Guild Wars 2

The SAB brought us a lot of prototype technology that later appeared in content. One technology we never saw again was the raft ride. But given the jungle atmosphere it seems only natural if that tech reappeared. It could also make for an interesting pve mechanic to prevent skipping in a dungeon or an adventure. So how about some white water rapids and waterfall rides?

This would be so much fun.

Since we know dinos are coming, I could see a triggered adventure where you have to fend off waves of small raptors leaping onto your raft, with the goal being how many you can kill before you die or reach the end. Not sure if their open world tech would support this, but it would be fun.

And rivers do make sense in jungles.

As long as the raft moved significantly faster than swimming, or they maintained the part where falling in the water killed you somehow, otherwise I don’t think it would work right.

As disgusting as it is to say, I’d want it to be like the raft mini-game from another MMORPG called “Mabinogi”.

Players would group up and ride a large raft down a river. Some players would dedicate to steering the raft, the melee/tanky players would attack any enemies that would board the raft to attack the driver, and ranged characters would hit enemies on the shore-line before they tried to board. Players would earn rewards at the end for the amount of enemies killed.

Much like Blaeys said (I didn’t read your reply until after lol), it could be a pretty neat activity that offers more than just a steady ride down a river.
Maybe it could be instanced in an Adventure?

EDIT: Maybe it could be like Dajkah Inlet from GW1. A survival-based thing where you earn time by killing enemies.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Dajkah_Inlet
http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/view/Rafting