horse or donkey

[L9 dorothea]

ive mostly been using my horse, but since im a shai i thought atleast i could consider trying a donkey out. does anyone know if its actually benefitial?

[Vault Hunter 101]

Donkey is worse in every possible way

When Shai got released she couldn't use horse at all but people cried that donkeys are bad and useless so they allowed her to jump on horses

[Daggoth]

Donkeys are more true to the lore and at a certain point you get a Shai-exclusive donkey with skills.
But practically they're inferior to horses in all but carry capacity. There's no tiers, most of the cool skills aren't available, they're just slower. People complained they couldn't use their uber dream horses with Shai and the devs complied and wedged horse-riding support in (they're still fixing it as they go).

Donkeys do have the minor advantage of not drawing aggro though, so you can park them in the middle of a monster pack. Donkeys also have the Shai-exclusive unlimited call range with the Trainer's flute, horses have a 500m max range.

That said, Shai horse riding is a crutch, Donkeys for life! It gives character to the class and I refuse to get on a horse with my Shai.

[vkobe]

Originally posted by Otake:

ive mostly been using my horse, but since im a shai i thought atleast i could consider trying a donkey out. does anyone know if its actually benefitial?

depend if you are a cute elin or not, with a donkey it will improve the cuteness of your cute elin ^_^

[The Grin]

I will delete my Sorceress and create a Shai with a Donkeyyyyyy (>^_^)> <3 YAYYYYYYYYY!

[L9 dorothea]

lol sadly i threw away the exclusive donkey :(

[Ossyrana]

Hey so... since we can't preview what they look like, I made the mistake of choosing the white exclusive (chariot type) shai donkey and had no idea that it would not be my cup of tea. I really wish I chose the black one (though idk what it looks like either but I assume it'd at least be more similar to my strong black donkey but supposedly has stripes). Dark suits them so much better. Anyway... I was wondering what would happen if I made a second shai... would she also eventually be given the choice to own an exclusive donkey as well? I saw there's an option to rent it out to any character and I wasn't sure if I could type in the name of my main shai... Ugh. I just wish i could use an Appearance Change Coupon on my donkey instead to pick the color I actually want, but those only exist for horses. The only reason I picked white was because I didn't wanna overlap and have two of the same color, 'cause i didn't plan on selling my lvl 15 strong black donkey that i really love. But the exclusive ones have so much more storage that I would just keep it and sell my old if only I knew... it's no fair... I feel so reluctant to use the white one 'cause it looks so bad.

[Mizuki 水城 泰士]

Originally posted by Ossyrana:

Hey so... since we can't preview what they look like, I made the mistake of choosing the white exclusive (chariot type) shai donkey and had no idea that it would not be my cup of tea. I really wish I chose the black one (though idk what it looks like either but I assume it'd at least be more similar to my strong black donkey but supposedly has stripes). Dark suits them so much better. Anyway... I was wondering what would happen if I made a second shai... would she also eventually be given the choice to own an exclusive donkey as well? I saw there's an option to rent it out to any character and I wasn't sure if I could type in the name of my main shai... Ugh. I just wish i could use an Appearance Change Coupon on my donkey instead to pick the color I actually want, but those only exist for horses. The only reason I picked white was because I didn't wanna overlap and have two of the same color, 'cause i didn't plan on selling my lvl 15 strong black donkey that i really love. But the exclusive ones have so much more storage that I would just keep it and sell my old if only I knew... it's no fair... I feel so reluctant to use the white one 'cause it looks so bad.

Try contacting customer support?

[Wizzerd]

Donkeys also have an exclusive gear set that increases life skill exp gain with an active ability but it takes awhile to get the materials and cannot be bought. https://www.p2gamer.com/blog/2020/07/17/donkey-gear-for-10-life-skill-exp/%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B

[Ossyrana]

They actually ended up switching it out for me!!! :D It was soooo sweet of them! They're really amazing about it <3

[Inhuman Transactions]

Waiting for donkey T10

[Inhuman Transactions]

I hope donkey T10 have big wings. I don't want tiny chicken wings.

[dollars202]

Shrek donkey babies when?

[Ossyrana]

That would be pretty cool if they came out with an option of Dream donkeys. I would still love my Shai donkey so much, but I can't deny it'd be amazing to have some of the benefits that the Pegasus and Unicorn bring to the table like flying off cliffs and healing team members! I can't remember what Doom does, but those two attributes alone are hard for me to choose between when trying to decide which dream horse to make eventually.