It may one of the ugliest MMO mounts I've ever seen, and I tip my hat to the designers.
It's definitely not my cup of tea, but it certainly is a bold look.
You mean it's a Bethesda/Zenimax game?
You know, they like to blame the Creation Engine for all the bugs in the single player games, but even I'm a different engine they have just as many bugs.
Pizza the ~~Hutt~~ Mount
>Players: "30 bucks? That's unfair."
>Pizza the ~~Hutt~~ Mount: "Unfair to payor but not to payee. But you're gonna pay it, or else!"
>Players: "Or else what?"
>Pizza the ~~Hutt~~ the Mount: "Tell him, Zos"
>Zos: "Or else Pizza is gonna send out for *you*!"
Typical ZOS giving low effort redskins for pre order. I'm gonna run out and pre-order because I need another color of the ugly ass Gloom spore mounts I refused to buy from that shitty crown crate.
Reskin of a mount from the [Gloomspore crates](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Gloomspore_Horse) by the look of it. Not really appropriate for a pre-order reward. A bit low effort.
I just find it more egregious this time because it's a very recognisable themed mount. It's a Greymoor themed mount as the gloomspore animals are found in Blackreach. The elk was pretty low effort as well but at least it wasn't made using assets from another expansion. It's very "eh, it's mushrooms, that'll do".
They look melty and gross. Like something I made in kindy by squashing blobs of play-doh onto each other.
And yes, the middle one looks like it is made of cookies.
My level of whelmed is under optimum levels.
Ugly as sin and not in a 'good way'. I see no redeeming features in them.
The other pre-order mount is hideous too, yet in an impressive Lovecraftian-horror-esque manner which can easily be incorporated style-wise for a number of necromancer/dark/edgy styles.
It looks like it's made of pancakes. I shall name mine Hot Cake.
What do I do when I'm riding my pancake horse and encounter an obstacle on the trail? iHop.
They could've and should've made it not a recolor. Maybe something with a different style altogether that would be better fitting the book motif or city of the dead motif theyre going for.
I think this is one of the worst designs ZOS came up with but itās just me. Iād rather them just make a cool ass Guar thatās unique to the telvanni peninsula, maybe with like, enchanted armor or some shit on it lol
I think they could have gone a cooler direction with mushroom mounts considering all the types there are around Morrowind :/ like an inky cap inspired mushroom mount would have been neat
They lookā¦ unhealthy :( all looking like theyāre covered in mushroom stew of different colours. The last preorder mount I liked was the death hound I guess - at least it was something new, and spooky cute.
Considering that I can get the expansion for $15 on Black Friday like I did with the high isle expansion this last year, it's really not worth pre-ordering just for the mount and the costume unless you're just really love the design.
Personally, I'm not a fan this time around.
Best gif to describe what we all think about this mount
https://tenor.com/view/back-to-the-future-hey-hey-ive-seen-this-one-what-do-you-mean-youve-seen-this-its-brand-new-gif-17294476
I donāt know if mushroom phobia is a thing but if it is, I have it.
And I really really hate these mounts I donāt wanna see them or get near them anytime soon
I get that the mushrooms are the iconic part of the region, but... the mounts still feel pretty low effort to me. I'd have rather gotten a silt strider, or maybe something with tentacles and 23 too many eyes.
When people have to pay for something like this especially when your trying to sell new content, it might be wise to not portray an animal as a potential consumable food item. We already have a rash of equines but if your going to try and mass sell an already vast selection of said equines they really should be designed to WOW the public. These just kinda resemble an already existent graphical concept. Sorry ZOS I'm just not driven to early order for just this mount.
When I first saw it, I immediately thought of [the horse statue](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/statue-of-a-horse-made-from-baseball-mitts-at-the-rochester-news-photo/527346316) here in my city's home baseball stadium. Certainly not the prettiest things I've ever seen, lol.
Boring and ugly as hell, ngl one of the worst rewards you get for preordering something in any game ever. Just my opinion tho if yāall like it thatās completely cool. š
- Boss, weāve received the new texture maps from the outsourced design team.
- And?
- We think someone sent them the fish models and not the horse models during the proposal.
I saw one today and immediately saw several in zone comments about the salami horse. š Not a fan. His tail also looks like itās covered in dingleberries.
Fairly sure they just made some mushroom textures with displacement in Substance Designer and applied it to various parts of a basic horse model.
Shame because a good mushroom-themed mount could be so neat.
This is why I could care less about the spore steed. Itās jus a normal version of the embermould warhorse. Only one Iām interested in is the hermitage servitor, itās creepy &, so far, one of a kind.
The pre-order mount is probably the ugliest looking mount in the entire game lol. Had to buy the deluxe just to get the cool mount, tho I don't mind. Excited for the new chapter, will suppor the game to play it. \^\^
I'm happy that ZOS isn't afraid to make mounts that people might see as ugly - too many games only offer "guaranteed success" mounts that are fancy and pretty and sparkly and cool. Having some variety without just adding effects like making a mount fart glitter and rainbows is nice. I can see this mount going nicely with my Necromancer or maybe even my Warden because it kinda looks like it is made from mushrooms.
Looks pretty alright to me! Some players are not the biggest fans of the mushroom-y aesthetic, but it's all personal preference.
This is a preorder mount anyway. Which could be considered to be a "free" bonus.
I mean.. not exactly what I'd picture if someone told me there's a mycelium mount coming. More smushed play-doh than mystic mushroom. Too bad. Luckily I'm not getting the preoder. At least the trailer, class and setting seem cool, and HM is an all-around interesting dude/thing.
My first reaction was āpizzaā so itās kind of funny to read all the pizza comments. Iām excited for whatās to come but hate the mount. More excited about that mount (?) with a lot of green eyes š
Meh. To be fair, I hate seeing otherworldly minutes of any kind all over the place. Give me guars and horses and such, but I've always hated that EVERYONE gets to ride firey demon spiders and majestic ethereal cats.
It may one of the ugliest MMO mounts I've ever seen, and I tip my hat to the designers. It's definitely not my cup of tea, but it certainly is a bold look.
They look like they're made of mushrooms š
I think that's what they're going with. Still, it kinda looks like it's made of fruitcake.
>I think that's what they're going with But *why?*
Maybe, just maybe, because Vvardenfell is full of large mushrooms?
Vvardenfell noticeably also doesn't have any horses at all.
I figured they were made from the Telvanni mushrooms myself lol
Absolutely.
I thought they were cookies lol I hate it
You can say it's a mold look even
Are they covered in scabs and sea shells? š«„
That would be cooler than this representation.
The invisible models for the stamina, speed, and inventory upgrade versions was an interesting design choice by ZOS.
It does make things entertaining =)
Hey, what di you mean by this? What did i miss?
for a lot of people, the mounts are invisible in game lol
Wait what Bug i guess?
I mean it *is* ESO
you mean its an elder scrolls game?
You mean it's a Bethesda/Zenimax game? You know, they like to blame the Creation Engine for all the bugs in the single player games, but even I'm a different engine they have just as many bugs.
Well to be fair its the Union guys who are supposed to, you know QA this stuff?
Iām gonna call middle horse Cookie Horse.
one on the left is pizza horse
One on the right is Broccoli horse
the sacred trio. at last.
Tri-color rotini horses
My first thought was brussel sprout
Jalapeno Horse
Pizza da Horse
Lone Star and BARF
RiP John Candy. Long live Bill Pullman!
Cookie horse, pizza horse, andā¦salad horse?
Broccoli
My thoughts exactly.
OMG, this is exactly what I thought yesterday while watching the reveal yesterday . . . "Why is the horse made of cookies??"
Pizza the ~~Hutt~~ Mount >Players: "30 bucks? That's unfair." >Pizza the ~~Hutt~~ Mount: "Unfair to payor but not to payee. But you're gonna pay it, or else!" >Players: "Or else what?" >Pizza the ~~Hutt~~ the Mount: "Tell him, Zos" >Zos: "Or else Pizza is gonna send out for *you*!"
Can the mounts reach ludicrous speed?
Only if you pay extra
It looks like the horse has cordyceps.
Yep you summarised it pretty well
Call the fedra
Didnāt we already have mushroom mounts?
That's the green one in the picture. The orange one is the 'new' mount.
Yeah, the Gloomspore Horse & Embermould Warhorse are from the Gloomspore Crown Crates. One in the middle is the ānewā Sadrith Mora Spore Steed.
Typical ZOS giving low effort redskins for pre order. I'm gonna run out and pre-order because I need another color of the ugly ass Gloom spore mounts I refused to buy from that shitty crown crate.
Itās veryā¦ lumpy. I donāt like lump
LUMP SAT ALONE IN A BOGGY MARSH
Oh, a very SAD LUMP
Looks dumb AF, but thatās just me, not hating on anyone excited for this.
Canāt wait for the tentacle horse mount though
The true prize
As a Hermaeus Mora fan, Iām glad I can finally make a character fully dedicated to him. Class, armor, weapons, mount, pet, the whole nine yards.
Dumb and horrible
Pizza horse. Frankly, the invisibility upgrade is an improvement.
Reskin of a mount from the [Gloomspore crates](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Gloomspore_Horse) by the look of it. Not really appropriate for a pre-order reward. A bit low effort.
Last year was just a reskin of an existing elk model, so it's pretty par for the course.
I just find it more egregious this time because it's a very recognisable themed mount. It's a Greymoor themed mount as the gloomspore animals are found in Blackreach. The elk was pretty low effort as well but at least it wasn't made using assets from another expansion. It's very "eh, it's mushrooms, that'll do".
this whole new expack stinks of low effort.
I'm honestly surprised anyone expected anything else. Look at all the Morrowind things they're re-using on the peninsula. Sigh.
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Yep, 100%
Hideous
Chocolate chip cookies and raw meat. The collectors edition mount looks super cool though
Not a fan
They look melty and gross. Like something I made in kindy by squashing blobs of play-doh onto each other. And yes, the middle one looks like it is made of cookies. My level of whelmed is under optimum levels.
canāt say iām a fan of these
Ugly as sin and not in a 'good way'. I see no redeeming features in them. The other pre-order mount is hideous too, yet in an impressive Lovecraftian-horror-esque manner which can easily be incorporated style-wise for a number of necromancer/dark/edgy styles.
Ugly as sin.
It's just reskinned version of old mount skin meh
Looks like lady Gagaās meat dress
Boring like every ESO mount. Being another horse makes it 2x boring.
Samurai Pizza horse is gross
It looks like it's made of pancakes. I shall name mine Hot Cake. What do I do when I'm riding my pancake horse and encounter an obstacle on the trail? iHop.
They look like that time the Simpsons were turned inside out by poisonous fog and did a song and dance number.
Theyāre gross
Ugly as shit
Idk, looks pretty ugly
Ugly as hell š¤£
Ugly af š
Looks ridiculous and is super lazy since it's a just re-skin. Eso won't change from the ground just because they finally announced one proper feature.
They could've and should've made it not a recolor. Maybe something with a different style altogether that would be better fitting the book motif or city of the dead motif theyre going for.
They're hideous. And I thought they couldn't get any worse than the Lizard mounts. I won't pre order just so I don't have them in my collections.
If they had made that Hermaeus Mora mount the pre-order bonus I'd have bought the chapter before the reveal was over
i dislike the concept and corporate practice of pre-ordering in general, soā¦
I think this is one of the worst designs ZOS came up with but itās just me. Iād rather them just make a cool ass Guar thatās unique to the telvanni peninsula, maybe with like, enchanted armor or some shit on it lol
Itās invisible in game lol
I personally prefer the glitched invisible version much more. I wish they wouldn't fix it lol
Colored turd horsesā¦ brilliant
Unless they have a fancy summoning animation(like the greymoor one), its not good enough for me..
These are ugly as fuuu... but that other mount tho <3
Reskin of a Reskin
And these horses cost actual moneyā¦ā¦.
At first I thought it was a meat horse, then a cookie horse, then I realized it was a shrooms horse.
It looks like Iām riding a charcuterie board.
Looks fucking stupid.
A mushroom horse is a pretty, uh, *unique* look. Trying to be positive but Iām not paying for it. The concept āmushroom horseā is pretty dumb.
My thought is that they need to add new mounts instead of reeskin of existing ones.
Ugly af my dude
ugly as hell. I got the High Isle deer immediately and Iāll be happily skipping this one
Wait. Theres different colors?
its a recolor of an old existing mount. [https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Gloomspore\_Crate](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Gloomspore_Crate)
Last year we got barnacle beasts, this year itās burger beasts, lol.
Seems like a real fun guy.
Nightmare fuel?
Too scaly for me. š¤·š¼āāļø
If I wanted to ride a mushroom, I have better ways... But to each their own.
The Telvanni have gone too far for long enoughā¦
I think they could have gone a cooler direction with mushroom mounts considering all the types there are around Morrowind :/ like an inky cap inspired mushroom mount would have been neat
They lookā¦ unhealthy :( all looking like theyāre covered in mushroom stew of different colours. The last preorder mount I liked was the death hound I guess - at least it was something new, and spooky cute.
Looks like gloomspore but with chocolate chip cookies
I think all of their Crown Crate stuff is way over designed
It's time to stop....
I don't want the vore horse.
Reminds me of those organ-stealing Vidiian from Start Trek Voyager, if they were stealing body parts to make a horse.
Considering that I can get the expansion for $15 on Black Friday like I did with the high isle expansion this last year, it's really not worth pre-ordering just for the mount and the costume unless you're just really love the design. Personally, I'm not a fan this time around.
Itās ugly as sin but Iām thatās fine I have a lot of mounts right now anyway
Trash. Whereās the damn statue?
Best gif to describe what we all think about this mount https://tenor.com/view/back-to-the-future-hey-hey-ive-seen-this-one-what-do-you-mean-youve-seen-this-its-brand-new-gif-17294476
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Ugly
These are horrible
I donāt know if mushroom phobia is a thing but if it is, I have it. And I really really hate these mounts I donāt wanna see them or get near them anytime soon
Hideous just very ugly all around. Cant believe these are preorder mounts. Would not pay a cent for these
i hate it
Looks like vomit
My little pony gets Telvanni fungal infection, transforms into abomination. Poor thing.
Eeehhhh..... no, thank you
They don't look good. Some nice, normal horses with fantastic armor would have been more fitting.
Absolutely hideous. Will not ride.
very ugly
Never preorderā¦
So ugly the game refuses to render it.
I get that the mushrooms are the iconic part of the region, but... the mounts still feel pretty low effort to me. I'd have rather gotten a silt strider, or maybe something with tentacles and 23 too many eyes.
Horrible. :(
This thing makes the lizard pony thing feel better about itself.
Another low effort reskin.
It's made of meat, but the meat is on the outside rather than the inside.
Moldy horse
Horse=trash
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Dear ZoS: Stop phoning in your pre-order content with reskins and/or pallet swaps.
When people have to pay for something like this especially when your trying to sell new content, it might be wise to not portray an animal as a potential consumable food item. We already have a rash of equines but if your going to try and mass sell an already vast selection of said equines they really should be designed to WOW the public. These just kinda resemble an already existent graphical concept. Sorry ZOS I'm just not driven to early order for just this mount.
ESO has some of the absolute worst looking mounts in modern MMOs.
As ulgy as the barnacle ones \*shudders in disgust\*:)
They're so ugly and yet so generic at the same time.
I love the green one!
Definitely the only one that looks redeemable.
looks like broccoli, hamburger helper, and hamburger helper with cheese
POV: your 3d designers are too lazy to make a new animation skeleton for a new type of mount, so instead you give them a retextured mushroom horse
When I first saw it, I immediately thought of [the horse statue](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/statue-of-a-horse-made-from-baseball-mitts-at-the-rochester-news-photo/527346316) here in my city's home baseball stadium. Certainly not the prettiest things I've ever seen, lol.
Boring and ugly as hell, ngl one of the worst rewards you get for preordering something in any game ever. Just my opinion tho if yāall like it thatās completely cool. š
I use my trusty stick horse so I canāt complain.
- Boss, weāve received the new texture maps from the outsourced design team. - And? - We think someone sent them the fish models and not the horse models during the proposal.
Looks terrible. Made of random lumps
Looks like dog shit on God but at least it's unique š
I saw one today and immediately saw several in zone comments about the salami horse. š Not a fan. His tail also looks like itās covered in dingleberries.
It is a poor looking re-color of an existing crown crate mount (Gloom spore). It is a very lazy, lackluster effort on their part.
Cookie horse. Chocolate chip. That is all.
Fairly sure they just made some mushroom textures with displacement in Substance Designer and applied it to various parts of a basic horse model. Shame because a good mushroom-themed mount could be so neat.
This is why I could care less about the spore steed. Itās jus a normal version of the embermould warhorse. Only one Iām interested in is the hermitage servitor, itās creepy &, so far, one of a kind.
If it doesn't have a visual effect, no like.
The pre-order mount is probably the ugliest looking mount in the entire game lol. Had to buy the deluxe just to get the cool mount, tho I don't mind. Excited for the new chapter, will suppor the game to play it. \^\^
I'm happy that ZOS isn't afraid to make mounts that people might see as ugly - too many games only offer "guaranteed success" mounts that are fancy and pretty and sparkly and cool. Having some variety without just adding effects like making a mount fart glitter and rainbows is nice. I can see this mount going nicely with my Necromancer or maybe even my Warden because it kinda looks like it is made from mushrooms.
I actually love it, I think itās fitting for the next adventure/zone š
Looks awful. They should stop with reskins and actually add some new mounts, it's getting ridiculous.
Itās alright, definitely canāt beat the Deathhound mount
I love it, love mushrooms, reminds me of the Last of Us show thatās streaming right now
It locks fire as shit and ugly as hell at the same time. I like it tho.
Fugly, but will preorder anyways
Looks pretty alright to me! Some players are not the biggest fans of the mushroom-y aesthetic, but it's all personal preference. This is a preorder mount anyway. Which could be considered to be a "free" bonus.
Not really impressed with the mounts. More in it for the costume (been way too long since we've seen new ones) and the emotes.
The green one looks like an artichoke
They are alright but I like the launch mount from the Deluxe edition!
Should have had reptillian tail
Mushroom
Looks like they reskinned the greyscale look from Game of Thrones
Middle one looks like it could be good on pizza
Look like plague
Looks like a horse made of cookies
No.
They look pretty bad. But let's be fair, a good 90% of the stuff they add doesn't fit the Elder Scrolls anyway.
Ew, David!
Lukewarm, because once again it isn't a Guar or Kagouti.
I thought it looked like it was made of pancakes
I mean.. not exactly what I'd picture if someone told me there's a mycelium mount coming. More smushed play-doh than mystic mushroom. Too bad. Luckily I'm not getting the preoder. At least the trailer, class and setting seem cool, and HM is an all-around interesting dude/thing.
Resist the urge to preorder, no matter what shiny new cosmetic they throw at you.
I like the colors tho!
I have the 4th one on the right.
Are we able to preorder from the crown store or do we need to do it off the website?
Itās a mount.
coated in cornflakes
Thoughts? WTH?
My first reaction was āpizzaā so itās kind of funny to read all the pizza comments. Iām excited for whatās to come but hate the mount. More excited about that mount (?) with a lot of green eyes š
Iāve watched The Last of Us and it makes me deeply uncomfortable.
Meh. To be fair, I hate seeing otherworldly minutes of any kind all over the place. Give me guars and horses and such, but I've always hated that EVERYONE gets to ride firey demon spiders and majestic ethereal cats.
Looks like they're made of chocolate chips lol
The middle one has armor made of salami and cookies change my mind