Griffons

[Tyrlar]

The Griffons were awesome!! Thank you! Died alot but was worth every xp I lost. thank you again hope they are there tomorrow when I log back on. TY

[Jayce]

Awesome yes but I thought I read somewhere that todays update would include flying mount vendors (I could be wrong) and to be honest in their current state they will upset a lot of players (if not all of them).

The issue (obviously a known one) is them stopping in mid air when you chunk and then dropping to the ground like a stone and you dying when you hit the ground.

This bug actually can affect you when you are running or riding a horse (on live) but obviously has less concequences.

Rideable mounts are one very good reason to not give i to the whiners who want faster travel times as long as they are fixed.

[apasserby]

My experience was both incredible and evil.Using 2 chars last night I tested Griffs.Very stable and easy to control after some testing,great travel speeds.Did not do any combat etc but did tease some mobs and race off.All in all much better then the beta test..now the bad..when flying so high,the data input on graphics is immense,whereas while on horse or running you get a percentage of a chunk,on Griff you got too much which resulted in crashing to desktop both times.Hopefully tonight I can recover bodies,change settings and retest.

[Poldera]

Only problem I had was flying around new Targonor. There is one wall that, whenever you get close, your griffon despawns. of course this is a VERY high wall.. and you plumet... plumet.. plumet..THUNK.. to your death. The top of new targonor is very nice tho, I can see alot of griffon riders congregating there for groups etc. since the only way to get up there is to fly.

[Tybr]

Originally Posted by Tyrlar

The Griffons were awesome!! Thank you! Died alot but was worth every xp I lost. thank you again hope they are there tomorrow when I log back on. TY

I whole heartedly agree...what a blast!

Only one problem.


I cant jump off the dangblasted thing into the Tarn at BC...


I even offered to give Tyrlar a head start to the bottom...(Being a good lad, he said I could go first...)


See thats what I'm talking about...a great community.

[Poldera]

I'm surprised they don't make it so you don't recieve falling damage while on a griffon. Since you can't fight, or cast most spells while on griffon back, it wouldn't be a factor.

[Darkmoore]

I missed the Gryphons. I am a sad little Darkmoore now.

[Ysharros]

They'll be back at some point - I think Namdarie said as much the other day. Despair not! Fly you will!

[Evalissa]

What sort of speeds are they?

Wondering if they are going to make boats useless after they are added

[Kethra]

Originally Posted by Evalissa

What sort of speeds are they?

Wondering if they are going to make boats useless after they are added

I can't remember the speeds exactly, but you cannot fly to other continents, so boats will not be useless at all.