Mounts in Legion

[pop]

I'm so jealous of all Gnomes named David right now... lol

Holy shit child hood flash back right there!!! I remember it having a sad ending too...>.<

Ok I just remembered that episode. It was repressed until you reminded me, lol

[Slickrock]

Count me in the fine with fox look camp.

[Vephriel]

SPIDER MOUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH



I can die happy ;u;

[Wain]

That spider is stunning!

[Rawr]

Crooked unicorns?

[WerebearGuy]

My response when I saw that spider;
"I have Deth'tilac, there's no way they'll make a better spider."

My response when I saw that it was a mount;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EfhAFA2yFE

[zedxrgal]

I know no one will agree with me but ALL the spider pets need that model!!! *drools*

[Wain]

Oh, no update on the rat mount yet. It's still tailless with a bear's rear end. Presumably they're still working on it!

[pop]

OMG UNICORN MOUNT?

Or is that actually NIGHTMARE?

[Wain]

OMG UNICORN MOUNT?

Or is that actually NIGHTMARE?

I hope we get a mount version. If not, they'll still be really good if you need to slice bread, or salami or something.

[Quiv]

Spider mount gief nao plx

Also I hope that unicorn has at least one custom melee attack animation that uses the horn

[Juxia]

Eeeeeeeeeee!! Unicorns!! *flail*

[Arthur]

The spidermount looks sick! Those unicorns are really cool, too. I love the blue one.

[s1ncer1ty]

Spider mount, spider mount, does whatever a spider mount does~ o/~

I looooove it! *flails*

[zedxrgal]

Spider mount, spider mount, does whatever a spider mount does~ o/~

I looooove it! *flails*

Buhwahahahah

[Wain]

As you probably know, the original kodo mounts are getting a lovely update in Legion. So far, it's just the basic ones, not the armoured versions.

On Warcraft Mounts we've modified the pages for the kodos to be able to show the images for current and upcoming versions in parallel. By default it shows the old (current) mount, but the upcoming, updated model images can be viewed by clicking the thumbs under the red heading. The two versions have been shot in exactly the same poses, with the thumbs lined up so that you can click on an original in the top row and then the update under it and see the one transform into the other. Hopefully it gives you an appreciation of how gorgeous the update is, while still feeling much like the original kodo. I really think they're brilliant.

The links for all the colours are:

• http://www.warcraftmounts.com/mounts/brownkodo.php
• http://www.warcraftmounts.com/mounts/graykodo.php
• http://www.warcraftmounts.com/mounts/greenkodo.php
• http://www.warcraftmounts.com/mounts/tealkodo.php
• http://www.warcraftmounts.com/mounts/whitekodo.php
• http://www.warcraftmounts.com/mounts/blackkodo.php
• http://www.warcraftmounts.com/mounts/olivekodo.php

It's no mistake that the purple kodo is missing new model shots on our site. They don't seem to have added an updated skin for that one (yet!). Similarly the unused old looks I've called "Grey-Green Kodo" and "Yellow Kodo" don't have new equivalents, but those two were actually designed for a non-mount kodo model with drums. They did work perfectly well on the mount, though. They have the harness and saddle and all. But it's probably less surprising they didn't add new versions for the mount.

There's no word yet on whether we'll see updates to the armoured versions, or perhaps the basic mounts of other races. If they do, I hope they're as great as these. I'll be excited to see what they do

[Castile]

The kodo's are all really lovely - I especially like the Teal

[zedxrgal]

I need that black kodo in my life! Especially as a pet

[Wain]

The kodo's are all really lovely - I especially like the Teal

So do I! And that's the one they retired

Maybe they'll consider bringing them back some day. The situation back then was quite different to how it is today. Mounts weren't the same level of collectible... each one took up precious bag space. The artists had just made some cool new armoured models for the second tier of racial mounts and so simply replaced the old, basic-model ones ton the vendors. They actually actively encouraged people to give up the old ones by offering a free trade-in deal. In hindsight you'd be crazy to give them up if you were a collector, but it was impossible to know back then.

[SpiritBinder]

I hope they consider not only the ground, but the flying vanilla mounts too. Many places still use the original Wyvern, which while I love the design/concept, sorely needs a face lift. I quite liked the "Grand" versions of them, but they weren't overly true to the original. That and if they just swapped them over, the Tawny Wind Rider and the Grand Wyvern would be the same mount with a different name.

I'd really like to see a less grand version of these, a version more true to the original, like they have done with the Kodos.
Remove the Horns, Shorten the Giant Teeth, Orange eyes, Trimmed Beard, Return of the Leopard Spots, etc.

Something like this would make me pretty happy

Current Grand Wyvern



Current Tawny Wind Rider



Updated Tawny Wind Rider?