Guild Wars 2

I think mounts should just be Cosmetic. If Anet adds does add them to
the game. Here are some ideas that everyone might agree with.

*Mounts should have normal movement speed
*Swiftness on mount is the same as running swiftness.
*Increase all classes normal running/mount speed to that of a thief without swiftness.
*use food speed buffs with mounts (ex. candy corn)
*No mounts around bank, TP, MF, Crafting in cities/towns.
*No combat mounts (except costume brawl)
*animatic exit mount in events and no mount zones
*pets and mini’s run behind you. But pets don’t attack until you exit mount.
*mounts should vaporize/materialize, not just disappear/appear.
*use mount with armor

Mount Non combat abilities
*galloping, Longer swiftness 25s with 5 min cool-down.
*one non-combat skill for class to use on mount.
*Jumping on mount
*Healing on mount
*costume brawl mode on/off ability

Mount emotes
*horse dancing (search Mittens Romney), /dance

OMG comon, another thread Jeesus. This is the second thread on this page. OP you really need to use the search button or look at what is currently being posted. There really is no need for this.

Please ANet do something about this issue.

Yes anther one,

But it’s different because, it’s only about cosmetic mounts. With a few abilities that only give a small temporary speed boost in emergencies.

People that want mounts want a small advantage. Even if it’s not a big one. Also it keeps them around playing the game more.

Anet, there is no other post geared just towards cosmetic mount. Don’t merge these good ideas with that other normal mount post.

No its not different, Trawl through the hundreds of posts on this subject.

Azzrael Deathbane.4965:

No its not different, Trawl through the hundreds of posts on this subject.

With no details on how to implement cosmetic mounts.

Lets keep to the topic here. How to have cosmetic mount, but make them attractive for players from other games.

I dislike mount simply because they take attention away from the character riding them. You’re no longer the dude with the awesome armor, you’re the dude riding the giant chicken. Mounts imo take away from customisation, especially for little races.

Mounts take away from the game. I’m really happy guildwars2 went with swiftness buffs over ridiculous, massively polygon intensive, unimaginative and useless mounts.

I think waypoints may actually be hurting the game.

Many people think mounts bypass content. But from what I’ve seen waypoints bypass more content. If you are using a mount, your exploring the whole world and not skip over zones.

Onshidesigns.1069:

I think waypoints may actually be hurting the game.

Many people think mounts bypass content. But from what I’ve seen waypoints bypass more content. If you are using a mount, your exploring the whole world and not skip over zones.

I’l have to agree with your Waypoint arguement in a certain sense, that they dont invoke a sense of travel or invite you to do so, however the fact of the matter is that they are already in the game. Adding mounts at this stage wouldnt really be usefull at all, and before someone suggesst removing WP in favor of mounts? i think the Community backlash would be outragous if they did that.

Oremir.8027:

Onshidesigns.1069:

I think waypoints may actually be hurting the game.

Many people think mounts bypass content. But from what I’ve seen waypoints bypass more content. If you are using a mount, your exploring the whole world and not skip over zones.

I’l have to agree with your Waypoint arguement in a certain sense, that they dont invoke a sense of travel or invite you to do so, however the fact of the matter is that they are already in the game. Adding mounts at this stage wouldnt really be usefull at all, and before someone suggesst removing WP in favor of mounts? i think the Community backlash would be outragous if they did that.

I’m not suggesting removing waypoints. Both waypoints and cosmetic mounts could be in the game. If any speed increase from mounts is a temporary buff with a long cooldown.

The broom stick in the patch will already do most of the things in this post. It’s not that much of a leap to let players use armor and swiftness on the broom stick.

There are alot of players from other games playing GW2. They want mounts so bad that they all well leave the game. If there is not atleast cosmetic mounts.

Onshidesigns.1069:

There are alot of players from other games playing GW2. They want mounts so bad that they all well leave the game. If there is not atleast cosmetic mounts.

So? Let them leave then! GW1 never had mounts and there’s absolutely no reason for GW2 to have them either just because other games have them as well.

uknortherner.2670:

Onshidesigns.1069:

There are alot of players from other games playing GW2. They want mounts so bad that they all well leave the game. If there is not atleast cosmetic mounts.

So? Let them leave then! GW1 never had mounts and there’s absolutely no reason for GW2 to have them either just because other games have them as well.

That’s kindve a nihilistic view there buddy, either oblidge or gtfo?

uknortherner.2670:

Onshidesigns.1069:

There are alot of players from other games playing GW2. They want mounts so bad that they all well leave the game. If there is not atleast cosmetic mounts.

So? Let them leave then! GW1 never had mounts and there’s absolutely no reason for GW2 to have them either just because other games have them as well.

In GW the world was insistence based. It wouldn’t matter how many people played the game. You could always find a few people to play with or use the npc’s.

GW2 is a real MMO. It requires a larger game base them GW.

IMO cosmetic mounts or mounts that serve a purpose are pointless, if you want to have a look at the world of tyria and not use waypoints, then walk

Azzrael Deathbane.4965:

IMO cosmetic mounts or mounts that serve a purpose are pointless, if you want to have a look at the world of tyria and not use waypoints, then walk

They would not be 100% cosmetic mounts. It would have some abilities to help it move around the map. Without a speed increase over swiftness.
*less chance of a knockdown
*Longer Swiftness buff with long cooldown.
*One unique ability for every class on a mount (too escape small groups of enemies)
*food can still make mount move a little faster like with running.

These mounts don’t need to follow the look of other mounts in other mmo’s. Tyria doesn’t need horses because it’s not lore friendly. Or huge mounts larger then the rider.

Anther idea is to give tonics more use by giving them the some these abilities. And to use your normal armor stats with the tonics.

Why do you need mounts when we have waypoints? I don’t get it. Do you want to show that you are superior to others or you are simply 12 years old and you think that mounts are “cool”?

johnnysan.8409:

Why do you need mounts when we have waypoints? I don’t get it. Do you want to show that you are superior to others or you are simply 12 years old and you think that mounts are “cool”?

Waypoints bypass content more then mounts. People who are riding mounts are exploring the whole world.

Mounts don’t have to be these things bigger then the player. Like in other MMo’s. The broom stick in the next patch may be a experiment to see if Anet can find some middle ground on this issue.

I am secretly harboring a hope that when the jousting game in Divinity’s Reach becomes functional, ArenaNet will use the data from players in that minigame to work out a mount mechanic.

But I won’t admit to this if asked.

I’d love to see mounts in this game. I miss them.

There is simply no need for mount’s in Guildwars 2, If they function as a cosmetic with certain speed buff abilities then essentially they have no reason of existing. Other than people want them because they look cool, but their are many things that people want to make their characters look cool but that doesn’t mean it should or will happen. I mean what so wrong with waypoints and walking around?

You don’t get to say your idea for mounts is “only cosmetic” and then provide a list of healing and swiftness skills to use while on them. Why would your mount need a healing skill, anyway? Can you use mounts to escape from combat? If so, it’s clearly not purely cosmetic — and if not, your health restores itself out of combat anyhow.

Fyrebrand.4859:

You don’t get to say your idea for mounts is “only cosmetic” and then provide a list of healing and swiftness skills to use while on them. Why would your mount need a healing skill, anyway? Can you use mounts to escape from combat? If so, it’s clearly not purely cosmetic — and if not, your health restores itself out of combat anyhow.

You current healing skill is needed for escaping small groups of enemies on a mount.

The mount will be 80% cosmetic. Not a full cosmetic mount because of longer swiftness skill, class based skill and ability to were armor. This extra stuff is needed to help people escape from combat. But there will still be a chance of getting knocked down if run through a mob or strong enemy.

Suggestions:

1) Reduce the amount of waypoints in each zone to encourage more exploration
2) Add ground mounts with a speed buff to get around the zone faster (The cosmetic value should be included with the mount)
4) Mounts should not be allowed in cities or have limited use in cities
5) Having mounts drop in dungeons or off world bosses (or just randomly off of mobs) allows the community to actively peruse something in the game that is outside of gear

Some people in the WoW community continue to run tempest keep for the phenix mount therefore extending the “life” of the game.