Yes, I own one. I can't say that I approve of SOE charging quite so much, but I have only just started in EQII, and there is just so much land to cover when they give meagre clues to what you are looking for. I really bought it for the speed of travel, but the increased fighting ability also saves time when an adversary that otherwise takes 25 seconds to bring down now takes 15 seconds. It has made the quite boring running across landscape and the at times tedious fighting tolerable enough for me to play the game, and a newbie like me doesn't know all the ways the old keeners make themselves faster and meaner.
And personally, I think it better that it looks different from the mounts you gain through other means. Some things you work for, some you can just buy! But it would have been nicer if they offered more through the marketplace. For instance I would have preferred to buy a ride for speed (say a nice horse), and a powerful weapon for fighting, rather than have them combined. Fighting from the ride just does not look cool!
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Mounts Now Available on the Station Marketplace
SOE introduces mounts with stats for 2500SC
Today SOE announced that three new mounts will be available in the EQII Station Marketplace. For 2500SC ($25) you can have your choice of three very good looking mounts. Each mount comes in your choice of Fierce or Arcane. The Fierce version increases Slashing, Aggression, Ranged, Piercing and Crushing of caster by 5, while the Arcane version increases Focus, Ordination, Disruption, Subjugation and Ministration of caster by 5. Both versions of the mount have a 65% run speed.
These mounts are guarenteed to be available on the Marketplace for at least a month. Click the picture above for large screenshots of each mount, and be sure to watch them in action in the video after the jump!
Tags: EverQuestII, News
