Wind gryphons? They'd spawn high, near the skybox.

Pinned! Any and all ideas are very welcome.

Desert Gryphons would be pretty cool

Originally posted by Tibalta:

Desert Gryphons would be pretty cool

I think so too. I wonder what stat could be buffed at the expense of others though? Maybe increased weight to carry more water at the expense of melee damage. Or this may make more sense, increased torpor to help keep the Desert Gryphons from passing out in the scorching desert sun at the expense of lower melee damage or lower health. Maybe someone else will have a good idea for balancing a Desert Gryphon?

Another idea that was given to me, and I really like this one, is that it would be cool (play on words) if the Desert Gryphon gave it's riders a cooling buff to better handle the scorching heat from the desert sun. They could still have an increase in torpor to make them harder to KO as well to add a little more balance. Love this idea though. Arctic Gryphons could even provide insulation for riders but they are pretty great the way they are. Just some good suggestions here.

It would be cool to add some utility to the Pygmys. I don't know how difficult that would be? Like, I think it would be cool if while you were hunting if it could some how loot the bodies for you, or skin or get meat, or even work as a parachut like the archry. Something along those lines. Maybe an ability like the troodon would be cool. There could also be different variations of Pygmys that live in different Biomes. Each one could have a different ability. Like a swamp one could give you a torpor buff and oxygen buff for swimming. Then an Arctic one could give you an insulation buff. I know that's a lot. I'm just throwing ideas out there.

What if each gryphon had a special ability? For example Arctic Gryphons can slow targets down, or some type of element for each type of gryphon. I'm doubting many people will think of it, but an aquatic Gryphon would definitely be interesting, or a cave Gryphon, one that behaves as a bat essentially.

It isn't a griffin, but what of a Pegasus? All you'd need to do was slap the griffin wings on the Equus model.
I mean, how cool would that be to have these majestic horses just prancing with their wingless cousins? Or wandering the great plateuxs?

water griffin? spawns on a beach?

Originally posted by SunDragonn:

water griffin? spawns on a beach?

good plans

Alpha Gryphon. Slightly larger with particle effect and buffed stats over the Mountain Gryphon. Very rare spawns that require special alpha armor that can only be crafted with an artifact. I already posted this idea but it was buried in a lot of other text.

Originally posted by linkmeup82:

Originally posted by Tibalta:

Desert Gryphons would be pretty cool

I think so too. I wonder what stat could be buffed at the expense of others though? Maybe increased weight to carry more water at the expense of melee damage. Or this may make more sense, increased torpor to help keep the Desert Gryphons from passing out in the scorching desert sun at the expense of lower melee damage or lower health. Maybe someone else will have a good idea for balancing a Desert Gryphon?

I'm going to shoot in my ideas for the potential desert gryphons species since it's something I really would love to see becoming a reality ahah. (I play very often on SE x'D) Only going to add into the stats buff / nerf discussion since the other ideas I had (Arctic help resist to cold, desert to heat). Going to compare everything to the real world tho, so that my explanations make sense x'D

In my opinion, making them have a buff in weight and food would be logical, since in deserts, food is usually rare. By increasing the weight, they would be able to carry more water, like you said. I think that they could even be slightly smaller than regular sized Gryphons, due to the lack of food and water supplies, their bodies could handle the conditions better with a smaller size. If it is possible to change the temperament of the gryphons, I think that making them defensive could be logical, since due to the heat, usually, animals are less likely to waste their energy on something that isn't a threat to them. Just remembered that I was supposed to be talking about the stats here. WOOPS. BACK TO THE SUBJECT, SORRY ABOUT THAT. Giving them a lower health and attack would make a lot of sense ! (At least imo ahah) If we continue on the path of rare food and water supplies, even if their bodies are adapted to such conditions, they will most likely be weaker. As I was writing, I got the idea for their emplacement : the dunes ! (Aka the things surrounding the map) Why I think it would be logical : They would hunt for snakes, bugs, and vultures. They would take their water from the jug bugs, rarely going inland.

OOOOK I'M DONE. I hope that what I said made sense and wasn't too difficult to read, I tend to forget that I already talked about something and end up saying it again.... Sorry :'0 Hope this can contribute to the big brainstorming of these possible future gryphons ! I'll try to come back to shoot more ideas once in a while ;u;/

An idea for a jungle variant: Idk if it'd be possible/too difficult to put stripes (like a tiger) on the cat body of the gryphon. Then, because tigers like to hunt at night, perhaps the gryphon could get a buff to melee during the night? idk just a thought :P

Maybe some sort of fire griffin, one that deals fire damage when it hits things and comes only in shades of lava color, red and black with varying shades of each color, oh and the eyes would look great as brown.

And also maybe change up the coloring on the pygmys, like make their color match their spawn area more. And make them have slightly different features depending on where they spawn, like forest pygmies will have smaller wings, longer claws, and sleeker bodies, for more manueverability through the trees.