Guild Wars 2

PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!!! Give me a pony

I have the blue diamond mount. Fastest mount in the game.

/hehe

i’ll take a pink unicorn to match my armor plz.

I kind of like the current game. Didn’t think I would, but after no end of flying mounts and super fast ground mounts that basically let you miss most of the game? Legging it across the plains, barely faster than some mobs is a lot of fun. And then there is the portal systems too.

Who needs a mount?

Raf

Would love mounts, but only if they fit with the current game play.

No need to mounts, we have instant teleportation to almost all areas of the map that we uncover.

Also mounts are not needed for PvP/WvW as we have people with speed boosts.

Unfortunately people will have to get used to doing things the oldschool way and not the WoW way.

Honestly, there is no need. they would just be a money scheme for whoever was willing to pay, but if your willing to pay then I suggest:

Racial Mounts – Each race should have a specific type of mount similar to their culture.

Orbys.4895:

Honestly, there is no need. they would just be a money scheme for whoever was willing to pay, but if your willing to pay then I suggest:

Racial Mounts – Each race should have a specific type of mount similar to their culture.

I think Asura’s should be able to mount Charr players!

I don’t see them needed one bit. However, gear with passive speed bonuses might be nice.

Vepo.4208:

Orbys.4895:

Honestly, there is no need. they would just be a money scheme for whoever was willing to pay, but if your willing to pay then I suggest:

Racial Mounts – Each race should have a specific type of mount similar to their culture.

I think Asura’s should be able to mount Charr players!

Giggity.

Vepo.4208:

No need to mounts, we have instant teleportation to almost all areas of the map that we uncover.

Using teleportation is indeed a time saver, especially when traveling across continents. But when it comes to moving to local areas mounts would indeed be a nice option.

Vepo.4208:

Also mounts are not needed for PvP/WvW as we have people with speed boosts.

Maybe so, maybe not. But did you even consider that new PvP maps would be made that were mount specific?

Vepo.4208:

Unfortunately people will have to get used to doing things the oldschool way and not the WoW way.

Mounts have nothing to do with WoW, so I’m not sure where your getting at.

Mounts are great for those that wish to use it. If you don’t want to use them then stick with what you like.

My only reservation about mounts: Never ever make them flying mounts. Please!

Ground mounts don’t make you miss out on the game. Flying mounts in WoW definitely do. Also, WoW didn’t create the first mount in any MMO created. They followed a trend just like what most MMOs do.

I’d really enjoy having a ground / water mount.

Not for a speed increase, but as more of a vanity type thing.

I can understand your argument Vigilence, but I just don’t see mounts being part of Guild Wars 2.

If anything, they may turn up in an expansion, but not any time soon.

I’d like a mount.. I’m pretty much forced to use a weapon that has a swiftness skill on it..

I wouldn’t mind paying 2000 gems for one, as long as I can move 33% faster or more all the time and able to use a different 2nd set of weapon…

Please DO NOT give us a mount and conform. It’s going to make the game depressingly similar to other MMOs all of whom feel the unwavering need to put a mount system into the game. It’s just lackluster and tacked on.

Vepo.4208:

I can understand your argument Vigilence, but I just don’t see mounts being part of Guild Wars 2.

If anything, they may turn up in an expansion, but not any time soon.

I agree. If they did plan on bringing mounts in an expansion, then the game would be designed differently. Most like larger and more expansive.

Tsuole.4398:

Please DO NOT give us a mount and conform. It’s going to make the game depressingly similar to other MMOs all of whom feel the unwavering need to put a mount system into the game. It’s just lackluster and tacked on.

If Arenanet added mounts to GW2 I doubt they would be lackluster and tacked on. Just look at the game for proof.

mounts = more running
not less.
it also ruins video games

WoW proves the above comment.

take for instance fall out 3. also has way point style traveling, and the walking isnt terrible. in fact its a really awesome part of the game. makes you appreciate all the work that went into making such a beautiful game.

a big reason WoW made flying mounts is because they knew their game was an ugly cartooned monster that no one appreciated. so just fly over it all…

imo, never make mounts for this game.

I would love the idea to have mounts but only in WvW, something like a commander system where certain players get to have mounts and such. For me the idea of having some small cavalry feel going on in WvW would be awesome. Where you have adaptable skills for ground and underwater combat i dont think it would be hard to have some skills as a player on a horse.

Hopefully, great things will come to this game even if mounts are not among them.

Mounts as a travel faster method would indeed be lackluster. There has to be some other reason to add them besides moving faster, like the WvW suggestions above.

They need to feel as if they are a part of the world and minute to minute gaming, otherwise they are just fluff (which isn’t terrible, but certainly not a good enough reason to add them, imo).

If the whole point of the game is to get out into the environment and explore it, what better way than on foot?

It’s not as bad as you all make it out to be. The world is large and alive when you don’t blitz past everything on a mount.

If you add mounts… make them slow… really slow… like walking pace. That way if they really want to get somewhere fast, they’ll run on foot or use the portals as was originally intended.

I think it’d be fun to have them even if they didn’t confer any speed boost – just pure vanity items.

Asura + Miniature Pony. It would be the best thing since Don Quixote.

I think the feeling of being vulnerable is important – not able to just cruise unrealistically through the world. I think this could be accomplished with mounts if done right.

An interesting thought would be giving mounts energy. I remember playing games like that, where you couldn’t just go full tilt everywhere all the time – you could push a bit, but then you’d have to re-charge. Forcing a flying mount to land when the animal is “tired” would make flying mounts less of a game-breaker since using them would require skill and planning and seems like you could do a version of jump-type puzzles for those.

I think it’s way too soon to add anything like flying mounts, but if this game lasts for years, I think they could find a way to make the concept into an interesting new mechanic that fits this game.

IMO, get over mounts.

You have Waypoints, Asura Gates, and the Heel-Toe Express. Devs spent a lot of time on GORGEOUS scenery, enjoy it.

I’d say no to mounts, The only way I think it’s acceptable is for them to be used in cities only as a vanity thing. (Similar to towns clothing) and no faster than a speed boost. I wouldn’t mind that as an Aesthetic/Fun sort of thing. I definitely wouldn’t want to see them out in the world though it would completely ruin game play.

flying mounts on the other hand in a new zone designed for them would be nice

Mounts could be neat, but they could also destroy the game. There are so many events that you can run into just by footing it across the map, gaining exp and karma along the way. With mounts no one would stop to enjoy that.

Vepo.4208:

No need to mounts, we have instant teleportation to almost all areas of the map that we uncover.

Also mounts are not needed for PvP/WvW as we have people with speed boosts.

Unfortunately people will have to get used to doing things the oldschool way and not the WoW way.

How oldschool might that be ? As a reminder, Ultima Online (released in 1997), which is basically where MMOs started, had mounts. You could ride a horse in a human world which made perfect sense. The speed of the mount was just a bit superior than walking speed which was also ok. How a mount that fits into the universe of the game that is not ludicrously fast is in any way ruining the game ? Plus, it also gives people something to collect/hunt for.

One thing I’d love to see is Pegasus from Tera, where you go from one location to another in real-time, flying on the back of Pegasus. You get no control over it, but iit makes for a nice journey. As for mounts, no thanks.

Mounts are completely redundant in this game. If you want to collect some animal play a ranger.

No mounts please unless you want to let me fight from the horses back and create a cavalry class.

Djinn.4396:

PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!!! Give me a pony

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Mounts are not needed at all in this game, there’s already much shorter travel times to anywhere than in other games. Sure they could add them for fluff but then I would prefer them to not have any speedboost at all because the game is desgined that the content comes to you while exploring the world, travelling on a fast mount makes you miss out on the largest part of the content of the game because there’s hardly any chance an event will start right at the time you ride by and NPCs running to you asking for help can’t keep up to tell it to you

Mounts are NOT needed.We have a lot of instant teleporting:Waypoints,Azura gates,Direct port to Heart of the Mists from pvp loby.
So no,no,no and NO from me for mounts

You can’t go 10 yards in this game without tripping over a waypoint and every profession has a speed boost of some kind AND there are speed boost items in the Black Lion chests. Mounts are unnecessary and would only detract from the game’s design.

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