Since currently the only way to get to ride a wyvern is to be a clan leader ruling over a castle. In C4 the A grade halls will also be able to raise striders to Wyverns.
Typically people will get their hatchling up to lvl 55 to be a strider then never level them again. There has been no indication that lvling a strider past 55 really has any additional benifit so most people will stop at 55 and stay there or sell it off.
It would be nice if you had stable masters or whatever it is you use to raise a strider to a wyvern in a castle also in towns. Then make it so that if the strider is say lvl 75 that they can also use the town masters to raise to a wyvern where as the castle/A grade halls would not require a lvl 75 strider to raise up to a wyvern like it is currently.
Would give people another reason to lvl their striders past lvl 55 and give more people the thrill of flying one. I believe that the ones you raise in a castle last untill you unmount...can always make it so if you raise one from a town then it only last for say 20 minutes or something. Still make having a castle or A grade hall have its perks. Also maybe adjust the amount of b crystals it takes to raise one from a town a bit more than it costs from a castle or A grade hall...again to give added perks to being the clan leader in a castle or A grade hall.
Not looking to make it so easy that everyone will be flying one but atleast add other options for people that are not clan leaders can work towards something that will let them mount a dragon and fly off into the sky.
Granted with C4 and pet shots maybe people will start lvling them more but still I bet most will get to 55 and leave the strider there unless theres some motivation to lvl it up higher. Make that motivation lvl 75 and the ability to raise a wyvern even if your not a clan leader in a castle or A grade hall. Lvl 75 strider would still take a lot of work to get to so would still help limit the amount of dragons flying around but also open the doors to others to enjoy flying one around if they work hard enough.
If that were to happen...i'd hardcore level my strider now. XD
This is what you would do however, in order to nerf the dragons so that you don't have total fireball anarchy. Give them a claw attack instead, which causes sufficient damage, but not as much as a normal, fullblown castle wyvern.
Otherwise, no one will care about castle wyverns, and just raise their dragons into wyverns.
Really right now I don't see wyverns used much outside of crusing around or in a seige but with C4 making castles no-fly zones except for the castle lord for the castle being seiged even the "tactic" of flying one in a seige to get inside to take out life crystals will be voided. I mean realistically I have yet to see a wyvern used to go out and PvP or pk anyone (although one time we had our clan leader use his to help reduce the karma of one of our "bad" players but that was more for fun and giggles). SInce the fire attack can not be used against mobs only against players, people dont use them for exping.
Heck maybe even require a lvl 75 strider and lvl 75 rider to do it this way. Again will help limit how many dragons would be out flying but give the people that have gotten to 75 AND lvled their strider to 75 a "reward" of sorts.
Really the main thing I am looking forward to in C4 is the pet shots so I can start lvling my strider again. He's 56 now but its soo much effort. I am hoping with the pet shots the poor thing will do better lvling. I sold off my striders gear awhile ago since there wasnt any reason to lvl past 55 (went to 56 so if it died wouldnt delevel to 54) and have now been selling off old gear and raising money again to replace his gear in preperation for C4.
Maybe NC Soft plans in later chronicles to make it so others can summon wyverns instead of just clan leaders...would be nice to get an offical word that this is a possiblity in a later chronicle or atleast if they could make it so non-clan leaders can raise one up even if the requirements are much higher if your not a clan leader. Give us something to work for!
It would be nice if the masses could mount wyverns. Even if this was done few would be able to afford it because of the high cost.
What if they made it so only nobless could quest a lvl 75 strider to wyrven. They would be the only ones besides castle owners and Clan hall owners that could ride them. Since Nobless is hard to get (main 75 & sub 75) there still wouldnt be too many. Also since a nobless's main purpose is for sieges (thier new skills) have it so they could only use it during a siege.
Would be awsome to have a battle on the ground why a battle in the sky was going on
as it stand the majority of the striders on the servers are currently twilight and star. Ive yet to come accross a wind strider and yes I would like to raise one but currently that is not able to be done due to my current level as a sws. Secondly they need to make strider weapons mean something since striders at the moment while riding them is about worthless.
Can you imagine this. A cavalry of striders riding up onto the battlefield dealing out damage as they were meant to be?
this is where im confused...as hatchlings i thought that wind kinda...well...suked...and I thought i heard that wind was more just a way of transportation...so ya...could someone straighten me out...like could u tell me wat type of strider gets wat skills, and is good for wat :p i'm gettin close to c gr and im thinking of grabbing a strider for meself..or at least leveling a hatchling a bit