Falling off transport dragons

[Nyeleni]

i think we should RAISE the chance of fallin

Yes, and when you fall instant death. how do you expect to fall from a dragons flight height and only take a bit of damage?

Air Dragon flies low, the impact isn't as much hurting your body as your feelings .

[frogofpeace]

Was it "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" where the main characters explained the concept of 'funny once' to Mike the computer?

[weasel423]

so do we have to take the ride skill now

[Shadowalker]

Personal dragon flight score 9/5/2 9 flight attemtps, 5 falls, 2 deaths

Can Evlin start selling pillows?

[Tal]

So far.. 1 flight attempt (I don't use the dragons a lot anyhow)... 1 fall. So I have a fall rate of 100%... I want my money back as an unsatisfied customer.

[LinuxPup]

Based on the percentage, I can only say you folks are highly unlucky. You guys notice that the dragons drop somewhere inbetween the two dragons according to the maps on the ns4wiki?

[weasel423]

Well, out of 12 dragon flights since the change was made, I have made it to my destination successfully (without having to hike) 3 times. 25% success rate... ride skill starting to look good? hehe

[weasel423]

Based on the percentage, I can only say you folks are highly unlucky. You guys notice that the dragons drop somewhere inbetween the two dragons according to the maps on the ns4wiki?

yes I noticed that. now can we get THESE dragons nerfed as well?

[Tal]

Is there a way to incorporate the ride skill for the transport dragons? That would make it interesting.

[Lorkar]

Or do what I do and KILL them!

[Chernobyl_Glow]

still having pretty bad luck with this.

i was bound in sleeth trying to get to dwarfs. run from sleeth to beryn and take the friendly dragon. get dropped in some random place. no problem i can suffer the occasional mishap. so i recall and run back to beryn. DoH! not enough cash! oo lucky me! there's a friend and i borrow 20k.

i get to dwarfs, get wiped by ragnar. DoH! respawn to sleeth. run to the dragon again. get dropped in some random place. again. recall to sleeth. again. run to the dragon again. DOH!! Out of money!! again!! had i only had the foresight to borrow enough cash for 4 trips. alas, noone around to borrow from now. recall again and visit my cash mule. ug.

just a story to amuse the staff. it seems amusement would be the only reason for investing dev's effort in this 'enhancement'.

trying to persevere... wine concluded. another corkless soul in the recycle bin.

- glow -

[Rainswept]

I've had a lot of frustration with this as well. I fell 2 of my 1st 3 times, getting dropped in like Old Trade Route when I was going from Avendell to Beryn. It sounded fun when I heard about it, but what it ended up doing was making my party wait from me at Skara while I walked back to ave, then waiting more while I went in and sold stuff to have cash, then crossing their fingers that I don't fall off again.

Perhaps we could we get it altered so that you pay when you land safely? Or maybe add in an item like a dragon riding strap you can get for your toons to keep it from happening? Be a neat little drop from various dragon mobs.

[Shadowalker]

Based on the percentage, I can only say you folks are highly unlucky. You guys notice that the dragons drop somewhere inbetween the two dragons according to the maps on the ns4wiki?

Yes i did note that its generally inbetween the two dragon ports.. providing the fly a lil like a sail boat tacks.. but i can see that as them using thermals to gain lift and cut down on fuel costs.. I also noted that aside from the one drop into Melencia, every other one was into an area named same as another or more.. ie black hills, enchanted forest, fallow downs..

The drops arent more than an inconvience, I generally just set out from that point on foot.. the drops resulting in death.. were a lil less convient yet..

Bad luck, I may be having.. but Im still finding it to funny to complain.. really loving this thread.. they say misery loves company... or maybes it more..
>>Humor is funniest at someone elses expence..

[Amoenotep]

i've only ever fallen twice..thats right, i finally fell off. i've ridden it like 50 times though so..it evened out to a low %

[Daltian]

My pure fighter rides a deagon a lot and has fall percentage over 50%. The biggest problem IMO is that dragon flights have become very costly. Can price be lowered to compensate for falling?