OpenWorldAddict Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 (edited) There are a couple mod that changes different aspects of riding dragons. Those are: Real Time Dragon Fast Travel which allows you to travel to different locations on the back of the dragon without really fast traveling. Command Dragon - Ultimate Dragon Riding which adds new commands to give the dragon while the dragon is in combat. Both are really neat ideas, but I don't feel like the two of them together really makes dragon riding to what it should have been. I would like to see a total overhaul of how dragon riding works. Maybe even including features from the above mods. Part 1: Dragon TamingIt starts with when you use the bind will shout on a dragon. Currently, when you use Bind Will on a dragon, it will automatically land to allow you to ride. I feel that this is unrealistic since a dragon is a really powerful creature, thus the dovahkin should have to prove his/herself more powerful before the dragon will submit to the shout. To remedy this, at the beginning of a dragon fight, the dragon should be immune to bend will. However, as you get the dragon's health to %60, %50, %30, or %25 (depending on the type of dragon) it's immunity to bind will disappears allowing you to tame the dragon. Once you tame the dragon, the dragon will stay tame whether or not you ride them for 24, 48, or 72 hours (also depending on the type of dragon). You should have spell that you could summon the dragon for the duration of time that he stays tame. Furthermore you can only tame 1 dragon at a time (for balance) Finally, during the duration while the dragon stays tame you should have the chance on befriending the dragon. The following things could be done befriend a dragon. 1. Bring the dragon food and other gifts2. Help defend the dragon when he/she's under attack3. Things you can say to the dragon while in conversation4. Interacting with the dragon as if to comfort him/her. Once you have befriending the dragon, he/she will a kind of companion for you. Please read Part 3: Dragon Companion later on in this post. Part 2: Dragon Riding When you finally get on the dragon, you'll notice that commands you can give the dragon is limited, and that you can't do much yourself to help with combat. As I said before, I think the Dragon Command mod is useful, but I don't think it does enough. Depending on how the dragon likes you will determine if he/she listens to all of your commands. If you are cruel to a tamed dragon, the dragon will land, force you off and attack. If you are using mods that adds new dragon attacks, you should also be able to tell the dragon which attacks you want it to focus on or avoid while in combat. That way you could tailor the dragon's attack depending on the situation. The other thing that I want to be able to do is cast spells and use a bow and arrow while on the dragon's back so that I could participate in combat. Those things, with the Real Time Dragon Fast Travel would make dragon riding a pure joy. Part 3: Dragon Companions When a dragon is your friend, he/she will do anything for you. That doesn't mean that the dragon will follow you EVERYWHERE, but he/she will fly behind you to a multitude of destinations. Here is a list where a dragon won't follow you to Settlements (villages, towns, and cities)Dungeons (or any indoor locationOther Lands (dlc, mods, or what not. If you want them to be there, you'll need to re-summon them.) Once you get close to one of the above locations, the dragon will fly off. Don't expect them to be out there when you leave, they will not just sit around and do nothing. You may find the dragon's location with a marker, you can go there to have the dragon follow you again... Or you can just go around you business. There is a chance that the dragon will catch up to you. At anytime the dragon is following you, you can ask him/her to land so that you can ride him/her again. Also, there is chance while the dragon isn't following you, that if you are fighting outdoors, the dragon might come to your defense. Of course, you can anger a dragon companion. Being cruel to the dragon while riding or ignoring the dragon while it's in combat are some of the things that would anger the dragon. If you anger the dragon enough, one of the follow things could occur.1. If the dragon is following you, it may just fly off never to be seen again.2. It may attack you out of the blue3. If you are riding the dragon, it will land and then attack. So, be kind to your dragon companion. Also, support spells that affect your earthly companions should affect the dragon companion as well. So this is what I am request. It is a dragon riding overhaul mod that changes everything that has to do with taming and riding a dragon. It makes the dragon riding feature of the Dragonborn DLC, not only very fun, but also something to very much look forward to when you are just starting out on the Dragonborn main questline. Edited May 6, 2013 by brianiangoodman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragazhar Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Wow, No one has responded to this idea? I think it'd seriously kick some butt if some of this could be implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoatonc Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 While I would love to see a mod like that, it is really unlikely that even half of those requirement can be done in any easy way. For example followers movment is bugged as it is in vanilla game, if you tried to make sure that this dragon friend wont fly head on into the mountain nd get stuck (which happens sometimes if you fight them.) this mod would require huge amounts of work. You might want to anvertise this request to the more skilled creators of some overhaul or other more advanced mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkjm93 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Good idead, but I think it is difficult to do all that thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenWorldAddict Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) would it be just possible to like just do the realistic dragon taming part (minus befriending the dragon because realistically that a portion of the dragon companion part) or the dragon riding part ( I know the dragon companion would be a challenge. Even if one or two parts of this overhaul is released as separate mods, I would be happy. Another words, this idea can be broken down into three different modules, each one can be developed and released separately. Module 1: Realistic Dragon TamingModule 2: Improved Dragon RidingModule 3: Dragon Befriending and Companionship Edited May 22, 2015 by OpenWorldAddict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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