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Everquest 2 has Griffon riding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EffectEffect Member UncommonPosts: 949
in Everquest II

Seems like World of Warcraft won't be the only one with air travel for characters.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?sx=1600&sh=1200&loadNews=2338

These were released today. Good thing to know travel will be easier. I just hope its open to everyone when traveling to different areas. I have a feeling it will be though since teleporting doesn't seem to be in but players get housing from the start. This really is a different Evequest :).

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  • pdq2004pdq2004 Member UncommonPosts: 37
    Looks like a fun way to travel. Wonder how tough (or expensive!) those will be to get?

  • ThoomThoom Member Posts: 436
    Now that looks to cool!! I wonder if ya got to feed em ratongas?

  • eeargyeeargy Member Posts: 300

    You need to edit the topic to "Everquest 2 has Turkey riding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", cos whichever way you look at it, that ain't a griffon.

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  • jaggarsjaggars Member Posts: 24

    I hope there's a level like 20, you have to get to before you can ride one...also, I hope it's a nice quest involved to get your own...or to rent one...or however they do it.

     

    It would be cool if it was your own and could pull it out anywhere.  If that was the case I hope they make it a difficult quest with a huge sense of accomplishment and attachment to your griffon. 

     

    I just don't want them to be like...you got the money, o.k., here's your griffon...

  • jimhusjimhus Member UncommonPosts: 180


    Originally posted by eeargy

    You need to edit the topic to "Everquest 2 has Turkey riding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", cos whichever way you look at it, that ain't a griffon.

    LOL! I was thinking it looked like a (large) parakeet.

    Hopefully they'll adjust that one.

  • dsorrentdsorrent Member CommonPosts: 1,627

    Forget the bird, the water looks PHENOMENAL!

     

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  • basingregbasingreg Member Posts: 31

    im pretty sure that blizzard isnt the only official on how a griffon should look, neither is sony, but just because it doesnt resemble the warcraft gryphon definately does not mean that you can discount it as one

  • eeargyeeargy Member Posts: 300

    Originally posted by basingreg
    im pretty sure that blizzard isnt the only official on how a griffon should look, neither is sony, but just because it doesnt resemble the warcraft gryphon definately does not mean that you can discount it as one

    My observation has nothing to do with World of Warcraft.

    A gryphon/griffon/griffin has the head of an eagle and while I'm no ornithologist, this thing doesn't have the head of an eagle.

    Staff, please note that this is nothing more than an observation and in no way criticism of EQ2, as I'm aware this is expressly forbidden.

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  • MinxxMinxx Member Posts: 45
    This is awesome!!!!!!!!  Hopefully there will be several flying creatures we will be able to ride, like dragons, as well as griffons, and possibly other birds depending on the good or evil orientation.  Either way though, I'm so excited about this game I'm about to hyperventilate!!

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  • seakelp911seakelp911 Member Posts: 61

    I will be pretty impressed if the mounts allowed in EQ2 are not so much "Point A to Point B" only a la DAoC, but something with greater use, as in being able to own one, etc. It'd be cool to ride one (something) all over the place :)

    I'm not too picky what it is as long as it resembles some kind of creature and .. well the flying carpet idea to me is a little silly. Not bad silly, just, who the heck came up with that one?

  • RayuneRayune Member Posts: 18
    I feel over all it looks like a griffon.

  • shadowgrx20shadowgrx20 Member Posts: 33
    The griffons head in that picture resembles a eagles very closely except maybe the very top... it resembles a eagle more than it does of a turkey.....

  • eeargyeeargy Member Posts: 300

    To me it looks more like the head of a parrot or cockatiel, but if you want it to be a Griffon, I guess it's a Griffon.

    Kind of like making a minotaur with a sheeps head and then saying "well at least it has a head"

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  • jimhusjimhus Member UncommonPosts: 180
    It's a parakeet - I know the bird that stood in as the model (well, a friend of mine's father works with a guy who knows him). image

  • helmohelmo Member Posts: 6
    The Griffon riding in EQ2 is just a taxi service. Point A to point B. You can't buy your own Griffon to cruise around with picking up gnome hotties, so don't throw out your old Burro just yet.  

  • VineyardVineyard Member Posts: 180
    What is in the picture is a Griffon. AS SOE is casting EQ2 in more of  a midevil, mythology light then it most definately is the Griffon of mythology. As described as such, " The Griffon possesses the hindlegs, part of the tail and body of the lion and the head, forelegs and wings of the eagle.", This is taken from mythology. Also, several depictions of the Griffon from the ancient world, numerous cultures, show the head as being crested as it is in the pictures. And indeed there are species of eagle that possess such a crest. Needless to say there are none as such in the states. They are natural to parts of Europe, the near middle east and parts or northern Africa. Though there are some tales that describe the Griffon with the tail of a scorpion I have yet to see one like that in any game genre.

  • ThoomThoom Member Posts: 436
    Looks good to me!!! Hey they can put in sheep headed minotaurs as long as they are fun to fight and have good drops.

  • IowaYetiIowaYeti Member Posts: 468
    Looks cool, hopefully the movement "in flight" feels cool while doing it. The water looks awesome, but having a Staff penetrate my melon isn't something I look forward to.  lol  image

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  • iceseraphiceseraph Member Posts: 202


    Originally posted by jimhus



    Originally posted by eeargy

    You need to edit the topic to "Everquest 2 has Turkey riding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", cos whichever way you look at it, that ain't a griffon.

    LOL! I was thinking it looked like a (large) parakeet.

    Hopefully they'll adjust that one.


    Hey!!! You're right..it DOES look like a parakeet!! ROFL!

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  • JutsuJutsu Member Posts: 264

    *cough cough* this game has *cough* defenetly won the graphic contest and air riding contest...

    what about gameplay??!?! imageimage

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  • AnthonyP2003AnthonyP2003 Member Posts: 24


    Originally posted by jaggars

    I hope there's a level like 20, you have to get to before you can ride one...also, I hope it's a nice quest involved to get your own...or to rent one...or however they do it.
     
    It would be cool if it was your own and could pull it out anywhere.  If that was the case I hope they make it a difficult quest with a huge sense of accomplishment and attachment to your griffon. 
     
    I just don't want them to be like...you got the money, o.k., here's your griffon...


    Maybe something like they did in FFXI where you had to be a certain level AND you had to get the Chocobo to "like you" and after that you still had to pay a (dynamic) fee each time to ride it.  It would be cool if they did something like that, I thought it was one of the things FFXI did right.

  • jayheld90jayheld90 Member UncommonPosts: 1,726

    here is what a griffon should look like

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    there's just looks like a giant eagle, and they are race specific also, so only certain races will be able to ride them.

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  • VineyardVineyard Member Posts: 180
    That  is a Persian style Griffon. Notice the scorpian tail. Only desert regions depicted the Griffon with the scorpion tale, being that the scorpian isa desert enhabitant. mederiteranean cultures used the lion tail style do to most people having no idea of what a scorpion was. Also Notice the wingset, it is an ancient Persian mofit especialy witht he slight hooking at the tip of the wings and the halfmoon indentation at the base of the wing. This is actualy a referance to a more ancient culture, Sumerian most likely from the design of the wing looking more like carves edged than feathers. This is highly endicative of the zoomorphic styles and themes of the Sumerians and others in that region.

  • iceseraphiceseraph Member Posts: 202


    Originally posted by Vineyard
    That  is a Persian style Griffon. Notice the scorpian tail. Only desert regions depicted the Griffon with the scorpion tale, being that the scorpian isa desert enhabitant. mederiteranean cultures used the lion tail style do to most people having no idea of what a scorpion was. Also Notice the wingset, it is an ancient Persian mofit especialy witht he slight hooking at the tip of the wings and the halfmoon indentation at the base of the wing. This is actualy a referance to a more ancient culture, Sumerian most likely from the design of the wing looking more carves edges than feathers. This is highly endicative of the zoomorphic styles and themes of the Sumerians and others in that region.


    ummmmm.......Guys....I hate to crush the fantasy but Gryphons aren't real!!!  image

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    gryphon

    Griffin Grif"fin, Griffon Grif"fon, n. [OE. griffin, griffon, griffoun, F. griffon, fr. L. gryphus, equiv to gryps, Gr. ; -- so called because of the hooked beak, and akin to grypo`s curved, hook-nosed.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.

  • jimhusjimhus Member UncommonPosts: 180


    Originally posted by Vineyard
    That  is a Persian style Griffon. Notice the scorpian tail. Only desert regions depicted the Griffon with the scorpion tale, being that the scorpian isa desert enhabitant. mederiteranean cultures used the lion tail style do to most people having no idea of what a scorpion was. Also Notice the wingset, it is an ancient Persian mofit especialy witht he slight hooking at the tip of the wings and the halfmoon indentation at the base of the wing. This is actualy a referance to a more ancient culture, Sumerian most likely from the design of the wing looking more like carves edged than feathers. This is highly endicative of the zoomorphic styles and themes of the Sumerians and others in that region.


    Ya... and the head looks like a turkey as well. Not sure if it was a Sumerian turkey or not. image

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