Guild Wars 2

OMG, this tired old horse again? NO MOUNTS, besides, we have a mount it’s the broom obtained in the gem store, happy riding.

i hate mounts i dont want mounts

Why do people hate mounts ? Mounts are cool.

It’s funny that this tirade about mounts(only about the 20th thread started with the same negative responses) hasn’t been merged with all those yet. No to mounts, use the broom from gemstore if you want to ride something.

Kratos.6293:

Why do people hate mounts ? Mounts are cool.

This person summed up my opinion on mounts nicely in the thread that was closed:

Chameleon Dude.1564:

The game is already a complete cluster-kitten of max size characters, giant, spiky armour, glowing greatswords and special effects. We don’t need them riding horses, sparkly unicorns or even some sort of mechanized, steampunk hippopotamus that radiates a green cloud full of carrots out of its nostrils.

I agree and the reason I don’t want mounts is purely due to aesthetics. I don’t want more unnecessary screen clutter and personally I think mounts look kind of lame so I’d rather not see them everywhere I go. So I disagree with you, I don’t think mounts are cool.

Dusty Moon.4382:

The world isn’t big enough for mounts, as it is. Also, since everything is zones, you will still have to go through the loading screens anyway. Since the game is already set up this way, cutting waypoints, lowers people MAP COMPLETION achievement. That won’t fly.

Sure, there’d be fewer waypoints to unlock for map completion, but you’d have to do more travelling over a zone to get it, so I’d expect it to balance out.

Note, that I was in no way talking about getting from zone to zone, as I said cut WPs by two thirds. If you were looking to hop zones, you’d still fiind the WP in that zone nearest your destination, so the loading screen comment isn’t really relevant. This is about encouraging people to spend more time crossing zones, as they wouldn’t have a convenient WP within a thirty second run of any possible destination.

Then mounts would make moving through the zone a little faster to compensate. But they’d still be moving through the zone, rather than teleporting past it.

Mounts are unnecessary and another bragging point. If you want mounts there are plenty of games with mounts in them already.

It boggles the mind how often people think that something not being “necessary” is a legitimate argument for keeping something from the game.

It’s. A. Game.

It’s entertainment. Nothing about GW2 is “necessary” in the scheme of things, and even a great deal of stuff we do have in game isn’t “necessary” for it to be a fun game.

Nobody “needs” armor with flame effects, but we got that in spades.

The reason that no one wants mounts in the game is because it would only make for more screen clutter and lag for everyone. Especially in WvW. GW2 has enough screen clutter going on in World Boss events and big events.
Yeah it would be cool and all that, but it really isn’t worth it

Nope. Nope nope.

I feel like my character travels fast enough. A mount seems unnecessary to me

No thank you. I don’t think they are needed in this game. The WP are close enough together that it doesn’t make sense.

The MMOs that have mounts are (mostly?) seamless with huge worlds, with no stuff like WPs, so you either gotta get a ""taxi"" service to a major city or an outpost, or well, run or use a mount. They serve the function of crossing long distances in games like that less painful, like waypoints do in this game.
GW2 doesn’t have a huge seamless world, it has waypoints and seriously, what the heck are you gonna do with a mount when you gotta sit through a loading screen after a short while anyway, in between every single zone, which are not even that big. And somehow I have a feeling you’d be dismounted every time you change the zone.
Not only that but what kind of a cosmetic impact would they serve in a game like GW2 anyway, sitting on a horse while afking in DR? Wow, such horse. Much function. Etc.

Im Mudbone.1437:

It’s funny that this tirade about mounts(only about the 20th thread started with the same negative responses) hasn’t been merged with all those yet. No to mounts, use the broom from gemstore if you want to ride something.

LOL I have to visit general discussion more often some of the responses in here are hysterical

i want an iron-bound proto drake or GTFO.

apriores.4926:

Dusty Moon.4382:

Many professions have a speed boost built in, like necromancers. Mounts will just make the game less enjoyable to play. Why? It is because players on mounts tend to agro everything and run past players not on mounts and that causes issues for those players. This was very common in Rift and TERA, 2 games that have mounts.

This phenomenon already exists in game. Not just once I stood parked on a WP for some time and players travels near there followed by a mob which just stopped and start attacking me. That is just not a reason.
And I do not say that with mounts WP should be removed or reduced in number. Instead of using a Fire Great Sword to travel quicker, I just could very well to ride a mount. Nothing is changed in terms of gameplay rules. About combat, as others mentioned, a mount could have HP. If you get hit a specific amount of damage, you dismount.

This^

its clear that the people against are being rather selfish, “i dont want it so no one gets it”

i played guild wars 1 for about 3k hours and ive now played gw2 for the same, so in everyone who says that they dont want it because of gw1 its rubbish, speak for yourselves and dont shove your opinions into other peoples mouths,

id love the idea of mounts for pve open world, it makes so much sense and would make it more equal for travel between professions

Mounts are pointless. If the class you play really is that slow, use some traveler runes for the speed boost.

Fasalina.6571:

Don’t need em, don’t want em. No.

Since We can’t Waypoint across the continent anymore with megaserver.

Did you try using the search function? I swear I see a new one of these “please add mounts” threads at least once a day.

EDIT: Here, I think this is the most recent one. You can just read what everyone else said: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Mounts-in-Gw2-1/first

It´s about time the word “mount” gets the kitten-treatment in here I say!

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101022012815AAOjuFD

No
…and for those that can’t read very fast
N o
…hard of hearing? – no problem
NO

There’s already a topic about it on the same page…

Algreg.3629:

It´s about time the word “mount” gets the kitten-treatment in here I say!

It’d be hilarious to see topics of “Can We Get Kittens?” or “Kittens PLZ”
I want a kitten. I’ll have to settle for my arctic fox though.

blakdoxa.7520:

Every week.
-Sips tea-

more like day recently.

Not another one… FGS….

Algreg.3629:

It´s about time the word “mount” gets the kitten-treatment in here I say!

Making the title of this thread Can We Get Kittens?

Then the answer would be yes. I present Kitten!

RedCobra.7693:

apriores.4926:

Dusty Moon.4382:

Many professions have a speed boost built in, like necromancers. Mounts will just make the game less enjoyable to play. Why? It is because players on mounts tend to agro everything and run past players not on mounts and that causes issues for those players. This was very common in Rift and TERA, 2 games that have mounts.

This phenomenon already exists in game. Not just once I stood parked on a WP for some time and players travels near there followed by a mob which just stopped and start attacking me. That is just not a reason.
And I do not say that with mounts WP should be removed or reduced in number. Instead of using a Fire Great Sword to travel quicker, I just could very well to ride a mount. Nothing is changed in terms of gameplay rules. About combat, as others mentioned, a mount could have HP. If you get hit a specific amount of damage, you dismount.

This^

its clear that the people against are being rather selfish, “i dont want it so no one gets it”

i played guild wars 1 for about 3k hours and ive now played gw2 for the same, so in everyone who says that they dont want it because of gw1 its rubbish, speak for yourselves and dont shove your opinions into other peoples mouths,

id love the idea of mounts for pve open world, it makes so much sense and would make it more equal for travel between professions

“mounts are great” is also an opinion. You see, that whole shift the discussion to the meta level-trick of discrediting the other party works in all directions.

Algreg.3629:

It´s about time the word “mount” gets the kitten-treatment in here I say!

http://cheezburger.com/8131492096

I swear this link has 100% relevancy to this topic.

Algreg.3629:

blakdoxa.7520:

Every week.
-Sips tea-

more like day recently.

It used to be sad, but now it’s plain pathetic…

Aidan Savage.2078:

Algreg.3629:

It´s about time the word “mount” gets the kitten-treatment in here I say!

http://cheezburger.com/8131492096

I swear this link has 100% relevancy to this topic.

I think this picture has much more relevancy:

We don´t need mounts and it is about time to just stop coming up with this topic twice every day -.-’

Perhaps Anet should consider putting a sticker on the box…

We already have a mount. Go to the cash shop and buy yourself a broom.

Why has nobody asked the OP where he got the idea that when the megaserver gets implemented, you can’t use waypoints anymore? Or did I just miss something while reading the blog entries?

With the upcoming changes to thegame with their Megaserver plans, Moutns are absolutely needed.

Its about time, that they finally get introduced together with some other changes around the Waypoint System in regard to the upcoming Megaserver Change

xoxo.5429:

ok guys so i decided start new topic cause i think im not the only one that loved if they put mounts in game, i dont mean try to make this game like others mmo’s but u guys need to recognize, mounts are great and super usefull tell me your feedback, peace

No. This comes up once a week and It isn’t happening. Just clogs up the forums, go play a game with mounts. And INSTANT travel is much nicer than mounts, we don’t need more effects everywhere either. Mounts would be slower than my thief too so no.

I think people are exaggerating the whole MegaServer waypoint issue. No waypoint will be contested that was not able to be contested in the past. To hear some, almost every waypoint on every map will suddenly be contested. Lol.

No to mounts for any reason. The Guild Wars universe has done without them this long, no reason to change that. Why must it suddenly embrace mounts because other game universes have? Should we embrace the Trinity, as well? Node-stealing? Open-world PvP? Loot-rolling?

Bah, I like the Guild Wars universe just as it is, thank you very much. =)

Want mounts play ESO, WoW, Rift, TERA. BW2 does not need mounts.

please stop asking this question daily.

apriores.4926:

This game consists on too much loading screens and if you don’t have an i3 or i5, you need to wait a lot just for that. I consider that having a mount would give so many players a pleasure to explore the world without using WP’s for short distances.
Besides that, a mount could offer to all professions in game an equal mobility, as for now, an elementalist with teleport and FGS can run two times more faster than a necormancer. Personaly, this is one of the major reasons I play a high mobility profession when it comes to World Bosses and Events.
In addition, a mount combat system will be great in GW2, I’m sure about that.
Don’t need to mention again about Gem store profitability.

Only if the mount combat is limited to underwater.

OmaiGodman.2098:

Why has nobody asked the OP where he got the idea that when the megaserver gets implemented, you can’t use waypoints anymore? Or did I just miss something while reading the blog entries?

Nope. That doesn’t happen at all.

Waypoint functionality is not affected.

ANet missed a potential April Fool’s giggle here… they should have announced that they’re introducing life-sized Zhaitan mounts that move at the speed of the supply dolyaks in WvW.

You can buy a horse in ESO for $10+ from the shop!

I do like zooming around on my flying broomstick, which is really a mount, so I don’t see any reason why we can’t have mounts. To those that say no, what harm would they do to you, just ignore them.

There was an item in the Feature Pack notes about waypoints that can be contested will be contested if you are not on that particular map.

While I don’t consider it a case for mounts, having a half-cost, guaranteed waypoint on each map would alleviate that somewhat. Though, more than likely, they’ll accept the greater gold-drain as a bonus so it can siphon money out of the community. (Which isn’t a bad thing, because of inflation.)

WilliCalifornia.1837:

Since We can’t Waypoint across the continent anymore with megaserver.

AHH NO. Please learn to read. A.Net NEVER said that.

You can buy a horse in ESO for $10+ from the shop!

I do like zooming around on my flying broomstick, which is really a mount, so I don’t see any reason why we can’t have mounts. To those that say no, what harm would they do to you, just ignore them.

Meglobob.8620:

You can buy a horse in ESO for $10+ from the shop!

I do like zooming around on my flying broomstick, which is really a mount, so I don’t see any reason why we can’t have mounts. To those that say no, what harm would they do to you, just ignore them.

I will give you 3 reasons.

1. Lore
2. We have waypoints
3. Lore

Mounts are a waste of resources and in big WvW fights, Mounts will even make the system chug even more! Also, I can see how the balance would be thrown off on WvW if people rode mounts, there would be more fight evasion.
Also, As with other games that have mounts, people on mounts have no consideration and agro everything to drag it to a person on foot. This happened in Rift, TERA, ESO, all the time. With the swiftness buff from skill, traits, etc. we do not need mounts.

NO MOUNTS. Want mounts, play another game – it is simple.

The broom is actually a Vanity item. With my warrior, I can keep a 33% movement buff up, which is way faster than the broom. The Broom speed is the speed of a regular run.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I think people are exaggerating the whole MegaServer waypoint issue. No waypoint will be contested that was not able to be contested in the past. To hear some, almost every waypoint on every map will suddenly be contested. Lol.

No to mounts for any reason. The Guild Wars universe has done without them this long, no reason to change that. Why must it suddenly embrace mounts because other game universes have? Should we embrace the Trinity, as well? Node-stealing? Open-world PvP? Loot-rolling?

Bah, I like the Guild Wars universe just as it is, thank you very much. =)

I think you should learn first to read better, before you write any more things, that aren’t correct!

From the Blogpost

Waypoints— All contestable waypoints on any map you’re not currently playing in will always appear contested. When you arrive in the map, you will be able to travel to these waypoints pending their local status.

This mean, now before of this change, we are able to travel at any given time from Map A to Map B to a WP, as long that WP is uncontested.
Thats possible, because the game shows us currently from Server to Server different Status, based on what is dynamically happening on that Map in that Server right now.
So as long there is no dynamic Event happening that makes a Waypoint contested, you are able to travel quickly from one Map to an other.

THIS exactly won’t be possible anymore, once Anet changes the Game to the Megaserver System, because with Megaservers, Anet isn’t able anymore to show us the individual Server Statusses, if on Server A a WP is contested, while on Server B it is not contested… so the “solution” Naet makes up here is simply making all Waypoints of Maps on that you are currently NOT PLAYING contested.

This as a follow means exactly, that players will not be able anymore to easily travel from one Map to an other Map as freely as we can do currently in most of all cases, because NAet forces us now to just travel first to an uncontested Map Entrance WP to become able, once we are on the map where we want to travel to, to become FIRST THEN able to see, if the WP on that Map where we want to travel to originally is contested or not in reality on the my the Megaserver System for me chosen Map Copy.

This means, the new system literally DOUBLES all of our travel costs from using waypoints, because we will have now to do everytime when we want to travel from 1 map into a different one 2 travels instead of just simply only 1.
Thats exactly the reason, why so many people complain about the Megaserver System

And its totally obvious, that you have completely understood nothing about that System Change so far, otherwise you wouldn’t say something like, that people are exaggerating things here, when the facts are so clear to see what exactly this change will mean for all of us and its no good change at all.

Its just a disguised increase of the Money Sink paired together with a massive unneccessary restriction in the whole travel system that is completely preventable, if Anet would just get rid of that stupid “contested-mechanic” in regard of Dungeons and in regard of all useable waypoints of maps on that you aren’t playing at the moment.

The only way how Anet could do that is by reducing drastically the amount of waypoints in each map and keep on using only those waypoints, which can be designed as always useable waypoints, which don’t interfere at all with any dynamic events that could have made them contested in the past.

ANet has to make finally a compromise with Mounts, when they make this Megaserver Change, because just making all WP that are on a map on that you aren’t playing at the moment contested and making with that change the whole game just only more uncomfortable is absolutely unacceptable.

Mounts would be a good compromise, as long they are restricted to PvE only and can’t be used in towns and ANet would make profits with them too. So everyone wins from that and i can’t believe in it, that anet would be so stupid, to let that easy Cash Cow go just unmilked go by, when there could be no better time for it to milk it out now.

You can still waypoint across the continent, just not to waypoints that have the possibility of being contested (because they will now always show up as contested outside the map).

Orpheal.8263:

Mounts would be a good compromise, as long they are restricted to PvE only and can’t be used in towns and ANet would make profits with them too. So everyone wins from that and i can’t believe in it, that anet would be so stupid, to let that easy Cash Cow go just unmilked go by, when there could be no better time for it to milk it out now.

Because Anet is not as pathetic of a sellout as WoW is.

Couldn’t we have Moa mounts?

We have Moa racing or had, got barbequed in LA. Evon’s selling them, barbequed Moa on sticks 1s.