Originally Posted by
Blznsmri
Because in the lore of Guild Wars, and Guild Wars 2 (books included), there is absolutely no mention of a domesticated animal being used as a mount apart from a few the Stone Summit Dwarves riding Dolyaks. There are no horses, kodo, hawkstriders, nightsabers, giant rams, raptors, dire wolves or elekks/ elephants for the races of Tyria to mount and adding such things, at this time, would be detrimental to the lore and gameplay of Guild Wars 2. (think of how many times people have complained about ret-cons in WoW, that's essentially what would happen)