Guild Wars 2

I won’t lie. Half the reason I’m doing this is to troll the guys whom hate mounts. I’m a mesmer. Making you Cry with Frustration is what we do! There is an alternative purpose this time though!

In my mind I see them allowing a 40% movement increase. OP you say? Yes it is but that has a purpose as well. However, just to throw you guys a carrot, it comes with a price. You can’t use mounts in regular pvp arenas. Sorry guys but that place is all about balance. You can’t attack while on a mount and, if you are attacked, you fall off, stumble for 4 seconds and have 2 seconds of daze when you get back to your feet. Stumble will be a new, unique condition that you can’t use stun breaks to clear and it will be possible to fall off a cliff while rolling. It also causes a set amount of damage every second. Something small but noticeable. This gives using a mount in any volatile area a risk vs reward flavor. Sure you COULD get to that tower a bit faster than speed buffs but even a small ambush could wipe out a zerg!

“But Crossplay,” you say. Then I imagine you call me every derogatory term imaginable (and a few fantasy slurs, just to be “cute”) before adding, “Why flog this old, rotting pile of desire for something so small?”

To that I would pleasantly smile at your ignorance and plot your unfortunate, painful and flamboyant demise while draping my arm across your shoulders and gesture to all the rolling planes of Tyria.

I ask, “What do you see?”

Trees? Mountains? Rivers? Valleys? Lakes? Lots of barren lanes no longer used by those whom have hit 80? It doesn’t really matter what you say because, with one word, I will enlighten you on how well mesmers think outside the box!

“Racetracks!”

Want something friendly and focused on skill? Race within a town! Want a mario-kart-esque experience? Lots of zones for that and power loadouts can easily be given to mounts! Care for a more private experience? There’s a custom pvp arena for that! For a bit of flavor, there could even be an in-game system that allows spectators to place bets and calculate the odds based on the racer’s previous experiences.

Now all we need is are some outside sponsors willing to slap their logo on any blank inch of our mounts and a bunch of rednecks of which you can only understand the first word they say. Any takers?

already said that here in this post

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Mount-and-speed-boost/first

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Gummy.4278:

already said that here in this post

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Mount-and-speed-boost/first

yw

Yes you did mention it first. Come, join me in this pursuit!

As with all mount threads, a moderator will join in and shut it down refering you to the other topics discusissng this. You really gained nothing by posting this, as I have gained nothing by reading/replying to it… what a sad world of gamers nowadays…

At least we get to voice our opinion before the hammer is slammed upon us again to shut it.:-) I’ll never get the concept of referring us to other “closed” threads. We want this and wish to discuss it. Thus, an open thread is required.

Honestly, combat is too fast and frenetic for me. I’ve said it before, I’d love more range and slower pacing for combat. Though out of combat, especially as a full height Norn, running feels like slow motion. It’s painful how slow it is. I wouldn’t even play the game anymore if it wasn’t for swiftness. No matter which character, I have to play with whichever weapons give swiftness. Like a warhorn or focus for example. I don’t care if I die more often. This game just feels like a slug without it. That’s why we need mounts to speed thing up.

NinjaEd.3946:

As with all mount threads, a moderator will join in and shut it down refering you to the other topics discusissng this. You really gained nothing by posting this, as I have gained nothing by reading/replying to it… what a sad world of gamers nowadays…

so why did you reply?

It sounds like the OP needs to grow up. No adult would open a thread by declaring his intent to troll a forum and then close it again with derogatory remarks aimed at anyone who disagrees with him.

No, no and no. Mounts has no place in this game.
You get points for creativity in your OP, but the idea is still bad. Nice troll though.

Honestly, it would be awesome to have certain parts of the game allow a mounted combat interface. Similar to swimming, it would have it’s own weapon equip selection and list of usable utilities but would allow awesome new effects. And maybe your normally class specific ability between f1-4 would actually be a mount specific ability or set thereof.

So, say, a set of polearms like spear, halberd, greataxe, lance, or staff could be the new weapons, and maybe include different scepter/pistol skills for these as well would be awesome, and the movement speed is defaulted at 50% faster than normal run speed for a much faster fighting environment. I can see there being a mini game or maybe arena type deal in the game that had this sort of thing. Possible mounts would include Dolyaks, Devourers, Snow Beasts, Moas, Asura Golems, etc.

I just never liked the idea of mounts as vanity items or faster movement speed. They make the world look small and are obnoxious when just used because they look cool. They’re very obstructing usually, and neat at best.

NinjaEd.3946:

As with all mount threads, a moderator will join in and shut it down refering you to the other topics discusissng this. You really gained nothing by posting this, as I have gained nothing by reading/replying to it… what a sad world of gamers nowadays…

I’ts our job.

Hi everyone,

As stated, and in the interest of keeping every suggestions and idea organised and easily accesible for the team, please feel free to join this thread https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Mount-and-speed-boost/first. As always, we ask you to keep a constructive discussion.

Thanks for your understanding.
This thread is closed.