Guild Wars 2

So we are all aware of the controversy of introducing mounts to Guild Wars 2 and I am well aware that I might receive much criticism for this but regardless…

It is obvious that mounts are not needed for traveling in this game since we have the waypoint system so I figured instead of travel why not have mounts for other purposes? Below are a list of ways I believe mounts can be used in Guild Wars 2, keep in mind movement speed is not effected.

—Combat—
So for these mounts the gameplay is that your first 3 skills would be based on the animal you are mounted on and the last 2 would be for your weaponry. I call these mounts “Beasts of War” and they use *heavy armor. These mounts can not be used for carrying extra loot or display, they are strictly for combat.

—Package—
The title is pretty straight forward. I call these “Beasts of Burden” and they wear *medium armor. These mounts can not be used for combat or display, they are strictly for carrying extra loot.

—Showcase—
Now people love to show off how fancy they are with their skins, dyes and other things so why not have a mount that matches your style? These mounts are referred to as “Beasts of Fashion” and use *light armor. These mounts can not be used for carrying extra loot or combat, they are strictly for display.

—Cultural/Non-Cultural—
-Cultural mounts work just like any of the 3 mentioned above however the animals used for these mounts are exclusive to the player’s race and can only be found in that race’s region.

Cultural Mount List
Humans— Pending (I want to say a horse but those obviously don’t exist at the moment)
Charr— Plated Behemoth
Norn— Dolyak
Asura— I want to say a motorcycle of some sort
Sylvari—Siamoth (or at least until I find something better in the Sylvari region)

-Non-Cultural Mounts can be used as any of the 3 mentioned above but unlike Cultural Mounts all species have access to these animals since they can be found everywhere in Tyria.

Non-Cultural Mount List
-Drakes
-Moas
(Those are the only two animals I can think of that are scattered all across Tyria, if there are others and are big enough to put your legs in between them I will add it to the list)

*Now I mentioned above that each mount uses a different armor type, I would like to make a few things clear if there is any confusion:
-Any profession can use any of those mounts, all you need to do is switch out the armor to change the use.
-When switching out armor you must completely change them otherwise it will automatically switch the armor back to whatever it initially was before the change.
-Getting armor for mounts is the same thing as buying armor for your character, you can practically strip yourself of your armor and put it on the mount (not recommended).

Well that is all I have to say, feel free to make any comments, contributions or criticism that you see fit.

And why exactly, do we need these mounts?

That’s the big question you didn’t answer.

And honestly, this has been talked about in the other mount threads. I’m not sure why you thought you had an original idea and it needed to be rehashed again.

In B4 picture of dead horse being beaten.

CureForLiving.5360:

In B4 picture of dead horse being beaten.

as much as it would be encroaching on Final Fantasy territory, I’d love a moa mount

Hello, Bank Access Express, Golem Banker, and Permanent Bank Contract.

Guild Wars 2 does not need mounts to store your loot, or mounts at all, really.

AngelDiscarnate.5489:

Hello, Bank Access Express, Golem Banker, and Permanent Bank Contract.

Guild Wars 2 does not need mounts to store your loot, or mounts at all, really.

GW2 doesn’t need a lot of the features it has, that doesn’t mean we don’t have them, or they aren’t nice to have. necessity isn’t required for a feature to be implemented

finally a mount thread. awesome.

As nice as your idea is, it would seem to require a lot of resources. Not only creating each of these different kinds of mounts, but lots of different armors for them?

Players would probably like armor-creating resources spent on new armors for their characters rather than mounts.

Still…good luck with your suggestion. =)

lol….. just loFl

People kitten that they can’t balance the game as it stands…. and you want to throw battle mounts into the mix?

laughing too hard to breathe

No Capes !!!

AsmrtOtaku.5084:

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—Combat—
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—Package—
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—Showcase—
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—Cultural/Non-Cultural—
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Combat:

• We already have combat mounts. For example, siege golems. Your model doesn’t show, but it’s a combat mount. That’s how mounts are done in GW and GW2: They change your skills, and can be used only within a limited context, and you don’t get to own them and bring them with you everywhere all the time.

Package:

• We have bags. Lots of bags. And waypoints to banks. And banker consumables.

Showcase:

• We already got minis for showing off critters.

Cultural

• There’s no signs any beast of burden or pet is exclusive to any race. There’s norn raising moas, charr catching dolyaks, sylvari using bulls, asura using tree hearts…

Mounts should be something you get for a mission, instance or event, and when you are done with the stuff, its gone with the content.

Fun is good and mounts are fun so let’s have mounts for everyone!

WE HAVE MOUNTS!!! Buy a riding broom in the gem shop and ride it. If you want the speed boost use a waypoint while u ride it.

oh, for the love of god…

Why are we still beating this dead horse. No mounts. Not going to happen. So let it go. Wait for another MMO to come out that has them. Realize it is not happening in GW2.

Still don’t need mounts. =P
But at least the mount-request frequency is down to once a week again.

It seems like it gets drug up when a new patch is mentioned.

I really don’t understand something, alot of people are complaining because there is no gear threadmill in this game. But others who are okay with that, they are saying that game is designed for COSMETIC endgame. And the same people who said its all about COSMETIC don’t want mounts in game. They are asking do we need mounts ? Let me ask you something do we need fancy armor&weapon skins ? (actually not, but we want them) So, we don’t need mounts but we want them for COSMETIC !

AsmrtOtaku.5084

Cultural Mount List
Humans— Pending (I want to say a horse but those obviously don’t exist at the moment)

Humans—Centuars

Seriously though. Although it’s fun to think about, I just don’t think that it would work. Clipping issues, mechanic issues, server and model limit issues, excessive on screen clutter, and that anyone who didn’t have one would be QQing that they were way OP and needed to be nerfed. That and adding them either in game, or via the gem store, would kitten people off even more as it would surely be seen as a “shameless money grab” and prices on the TP for them would be about the same as precursers, which leads to “Inflation! Unfair! QQ, whine”

Yeah, just not seeing it happen.

The only reason I would be happy for mounts to be added into the game is if it was added as an activity. Like any other activity you can go and fight against each other on your “mount” but don’t have it in open-world at all!

I made a suggestion about housing somewhere in the bowels of this forum which expanded a bit after I posted it.
The most recent part I added was about mounts and i’ll repeat what I wrote here:

Mounts
People have been craving this since the beginning, others have hated it from the start as they don’t fit in the game and are not needed because of waypoints.
In your ever expanding property in the mists and the only waypoint being that one just outside your castle moving about can get very tedious.
Just pick up a mount at your stable(which you have to build first ofc.) then pick one of the mounts you have unlocked (ingame or gemstore) and make travelling fun.
So, people that want them can finally have them and people them won’t ever have to come near them or even see them ingame if only in anothers home instance.that hate

pdavis.8031:

Seriously though. Although it’s fun to think about, I just don’t think that it would work. Clipping issues, mechanic issues, server and model limit issues, excessive on screen clutter, and that anyone who didn’t have one would be QQing that they were way OP and needed to be nerfed. That and adding them either in game, or via the gem store, would kitten people off even more as it would surely be seen as a “shameless money grab” and prices on the TP for them would be about the same as precursers, which leads to “Inflation! Unfair! QQ, whine”

Yeah, just not seeing it happen.

You have a deep understanding of the forum culture here.
I. Am so. Sorry. =P

Rauderi.8706:

You have a deep understanding of the forum culture here.
I. Am so. Sorry. =P

I know right!? :P

It doesn’t help I spend most of my time at “work” here on the forums for lack of anything better to do.

Aaaah the joys of security. If I am not doing anything, then thats a good sign. Because people aren’t dying, the building isn’t on fire, or being broken into, or anything like that

Combat mounts:

I think it would look something like this:

Combat mounts is hard to implement. Check out what LotRO did (hint: it’s not really that good).
I want mounts because:
- I just want them.
- it seems ridiculous a heavy-armour class can roam Tyria without breaking a sweat.
- helps getting to events when you don’t have the appropriate WP (made me miss Karka Queen last night).
- Some places you need to get to are far away from a WP.
- There are already mounts in game. In the gems store you have the broom and in the world itself you have Pact tanks, submarines and airships.