It seems to me that most people posting here have no clue about the 'turtle' potential.
I decided late night to try it out in LA, after having fun racing around at high speed on it solo.
Then I remembered it is a co-op mount so I said 'hop on' in public chat. I saw a low level non-beta toon and thought: 'this is exactly the thing this beast is made for, doing some world completion with a total stranger new/returning player'.
Party accepted, and off we went through the north gate.
3 hours later, when I should almost get up again to go to work, we finally succumbed to the late hour heavy eyes and said our goodbyes in Harathi lands.
Thank you and great job for making this mount the way it is, in the spirit of the game, and a good incentive for ppl to have some fun with strangers instead of playing '99% solo'.
Please do not listen (too much) to players who complain about it being a co-op mount, or it being too slow, or it being too weak. Seems to me they rather have no clue. Sometimes it almost felt too OP as you lay waste to mobs while flying around the map at high speed. It is not supposed to do more damage than 2 players off-mount, as it has a lot of other advantages to offer over that. And it is just so much fun to move around once you understand how it works.
I do wonder however:
- is it supposed to be like this, that you should very frequently jump to move around fast or did I find a bug that made the mount faster than it is supposed to be? Especially in the water this has a bit of the strange result that you will never actually want to walk on the floor but rather continuously 'jump' as soon as you can, on cooldown and then you are basically swimming or diving around, still rather slow, but acceptable.
Also, flying through the air like a jet for a bit as a turtle does feel a bit weird, but is fun. And very useful to cross some wider water as it can cover quite a distance, faster and further than a skyscale (within the same time).
Biggest complaint:
It is NOT a turtle. It is a TORTOISE.; (those ninja tortoises have done so much damage)
Maybe also, for those who are thinking 'I can get around fast using waypoints'.
Please remove waypoints from the game :).
PS
- also nice that the driver affects the gunners potential by properly keeping high speed up resulting in higher reloads
- also nice that the gunner affects the moving potential by timely using the boost, that is the only way you can feel like a jet as a turtle flying fast.
There ya go, join early for buffs, have organised squads and go!
