Guild Wars 2

Donari.5237:

STIHL.2489:

It’s really all about image, a Flying Carpet, while ‘kinda cool’ is simply not as Impressive as riding a Charr Motorcycle, and does not have that mount feel about it.

When the motorcycle mounts came into WoW I realized a severe problem with them. Noise. They were deafening, and people sat on them everywhere. I could ask friends to dismount but otherwise I had to leave the area when someone else mounted up, and I couldn’t stand to ride my own.

So if you’re ok with your fancy motorcycle mount being completely silent, I’m ok with you having one IF they ever put mounts in.

Well, I want to sympathize with you on this, but, really, GW2 already is overcome with noise pollution, from pets to weapons to level up’s to just character chatter, the game is loaded with just endless noise, I get that some people like that, but I don’t play with sound, so, I can’t really feel your pain on this.

However, I will say, that if someone pays top Gem Prices, for a “Wicked Cool” running animation, they are going to want the “Wicked Cool” sounds to go with it.

Endless Soul.5178:

DoctorDing.5890:

A noisy motorbike mount would be useful for drowning out some of those annoying legendary weapon sounds ;p

(Edit: flood control is now 5 minutes between posts????)

Now THAT’S an idea!

~revs~revs~

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Ardid.7203:

I think the point is “Wicked Cool Looking Run Animation" is not the same as “Mounts”.
The word mount reeks of That Other MMO which made them an establishment: to most people for something to really be a Mount, it has to be big, cluttering, exagerated, be specificly something that goes between the legs of your toon, and give speed boons.

So, while I would fully support strictly aestethic “Wicked Cool Looking Run Animations" , I’ll never support “Mounts” as most people imagine them.

Well, here is how it is.

A Mount is something you ride to look cool while Traveling, which has nothing to do with a Run Speed Modifier that is sold in a cash shop to gouge players into buying power creep. All players need to do, is realize that.

As for the Broom, Carpet, and Tunneler, I’ll be honest, they don’t attract me, much in the same way around 90% of all the outfits don’t attract me. I mean, I kinda like the Lunatic Guard, Mad King, and maybe 2 others, but to me, most of them, well, I appreciate that some people like them, I don’t find them my flavor.

Cosmetic Mounts are the same way, it could have been more an issue that players did not want Those Mounts, not that they did not want mounts at all.

Case in point, to test the waters, they could re-Skin the Broom into a Hobby Horse, add some flair to it, and who knows, it might sell better.

Maybe make several styles of rugs, like a Lion or Bear, make one out of sewn together Tixx’s plush toys for Wintersday, and have it have a drop stuffing that looks like “snow” under it.

Bet that would sell better then the carpet we have now.

A big part of selling cosmetic, is making it visually attractive, and lets be real, the Broom, Carpet, and Tunneler are a large helping of “meh” right now, but they could viewed as “Old Skool” Awesome if more of them were put out.

It’s not just about Bikes, it about a better product that people want to buy, but people like motorcycles, Just saying.