+1
Great Idea. Anyone who doesn't have a mount really ought to try it (it's FUN). Plus the whole thing about rocking up to the nearest town and renting a mount from the Stables for the afternoon really appeals. An hour isn't long enough - maybe a sliding scale of rental times or maybe you just pay when you take it back to the Stable. This would work best if you could take the mount back to ANY Stables, not necessarily the one you rented it from. Any charges should at least cover the cost of food (inc. spare bundles) for the mount.
I love the idea of a player-run service and I can see how it would work, but it needs to be available 24/7 and nobody is on all the time. Maybe Guilds could run a set (pack?) of rentable mounts for anyone who asks.
This could be expanded to Packers too, but if they are made available to unsubbed players it might take away the need to subscribe (which would be a bad thing).
BTW there was a discussion about Aquatic Mounts and other fish in the 'Ideas for Ryzom' section here: http://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/?page=topic/view/12764/1#1
Great Idea. Anyone who doesn't have a mount really ought to try it (it's FUN). Plus the whole thing about rocking up to the nearest town and renting a mount from the Stables for the afternoon really appeals. An hour isn't long enough - maybe a sliding scale of rental times or maybe you just pay when you take it back to the Stable. This would work best if you could take the mount back to ANY Stables, not necessarily the one you rented it from. Any charges should at least cover the cost of food (inc. spare bundles) for the mount.
I love the idea of a player-run service and I can see how it would work, but it needs to be available 24/7 and nobody is on all the time. Maybe Guilds could run a set (pack?) of rentable mounts for anyone who asks.
This could be expanded to Packers too, but if they are made available to unsubbed players it might take away the need to subscribe (which would be a bad thing).
BTW there was a discussion about Aquatic Mounts and other fish in the 'Ideas for Ryzom' section here: http://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/?page=topic/view/12764/1#1
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