The dark legacy of engineering mounts
by David Bowers 
Oct 8th 2007 at 3:00PM
Click here to read their comic, then come back and tell us what you think of their design.
Filed under: Gnomes, Engineering, Humor, Mounts, Comics
Click here to read their comic, then come back and tell us what you think of their design.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Erron Kelly Oct 8th 2007 3:06PM
20% failure rate? I'm so down with that. I hope the explosion looks awesome!
Telzey Oct 8th 2007 3:16PM
har! I love it! nothing says zero-tolerance engineering like a ka-boom to the human tester
Baluki Oct 8th 2007 3:34PM
Interesting idea, although I don't think people would want to have to swap out their helm each time they want to mount up. And people definitely don't want their mount failing 20% of the time.
I'm pretty sure it's going to look like one of the classic Gnomish Flying Machines. I just hope they're pedal-powered.
Fuzz Oct 8th 2007 3:53PM
Slightly increased mount speed with a chance to stall on start up, say 3 seconds of being unable to move, that would be cool
Erika Oct 8th 2007 4:00PM
I would be happy with a plane. That would be nice if it came with bombs you could buy or do strafing runs. And i figure 20% is pretty good. But i am goblin engineering because "If you cared about survival you should have went gnomish"
AMH Oct 8th 2007 4:16PM
Anything Miji's behind, I'm behind too.
Mostly because I'm scared of having my back to him.
Slayblaze Oct 8th 2007 4:19PM
I like the first one in their comic - the Rocket Mount. Here is how it would work: taking off in it would be no problem and would work like every other mount in the game. Landing however would present a problem though, I mean obviously *its a rocket!* and would explode upon landing (20% of the time, and causing a small amount of damage to the player) or it would be a "dud" and just embed itself into the ground. Either way there would be a 10-minute cooldown until you "take off" on it again.
It would also be cool if after an exploding landing you would get a "blackface" debuff that would last an hour, similar to the Evil Twin debuff you get from the transporters.
Sash Oct 8th 2007 5:52PM
When I saw that, one word came to mind. Gadgetcopter. I'd LOVE it!
Bob Oct 8th 2007 6:19PM
Engineers are still waiting for some BC content that matters. I'm glad to see that when Blizzard said that it would review Engineering first, it meant in the next expansion.
/bailed out after BC
Fizzl Oct 8th 2007 6:39PM
Failing mid flight would be fun, and give us an excuse to equip the parachute cloak.
Tarbh Oct 8th 2007 7:31PM
It's gonna have to be a 1 man gyrocopter of some sort. Just like in the game, and you have to admit, that would be sweet to have.
Babyeeter Oct 8th 2007 8:09PM
All I can say about the failure rate is why do you think they reduced the cooldown on the parachute cloak to 30 seconds? Gotta make sure I equip it before I mount up on my new plane/rocket/other device prone to failure.
I love engineering. It makes life interesting.
1Adam12 Oct 8th 2007 9:00PM
Come on now... there is a 0% failure rate on the Mechanostrider... These were made by the "engineers" too. I vote for a 0% failure rate on the engineer flying mounts. Stalling, sputtering, exploding is only 'fun' for the first few time. After that, we just want it to work.
Pook Oct 9th 2007 12:08PM
While i wont dispute the awesomeness of having a little gyrocopter, it still rather annoys me that it is in effect only decorative. It still dosnt add any utility to engineering. Sure there are goggles and and a tank gun now, but that's it, where's the engineering equivalents of the tailoring BOP items like Spellfire.