Did I misread the new post, or is this correct? Is it also true that since I already have a commander tag, I will be grandfathered in to this change and not need to pay 300g?
Yes you are grandfather and when it get implanted into the game we will be able to use all of the other color. So if u want one get it now for 100g or u can wait and join the other griever about being 300g. Here your chance take it
The real problem with MrIllusion assumptions, is he does not see that builds, in GW2, are as much about compromise as it is what you are trying to accomplish. Adding in mounts would negate many of the current builds used in WvW and PvE. Skills such as the Necro’s Signet of the Locust, would be useless. There would be many traits negated by this also.
This is why adding in mounts is such a huge deal and chore – it really does affect the balance in GW2 and might totally unbalance the game. Games that balance both PvE and PvP have a knife-edge balance that if pushed one way or the other causes dire consequences. A.Net had this problem with GW1, then they added in both the Ritualist and Assassin professions. They never could get back the balance they had at the beginning of the game and they did admit that.
Rauderi, there are superior Signets of the Traveler – so yes there are signets that help with boosts. Putting in mounts would negate all of that also
You are wrong about me assuming.
The concept of adding Traveler Runes and Speed Signets and Banners isn’t something ground-breaking. We already know it exists.
The speed boosts they provide do not add to build diversity. We do not have a meta where we deck out in swiftness and speed boosts so that we can kite specific mobs, while crippling them (maybe it exists in PvP?). The current PvE meta does not have any of that.
The idea that removing all those speed boosts from skills/traits is going to kill build diversity is a moot point. Those skills/traits serve only one function in PvE. To get from point A to point B faster. If this is an issue in certain types of gameplay then normalise for that. It’s not uncommon to prevent mounting up in some MMOs in PvP or whatever content where higher speed is an unfair advantage.
Increasing speed across the board makes it so that Signet of Locusts and Warrior Banner Skill #3 and Guardian Staff #3 can be freed up in lieu of something that synergises with your build.
In other words, if speed were normalised, those speed enhancing skills/traits/food/whatever can be revamped and changed to something more meaningful than a QoL feature. This adds to build diversity.
It sounds Like you do not wish to play the game that Anet has provided. You seek to undo so Much of what Anet has saught to make a balancing issue.
To accept the changes you want, to make Speed-boost mounts relevant, would be to allow the game to be changed Into a completely different game.
As such, I hate to sound repetative … and redundant…( see what I did there?) but…maube you might be happier playing a different game that has speed-boost mounts?
I know that World of warcraft has two of the things you want. it has speedboost mounts, and it has so many skill bars you can load up all of your skills, and not have to compromise for anything.
Reading your posts… it seems that the game you wish to play already exists. Ir’s simply not THIS game. Maybe it’s World of Warcraft?
It sounds Like you do not like change, you do not wish to play the game that Anet has provided. You seek to undo so Much of what Anet has sought to make a balancing issue.
Game was release and what we have now is not the same when it first came out. Since you don’t like change I will provide with other games you might like
Reading your constants copy and paste replied….it seem that the game you wish to play already exist. It is simply that this game is not for you because you don’t like change, maybe just maybe its (your constant replied goes here game)
Another distraction. I am not asking Anet to eliminate anything. And whether I like change or not. On the issue of Mounts….I do not want Mounts In the game.
This is still Not a compelling argument for Mounts.
Where are your compelling arguments for the inclusion of mounts that does Not amount to
it would be cool.
I want it
why not?
I am content with Anet’s decision to not provide speed-boost mounts.
Where are your compelling arguments for ?
No sir, your copy and paste is a distraction and all your doing is bumping and taking space from the topic when other people can come in and actually put a for or against counter argument.
The real problem with MrIllusion assumptions, is he does not see that builds, in GW2, are as much about compromise as it is what you are trying to accomplish. Adding in mounts would negate many of the current builds used in WvW and PvE. Skills such as the Necro’s Signet of the Locust, would be useless. There would be many traits negated by this also.
This is why adding in mounts is such a huge deal and chore – it really does affect the balance in GW2 and might totally unbalance the game. Games that balance both PvE and PvP have a knife-edge balance that if pushed one way or the other causes dire consequences. A.Net had this problem with GW1, then they added in both the Ritualist and Assassin professions. They never could get back the balance they had at the beginning of the game and they did admit that.
Rauderi, there are superior Signets of the Traveler – so yes there are signets that help with boosts. Putting in mounts would negate all of that also
You are wrong about me assuming.
The concept of adding Traveler Runes and Speed Signets and Banners isn’t something ground-breaking. We already know it exists.
The speed boosts they provide do not add to build diversity. We do not have a meta where we deck out in swiftness and speed boosts so that we can kite specific mobs, while crippling them (maybe it exists in PvP?). The current PvE meta does not have any of that.
The idea that removing all those speed boosts from skills/traits is going to kill build diversity is a moot point. Those skills/traits serve only one function in PvE. To get from point A to point B faster. If this is an issue in certain types of gameplay then normalise for that. It’s not uncommon to prevent mounting up in some MMOs in PvP or whatever content where higher speed is an unfair advantage.
Increasing speed across the board makes it so that Signet of Locusts and Warrior Banner Skill #3 and Guardian Staff #3 can be freed up in lieu of something that synergises with your build.
In other words, if speed were normalised, those speed enhancing skills/traits/food/whatever can be revamped and changed to something more meaningful than a QoL feature. This adds to build diversity.
It sounds Like you do not wish to play the game that Anet has provided. You seek to undo so Much of what Anet has saught to make a balancing issue.
To accept the changes you want, to make Speed-boost mounts relevant, would be to allow the game to be changed Into a completely different game.
As such, I hate to sound repetative … and redundant…( see what I did there?) but…maube you might be happier playing a different game that has speed-boost mounts?
I know that World of warcraft has two of the things you want. it has speedboost mounts, and it has so many skill bars you can load up all of your skills, and not have to compromise for anything.
Reading your posts… it seems that the game you wish to play already exists. Ir’s simply not THIS game. Maybe it’s World of Warcraft?
It sounds Like you do not like change, you do not wish to play the game that Anet has provided. You seek to undo so Much of what Anet has sought to make a balancing issue.
Game was release and what we have now is not the same when it first came out. Since you don’t like change I will provide with other games you might like
Reading your constants copy and paste replied….it seem that the game you wish to play already exist. It is simply that this game is not for you because you don’t like change, maybe just maybe its (your constant replied goes here game)
Let’s Not and say we did. This is Not about how many of the 3 % of the playerbase that bothers to Post on the forums favors speed-boost mounts or not.
we are not indicative of the opinions of the 97 % that play the game as if the forums did not exist.
What the pro-mount side needs is to provide compelling reasons. And what the anti-mount side needs is to not allow the pro-mount side to distract attention away from the fact that they are not providing compelling arguments for their proposition.
We have yet to see compelling arguments. Just distractions.
There have been compelling reasons, but you choose to ignore them, because you are ideologically driven against them.
Revenue for Anet.
Immersion.
Cosmetics (such as the broom).
Less reliance on constantly switching out weapons, traits, and utilities for Swiftness Boons.
Enhanced traveling options.
Now, let’s look at the other side of the argument, “we already have waypoints!” Yes, very compelling. lol.
All waypoints do, is encourage people to use Swiftness Boons, instead of mounts. Why go through all the trouble of switching out weapons. traits, and utilities, when one can use a mount for the same purpose? In fact, it would enhance gameplay mechanics, by discouraging 50+ zergs, both in Champ trains, and WvW, but only if there were less waypoints.
Is this what GW2 has become? Is it any wonder the MMO genre population laughs at the mindless zombie zergs in GW2? They have a point. It requires no thought. Just do EotM for proof.
again you are just a troll and you have no valid argument and when somebody present a valid agreement towards your counter argument you feel like your getting attack because for some reason you cant accept the fact that you are wrong here, you tent resort to the childish games.
If you ACTAULLY had a compelling reason other than a 2 yr old having a temper tantrum, “I WANT MOUNTS” then have at it. Currently, there has been NO valid reason for and many valid reasons against mounts.
Also is the fact that A.Net has already said, no mounts in game as that is what the Asuran Portals and the Map Portals are for.
again ur taking that post out of context if was a replied to a person of why they don’t respond with a want statement.
Again copy and paste all you like for your respond your counter claim has no points you provide me with a good counter claim why we should have mounts. if your argument goes with buff, because YOU don’t like, or don’t WANT, clipping, redesign, then it is not valid for you to counter a claim for more mounts in the game, when their is already a system for mounts implanted into the game.
pretty sure you forgot the focus of this game here let me spell it out for you COSMETIC
But the cosmetic player would not like the amount of flaws that mounts would bring into the game. Think about that – the clipping would be horrendous for sure and many are already bad.
SINCE gw2 was release, Charr armor always had clipping, I am pretty sure that clipping isn’t a valid counter argument because it has been what almost 2 year and they haven’t fix it
This topic is about a simple question with an simple answer. I am not asking about your opinion about it, I don’t care or don’t want to know your REASON for it or against it. All that I am asking is a Yay for mounts in GW2 or Nay for mounts in GW2
If you cant take criticize your loss that mine, anyways again the mount system is already implanted into the game. GW2 already have mount in the game you are the one that saying this and that. How can a person that is against mount tell someone who is for it what they WANT. Exactly you can’t it is insane. This is a cosmetic game so add more cosmetic to the game, which is skin, armor, MOUNTS and so on.
Mounts for all Class Profession, just some ideas here, necro with a wurm, warrior with a horse, guardian with a celestial shape, engineer with a some sorta looking mechanical car, thief with a some type of bird, like I said just some idea and each type of mount will be design toward the race as well so it goes with it. BUFF wise why are we arguing about that let ANET decide on the buff but get the RACE MOUNT implanted first
Game doesn’t need mounts period. There is nothing that has been stated by the ‘Pro Mount’ players that make them useful or even wanted in this game.
I have seen the attitude in many other games, that once something is added that a portion of the players don’t want, The players that pushed for the item, start pushing for the next iteration of the item. It is a slippery slope. A.net doesn’t allow macros – except for one Key – one action which basically makes Macros useless. They also posted that they do not want to have one player having an advantage over another player. Speed Boosts, from the various professions are not that as they make the player choose them over some other skill/traits that could be used. Mounts could be used as that advantage and I don not think A.Net will go down that slippery slope.
Again you assume and speaking for A. Net let them decided what buff will go on the mounts.
A.Net already stated this game was not designed for mounts. Isn’t that enough?
That was pointed in in one of the many other threads the pro-mount people put up. It was information that was ignored by them. If A.Net wanted mounts in the game, they would have been in from the beginning not 2 yrs. down the road when it would take more work to put mounts than to make an expansion or another Race/Profession.
No your right but your wrong on some things about A.Net. again you are speaking through your opinion for them. The race/mount was just an idea. but Mounts in general whenever if it has buff or not already exist in the game. I or some other as well is asking for more type of mounts in the game. Because after all this is a cosmetic games correct and we can all agree that everybody wants to be different. For the people that says if they implanted the mounts and saying that you are too poor to afford gem or don’t have the time to get a mount depending how A.Net is going to let say sale them for a limited time we can also argue about how everybody doesn’t have a certain skin or legendary. Again the system is already there, cosmetic wise needs more different options.
Mounts for all Class Profession, just some ideas here, necro with a wurm, warrior with a horse, guardian with a celestial shape, engineer with a some sorta looking mechanical car, thief with a some type of bird, like I said just some idea and each type of mount will be design toward the race as well so it goes with it. BUFF wise why are we arguing about that let ANET decide on the buff but get the RACE MOUNT implanted first
Game doesn’t need mounts period. There is nothing that has been stated by the ‘Pro Mount’ players that make them useful or even wanted in this game.
I have seen the attitude in many other games, that once something is added that a portion of the players don’t want, The players that pushed for the item, start pushing for the next iteration of the item. It is a slippery slope. A.net doesn’t allow macros – except for one Key – one action which basically makes Macros useless. They also posted that they do not want to have one player having an advantage over another player. Speed Boosts, from the various professions are not that as they make the player choose them over some other skill/traits that could be used. Mounts could be used as that advantage and I don not think A.Net will go down that slippery slope.
Again you assume and speaking for A. Net let them decided what buff will go on the mounts.
Mounts for all Class Profession, just some ideas here, necro with a wurm, warrior with a horse, guardian with a celestial shape, engineer with a some sorta looking mechanical car, thief with a some type of bird, like I said just some idea and each type of mount will be design toward the race as well so it goes with it. BUFF wise why are we arguing about that let ANET decide on the buff but get the RACE MOUNT implanted first
so i can buy a dolyak as a mount from the gem store?
The culture of Tyria has evolved beyond the need to make beasts suffer to transport us from place to place.
This is ethical.
To force beasts to suffer to transport us, when other means are readily available is to be cruel and egocentric. This is from a Lore perspective.
From a Non-lore perspective. Just because you want a Dolyak to ride, doesn’t mean that Anet needs to redesign the game to provide one.
Before you can expect them to do so, you need to provide compelling reasons for them to devote the resources, time, and energy to provide it while many others in the community feel those resources could be used better elsewhere.
Neither:
1. It would be cool.
nor
2. I want it.
are compelling.
it gives them a sizable profit, something they are more then eager to put time and resources in.
oh and nether:
i don’t want it
nor:
it is not needed
are reasons not to add them, it is, in fact, needed for a big enough group.
It is wanted Not Needed. And the reasons need to be compelling for ANET, not the players that want them.
The way I know that those reasons are not compelling for Anet is, we have been seeing them on the forums for the past 2 years. We know Anet has read them, and we … 2 years later, neither have mounts, nor heard from Anet that they have decided to provide mounts.
Giving the same reasons over and over, and not getting mounts should tell you Anet remains unconvinced by those reasons, and you need to come up with others, to get the mounts you want.
PS: we do not need those reasons to explain why they should not be added.
The only reason we need is …
“We are content with Anet’s decision to not provide mounts.”
You do not speak for Anet, Anet will say if mount will be implanted in the game or not. An according to your scenario when they do it get implanted, you can go to another that doesn’t have mount. Like I said it goes both way, double standard. From a third person point of you that bakery just lost potential market that wanted that product that why you see some bakery that last a long time due their variety and others for their taste. Guild wars 2 hmm you tell me which one it has the variety or the taste? CASE CLOSED
i wonder, how does a mount, something that can only be used outside combat, isn’t allowed in cities and will be disabled around jumping puzzles, be in any way unbalanced?
do you ppl even know what balance entails or is it just an attempt on an excuse?
it is unbalancing when it comes with any type of speed boost. This is what many want from a mount.
someone said " 50 % to 200 % speed boost" simply because other games have that.
So when speed boost is balanced …. different for different classes. A speed boost mount is unbalancing. The only way I can see it as balanced is, if the Mount occupies a utility slot, and mearly duplicates the speed boost of one of it’s abilities.
Purely cosmetic mounts is not what many pro-mount people want.
As someone once said " I want my mount to DO SOMETHING" Does that sound purely cosmetic to you?
but why does it unbalance anything, all you say is that it gives someone the ability to move faster but if everyone has a mount then it’s still balanced.
i never asked what a mount does, i asked why is a mount unbalanced.
and before you use the utility excuse again, everyone can use the mount without using a utility slot, no one, not even you or i has any advantage above anyone.
In this game, we have temporary speed boost. And the developers decided that some professions have better access to speed Boost that others. They decided that some professions can do faster speed boost, or do it more often.
That is what Gw2 is.
To give everyone a universal non-utility speed boost that is exactly the same for all, and lasts the same time for all, undoes the balancing work the devs have put into each speed boost in each profession.
They also want that if you WANT the speed boost you need to either use a specific offhand weapon…..or…a specific utility. Which obviously means swapping out another weapon or utility that may be better in combat. This is kind of obvious.
If ALL professions Now get a speed boost that lasts equally, and for the same amount of time, without either being tied to their off-hand, or the utility slot, that undoes the work the devs put Into tieing speed boost to either the offhand skill, or the utility skill.
THIS is the Game we are playing as it is envisioned by the developers.
You wish this game to be another game. You don’t wish to play the game that the developers provide. It seems to me that you dislike the game that the developers are providing, but whether you like it or not… this is the game the developers are providing.
If a speed boost mount is a deal breaker for you, all I can suggest is maybe playing another game that has speed boost mounts?
So what you are saving is to remove all player opinion base content? could of sworn this was a community fan base game. or has it turn to a political stance?
Not at all. But you need to accept just because you have an opinion about speed boost mounts and your desires for them, doesn’t mean I don’t get to tell you why I feel that your desires are bad for this game.
I have never said you shouldn’t say " I want speed boost mounts"
My only problem is when players give a multitude of reasons why speed boost mounts are a bad idea and those that want them simply repeat over and over. either
1. I don’t understand.
or
2. I disagree.
especially when they do not engage, they just say " But I want it. and I should have it. Give me reasons why I shouldn’t have it." that they then ignore.
Here is the ONLY reason those that do not want speed boost NEED.
" We are content with the developer’s current and consistent choice to not provide mounts"
I never said speed boost mount. All I want is MOUNT, I don’t care if it had buff or not, a MOUNT, what it is consider a mount not this flying broom crap. I don’t care how much it cost or how it is obtain. And thank you for not saying anything bout player base opinion it only applied when you or whoever feel like using that in an argument which this is a double standard
i wonder, how does a mount, something that can only be used outside combat, isn’t allowed in cities and will be disabled around jumping puzzles, be in any way unbalanced?
do you ppl even know what balance entails or is it just an attempt on an excuse?
it is unbalancing when it comes with any type of speed boost. This is what many want from a mount.
someone said " 50 % to 200 % speed boost" simply because other games have that.
So when speed boost is balanced …. different for different classes. A speed boost mount is unbalancing. The only way I can see it as balanced is, if the Mount occupies a utility slot, and mearly duplicates the speed boost of one of it’s abilities.
Purely cosmetic mounts is not what many pro-mount people want.
As someone once said " I want my mount to DO SOMETHING" Does that sound purely cosmetic to you?
but why does it unbalance anything, all you say is that it gives someone the ability to move faster but if everyone has a mount then it’s still balanced.
i never asked what a mount does, i asked why is a mount unbalanced.
and before you use the utility excuse again, everyone can use the mount without using a utility slot, no one, not even you or i has any advantage above anyone.
In this game, we have temporary speed boost. And the developers decided that some professions have better access to speed Boost that others. They decided that some professions can do faster speed boost, or do it more often.
That is what Gw2 is.
To give everyone a universal non-utility speed boost that is exactly the same for all, and lasts the same time for all, undoes the balancing work the devs have put into each speed boost in each profession.
They also want that if you WANT the speed boost you need to either use a specific offhand weapon…..or…a specific utility. Which obviously means swapping out another weapon or utility that may be better in combat. This is kind of obvious.
If ALL professions Now get a speed boost that lasts equally, and for the same amount of time, without either being tied to their off-hand, or the utility slot, that undoes the work the devs put Into tieing speed boost to either the offhand skill, or the utility skill.
THIS is the Game we are playing as it is envisioned by the developers.
You wish this game to be another game. You don’t wish to play the game that the developers provide. It seems to me that you dislike the game that the developers are providing, but whether you like it or not… this is the game the developers are providing.
If a speed boost mount is a deal breaker for you, all I can suggest is maybe playing another game that has speed boost mounts?
So what you are saving is to remove all player opinion base content? could of sworn this was a community fan base game. or has it turn to a political stance?
Mounts would be cool.
I don’t know why are people so against it, I don’t really see where adding mounts would ruin anything and/or be so kittenome people make it believe. If anything it would just be another gemshop item for cosmetic porposes…
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Because realistic people know just how much time and resources this would take away from other content that is more relevant to the game. Mounts are a MUCH more complex feature than you can imagine. It’s not just some skin you add.
so what you are saying that anet spent years to make guild wars 2 and the map are smaller than guild wars 1 which I agreed with. Also saying that the mounts are too COMPLEX for anet to handle so we come to the conclusion that anet is a failure of what they do. that is what YOU are saying.
I WANT mount, I don’t care what you want or need. Anet says “play how you want to play” whenever mount come because they will come and they will CREATE revenue guess what I going to get the mount because that is what I WANT, and if YOU don’t want it then DON’T get it. capiche
I like when there is a pc problem it always result to buy a new one. You don’t need to buy a new one. Now I don’t know if yours is a desktop or laptop, but you said pc and does generally mean a desktop. If your computer savvy you can upgrade your ram another 4 gb of rams should bum you up to a total of 8. For those sticklers 7.6 of ram. Anyways if you may or may not know, usually desktop with all of their starts up and what not takes about half of your ram so buying and additional ram will help with your situation. Also depending on you motherboard, if you can place a 8 gb of ram instead of 4 and 4 it would be better to just buy the 8 gb of ram and later up if you have the money to upgrade it with another 8gb of ram for a total of 16gb of ram, but like I said I don’t know the specific your hardware.
You know, I played all ME games and I never once thought about it. Nor do I care. If you feel it rips off certain story elements just remember that it’s extremely difficult to create something 100% original and unique these days, and it does not automatically mean that it’s ripping something off.
Yes to mount, just like everybody got what they wanted yes to mount for me. Even better yet you can place the mount on a black lion chest and I be happy to gamble for it
See the problem here is people. There are already events in the world that people yell at you for finishing because they want to farm the mobs that spawn. Because of those people, in many event, loot has been removed. It forces people to do the event to get the reward.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
So whatever happen to play it your way? No grind, and so on quote from arena.
Yes to Mount
I’m tired of seeing NPC running around across Tyria, and they get to the main event and die. If only they had a horse to save their energy for the battle.
I played in wvw tournament and completed the achievement, I stop playing for 2 month so that I can take some classes in the summer, I came back online I still haven’t receive any ticket from the wvw tournament. Is the tournament still going? Did they pass the ticket out yet?
I played in wvw tournament and completed the achievement, I stop playing for 2 month so that I can take some classes in the summer, I came back online I still haven’t receive any ticket from the wvw tournament. Is the tournament still going? Did they pass the ticket out yet?
I’m about to craft my ascended armor and weapon for my warrior. He is a condition build I mostly use him for wvw, and events with the gw2 story.
Question is my stats, should I go with dire stats for ascended, condition, toughness, and vitality. OR Apothecary stats with healing condition, toughness, and condition,
mostly I am trying to stay alive when I roam in wvw and zerg as well, and stay alive when does one hit attacks comes from the gw2 story events.
So what is better for a Condition warrior?
Sorry for the wait guys I haven’t got a chance to send in a request, I went out of town for my daughter birthday and I just got back today sending a ticket and I will keep you update. Yes I tried talking to the armor smith and nothing I didn’t do it with all character my character I tried that first and then I send a ticket ok. Thank you guys and Gailes
Posting here because I don’t know if the support link is broken.
I bought the Mad King Outfit on the first Halloween and after the patch I had no idea how to use it again. On of the player in my server told where to go and nothing on my tab my outfits are empty. I have no mad king, I check all of my characters and bank and nothing.
Thank You
Thanks for the input guys
Looks like I’m rolling a engi then for wvw, reason that I ask is because I was about to start on ascended armor for the warrior condition with dire stats, but I go with engi. What stats for engi for maximum condition dmg? thank you
