Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone, had an interesting idea: Mounted Combat! This would also see the introduction of horses to Tyria.

How would this occur, you may ask? In random zones would be special Tamed animals (Tamed Dolyak, Tamed Horse, etc) hanging around normally impassible dense forests and mountain passes. Once mounted, your weapon would switch to a special Mounted Weapon. There would be four kinds: Lance, Sword/Shield set, Rune, and Short Staff (A cross between a Scepter and a Staff, essentially). You would face mounted enemies, creatures, and monsters (think Centaurs. Centaur VS. Tyrian jousting match, anyone?). Any feedback?

Although I don’t enjoy the ideal of adding mounts to GW2 for transportation a meta-game of it could be fun. Like the keg brawl. Though I disliked the way mounted combat was implemented in WoW, if that was your way of thinking, it didn’t seem to flow well….

Mounts have been shot down by ANet many, many times. Though a jousting-style tournament in a format like Rafe mentioned, as an instanced game like the keg brawl, definitely sounds like it could be fun.