Guild Wars 2

I honestly don’t care if mounts are in game. I wouldn’t spend any money on them in the gem shop but if ANET gives me a free standard mount, I would use it. It’s a free
speedbuff which allows me to skip contend in open pve. cool thing. And if I see someone struggling with enemies I wouldn’t stop and assist him because if he is not smart enough to use his mount to skip them then it’s not my problem if he dies. I would just ride past him and I would smile while doing it. Maybe I would rotate the camera so that I can watch his noobass getting whipped while riding peacefully towards the sunset.

Just kidding. I won’t let anyone die. Not on my watch. But if mounts exist and support this kind of selfish playstyle then… who knows…

Regarding lorefriendliness I have to admit that I’m not very familiar with Guild Wars lore but as far as I know Charr are carnivores. Wouldn’t it be lorefriedly if your Charr dies (because of stomach explosion) everytime he eats something not entirely made of meat? Only because something is lorefriendly doesn’t mean that it would be healthy for the game.

I don’t know why GW2 needs salvation but even if it does, I doubt that mounts would do the trick. Of course people would buy mounts if they are purchaseable over the shop. People buy everything. If ANET would add a mini BDSM Faren for Valentinesday to their gem store which slapps your kitten from time to time and call you his worthless slave, people would buy it. kitten , even I would buy it.

Maybe ANET can implement mounts in their next expension as a gameplayelement only available on the expansion maps. If the new content is designed for mounts, why not? But right now Tyria is not made for mounts. I don’t see any benefits at all, whether from the gameplay nor from the economic perspective.