Guild Wars 2

This will be bashed so hard, and I know anet has already said no. But. I just really love having mounts in games. Something to show off. Just fun to have a friend to care for and ride you around. Maybe a small movement boon. I like how WoW has lot of mounts.

Just fun to be like, oh you have a pony… Well I have a freaking astral cloud serpent.

Plus… Walking is just… too boring.

Who likes to walk when you can ride around in an astral cloud serpent?

Brooms… Sonic Tunneling Device… Tonics…

Toysoldiers.4607:

Plus… Walking is just… too boring.

I too get quality and entertainment from means of transportation in a video game.

Mounts are over-rated, and with waypoints they would seem pointless aside from appearance reasons. I disliked mounts in WoW, I used them cause I had too. I like foot exploring.

It’s not that I even want it to be faster, I’d be happy with between 15-25% faster. If they make them a bit pricey, or perhaps like Cultural armor various Tiers then it’s simply a cosmetic thing.

I want my norn to ride a Dolyak or my Charr to make some steampowered vehicle.

Is it for convenience? Hell no, WP system works fine. Simply for cosmetic reasons.

if you like WoW, go back to WoW. Your kind isn’t liked round these here parts.

How is liking/wanting mounts related to liking WoW in any shape, way or form? Plenty of MMO’s out there have mounts etc.

Esplen.3940:

Brooms… Sonic Tunneling Device… Tonics…

Mounts are already in the game, weeeeee…

Bacon Please.8407:

if you like WoW, go back to WoW. Your kind isn’t liked round these here parts.

You are so full of kitten you don’t even know it. Real life had horses before WoW did, hence WoW shouldn’t have mounts! LOGIC!

I never said I liked WoW… I hate WoW…

Like Direksone said, simply for cosmetic reasons. I used WoW as an example because they have a variety of mounts.

No.. No Mounts please. And i’m glad Anet said No and Never. I was a mount collector in WoW.. it was too much trying to stay ahead of the collecting curve. I was top mount collector for overall collection for both factions on my server on WoW.. and drop rates on some mounts were just ridiculous.. The Love is in the Air Rocket still eludes me since it was put into the game.

Ravij.9856:

No.. No Mounts please. And i’m glad Anet said No and Never. I was a mount collector in WoW.. it was too much trying to stay ahead of the collecting curve. I was top mount collector for overall collection for both factions on my server on WoW.. and drop rates on some mounts were just ridiculous.. The Love is in the Air Rocket still eludes me since it was put into the game.

Where did Anet said no ?

Will there be mounts?
No. For traveling long distance, the game will offer the two types of teleports above (waypoints and asura gates), but the initial release does not have any other methods, i.e. there are no mounts or ships.

Real quote:
Eric: Any of the major (non-capturable) waypoints that a player has unlocked can be travelled to regardless of the distance involved. Prices do vary depending on distance though, and asura gates are free, so a player might find it advantageous to use asura gates in some circumstances. Other than waypoints and asura gates, there will be no other methods of long distance travel such as mounts, ships, etc in Guild Wars 2 upon initial release.

There MAY be Mounts in the future, but, again, there’s no point. And you have your Brooms, Sonic Tunneling Devices, and Tonics!

Tonics are hardly a mount. The broom, sonic tunneling device are good fun indeed. What’s important if they ever implement it is that you don’t NEED it to stay ahead of the rest of the pack. Even if it has no speed increase so everyone is balanced the same way, but purely for cosmetic reasons and for those who want to: collect. I’m all game.

I agree. A lot of other mmo’s will surpass this aspect of the game and they need to implement it eventually. Mounts add so much farming and specialization content and would probably look awesome with gw2 art style. At first I thought it was not a good idea because of elitism and also empty world but people want more end game stuff to do and it would be perfect.

A good way to implement them would be to perhaps only have new 80+ level zones where mounts are allowed. They can’t fly for the reasons above, BUT if flying mounts were implemented, flight would only be a visual thing—such as the mount only flies say ten feet off of the ground.

Keep the mounts only allowed in certain zones and established parts of cities outside for people that dont want clipping of exotic mounts everywhere spamming elitist remarks.

Has anyone even seen a “horse” in game?

Haters in Guild Wars are just the same as wow, you don’t like having no mounts go to wow, you don’t like events go play wow. Pointless discussion with such stupid people. Go play LoL with such attitude (I like LoL but the community is painful).

I liked mounts a lot in WoW but I don’t need them here- that’s for the topic.

I want an oakheart mount for my sylvari.

I wish you could mount charr….

I don’t like the idea of my mounts in restricted zones.

I purely want mounts for cosmetics. Plus for people saying go back to wow. You misread. I said I like how WoW had a lot of mounts. Not that I like WoW. I love gw2 it is just missing mounts in my opinion. Plus, if you don’t like the idea of mounts in game don’t get them… I just like them for bragging rights and cosmetics. Because who wouldn’t want to show off an astral cloud serpent and ride it around…

So this how it works, they implement mounts, people kitten about it and then everyone gets them, more of them less of them but everyone. It’s like that with everything-achievements, armours anything, People love collecting things that are rare, and that’s why WoW has mounts, that’s why we had minis and rare armors in gw1. Not to mention they make life easier (faster travel) so not getting an occasion is stupid not wise.

people love collecting things. period. and mounts is a big part of that. without mounts, the world isn’t really working to the extent that it REALLY is working.

the people kittening about mounts would be the people imagining the idea of some genius dev in arenanet that said “no mounts” who may or may not exist saying “mounts are lame” and smiling down on all the kitteny people as if they are a part of some known gw2 hegemony of “real gw2 players” that really doesn’t exist.

once mounts are implemented, these people will reflect back on “the good ole days” of gw2 when we had to reach LA via a waypoint “uphill in the snow both ways.”

Greyalis.2309:

people love collecting things. period. and mounts is a big part of that. without mounts, the world isn’t really working to the extent that it REALLY is working.

the people kittening about mounts would be the people imagining the idea of some genius dev in arenanet that said “no mounts” who may or may not exist saying “mounts are lame” and smiling down on all the kitteny people as if they are a part of some known gw2 hegemony of “real gw2 players” that really doesn’t exist.

once mounts are implemented, these people will reflect back on “the good ole days” of gw2 when we had to reach LA via a waypoint “uphill in the snow both ways.”

Well said.

Thread merged with all the other mount threads where you can read all of my reasons why mounts are a BAD idea and 50% of the people that want mounts in this thread already posted in the other. NO MOUNTS PLEASE!

If you want mounts, get rid of waypoints.

bloodletting wolf.2837:

Thread merged with all the other mount threads where you can read all of my reasons why mounts are a BAD idea and 50% of the people that want mounts in this thread already posted in the other. NO MOUNTS PLEASE!

And why are they a bad idea?

Osi.3504:

Mounts are over-rated, and with waypoints they would seem pointless aside from appearance reasons. I disliked mounts in WoW, I used them cause I had too. I like foot exploring.

Foot exploring is nice, and the way I go with it too… but travelling far distances are best done by mount (or ships, ANet!!!).
- ANet didn’t want mounts so players would be in the Open World and participate in Dynamic Events and such, but most people spend more time in the Void between Waypoints when they “traverse” the vast landscapes of Tyria.
- I think mounts would suit Tyria if implemented correctly. Maybe enhance the Vehicle System they got going. They are mounts after all.

Mounts
*In other games mounts look to over to top.
*Riding enemies as mounts is dumb and lore breaking.
*Mounts create more lag.
*Mounts allow players ride through mobs of enemies.
*Nords riding large mounts?

Smaller cosmetic mounts that are not alive. With the same temp boost as running. And apply that same temp running boost to tonics.

Onshidesigns.1069:

Mounts
*In other games mounts look to over to top.
*Riding enemies as mounts is dumb and lore breaking.
*Mounts create more lag.
*Mounts allow players ride through mobs of enemies.
*Nords riding large mounts?

Smaller cosmetic mounts that are not alive. With the same temp boost as running. And apply that same temp running boost to tonics.

Esplen.3940:

Brooms… Sonic Tunneling Device… Tonics…

OH MY GOODNESS, I WONDER WHERE THIS BRILLIANT IDEA CAME FROM!

play elementalist!
We’ve got a mount on our off-hand dagger, he’s called ‘the lightning’
(air no. 4)

It seems that people seem to forget that a lot of us want mounts purely for the cosmetic aspect, not to be faster and yet still fail to come up with good counterarguments. You don’t have to get mounts if they ever come in game, just like you don’t need to have minipets. That’s the whole point here: you don’t NEED them, but they’re cool and collectibles like minipets. That’s what I want, I don’t care about the speed because the waypoint system is brilliant.

Yes please. Let us use mounts while in our combat gear and not in the ugly fashion armour. Bought the broom and was disappointed.

Most other games ahve mounts, why would gw2 copy them? i say we are fine the way we are.

Direksone.3867:

bloodletting wolf.2837:

Thread merged with all the other mount threads where you can read all of my reasons why mounts are a BAD idea and 50% of the people that want mounts in this thread already posted in the other. NO MOUNTS PLEASE!

And why are they a bad idea?

I’ll give you my top 2 reasons since you didn’t feel like looking.
1. You think culling and lag are bad in pve now go ahead and add to the problem.
2. Think of the players that won’t use a mount. If you play an Asuran and get in a large group of players you can’t see the poor little guy. When you add mounts it will just compound the problem.

I have no problem if you want to add them in an arena or race track. As much as I would love to drive a chugger running over separatist grinding them under the wheels it would cause more problems than benefits.

I believe that we should have mounts. Not necessarily because I particularly care about getting one (though I probably would eventually), but simply for realism. AreaNet are making a big deal out of creating a “live” world, and I’m glad they are, since it make the game so much more believable. The lack of mounts is one of the factors which detract from this believability; it simply doesn’t make sense that, all across the entire continent of Tyria, not one person has ever had the idea of riding an animal. Ever.

For the reason of realism, I also think that mounts should give speed boosts as well (assuming that the mount in question is capable of faster movement than a person’s, of course), but even if they were implemented without those, it would still be a good thing just having them there.

Toysoldiers.4607:

This will be bashed so hard, and I know anet has already said no. But. I just really love having mounts in games. Something to show off. Just fun to have a friend to care for and ride you around. Maybe a small movement boon. I like how WoW has lot of mounts.

Just fun to be like, oh you have a pony… Well I have a freaking astral cloud serpent.

Plus… Walking is just… too boring.

Who likes to walk when you can ride around in an astral cloud serpent?

Onshidesigns.1069:

Mounts
*In other games mounts look to over the top.

This is a different game.

Onshidesigns.1069:

*Riding enemies as mounts is dumb and lore breaking.

GW1 had mounts. It is completely consistent with the lore. Dolyaks are a very common form of transport in Tyria for example.

Onshidesigns.1069:

*Mounts create more lag.

Nonsense.

Onshidesigns.1069:

*Mounts allow players to ride through mobs of enemies.

No they don’t. Depends on how they are implemented. In GW1 you couldn’t just ride your mount through a mob of enemies.

Onshidesigns.1069:

*Norns riding large mounts?

They are not that much bigger than other races. I don’t see a problem here.

Esplen.3940:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Mounts
*In other games mounts look to over to top.
*Riding enemies as mounts is dumb and lore breaking.
*Mounts create more lag.
*Mounts allow players ride through mobs of enemies.
*Nords riding large mounts?

Smaller cosmetic mounts that are not alive. With the same temp boost as running. And apply that same temp running boost to tonics.

Esplen.3940:

Brooms… Sonic Tunneling Device… Tonics…

OH MY GOODNESS, I WONDER WHERE THIS BRILLIANT IDEA CAME FROM!

I’ve made a post LONG AGO asking for this. I was first to suggest adding temp boost to cosmetic mounts. Now kitten off kitten!

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Mounts
*In other games mounts look to over the top.

This is a different game.

Onshidesigns.1069:

*Riding enemies as mounts is dumb and lore breaking.

GW1 had mounts. It is completely consistent with the lore. Dolyaks are a very common form of transport in Tyria for example. Dolyaks are not enemies! And if they was rideable, it should be on a predetermined route

Onshidesigns.1069:

*Mounts create more lag.

Nonsense. It’s like adding another player model. If you can’t see how that creates twice the lag, then your dumb.

Onshidesigns.1069:

*Mounts allow players to ride through mobs of enemies.

No they don’t. Depends on how they are implemented. In GW1 you couldn’t just ride your mount through a mob of enemies. instead mounted players will ride around DE’s

Onshidesigns.1069:

*Norns riding large mounts?

They are not that much bigger than other races. I don’t see a problem here. Asura!

Just like with you not wanting more revealing clothing. You have no argument that can support mounts working in GW2.

just go play WoW

Onshidesigns.1069:

If you can’t see how that creates twice the lag, then your dumb.*

What you think lag is, and what lag actually is are not the same thing. You should look up what lag means. Because a player on the back of a dolyak, is still one player. It doesn’t make any difference for network traffic. Ironic that you would call me dumb. Seriously darling, this is my work.

Fairly sure they didn`t say no, but time`ll tell.
Personally, I don`t want them in game.
It`ll only take 1 player rushing past with a train of mobs & you`re the one that`ll get killed.
If they add them, add them as purely cosmetic (& no, I don`t mean as terribad as town clothes) just make them same as players can run or if the player is hit, instant dismount etc.

P.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SWCTlxEp6Ds#t=174s

It depends entirely on the implementation. The way Siege Devourers worked in GW1 was a lot of fun. But those mounts were limited to a particular explorable. They added a new kind of game play to the game.

Fishbait.6723:

It`ll only take 1 player rushing past with a train of mobs & you`re the one that`ll get killed.

Nonsense. There are plenty of skills which give players swiftness, and yet people don’t use those to arbitrarily lead herds of mobs after others, so there’s absolutely no reason whatsoever to suspect that that the addition of mounts would suddenly make everyone start acting that way.

I want to mount Queen Jennah.

Want mount? Go play WoW.

It has been said and said again: “No mounts”!

Guild Wars 2 has no place for mounts.

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

Onshidesigns.1069:

If you can’t see how that creates twice the lag, then your dumb.*

What you think lag is, and what lag actually is are not the same thing. You should look up what lag means. Because a player on the back of a dolyak, is still one player. It doesn’t make any difference for network traffic. Ironic that you would call me dumb. Seriously darling, this is my work.

It’s more player information that has to be communicated through the network.

Onshidesigns.1069:

It’s more player information that has to be communicated through the network.

No it’s not. It’s still one player, using one skill bar, and moving around. It is no more information than a ranger pet… in fact, it’s less. Because the player now directly controls the mount instead of the character sitting on its back. There is literally 0% more increased network traffic if you implement mounts.

GuardianOMS.8067:

Toysoldiers.4607:

Plus… Walking is just… too boring.

I too get quality and entertainment from means of transportation in a video game.

Same here. I would love nothing more then to use some sortof motorcycle for my charr engineer, its the only mount in any mmo I’ve missed.

if we get mounts, this is what going to happen
it’ll cost a lot, probably not less than 100g, and those are going to be the bad ones, good ones might be something like 500g, a lot of people will spend 500g on the good mount, then they’ll just run around with it for 15 minutes in LA, then go like, I want to do arah, Map-Cursed Shore-Arah waypoint, there will also be thousands of threads want mount combat and millions of threads suggesting new mounts and billions of threads saying how mounts being an RNG thing is bad, Mounts only have 3 uses for this game, and most of them only apply if they have the speed boost
1- World exploration
2- WvW
3- Cosmetics
it’s not worth it

Bismuth.3165:

if we get mounts, this is what going to happen
it’ll cost a lot, probably not less than 100g, and those are going to be the bad ones, good ones might be something like 500g, a lot of people will spend 500g on the good mount, then they’ll just run around with it for 15 minutes in LA, then go like, I want to do arah, Map-Cursed Shore-Arah waypoint, there will also be thousands of threads want mount combat and millions of threads suggesting new mounts and billions of threads saying how mounts being an RNG thing is bad, Mounts only have 3 uses for this game, and most of them only apply if they have the speed boost
1- World exploration
2- WvW
3- Cosmetics
it’s not worth it

Don’t care. Still want to ride a might Dolyak on my Norn!