Guild Wars 2

So instead of having to use static objects like mushrooms or tunnels to get somewhere, we will have to use mounts? I hope I didn’t understand it right in the announcement video: will mounts make parts of the areas just easier to reach than for players without them or will they be limited and related to specific mounts? Original GW2 (because it was a main argument to get back to the roots): everything is accessible just by running there and exploring and figuring out a way.

Yep, that’s what the announcement said, certain content for certain mounts. Hopefully won’t be too much of a grind to unlock all mounts or switch between them.

Mounts are really just like gliding. If you don’t have the mastery, you can’t get to places that require it. It’s nothing new, it’s just being presented differently.

I bought HoT about a year ago but never dived deep into it because of these artificial limitations. It totally breaks the vision of an open world. Instead, it’s a pretty limited world. Probably I’ll do the same when PoF is released. So the argument, mentioned more than once, to go back to the original virtues is just pr-speech?

Well, no. It’s just that they don’t see “run/walk everywhere” as an original virtue of the game. They see exploration and growth as those virtues.

Yep, bouncing mount, teleporting mount, gliding mount… more gimmicks

I already know my next character’s name: Mounty Mcmountface – reserved on EU server :p

I really wonder if mounts would trivialize navigating around HoT maps. Its already easy enough with the HoT masteries, but imagine having that jumping ability from the springer or the raptor, and not needing to have a mushroom anywhere near you to jump onto the cliff above you, or cross the chasm to get to the other side.