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On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 05:46:37 -0400, "Bruin"
<bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote:
>Finally! errr almost.... My wife & I are a few bubs from 40, got the 100g
>a piece, & are quite anxious to get mounts. Of course now that I am almost
>there, I realize I haven't a clue as to what, where, how....
>
>We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.
Ok, first off - mount buying is a two step process:
A) Buy riding skill (20 gold).
B) Buy mount (80 gold).
Make sure to get both
Secondly, if you are honored or above with stormwind you get a 10%
discount on all purchases - including mount. This puts the price at
18+72 = 90 gold.
Having a PvP rank of sergant or above gives you a further 10% discount
(straight addition, so with both you get 20% discount).
Oh, and the level 60 horse uses the same riding skill as the level 40
horse, and the 60 mount itself costs 1000 gold (or 900/800 gold
depending on raction/PvP rank).
>Is Theramore the best place to purchase them? If not where? Are there
>faster/slower mounts at level 40?
I have no idea, but based on where undeads, trolls, gnomes and dwarves
buy their mounts (in or close to the first newbie town), I would guess
Goldshire.
>Whats this
>about mithril horseshoes & carrots on sticks??
Mithril Spurs - not horseshoes.
Mithril Spurs are created by blacksmiths and you also need to get a
blacksmith to add them to your shoes - there they act like an
enchantment (will actually overwrite/be overwritten by any enchantment
or armor patch). If you equip shoes with spurs attached you get a
small boost to your mount speed (in the 3-6% range).
Carrot on a Stick is a trinket you get as a quest reward (Gahz'rilla
quest in the Zul'Farrak instance). If you equip it, it also gives you
a mount speed boost (around the same as spurs).
The two items do stack, so you go even faster with both.
Btw:
>We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.
Good
- it would be possible for you to get a mount from a different
faction (minus gnome - humans are too large for mechanostriders), but
it would require grinding to exhalted faction with the relevant
faction - possible but takes weeks if not months of grinding (faction
goes; neutral - friendly - honored - revered - exhalted).
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Regards
Simon Nejmann