Dev Post DanielSteed Posted January 29, 2020 Dev Post Share Posted January 29, 2020 Hey everyone! Today we launched a new Subscriber reward, the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun! Any Subscriber between today and February 29th will immediately receive the Mount via in-game mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medullah Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Renamed the Royal Taun Taun that was eluding me for years, finally at 100% mounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casirabit Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I really like this addition to the rewards "Are you worried about not meeting the criteria for this promotion? Fear not! If you miss this promotional window, the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun will return again in a future game update." Hopefully that will stop all the arguing over the rewards now, even if you miss one right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estelindis Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I really like this addition to the rewards "Are you worried about not meeting the criteria for this promotion? Fear not! If you miss this promotional window, the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun will return again in a future game update." Hopefully that will stop all the arguing over the rewards now, even if you miss one right now. I didn't even notice that. Great addition. Makes things clear as day and will (hopefully!) diminish future arguments about sub rewards, at least the new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon_strikes Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) I really like this addition to the rewards "Are you worried about not meeting the criteria for this promotion? Fear not! If you miss this promotional window, the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun will return again in a future game update." Hopefully that will stop all the arguing over the rewards now, even if you miss one right now. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. I also hope this addition will mean that past subscriber rewards will be re-released again. I'm still missing Shae Vizla and that broken speeder one and I'd like a chance at those again. Edited January 29, 2020 by Talon_strikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveTheCynic Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I really like this addition to the rewards "Are you worried about not meeting the criteria for this promotion? Fear not! If you miss this promotional window, the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun will return again in a future game update." Hopefully that will stop all the arguing over the rewards now, even if you miss one right now. More likely it will *boost* the arguing about all the earlier rewards, on the basis that, "you did it for the UPT, why not for the X," and in any event, there will be a stream of complaints about "why not make it return now". Living down to my forum alias, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKatarn Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Hey everyone! Today we launched a new Subscriber reward, the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun! Any Subscriber between today and February 29th will immediately receive the Mount via in-game mail. I'm not gonna look a gift Tauntaun in the mouth, but just a recolored mount doesn't exactly inspire excitement in me here. It's like all those Astromech pets we keep getting for May the 4th: I'll take it, but it'll end up in my collection and never see the light of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drenovade Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) More likely it will *boost* the arguing about all the earlier rewards, on the basis that, "you did it for the UPT, why not for the X," and in any event, there will be a stream of complaints about "why not make it return now". Living down to my forum alias, sorry. I'm curious about that. If it's going to return in a future game update, I doubt it will be in the form of a sub reward again, because then some players who already have it would complain they aren't getting anything from that sub promotion. I can only speculate that some new feature is being worked on to allow old promotional rewards to be obtainable by players who don't have them yet. Perhaps old sub rewards will get a special section on the CM(like the HK bonus chapter), and old in-game event rewards, such as from the DvL event, will become earnable through in-game achievements(like Darth Hexid) or through vendors at the cost of in-game earned currency(like the 2012 Chevin and Rakghoul Pandemic event rewards)? Edited January 29, 2020 by Drenovade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlBuzzard Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I really like this addition to the rewards "Are you worried about not meeting the criteria for this promotion? Fear not! If you miss this promotional window, the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun will return again in a future game update." Hopefully that will stop all the arguing over the rewards now, even if you miss one right now. Agreed …. More likely it will *boost* the arguing about all the earlier rewards, on the basis that, "you did it for the UPT, why not for the X," and in any event, there will be a stream of complaints about "why not make it return now". Living down to my forum alias, sorry. Casirabit is correct... but then again so are you. No need to apologize for the honest and (unfortunately ) accurate conclusion. I personally appreciate the offered reward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirana Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Cool looking mount, re-skinned, but pretty cool overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkfishman Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I'm not gonna look a gift Tauntaun in the mouth, but just a recolored mount doesn't exactly inspire excitement in me here. It's like all those Astromech pets we keep getting for May the 4th: I'll take it, but it'll end up in my collection and never see the light of day. This is 1000% times better than the astromech pets. It's a mount. It's actually one of the better tauntauns (in my opinion) and a great idea. If they release other recolored mounts (a special rancor, varactyl or dais, for example) in the future, that could be a cool addition to the game. Of course, if they merely release another tauntaun color again, then I would agree that it could get old fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveTheCynic Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I'm curious about that. If it's going to return in a future game update, I doubt it will be in the form of a sub reward again, because then some players who already have it would complain they aren't getting anything from that sub promotion. I think you're right that it won't return as a "second bite at the cherry" sub reward offer, but instead by some other means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berntk Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I'm pretty grateful, as I was about to start Hoth on an alt, and I refuse to use other transport there. Saved me either a lot of mind-numbing work, or 1.5M creds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xina_LA Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 What a cool reward! I do hope someday they'll release a tauntaun mount without padding/armor, though. Just a saddle and bridle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImmortalLowlife Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Awesome! I was actually about to buy another tauntun, but a free one is even better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellenvardos Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Well I didn’t have a tauntaun yet, so I’m pleased. I even like the color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nmyownworld Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Hi Daniel Steed, and Happy New Year. This is a nice mount. Thanks! I really like this addition to the rewards "Are you worried about not meeting the criteria for this promotion? Fear not! If you miss this promotional window, the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun will return again in a future game update." Hopefully that will stop all the arguing over the rewards now, even if you miss one right now. I agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekibra Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) thank you! really enjoying this mount and maybe this is the beginning of more (better) sub-rewards like it (I don't want another astromech EVER!) and sub-rewards on a regular basis would be nice too, like every other month maybe? Edited January 30, 2020 by Dekibra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serenitty Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I really like this addition to the rewards "Are you worried about not meeting the criteria for this promotion? Fear not! If you miss this promotional window, the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun will return again in a future game update." Hopefully that will stop all the arguing over the rewards now, even if you miss one right now. Hopefully not released later as a subscriber reward and then they forget about the subscribers that already have it and are given nothing, like Nico and Shae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casirabit Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 More likely it will *boost* the arguing about all the earlier rewards, on the basis that, "you did it for the UPT, why not for the X," and in any event, there will be a stream of complaints about "why not make it return now". Living down to my forum alias, sorry. No need to apologize. I know there will be some that will say that. Just trying to be positive, even though I know there will be (if there hasn't already) be some people that will find something to complain about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekynn Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Thank you for the mount! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peoniasiedem Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Thanks for tauntaun gift, but nicer would be the one with the shorter horns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khartu Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Thank you for thinking of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostRiderz Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Is this for all my characters on our server? IF so that's awesome no more grinding the Taun Taun nests on HOTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbossy Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I never received it :( , how do I get it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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