Guild Wars 2

In case you missed DreamOfACure.4382’s suggestion for mounts inside another guy’s suggestion I will post it here as a suggestion for Mounts. You and me will build on this suggestion so we can introduce Mounts to GW2 without breaking the game. Every game need realism and a game where everyone are walking isn’t much fun is it? I want to use my car/bike if i’m lazy sometime.

DreamOfACure.4382 said the following:
If you want realism, ask for proper mounts
Ask for Mounts you cannot collect and summon any time you wish.
- Mounts you must feed to keep healthy
- Mounts that can be killed
- Mounts you must store at a farm/stable, where you must pay to use a stall
- Mounts that actually require maintenance so that people aren’t riding them anywhere and everywhere – They actually have to decide whether or not it’s better to walk or use a waypoint
But no one really wants that. You just want animals you can take for granted and summon whenever you please.
If you want that, go play WoW. They’ll be happy to provide you with an assortment of immortal pets that seem to live between here and no-where without any sustenance.

My perspective after polishing his idea a little bit:

This is what I meant with realism. Implement a feature like in Battle Of The Immortals where you can grind a mount. Only difference is realism — to feed and make our pet/mount faster. Everything should be simple and not cost a fortune as putting gas in a vehicle — as in WvW siege weapons.

1G for the Goblin. 1G is easy to collect for everyone and I can see myself spend 1G on the fastest mount with a 25-50% speedbost. No mounts on TP since they will destroy the market. Account bound “Pets” to feed, take care of and ride as a reward for their appreciation. I see this coming to life. Great suggestion. Immortal pets will destroy this game and make it no more different from other games.

So this is what we got:

1. Mounts to feed and keep healthy.
2. Mounts that can be killed in PvE and WvW.
3. Mounts you must “deposit” when its energy has run out.
4. Mounts that actually require maintenance so that people aren’t abusing their purpose.
5. Mounts that can engage in combat when riding with a set of four skills as in downed state.

I will add on to this as we work on it together. Some of you will stop whining about not implementing Mounts because as I mentioned — if I’m lazy I will take my Car or Bike IRL. Arenanet will make Mounts in the future more realistic than in other MMO’s as they’ve done different with a lot of things from other MMO’s.

Mounts could be added ONLY IF the new zones will be designed with them in mind – which I doubt – because the current zones are not fit for mounts no matter how good they could be

Sorry, I’m still not behind the idea of mounts at all. The game isn’t designed around them, and your attempt to make them “realistic” through feeding and maintenance does not sound the least bit enjoyable. There’s a reason Rangers don’t have to feed their pets to keep them happy anymore, and why we don’t have to keep a bag full of arrows — because “realism” does not always equal fun gameplay.

I realize part of your decision to require feeding (and making the mounts mortal?) is to maintain economic balance and not make them too good — but, if a feature has to be made artificially annoying and frustrating as a means to prevent it from being too enviable, I question whether ANet’s efforts are best spent here.

I dont support mounts in this game,and sorry to say but..we have already loads of threads about this,please use those instead of starting yet another.

No. No. Uimh. Nein. Nee. Non. Nej. No. Não. NOOOO.

I’d do anything to ride a dolyak.

But to feed it ?

No I won’t do that, no I won’t that.

Because mounts in a world of instant teleporters is totally realistic.

No mounts, please. Not in GW. Please.

Now dont get me wrong, Im a massive fan of mounts (cosmetic only) and think they should be in GW2.
However, realism for mounts ! So you want to feed them? may I remind you that what goes in, must come out !
Hence, I did not buy this game to spend 30 mins per day cleaning up dolyak poo ! ! ! !

;)

Mounts ftw! It won’t do any harm. It would just make the game more fun.

I don’t like this. Here’s my idea. I think mounts should be purely cosmetic, summoned just like mini pets, give you a skill bar filled with neighing or w/e the mount does, and at most give a 5-10% speed increase, if any speed increase at all. Also they should be pretty expensive for what they do, and seeing as they don’t do much I’d say 5g is a good price. Expensive enough to where if you don’t care about mounts for the look you won’t bother getting one just cause it’s there and you can but cheap enough so if you really want it it’s obtainable without an absurd grind.

Another mount post, gee, how surprising. No to mounts, and is it too much trouble to ask for you to keep this topic in one thread?

i would like to see mounts in wvw but u dont really need them when you are leveling you get there quick enough picking up your banner and sprinting around the place.