Mounts--Yes!

kolakoski

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

New York City

Knights of Shadowpeak

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15 Mar 2007 at 14:51 - 1
Well met!

IMHO, mounts in Guild Wars could be implemented within the current mechanics/balance of the game. They could be an attribute line in a new profession (perhaps along with lances). They could be mountable pets (beastmastery, lol) with the promised new controls. Or they could be mountable heros (with their own armor and weapons). In any event, mounted characters could have advantages for height (for archers and, perhaps, spear chucking and command), advantages/disadvantages for speed, power and/or offense/defense depending on the size/type of the mount. Balance issues would be similar to those of pets and heros, respectively. Although I do not recommend adapting their combat system, Mount & Blade demonstrates some of the animation and uses of mounts possible, if only with horses.

Wo Tan Ki, Ranger, Knights of Shadowpeak (KoS)

Mitchel

Mitchel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Almkerk, The Netherlands

P/W

15 Mar 2007 at 14:54 - 2
Trade number lost count
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GW doesnt have big enough places for Mounts.

Darko_UK

Darko_UK

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

England

R/

15 Mar 2007 at 14:59 - 3
How about no

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

15 Mar 2007 at 15:10 - 4
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Originally Posted by kolakoski
They could be mountable pets or they could be mountable heros...
The jokes here could be endless, especially if you went to Texas A&M.

Seriously, I think mounts could be implemented (and be an interesting dynamic to the game) IF they assigned it to some sort of new profession with a whole new set of attributes and skills to make it work. There would have to be significant downsides to utilizing a mount (i.e. only lances could be used, no spell casting, etc), otherwise it could dominate the game.

HKSdivision

HKSdivision

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

15 Mar 2007 at 15:21 - 5
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This is Guild Wars not WoW. We have map travel to get to places so mounts are not needed. This has been brought up a bunch of times before and IMHO having mounts in GW would be stupid and pointless.

IMO If you want mounts, quit GW and go play WoW

That's my 2 pennies!

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

15 Mar 2007 at 15:30 - 6
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Originally Posted by kolakoski
Well met!
Wo Tan Ki, Ranger, Knights of Shadowpeak (KoS)
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stop beating dead horses and close this thread

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kolakoski

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

New York City

Knights of Shadowpeak

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15 Mar 2007 at 15:31 - 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetdoc
The jokes here could be endless, especially if you went to Texas A&M.

Seriously, I think mounts could be implemented (and be an interesting dynamic to the game) IF they assigned it to some sort of new profession with a whole new set of attributes and skills to make it work. There would have to be significant downsides to utilizing a mount (i.e. only lances could be used, no spell casting, etc), otherwise it could dominate the game.
Well met!

Lol! Beastmastery (in the) buff!

Seriously, as pets, mounts would take up space on your skill bar; as heros, they would take up space in your party. IMHO, they would not, therefore, dominate any more than pets or heros do, respectively.

Wo Tan Ki, Ranger, Knights of Shadowpeak (KoS)

HKSdivision

HKSdivision

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

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15 Mar 2007 at 15:33 - 8
Stop saying IMHO, it's freaking annoying. No crap it's your opinion, otherwise you wouldn't be saying it.......

freekedoutfish

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

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15 Mar 2007 at 15:36 - 9
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The reason to have mounts is to cover vast distances in a short time, because there is no alternative way to do it.

Something we dont need.

Instances in GWs dont take a staggering amount of time to traverse, and can instantly teleport to a town or city at will.

Mounts of useless and pointless in GWs.

They would serve no purpose. You brought this over from the "just one question" thread, because I saw your comment. The thread in which I posted a comment saying...

"Most people who want things coppied from WoW only ask for the huge things like mounts, which are pointless."

Mounts are something we dont need, and you only want because they look cool, and you want to ride something. Go to WoW if you want to do that.

They wouldnt improve gameplay and would just consume space in an already limited area.

Etta

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

15 Mar 2007 at 15:41 - 10
Another day, another mount thread. Use the "Search", Guv!
I know it's well hidden, let me show you. It's between "New Posts & Quick Links"

Mercury Angel

Mercury Angel

Avatar of Gwen

Join Date: Apr 2005

Wandering my own road.

15 Mar 2007 at 16:00 - 11
Mounts are one of the oldest suggestions in Guild Wars history, with a long series of, mainly closed, threads. For future reference, though there's only one active thread within it here, the Index of Ideas is a convenient method of quickly searching for previously suggested ideas. Also take a moment to review the rules unique to Sardelac.

Though it's not quite as nice as the classic vb search, we do have a working boardtracker search available for your convenience as well. Unfortunately, it won't tell you when a thread is closed, but as you can see, there's already a lot of mount discussion going/already gone on.