Guild Wars 2

I am okay with mounts that can go anywhere, fly, have custom emotes, summoned with a whistle, whatever, on one condition:

The only way to get them is with 10,000 gems in the gem store, so the fools that keep bringing up the idea are suitably punished rewarded.

I hate to see the “necessary” argument tossed around.

More than one armor skin per category is “unnecessary”
More than one skin of each weapon type is “unnecessary”
Dye is “unnecessary”
Toys, townclothes, tonics, minis, anything not needed to play the game is “unnecessary”
I often wonder if the lag, lightshow and seizure producing cosmetic particle effects are “necessary”

But people want all those things, and are willing to work hard in game or pay cash to get them.

Unnecessary isn’t a valid argument about QoL fluff. None of it is necessary.

Feel free to use actual arguments though.

One argument I can’t deny is powercreep mounts. 130%-170% run speed, stat boosts, combat buffs. Having experienced power creep mounts in EQ2 I would agree that an abused mount system is something no game needs, ever. Mounts should never go from being a point A to B mild speed buff to a stat requirement for a Raiding guild. The concept of BIS mounts was horribly wrong. If that is the kind of mount people want, well I would have to have a big NO!! as well.

WoW has totally screwed up the PC gaming population. When people are basically asking for time gating(see having to run everywhere instead of just instant travel) you know something is wrong.

There are other possible changes than mounts, seen in terms of added gold sinks.

1) Increased WP costs at higher levels (due to maintenance caused by whatever Taimi does – perhaps they are a lot more unstable, and require constant staffing like the gates).

2) Inability to see all WPs (only those within a certain range), again due to whatever Taimi does (they are not as effective as before). Would not affect dungeons or WvW, since the range would probably be several maps wide.

The first option is far more likely, as the second one puts additional load on their servers.