Inb4 they make us buy all new mounts
They’re each a different mastery so you’ll have them once you gain the mastery xp/points.
Anything else they added to them if they do would be cosmetic.
They’re each a different mastery so you’ll have them once you gain the mastery xp/points.
The OP is referring to mount skins.
I would imagine buying new skins would be voluntary, much like Glider skins.
I’m looking forward to dyeing my Mount. =)
You seem to be able to acquire 4 different mounts in the expansion, each one tied to a mastery. They are dyeable for customization. It will be interesting to see what they will do for gem store mounts. Will they be tied to the same masteries? Or will they be standalone without the special skills associated with the new masteries?
Probably different skin types and/or accessories. Maybe something like an armor plated raptor. Who knows…
They don’t make anyone buy anything from the gem store.
Also, I’m ok with buying things voluntarily if they look good since I don’t have to pay $15 a month to rent access to the game. :P
Like they did with gliders instead of actually being able to earn them in game!
idk i dont see problem,its better to do what you want and pay with gold,then to do what they want, to get it…
TBH, the default mounts already look great; it would have to be something truly amazing for me to consider buying mount skins.
With gliders, the default is basically a potato sack, and incentivizes players to buy better skins.
TBH, the default mounts already look great; it would have to be something truly amazing for me to consider buying mount skins.
With gliders, the default is basically a potato sack, and incentivizes players to buy better skins.
That’s a good point – in any other game I’ve played these mounts would be the special ones you can only get from achievements/rare drops/cash shop. Especially the raptor and the weird magical sand wolf thingy.
On the one hand that makes me think it’s going to be really hard for them to come up with something better, on the other hand it makes me excited for what they’ll come up with.
Paradoxical as it sounds I’m happy to buy stuff in games as long as I don’t need it. If they start selling new types of mounts that do things these ones can’t (or can do the same things better like a faster raptor or a bunny that jumps higher) and I feel like I’m being pressured to buy them because otherwise I’m at a disadvantage then I’d be furious.
But I’d be happy to pick out exactly the right kind of raptor or manta ray or bunny for each character.
(Also I think it’d be kind of funny if one of the gem store mounts was a basic brown horse – the kind that’s normally the starter mount in every game with mounts.)
“Life’s a journey, not a destination.”
“make us” no.
But I don’t doubt there will be appealing ones in gemstone and black lion, as well as earn able skins perhaps through LS season 4.
One day we will have the coveted “LEGENDARY MOUNTS!”
“Maybe I was the illusion all along!”
I would imagine buying new skins would be voluntary, much like Glider skins.
I’m looking forward to dyeing my Mount. =)
I think the OP’s point was that if you want a glider skin you pretty much have to buy it. Can’t earn straight gliders in-game.
I would imagine buying new skins would be voluntary, much like Glider skins.
I’m looking forward to dyeing my Mount. =)
I think the OP’s point was that if you want a glider skin you pretty much have to buy it. Can’t earn straight gliders in-game.
Point taken but again…. game is pretty much free after initial investment. How do you want them to earn money? Like mentioned before it is all cosmetic BUT I really don’t see them selling mounts as each mount has specific skills UNLESS each mount you purchase used the same skills. Then so be it.
ANET has never sold anything that gives the player an advantage over another. DON’T say “well what about boosters…” Advantage is to EXP and RNGesus and not an advantages that are stat based.
I have always been against mounts in this game but I think they are introducing them right. I HOPE though that they are disabled in cities.
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Like they did with gliders instead of actually being able to earn them in game!
What are you on and why aren’t you sharing it?
They never forced us to buy anything. You don’t need new glider skins to use gliding anywhere in the game. Sure the basic glider skin (you get for free) is ugly, but it at least serves its purpose.
Assuming the new maps require mounts to traverse, they’ll probably do the same thing they did with gliding: allow us to unlock basic skins by playing the personal story, with it all being an account unlock.
If you don’t want to spend money on cosmetic stuff then don’t.
Although I admit it would have been nice if they added a couple glider skins we could unlock for free (either from a seasonal event or achievement that we could work toward earning) that didn’t require us to purchase something from the gem store first (looking at you ugly wool glider).
Of course, they’ll probably add new mount skins to black lion chests eventually (like they did with certain glider skins) that are account bound and can’t be traded.
This was a valid argument when all we got with HoT was that crappy image plane glider and had Day 1 DLC gliders in the gemstore.
We’re getting 4 very detailed and well made mounts with PoF.
We aren’t getting shafted anywhere near as hard this time around. Even the pack itself is cheaper.
The reason I was kinda bummed on gliders only being gemstore skins (and that’s not even the case anymore btw) was due to the default one not looking all that great.
These default mounts look fantastic. Also, creating new skins for these would be a lot more work, so I’m even more okay with them being gemstore items. Besides, dyeing the mounts is a lot more interesting than just dyeing a glider.
Sorry an Anet employee broke into your house and held you at gunpoint/knifepoint until you bought a glider skin from the gem store, OP. Maybe invest in better home security?
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Perhaps, there won’t be ‘Mount’ skins, but accessory skins: saddles, reins, etc.
Or maybe, hairstyles/horn/ears/etc. or markings?
I don’t know….but, I think most of the models look pretty nice now, plus, as stated, one can dye them, so that’s pretty cool.
The main objective of publishers and developers is to make money. It’s not to make players happy by only needing to spend the initial cash for the game or the expansion pack. MMOs don’t survive off initial game purchases. They survive off of additional money sunk into the game for convenience items or cosmetics. That’s what keeps the game rolling and development moving forward. Would it be nice to see a glider skin or two as an achievement? Sure. That’s never going to happen nor will it for mounts if mounts are indeed able to be skinned.
I am really not sure how they could make me buy all new mounts. If they tried with gliders they have failed as I have purchased exactly zero glider skins.
Do they come to your house and threaten to steal your toilet paper?
For that matter, if I wanted the other gliders, I could earn them all in game.
They never made us buy a glider. That was given to us with the completion of the mastery.
They sold us skins to change the look of the functional device – and I fully expect them to do the same thing with mounts (actually look forward to it).
We were told from day one that part of the game’s monetary system would be cosmetic items on the gem store (which can still be bought with gold, btw). There is nothing nefarious or surprising about it.