegah]

Below is a list of quests with (quest starter).  95% of these items no longer drop, as pvp servers indicate the items have not been discovered.  Devs, when I asked if these quests have been removed, are they gone forever, you stated you could not reveal in-game information.  From what I'm reading of GU 34, is it now possible to attain these quests? The starter for the quest "Bear Attack" no longer drops.  Let's say I auction ... "Paying 5pp if you have the quest 'Bear Attack' in your active quest journal".  Someone tells me that they do in fact have that quest active.  I then group with that person and they click the "share quest" button or whatever.  Does that mean that I now have that quest, or at least put the Bear Attack quest starter in my inventory? Is this how it works?  Is there a list of quests that won't work?  How many exceptions are there?  Details please......... A Sandwich Affair (Half a Murkwater Sandwich) - Edgewater Drains A Lost Package - (twine bound package) - Commonlands 5/10/2006 from Dervish Cutthroats A Ring's Calling - (Ring of Val'Marr) - Commonlands - 10/7/2005 - various A Very Evil Idol (Bloodied Idol) - Feerrott Albino Snakeskin Bag (A large stretch of white snakeskin) - Tombs of Night Amygdalan Snack (Feerrott Moss Ration) - Cazic Thule Bad Halfling No JumJum (No JumJum) - Enchanted Lands Bad Strategy (Bad Strategy) - Cazic Thule Bear Attack (Bear Attack) - Zek Big Pests (Big Vermin Notice) - Vermin's Snye Blood Ore Basher (Misshapen block of blood ore) - Zek Bloodsaber Brew (Half Bottle of Bloodsaber Brew) - Vermin's Snye Blowing Off Steam (Fishing Hook) - Crypt of Betrayal Bolt Streaked Cuirass (A Plain Cuirass) - Stormhold 3/20/2007 from slimes in small room adjacent to Lord Androus Bones (Bones) - Feerrott Boots of Malice (A Menacing Pair of Boots) - Fallen Gate Buzz Beer (Recipe) - Enchanted Lands Catch of the Day (Catch of the Day) - Feerrott Chamber of Suffering - (Rust Covered Key) - Commonlands 10/11/2006 ##tradable## Paid a guy several plat for it Coin of an Adept (Bloodsaber Adept Coin) - Vermin's Snye Cracked Leatherfoot Stein (Piece of Stein) - Fallen Gate Deadly Report (Deadly Report) - Crypt of Betrayal Deadly Spiders (Deadly Spiders) - Feerrott Destroy the Undead (Sullied Doll) - Crypt of Betrayal Dirty Fairies (Dirty Fairies) - Enchanted Lands Druid's Legacy (An Old Note) - Oakmyst Forest 1/18/2006 - ##tradable## Slaughter bears! Discovered on all servers. Edgewater Needletooth Pudding (Needletooth Pudding Recipe) - Edgewater Drains Elephant Hide Boots - (Holey Hide Boots) - Commonlands 5/10/2006 Eyeball Soup (Torn Page) - Lost Temple of Cazic-Thule Faithful Nuisance (Faithful Nuisance) - Zek Freedom (A Chained Bundle) - Antonica Green Hood Ration Recipe (Green Hood Ration Recipe) - Zek Gross Report (Gross Report) - Crypt of Betrayal Half the Size, Twice the Trouble (Half the Size) - Cazic Thule Inquisitor (Inquisitor) - Crypt of Betral Justice, Decades Too Late (An Old Broach) - Enchanted Lands Krok's Pot (unknown) - Feerrott Lion Mane Helm - (a decaying scroll) - Commonlands 6/5/2006 from sandstone giants Lumber Squad (Lumber Squad) - Zek Outbreak (Outbreak Report) - Edgewater Drains Overgrowth Impact (Overgrowth Report) - Edgewater Drains Paper Puzzle (Scrap of Paper) - Vermin's Snye Prime Target (Prime Target) - Crypt of Betrayal Punish the Hunter (Animal Trap) - Zek Ravenous Report (Ravenous Report) - Vermin's Snye Ree Death Mask (A Totem Face) - Wailing Caves Reptile Reduction (Reptile Reduction) - Feerrott Roll of the Dice (Ivory Dice) - Feerrott Rumble (Broken-Tipped Javelin) - Stormhold - 3/25/07 from one of the waves of the maelstrom sword ring event (it was one with 6+ down arrow earth elemental) Snake Squash (Snake Squash) - Zek Sprite Fight (Sprite Fight) - Zek Sprite in a Box (Surprise in a Box) - Zek Starshine Pendant (Muddy Lump) - Rivervale Stinking Badgers (Stinking Badgers) - Enchanted Lands Sticky Situation - (Sewer Memorandum) - Commonlands - 6/23/2006 from snakes and lizards Tactical Report (Tactical Report) - Crypt of Betrayal Tae Ew Warning (Tae Ew Warning) - Cazic Thule Taking What's Not Yours (Tae Ew Gather's Belt) - Cazic Thule Tallon Reserves (Bottle Talon Ale) - Zek The Bloody Fist Wrap (unknown) - Commonlands The Grain Grog Run (Journal of Topper Drodo) - Enchanted Lands The Incredible Edible Egg (Sewage Viper Egg) - Edgewater Drains The Starwisp Sword (A Rusty Sword) - Antonica Thulian Belt Collection (Thulian Belt) - Cazic Thule Tomb Guard's Chair (Tomb Guard's Broken Chair) - Vermin's Snye Tragedy Strikes (Tragedy Strikes) - Cazic Thule Treachery (Treachery) - Enchanted Lands Vengeance (Severed Murkwater Head) - Edgewater Drains Viper Attacks (Viper Report) - Edgewater Drains What Once was Found, Now is Forever Lost (Pearl Ear Ring) - Edgewater Drains Worst Kind (Worst Kind) - Enchanted Lands Worthless Slug (Worthless Slug) - Feerrott

[Araxes]

Saddle Up! A new mount will be made available for purchase to those brave enough to travel through the Loping Plains and complete a series of quests. If you seek out Heinrich, he'll provide you with all the details to get started. Sounds intriguing.  Is this an entirely new mount (my vote would be for a warg/wolf!) or a revamped horse model?  In any case ... looking forward to seeing it! Quest Sharing is Caring Spread the wealth and knowledge of your quest journal with those around you! With GU34, you will be able to share most of your current quests with members of your group who meet the requirements. You can also share quests you have completed with your friends, provided they have met the prerequisites for them. What if the quest involves an item given to you by the quest giver NPC? No problem, this invaluable feature will allow your group mates to receive that item as well when you share the quest! Hmm.  I can see the advantage to this, in terms of facilitating groups and quest-based groups ... but I'm not sure I understand how it will be implemented ... for example, what about lengthy Heritage Quests?  What are "prerequisites" defined as in terms of the requirements needed to be able to share/not share certain quests? See What You Want, When You Want With GU34, you'll be able to save and load performance profiles, aiding in your ability to control what you see in game. With a simple command, you'll be able to toggle between certain saved profiles. The end result is that you will be able to view far off things while harvesting and turn them off when you are fighting in tight spaces to boost performance! YES!  YES YES YES!    This will save me ... SOOO much time.

[Gonzo550]

for a game update, this one seems very light. Are you all on vacation or slacking as usual. I want to see SoD finished, dirge/troubs made happy, healer stacking possible, macro system delays, spell fixes - several higher grade spells don't do jack, better AE agro control for tanks - especially guards, better damage resistance for zerkers, better hate reduction for monks/bruisers, balanced utility for warlocks (evac anyone), better EOF legendary tank loot, less trash mobs on raids - EH sucks, potion level fixes, I could go on.

 Four items on a preview just shows me you have gotten lazy. There's plenty that needs working on. Get to it.

[Dragoneyes]

well the quest sharing and profile saveing ect is taken from vanguard so nothing really new as such maybe we could have the crafting option to reroll back to lvl 1 if we choose the wrong profession now that would be really good.

[Rashaak]

Hosania@Oasis wrote:

I hope isnt a another horse or another boring hoover platform,  I new cat/dog/rhino mount would be a kickass add to game.

Finally something new to do!

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Just announced in the Podcast...the new mount is a Warg a wolf like mount 

[Grimwell]

Foiled again! Yes, you can listen to the podcast here to hear the news about the new mount. Good timing Rashaak!

[Kinuun]

Grimwell wrote:

Mount: Not a horse, or a house pet on steroids. I'll get you an image in the Sneak Peek, I promise.

Woot!! Thx, Grim! I'm totally stoked for the new mount! And thx to that podcast its a confirmed "worg" mount. Still need to know whether i'll have to pay for it or not. Oh well can't wait!!

[Rashaak]

Grimwell wrote:

Foiled again! Yes, you can listen to the podcast here to hear the news about the new mount. Good timing Rashaak!

Hehheh...there's a reason I have that comment written on my siggy!!! mwahhahhahhahha!!!

I have pwnage rights

[Bizerk78]

Probably not, but would hope its a high end mount that requires at least one x4 raid and around 40pp to buy.  Every tier the new mounts seemed to double in price......that was until EOF whose horse prices are the same as KOS.  Not much bling to a new mount if it cost the same as last and eveyrone and their uncle can afford it.

 Bizerk

[Kinuun]

I'd be ok with maybe a 4x raid (after all I did it for MoA) but not the 40pp. Us poor folks are getting bored of our carpets.

[Gungo]

Kinuun wrote:

I'd be ok with maybe a 4x raid (after all I did it for MoA) but not the 40pp. Us poor folks are getting bored of our carpets.

The carpet was the biggest mistake in DoF. A 40% runspeed FREE carpet ruined all mount guild rewards below lvl 40. The free DoF carpet should of been at most 24% runspeed the same runspeed as the cheapest (which is still 3pp) guild lvl 20+ horse.

A free 40%+ speed new mount would be a slap in the face to every guild who tried to get guild lvl 60 to get a new runspeed mount. One of the ONLY rewards you even get for guild levels.

Sadly i still want a 50%+ runspeed mount, but not from a free quest. Unless of course it is tied to a Guild level 60. To me the plat doesnt matter because in the end you cna always resell the mount back for most of your plat back. But its the time invested in guild level that made mounts a major incentive. And FREE mounts with comparable run speeds just destroys a major reason why people leveled thier guilds in the first place.

I remeber how [Removed for Content] all the peopel who spent 60pp for a carpet were when they released a free version fo the carpet. But it wasnt just the fact these peopel got the same reward for less time invested it was these rewards had comparable run speeds 40% compared to 48%. (actually it was nerfed to 40% after people complained the 46% given initially was a big FU. Finally, I hope the wolf mount can back up faster then the horse mount.  

[Bizerk78]

Kinuun wrote:

I'd be ok with maybe a 4x raid (after all I did it for MoA) but not the 40pp. Us poor folks are getting bored of our carpets.

See where your coming from.  But mounts lack a certain prestige atm.  Anyone can get almost any mount they want relatively easily.  Would love to see a rarity of the new mount.  This is the 2nd eof mount to come out.  Those who can't complete the requirements of the 2nd eof mount can still buy the first one.

Thus, If the new mount required double the plat of the last tier mount (to stay consistent with the pre EOF mount price raises) and required at least one x4 epic fight, then this would be the break many hardcore gamers would gladly welcome.

Seems so much lastely that SOE has given in to what the masses want and not their diehard fans.

Please don't make this horse available to someone that just hit 70 and think their the #*&$.

 Bizerk

[Rashaak]

Bizerk78 wrote:

Probably not, but would hope its a high end mount that requires at least one x4 raid and around 40pp to buy.  Every tier the new mounts seemed to double in price......that was until EOF whose horse prices are the same as KOS.  Not much bling to a new mount if it cost the same as last and eveyrone and their uncle can afford it.

 Bizerk

It's a quested mount ... so don't think it'll cost anything other than time...

And why does there need to be a x4 raid in order for the mount to be good???

just be happy there is a new mount, and it's not a horse or carpet!!!

[Bizerk78]

Rashaak wrote:

Bizerk78 wrote:

Probably not, but would hope its a high end mount that requires at least one x4 raid and around 40pp to buy.  Every tier the new mounts seemed to double in price......that was until EOF whose horse prices are the same as KOS.  Not much bling to a new mount if it cost the same as last and eveyrone and their uncle can afford it.

 Bizerk

It's a quested mount ... so don't think it'll cost anything other than time...

And why does there need to be a x4 raid in order for the mount to be good???

just be happy there is a new mount, and it's not a horse or carpet!!!

Please refer back to my previous post.

[Rashaak]

Bizerk78 wrote:

Kinuun wrote:

I'd be ok with maybe a 4x raid (after all I did it for MoA) but not the 40pp. Us poor folks are getting bored of our carpets.

See where your coming from.  But mounts lack a certain prestige atm.  Anyone can get almost any mount they want relatively easily.  Would love to see a rarity of the new mount.  This is the 2nd eof mount to come out.  Those who can't complete the requirements of the 2nd eof mount can still buy the first one.

Thus, If the new mount required double the plat of the last tier mount (to stay consistent with the pre EOF mount price raises) and required at least one x4 epic fight, then this would be the break many hardcore gamers would gladly welcome.

Seems so much lastely that SOE has given in to what the masses want and not their diehard fans.

Please don't make this horse available to someone that just hit 70 and think their the #*&$.

 Bizerk

Little egotistical are we? You think the only diehard fans are the ones that raid? Please share whatever it is your snortin...thanks

[Bizerk78]

Rashaak wrote:

Bizerk78 wrote:

Kinuun wrote:

I'd be ok with maybe a 4x raid (after all I did it for MoA) but not the 40pp. Us poor folks are getting bored of our carpets.

See where your coming from.  But mounts lack a certain prestige atm.  Anyone can get almost any mount they want relatively easily.  Would love to see a rarity of the new mount.  This is the 2nd eof mount to come out.  Those who can't complete the requirements of the 2nd eof mount can still buy the first one.

Thus, If the new mount required double the plat of the last tier mount (to stay consistent with the pre EOF mount price raises) and required at least one x4 epic fight, then this would be the break many hardcore gamers would gladly welcome.

Seems so much lastely that SOE has given in to what the masses want and not their diehard fans.

Please don't make this horse available to someone that just hit 70 and think their the #*&$.

 Bizerk

Little egotistical are we? You think the only diehard fans are the ones that raid? Please share whatever it is your snortin...thanks

I dont see how me suggesting to have ONE mount in the game that actually requires a lot to accomplish is me being egotistical, but whatever.  

It sounds like your wanting this mount to be just like the carpet mount.  Free of money, guild lvls, or raiding.  That however, is not typically a view shared by the "hardcore" community.   We want a non casual-gamer mount.

And being a diehard fan typically means u strive to get the best stuff in the game.  Stuff that "casual" players can not.  Thus you have to raid.  I suppose the diehard bot gamers don't raid much though.

 Bizerk

[Rashaak]

Bizerk78 wrote:

Rashaak wrote:

Bizerk78 wrote:

Kinuun wrote:

I'd be ok with maybe a 4x raid (after all I did it for MoA) but not the 40pp. Us poor folks are getting bored of our carpets.

See where your coming from.  But mounts lack a certain prestige atm.  Anyone can get almost any mount they want relatively easily.  Would love to see a rarity of the new mount.  This is the 2nd eof mount to come out.  Those who can't complete the requirements of the 2nd eof mount can still buy the first one.

Thus, If the new mount required double the plat of the last tier mount (to stay consistent with the pre EOF mount price raises) and required at least one x4 epic fight, then this would be the break many hardcore gamers would gladly welcome.

Seems so much lastely that SOE has given in to what the masses want and not their diehard fans.

Please don't make this horse available to someone that just hit 70 and think their the #*&$.

 Bizerk

Little egotistical are we? You think the only diehard fans are the ones that raid? Please share whatever it is your snortin...thanks

I dont see how me suggesting to have ONE mount in the game that actually requires a lot to accomplish is me being egotistical, but whatever.  

It sounds like your wanting this mount to be just like the carpet mount.  Free of money, guild lvls, or raiding.  That however, is not typically a view shared by the "hardcore" community.   We want a non casual-gamer mount.

And being a diehard fan typically means u strive to get the best stuff in the game.  Stuff that "casual" players can not.  Thus you have to raid.  I suppose the diehard bot gamers don't raid much though.

 Bizerk

There already is a 'mount' that can only be obtained by raiding and killing a certain raid mob. And what makes you think that a casual gamer doesn't try to acheive the best stuff in the game? Your making an assumption, based off your playstyle...which of course you know what it means to assume? Having to raid to be the best is such a farse and also very egotistical.

Again please share whatever it is your snortin. 

[Bizerk78]

Rashaak wrote:

Bizerk78 wrote:

Rashaak wrote:

Bizerk78 wrote:

Kinuun wrote:

I'd be ok with maybe a 4x raid (after all I did it for MoA) but not the 40pp. Us poor folks are getting bored of our carpets.

See where your coming from.  But mounts lack a certain prestige atm.  Anyone can get almost any mount they want relatively easily.  Would love to see a rarity of the new mount.  This is the 2nd eof mount to come out.  Those who can't complete the requirements of the 2nd eof mount can still buy the first one.

Thus, If the new mount required double the plat of the last tier mount (to stay consistent with the pre EOF mount price raises) and required at least one x4 epic fight, then this would be the break many hardcore gamers would gladly welcome.

Seems so much lastely that SOE has given in to what the masses want and not their diehard fans.

Please don't make this horse available to someone that just hit 70 and think their the #*&$.

 Bizerk

Little egotistical are we? You think the only diehard fans are the ones that raid? Please share whatever it is your snortin...thanks

I dont see how me suggesting to have ONE mount in the game that actually requires a lot to accomplish is me being egotistical, but whatever.  

It sounds like your wanting this mount to be just like the carpet mount.  Free of money, guild lvls, or raiding.  That however, is not typically a view shared by the "hardcore" community.   We want a non casual-gamer mount.

And being a diehard fan typically means u strive to get the best stuff in the game.  Stuff that "casual" players can not.  Thus you have to raid.  I suppose the diehard bot gamers don't raid much though.

 Bizerk

There already is a 'mount' that can only be obtained by raiding and killing a certain raid mob. And what makes you think that a casual gamer doesn't try to acheive the best stuff in the game? Your making an assumption, based off your playstyle...which of course you know what it means to assume? Having to raid to be the best is such a farse and also very egotistical.

Again please share whatever it is your snortin. 

Dude, are u stupid? Trying to not make this personal, but jeez.  Yes there is a mount that can be obtained by raiding dt....the disk/platform.  Does that require a lot to accomplish?  No.  You just have to have it drop from a chest.   Not sure what that arguments about. 

The casual gamer can try to get the best stuff in the game if he wants......but he's not gonna get to far.  Thats how the games work.  Time vs. reward.  You seem to like the idea of everything being balanced reguardless of time spent. 

You said: "Havning to raid to be the best is a farse"   ???  Again, wow.  Guess obvious things arnt so obvious for some ppl.  So you go make yourself a toon and totally deck yourself out without raiding.  Let me know when your the "best" as you said and I'll try not to laugh my [Removed for Content] off.

Bizerk

P.S. Seems your already well supplied in powder.

[Rashaak]

Your apparently missing the point. Your stereo typing the casual gamer vs the raider. Just because you may play more often or raid more often that makes you more of a diehard than someone who plays casually? You think that to be hardcore you have to raid constantly and be decked out all in fabled and have the best mounts? *yawn*  

My idea of balanced is not having this idiotic gap between whats casual and whats hardcore. It's a game! I play it, you play it, as well as many others. I pay the same amount in monthly fee's as a raider, casual gamer, and even the solo artist. So don't tell me that you deserve more than another type of gamer because you experience different content than someone else, because thats a load of [Removed for Content].

Stop with the lame [Removed for Content] stereotype and idiotic griping and just be frellin happy theres new content being added.

Now...If you want to continue this conversation...fine, PM me...because as far as I'm concerned I'm done with this topic.

[Grimwell]

Guys... its Friday! Let's all focus on the fact that we get to game for two crazy days with no work!

[Rashaak]

Grimwell wrote:

Guys... its Friday! Let's all focus on the fact that we get to game for two crazy days with no work!

Sorry boss.. 

[SpritRaja]

Having a free mount available like the carpet quest mount is IMO something that just nullifies all the hard work guilds put into leveling their guild up-to level 60. To put gaining this new mount on a comparative level as a gaining a level 60 guild status mount I would suggest having a series of quests similar to the mark of awakening quests with an easy x4 raid at the end. The mount should also cost as much as guild level 60 mounts in platinum. Around 14plat or more. If even a casual lvl 70 player can not come up with 14 plat for a mount they want then they must not be dedicated enough to warrant the mount. 14plat is a trivial sum for a lvl 70 player. I would give the mount a speed of 48% for that amount of work to gain it. 

[Mask]

Saddle Up! A new mount will be made available for purchase to those brave enough to travel through the Loping Plains and complete a series of quests. If you seek out Heinrich, he'll provide you with all the details to get started. Just wanted to clarify since some people missed the fact that it will require a series of quests AND coin making it impossible for low level twinks to get.

[Bizerk78]

Grimwell wrote:

Guys... its Friday! Let's all focus on the fact that we get to game for two crazy days with no work!

Np, he has his opinions, I have mine.  

Bizerk

[Faymar]

shadowscale wrote:

if the only thing the quest sharing allows is removing a trip to a quest giver, but still making them do the quest and the quest chain. then i don't see a problem. cant do quest skipping that way. all it does is save a trip.

Yes but...that trip is about context. About talking to the npc and understanding why you are doing the quest. For me, it's about immersion. I'm surprised, having seen the hoops we need to jump through to start In Honor and Service, that the quest writers are happy with the concept that one person can hand the quest on to everyone else. From a plot point of view, it doesn't make sense in most cases.

[salle]

Finaly, display presets, there has been a UI addon for this but it was fairly a bit cumbersome to use (especially to change the setups you wanted) The next step on the making presets to your display options would to be implement zone presets that loads automatically when you zone into a zone which you've selected a preset for. For like Qeynos Harbour it would pull down alot of settings, but for say a zone like New Tunaria whic h is very beautifull but not that heavy on the ol' GPU, it would crank them up high.

[Pitt Hammerfi]

as for the performance profile buttons i already have one

make 2 macro keys

1st macro: Label "Shaders off"

/r_fast_layer_min_distance -1

2nd one: Label "Shaders on"

/r_fast_layer_min_distance 50

[Foolsfolly]

Bizerk78 wrote:

Kinuun wrote:

I'd be ok with maybe a 4x raid (after all I did it for MoA) but not the 40pp. Us poor folks are getting bored of our carpets.

See where your coming from.  But mounts lack a certain prestige atm.  Anyone can get almost any mount they want relatively easily.  Would love to see a rarity of the new mount.  This is the 2nd eof mount to come out.  Those who can't complete the requirements of the 2nd eof mount can still buy the first one.

Thus, If the new mount required double the plat of the last tier mount (to stay consistent with the pre EOF mount price raises) and required at least one x4 epic fight, then this would be the break many hardcore gamers would gladly welcome.

Seems so much lastely that SOE has given in to what the masses want and not their diehard fans.

Please don't make this horse available to someone that just hit 70 and think their the #*&$.

 Bizerk

I don't think that we need prestigeous mounts really. Nobody likes to see something really cool, and then find out there is no way they will ever be able to get it, or that it requires a long long camp followed by multiple epic raids. Sure it's fun to have such items and know that other people can't have them, but it's only fun for those few people who actually have the item. What I think we need is more variety in mounts. Allow people to pick and choose what they want and end up with a look that is actually distinctive. Bring back the lizard-mounts from EQ1, then add in gnomish hoverboards, flying broomsticks, miniature dragon-mounts, mountable golems, flying shoes, point-to-point teleportation, Griffons, and anything else you can think of. Then when you see someone in the distance you can identify them as much by mount as by their race and clothing.