Guild Wars 2

a preface: I can’t make this post in the suggestion thread for some reason…

So, I was thinking, how about adding in as a weapon for gw2 a MOUNT with bows and lances? the mount would take up 1 of your existing weapon slots, you could make a legendary mount, have other types of mounts, and have cosmetic mounts in the gw2 store.
basic would be a horse… rare could be a tiger… and so on and so forth, the mount would not give swiftness, but would enable for you to have other skills that would give swiftness (like a warhorn does now).
I could imagine a warrior barreling down on someone with his mount, a guardian astride his bashing his foes and creating a line-shaped symbols on the ground, the necro would be able to summon horse-zombies to attack their foes, while the mesmer would be able to have a phantasmal knight. the engineer would be able to bomb people from horseback, and even pull a cart turret (how awesome would a cart-turret be?). the thief would be able to make his mount stealth and maybe would be able to have his mount attack for him with abilities akin to a trampling/mauling depending on the mount type. rangers would be able to take their PETS as mounts and use their abilities more in sync with one another. elementalists would be able to make their horse trail fire and ice, and would use it as a main getaway.
so… leave feedback and tell me what you think!

to all the TLDR’s out there
TLDR: make mounts into weapons!

There is a mount thread that keeps getting filled by wonderful ideas, please add this to that and delete this.

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Of all the posts requesting mounts, this one has somehow piqued my interest. Introducing a mount as a weapon in the existing weapon system… sounds pretty cool actually

oh the monthly mount thread~ inb4 /thread

Until they add a “mount(s)” filter in the subject line, the assault will continue…

Game is NOT DESIGNED for mounts – and definitely NO to fighting off of mounts.

The search function works (not the best, but it does) USE IT!

If all else fails, GOOGLE IT! The number of results for the forums might surprise you…

Edit: And in closing…. NO!!!!!

Not that I’m some kind of mount supporter (yuck! right?), but I’m not sure all these “neigh”-sayers actually read OP’s idea… The game IS designed for weapons, and the only thing I can see about OP’s idea that would be difficult to implement is that mount models and animations might be a little more complex than the ones for regular weapons.

Stephen McBeaven.5640:

Not that I’m some kind of mount supporter (yuck! right?), but I’m not sure all these “neigh”-sayers actually read OP’s idea… The game IS designed for weapons, and the only thing I can see about OP’s idea that would be difficult to implement is that mount models and animations might be a little more complex than the ones for regular weapons.

Lol, I was gonna say the same thing. Reading is too hard, please nerf.

Stephen McBeaven.5640:

Not that I’m some kind of mount supporter (yuck! right?), but I’m not sure all these “neigh”-sayers actually read OP’s idea… The game IS designed for weapons, and the only thing I can see about OP’s idea that would be difficult to implement is that mount models and animations might be a little more complex than the ones for regular weapons.

I don’t want any type of mount honestly. I don’t care whether someone is suggesting Cringer or Battlecat. I say no to either proposed implementation.

Mounts have been debated for this game since at least 2009. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.125504-Guild-Wars-2-Mounts-why-all-the-fuss

At least OP found a new(?) twist to it.

Stephen McBeaven.5640:

Not that I’m some kind of mount supporter (yuck! right?), but I’m not sure all these “neigh”-sayers actually read OP’s idea… The game IS designed for weapons, and the only thing I can see about OP’s idea that would be difficult to implement is that mount models and animations might be a little more complex than the ones for regular weapons.

The animations would definitely be tough to get right, but there would also be the trouble of balancing all those new weapon skills. You’re talking about 40 new skills to balance against existing ones, all of which are supposed to create an entirely new style of “mobile” combat and gameplay into the world which was originally scaled and designed around pedestrians.

So again, NO.

Exactly why do GW2 players dislike the idea of mounts?
Is is because traditional MMOs have them and GW2 must be a special and unique snowflake?

Mounts will fix all the economy woes!

Yargesh.4965:

There is a mount thread that keeps getting filled by wonderful ideas, please add this to that and delete this.

+1

Forum thread Quality > Forum thread Quantity

The desire for mounts just becomes increasingly silly when pro-mount individuals keep creating new threads instead of making one good and well reasoned thread. My two cents.

Nick.6972:

Exactly why do GW2 players dislike the idea of mounts?
Is is because traditional MMOs have them and GW2 must be a special and unique snowflake?

There are many threads with many explanations of why we don’t want or need mounts. Rather than beat this dead horse yet again… Why don’t you go do a little reading?

inb4thelock

BINGO

Nick.6972:

Exactly why do GW2 players dislike the idea of mounts?
Is is because traditional MMOs have them and GW2 must be a special and unique snowflake?

That, and they can’t stand the idea of creatures on other creatures.

Stephen McBeaven.5640:

Nick.6972:

Exactly why do GW2 players dislike the idea of mounts?
Is is because traditional MMOs have them and GW2 must be a special and unique snowflake?

That, and they can’t stand the idea of creatures on other creatures.

Plus most players are incapable of reading. You can make a topic about how you DON’T want mounts, and people will still yell at you for bringing it up. They see the word “mount” and go into a rage.

If I can’t have a mount, can I at least have a centaur Lancer as a pet? And maybe ride it?

Azrael.4960:

inb4thelock

BINGO

You mean inB4merge?

in which case InB4Merge

I would love to see mounts for only one reason -

Mounted Combat WvW

ShoknAwe.1602:

I would love to see mounts for only one reason -

Mounted Combat WvW

Yes, let’s double up the number of character models to render in zergs. Brilliant! /sarcasm

I’ve always been against mounts until I heard someone make a good argument for them. Because,
I want a Quaggan mount!

Zet.9130:

I’ve always been against mounts until I heard someone make a good argument for them. Because,
I want a Quaggan mount!

facepalm If he gets a Quaggan, I get a Kodan! Or maybe a mosh pit of skritt. A mosh skritt.

Ah yes, riding horses that don’t exist anywhere in this world.

This is an idea for a different game, not something that should be added to GW2.

I hear WS has mounts and is very WoW-like.

I’m not against the concept of mounts in MMOs, but they would only serve a cosmetic purpose. Travel speed is not an issue in this game with instant WPs and all.

If they should put time and money into anything it should be guild halls.

ShoknAwe.1602:

I would love to see mounts for only one reason -

Mounted Combat WvW

HELL NO!!!!!!!

I’m running out of colourful ways to say no to every mount thread there is…

Vesuvius.9874:

I’m running out of colourful ways to say no to every mount thread there is…

Then please for the love of all that is good, stop bumping it and giving it more attention than it deserves.

Vesuvius.9874:

I’m running out of colourful ways to say no to every mount thread there is…

No…
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LOL! Good to see everyones creative juices flowing.

With all do respect, I did suggest something a kin to this along time ago already.

Not a weapon but more like the way a engineer uses his flamethrower or grenade kits. A signet type skill, that all could learn, maybe after a long quest to receive the skill unlock and while equipped in a utility slot it would give off the signet passive effect of you riding on whatever mount skin you had unlocked at a 15 to 25%(negotiable)speed, all connected to a mount tab in your hero panel much like the finishers tab. If you signet activate it will instill the weapons skills into your skill bar in the 1 -5 slots giving brand new skills that can only be used while mounted and based on the type of mount which is based on gw2 trinity of damage, control, support. One skill I thought of was when someone was downed a support type mount could lasso a foot and drag the downed player a short distance to try and rez them. The 1 to 3 skills would be weapon based skills and 4 and 5 would be mounted skills. And these mounts can pull current siege weapons to other areas.

And a New area would be added to The Mist for these to play in or should it just be added to the current WvW maps….

Xenon.4537:

ShoknAwe.1602:

I would love to see mounts for only one reason -

Mounted Combat WvW

Yes, let’s double up the number of character models to render in zergs. Brilliant! /sarcasm

no that is not what happens, when you become mounted the mount and the u setting on it is all one model.

Well there may be no horses but there are pigs. How about a pig mount?

Draknar.5748:

Ah yes, riding horses that don’t exist anywhere in this world.

This is an idea for a different game, not something that should be added to GW2.

I hear WS has mounts and is very WoW-like.

I’m not against the concept of mounts in MMOs, but they would only serve a cosmetic purpose. Travel speed is not an issue in this game with instant WPs and all.

If they should put time and money into anything it should be guild halls.

Did you read Edge of Destiny? trying not to spoil, but they hear horses though a asura gate. Which I have said before that inside fractals of the mist they have done some time travel back to the Thaumanova Reactor, prof that it could be possible to go back to a time when horses were alive and well and acquire a couple for breeding purposes to repopulate current Tyria.

Yes I can agree give us halls first then when you are satisfied with that, they can have time to work on mounts for pro mounters.

I’ll admit, Mounts as a weapon is horse of a different colour. No pun intended. Could work, though dunno how it’d be for Eles and Engies.

There are already mounts in the game but adding a permanent speed-boost, giving some more variation and making them available in the game-world in stead of only in the cash-shop would be a nice addition indeed. However I would suggest going to this topic: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Suggestion-Mounts/page/22#post4014996 Just to keep all the comments together.

During Launch, i have hopes of Mounts.
I argue how it will benefit the game, how cool it will be.

2 years later….

…i don’t have much hope for anything else.