Guild Wars 2

I understand that the developers decided not to implement mounts in the game, and i’m totally OK with that. But from just a game-environment perspective, seriously – where are all the horses?

I honestly don’t remember seeing one horse in the whole world. There’s a bajillion centaurs running around – where did they come from if horses don’t exist? There’s also carts everywhere in most cities, towns and garrisons, but not one horse. Did the humans hunt them to extinction? Did the centaurs?

And on the topic of mounts – and again i’m not talking about player-mounts – the Dredge have troop transports and the Azura have submarines and airships and tanks and whatnot. Didn’t any of them ever say to themselves Hey what if I put this tank engine on a cart I bet it would be faster than running to the lab?

Don’t get me wrong, it makes for a very cardio-vascular-ly healthy Tyria, but there had to be some lazy person like me wondering what the point of all this walking was and strapped some wheels and an engine or a saddle on something at some time or another.

They all got eaten in the great famine.

In a world of waypoints and asura gates, I dont think engine powered mobility solutions for personal use are much of a priority. Hence why they’re only seen for transporting goods. Dolyaks seems to be the load bearing animal of choice in GW2.

That’s why the human vs centaur war.

Humans wanted to use them as beasts of burden…they objected…

Horses don’t simply exist in Tyria.

A Centaur is not a horse in Tyria, a Centaur is a Centaur, and not a mix between a horse and a man.

People in Tyria uses Dolyak’s if they want anything heavy carried.

well tyria isnt earth, the humans are pretty much “aliens” the human gods took em there, so therefore no horses XD

Ugh – my bad – i double posted

The Gods were levelling their horses and didn’t press B. As a result, they evolved into Centaurs.

Slightly fabricated story.

They’re in Tesco Burgers.

And on top of that! Where are sagways? I mean come on asuras! Charr could have invented them by now.

Farzo.8410:

Horses don’t simply exist in Tyria.

A Centaur is not a horse in Tyria, a Centaur is a Centaur, and not a mix between a horse and a man.

People in Tyria uses Dolyak’s if they want anything heavy carried.

Horses do exist in Tyria. There are several human NPCs who refer to them, talk about riding them, and make derogatory comments comparing centaurs to them. There’s also a few pieces of concept art that show people riding horses. They just haven’t been modeled in the game world for whatever reason.

Parthis.2091:

They’re in Tesco Burgers.

TOO SOON

Horses have never existed in the GW world.

They use Dolyaks for everything.

Horses do exist to some extent in the world of Tyria. Go to Divinity’s Reach and take a look at the paintings on the sides of the circus stands.

Guys, I think I found out what happened to the horses…

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Drop_of_Magic_Glue

Neb.4170:

Horses have never existed in the GW world.

They use Dolyaks for everything.

Not true at all. In fact in GW1 we fought necrid horsemen from orr. there are references in the mad king lore about someone being trampled by a horse. there are small tidbits about horses all over the place. We don’t know where they are now, but the definitely do/ did exist in the guild wars world at some point.

Bonefield.9813:

Farzo.8410:

Horses don’t simply exist in Tyria.

A Centaur is not a horse in Tyria, a Centaur is a Centaur, and not a mix between a horse and a man.

People in Tyria uses Dolyak’s if they want anything heavy carried.

Horses do exist in Tyria. There are several human NPCs who refer to them, talk about riding them, and make derogatory comments comparing centaurs to them.

^ This. To everyone saying horses don’t exist in Tyria, go stand at the entrance of Divinity’s Reach for ~15 minutes. There is a guard to the right of the door when you are facing it. Wait for another guard to come talk to her. They will begin discussing horses and centaurs.

Fyrebrand.4859:

Guys, I think I found out what happened to the horses…

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Drop_of_Magic_Glue

oh my god, how do i look at my christmas minis the same way anymore.

Its a different world, tyrians dont ride animals like humans do, that would be an insult to nature.

aaron.7850:

Its a different world, tyrians dont ride animals like humans do, that would be an insult to nature.

lol. Again, I direct you to Divinity’s Reach gate. Just listen to what the guard has to say on horses. =D

I can see that being true for the Sylvari, I suppose.