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  • The Daily Grind: How much do mounts matter to you?

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    Eliot Lefebvre
    Eliot Lefebvre
    10.08.2013

    Do you know how much mounts matter in Star Wars: The Old Republic? Here's a hint: they do not. They are mounts. They make you go faster. There is no reason to spend hours agonizing over which character has which sort of mount. There is definitely no reason to try and ensure that no two characters have the same style of mount except when one character is directly related to another. And there's really no reason to construct elaborate in-character reasons for a given character using one mount over another. Do you know what I have done? All of that. For some players, mounts are just a tool in MMOs to make your characters go faster. For others, mounts are unexpectedly serious business that require a lot of consideration. In some games, specific mounts do matter, like the various modes of transport in Fallen Earth. So how much do mounts matter to you? Are mounts just a tool to you, or are they serious business? Do you spend time and effort getting just the right mount or do you just ride whatever is either cheapest or offers the most bragging rights? Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind!

  • The Daily Grind: What's your favorite mount?

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    Rubi Bayer
    Rubi Bayer
    03.01.2010

    From horses to motorcycles to flying carpets, mounts have been a standard feature in the vast majority of MMOs for a very long time. The few games that don't have them are specifically structured to not need them. Mounts are such a common thing that the existence of them in a game isn't enough to make the game stand out, and in the crowded MMO market, standing out is exactly what a game needs to do. So a logical step for many developers is to try and come up with a mount that is unusual in some way. They'll often strive to come up with the quirkiest, funniest, coolest, fastest, anything-est mount, just as long as it doesn't get lost in the herd. So what's the best one you've come across? Did it have some ability or feature that caught your eye, or did it just look cool? Click the little button and let us know!