Still holding out hope for an eventual griffon race
I know if it happens, it won't be for a looong while. That said, however, I still think it would be a boon to this wonderful game. Istaria is an amazing game, but the races available can be found in other games. True that this is still the only MMO where you can play a dragon, but you can play dragons in single player games.
To be clear, I am NOT putting this game down in any way. I love this game!I am simply suggesting another first for Istaria, another claim you can have that nobody else has.
Has anyone ever seen a game where you can play as a griffon? I've seen them used as transport mounts and enemies and animals, but never as a player race.
Aside from that, griffons are, from my amittedly limited knowledge, in the top listings of popular (western) mythological creatures. You guys have dragons already, and I know unicorns are extinct (taking it as Canon even if it was a joke :P lol) and horses are mythical creatures (or so I hear, taking it as Canon) so no pegasi or hippogriffs (traditionally offspring of griffons and horses). Given that hooved animals can't grab things with said hooves anyway... Well you get the idea. Yet another reason! Griffons have claws that can grab and use tools! Lol
Anyway, I think a new four-legged race would be pretty cool. I know it won't happen for a good long while if greenlit, but I hope it will at least be considered and eventually a reality. You could easily limit the flying aspect by making new players into hatchlings who have to earn their flight as dragons do. Griffon chicks wouldn't even be able to glide (if you go with the straight jump from hatchling to adult, and skip the fledgling stage) due to how bird feathers work. Once they could fly, you could still have them be better on the ground than the sky, if keeping dragons as the masters of the air would be a problem.
As to crafting, lairs, classes and such. I did have suggestions for those in a long buried thread which I'll dig up in the morning. Maybe I can think up some new, better ones.
Why I decided to type this out while half asleep, I'll never know. O_o goodnight...
