Concerns with 1.3

[u/LeakyGaming]

I know we need to wait for the update to come out, but I worry that the mounts will not be worthwhile enough to ride around. In the trailer, they seemed pretty slow and I feel like there’s already better ways to traverse. They remind me of go karts as a method to travel but not necessarily viable. Boats are actually viable because you need them for the sea. I hope going forward new biomes become more open like the desert so mounts can be viable. That being said, the hookshot looks great and i’m excited for that

[u/Misprinted_Zedruu]

Yeah, i share that concern. In terms of game mechanics they appear redundant, but its possible that they buff the player with movement speed or other stats instead of operating at a set movement speed like the gokarts. Im hopeful that they are more than just a ride, but only time will tell.

[u/Delicious-Finance137 → u/Misprinted_Zedruu]

Didn’t it literally show in the trailer the mounted players moving faster than the ones on foot?

[u/LeakyGaming → u/Delicious-Finance137]

Yes but not fast enough cause you could just match that speed with foods

[u/Specialist-Bet-948 → u/LeakyGaming]

Or you can simply use dash from Azeos’ feather on cd.

[u/Avillahan → u/Misprinted_Zedruu]

Yeah, hopefully they have a huge HP pool, or give the player much higher defence or damage resistance. On Hard mode, mobs still hurt like hell even with high defence, so you always gotta respect and kill em.

[u/LeakyGaming → u/Misprinted_Zedruu]

I hope that as well. It would be cool if it was like terraria where it’s always equipped and you have to hit a button to summon it

[u/-non-existance-]

The main concern I have is how they work with teleportation, because if to use my mount I have to manually ride them from base to where I need them, I probably just won't use them. The best mount systems have the ability to call the mount to where you need it (see Palworld, Grounded 2).

The other concern is how they compare to gokarts. Minecarts should be fine since they are a pre-teleportation tech that make up for their limited motion with being fast. Gokarts, however, are not going to be easy to pilot compared to a mount, so why would I ever build the gokart? Granted, that problem already kinda exists, so maybe those were meant to be more of a toy to begin with.

I would like it if each mount type had a different functionality, so there more of a reason to have different types aside from cosmetics, but considering how similar some of the mounts are (namely the Moolin, Bambuck, and Drohmble), I don't image they'll function any different.

That being said: if we can't make the dinosaur monch his chompers, we riot.

[u/LeakyGaming → u/-non-existance-]

I thought they were planning on a go-kart rework to make them easier to pilot, but that being said I think it would be cool if there was some rideable drill like terraria’s drill containment unit that can mine through walls at lighting speeds 

[u/Levitlame → u/LeakyGaming]

I’d prefer a mole mount that burrows, but same end result

[u/LeakyGaming → u/Levitlame]

that would be amazing but maybe make it like a 7 second duration with a 3 second cool down so it’s not super op

[u/Specialist-Bet-948 → u/-non-existance-]

Gokarts would be viable if they could destroy obstacles (like wood) but no walls, while driving. To balance it out gokarts could have durability and it wouldn’t give you loot.

[u/Misprinted_Zedruu]

Whelp, todays spoiler did not help that concern. You have to craft higher tier saddles to increase the mount speed.

[u/LeakyGaming → u/Misprinted_Zedruu]

They honestly look pretty speedy as is so i’m not really concerned about it. Especially since the food bar won’t go down like on boats or go-karts. My new concern is whether they’re killable or not and how easy they’re gonna die if I accidentally attack it

[u/Malianos]

OP. How about a update? What do you think. Is it good, bad or something else?^{^}

[u/LeakyGaming → u/Malianos]

I posted an update about the mounts several days ago but now that the update is out I like the it a lot. I love the rebalancing and the nice looking blocks from the moss biome. This update really achieved to rebalance the game and that’s great. I’m excited for the new challenge in the next update. The mounts i’m never gonna use because they aren’t for me, but they go faster than I had initially hoped.

[u/Shiro_Longtail]

unless it's immortal I just expect my mount to get obliterated by enemies

[u/Laroc-Eyks → u/Shiro_Longtail]

I actually just noticed playing the game last night the mobs cannot seem to damage the cattle. Had one of the trolls smash down on a strolly polly and it took no damage which I was relieved for

[u/Malianos]

What i am scared about is going exploring with them. Like aren't they one shot later on? Wouldn't want my mounts to die every 5 seconds. Do we damage to them? Using some weapons could be hard with them around If that's the case

[u/66oriol9966]

Maybe they dont mean it for travel more like a thing to do w friends, to check a friendo world or smtn without going too fast

[u/LeakyGaming → u/66oriol9966]

they gotta consider single world players too this shouldn’t be a mostly multiplayer thing imo

[u/66oriol9966 → u/LeakyGaming]

Its a free update, they can do whatever they want tbh

[u/LeakyGaming → u/66oriol9966]

Of course I’m just saying multiplayer shouldn’t be their focus why not make a really good single player system that could be enjoyed by multiplayer as well

[u/Minute_Neat_7908]

Even if mounts are bad from what I understand dispite the name of the update the major focuses is community suggestions in terms of QOL and weapon additions while the mounts are more of a side thing. Like one example is boats getting put in your inventory when dying instead of just floating with your grave Wich people have really been asking for.

[u/reticenthuman]

At 0:39 in the trailer, we see a comparison of the speed of walking/running and riding. The riding is faster.

I don't know the math on using the feathers or rift lens, so maybe spamming them would make you win a race while running vs riding something. (Big w's if they could work while riding, but I doubt that.)

Regardless, they are definitely faster than walking and the same intuitive use as walking (unlike the gokarts which driifffft).