8 person Luner whale mount coming

[Krokov]

Available for purchase when the digital fan festival arrives. 8 person mount, so one person will be able to transport their whole party.

[Brill_]

how much? I'm expecting that to be at least $50.

[LaylaTsarra]

I personally don't care for it but 8 person is kind of neat.

[Raltar]

how much? I'm expecting that to be at least $50.

I've been told it will be $99.

[SturmChurro]

The only appeal from that thing is the amount of seats. The thing is hideous.

[LisSquid]

Multi-seat mounts are kinda cool in theory. Even using a 2 seater in a hunt train gets irritating when you're waiting for someone to get on.

[Theodric]

If I get it, it'll just be another +1 to my mount collection. I don't use any of the multiplayer mounts since everyone I know has unlocked flying and can move around by themselves...

[SturmChurro]

If I get it, it'll just be another +1 to my mount collection. I don't use any of the multiplayer mounts since everyone I know has unlocked flying and can move around by themselves...

I don't actually have any friends, I play solo, so the 8-person feature is useless to me. I almost NEVER use my car.. The mount would be the exact same for me, just an addition to my collection.

Really, the only time I ever even saw a use for multiple seater mounts was in Eureka. They are pretty much just novelty right now.

[ItMe]

I've been told it will be $99.

Told?
By who?
Can you throw us your/their source?

[Packetdancer]

I half-expect it's going to be like buying a ticket for FanFest, and the mount et al will be the complimentary goodie bag you get as an attendee. (Since, after all, it appears to also include three minions, at the very least.) I wouldn't be 100% surprised if they did something like "those who bought a digital ticket get to jump the line for Q&A events" or it gave you access to a pre-release trial in-game like the ones people could attempt at in-person FanFests, etc.

So while I'd hope it wasn't something like $99 for just a mount, it wouldn't surprise me if they put that sort of price on a 'digital ticket' for full attendance; plenty of games do that to allow digital attendees of in-person gatherings. (Like for EVE Online's own FanFest in years past.) It'd be less 'buying the mount' and more 'buying a ticket, and getting the mount and minions and whatever else as your attendee swag'.

After all, while they said all the streams would be free, I don't think they specified whether there would be other events as part of FanFest besides the streams or whatnot. (It's possible I missed it; I was out of the room for a little bit right around that part of the stream.)