Guild Wars 2: The One Thread

[Odeezee]

GWAMM is supposed to carry, yes.

Source: http://hom.guildwars2.com/en/faq/

damn, that title looks like you have to sacrifice your first born to get without going insane. thanks for the responses/link.

[Harradrane]

Any word on riding mounts? Or nah.

[Mif]

Any word on riding mounts? Or nah.

Nah.
The waypoint system is used instead.

[Odeezee]

Nah.
They waypoint system is used instead.

if they added them as vanity pets and maybe had then go at most the speed of a swiftness buff then i would be cool with that. if they could implement them the way Acheage does where they are not conjured and are actually models you can interact with then i'm game. they would probably have to restrict their use to just PvE though as using them in PvP may bring about unforeseen balance issues. so basically they would just be vanity items mainly with a slight speed bonus.

they could just decide to go hard on them in an expansion and expand the game world to accommodate them and allow us to fight mounted etc. they could make mounting a steed give you "environmental" type skills that can only be accessed while mounted which i think would make it easier to balance that way certain classes are not disadvantaged. and allowing multiple players on mounts would also be a plus. haha, i can see the "ride bys" happening now, good times.

[Harradrane]

Cool, I actually don't mind not having mounts. I believe that part of enjoying the environment is feeling a sense of scale. Flying mounts kind of take that away I believe.

[Blznsmri]

if they added them as vanity pets and maybe had then go at most the speed of a swiftness buff then i would be cool with that. if they could implement them the way Acheage does where they are not conjured and are actually models you can interact with then i'm game. they would probably have to restrict their use to just PvE though as using them in PvP may bring about unforeseen balance issues. so basically they would just be vanity items mainly with a slight speed bonus.

they could just decide to go hard on them in an expansion and expand the game world to accommodate them and allow us to fight mounted etc. they could make mounting a steed give you "environmental" type skills that can only be accessed while mounted which i think would make it easier to balance that way certain classes are not disadvantaged. and allowing multiple players on mounts would also be a plus. haha, i can see the "ride bys" happening now, good times.

Please, do NOT start this discussion again!

[Odeezee]

Please, do NOT start this discussion again!

why are people so afraid to discuss things? if forums are meant to be places where people can discuss things that everyone agrees on, then wtf is the point? i am not particularly for or against mounts in GW2 but i can see the attraction to them and the argument well you can just use waypoints is as meaningless as people who say but every other MMO i have played has had mounts.

[Mif]

why are people so afraid to discuss things?

Because around here "discussing things" tends to be the same few people posting page upon page of "is to" "is not" "is to" "is not" "is to" "is not".

[Klazmaunt]

Not to mention we've already had that discussion and the thread ended up being locked. We don't want that here.

[Queen of Hamsters]

can this game just be released already? PLEASE?!
best looking game since WoW was announced.

Agreed! No other MMORPG has been able to capture me like GW2 besides WoW...I've tried all the none-WoW games and lost interest, but GW2 have been on my table for years now and if my comp can run it from scratch, WoW till be put at second place for at least some months.

[Tury123]

Would kill to get into that beta!

[Anthoren]

I just want a confirmation on the last class, I just want to see it.

[Deleted]

why are people so afraid to discuss things? if forums are meant to be places where people can discuss things that everyone agrees on, then wtf is the point? i am not particularly for or against mounts in GW2 but i can see the attraction to them and the argument well you can just use waypoints is as meaningless as people who say but every other MMO i have played has had mounts.

Pretty much what Mif has said got into a endless and repeated argument until locked basically there will be no mounts at release, if you saw the thread I think you would understand.

[Blznsmri]

why are people so afraid to discuss things? if forums are meant to be places where people can discuss things that everyone agrees on, then wtf is the point? i am not particularly for or against mounts in GW2 but i can see the attraction to them and the argument well you can just use waypoints is as meaningless as people who say but every other MMO i have played has had mounts.

Because around here "discussing things" tends to be the same few people posting page upon page of "is to" "is not" "is to" "is not" "is to" "is not".

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That. If I didn't keep my hair as short as I did I would have pulled all of my hair out in that thread "discussing" it.

[Mothhive]

New blog up!

http://www.arena.net/blog/jim-boer-o...-conversations

[Mif]

New blog up!

http://www.arena.net/blog/jim-boer-o...-conversations

A needed slap to the face @ all the QQ'ers imo

[Jovanaar]

38 days before the end of the year... gimme Mesmer and do the Closed Beta already! So we can start doing the Open BETA. :<

[Lolbbq]

I can confirm that the final profession reveal is on track. In fact, I saw the designs for it tonight. It's... different.

Beyond that I can't help much. Let the spiraling into madness continue!

From SA forums by a dev

[Loaf Lord]

So are the capital cities instanced for the player or something? I see videos and the player is the ONLY one in the city. That would really suck if so.

[Valeron]

So are the capital cities instanced for the player or something? I see videos and the player is the ONLY one in the city. That would really suck if so.

The only thing instanced for the individual player is your home instance (similar to the hall of monuments in GW but on a bigger scale). All of the cities are persistent open areas though.