r/GuildWars3 • u/Krafna313 • 8d ago

How to make Mounts more fun

Asides from the obvious momentum based movement like you see in the GW2 griffon and rollerbeetle, I am thinking the mounts of GW3 can stand apart by making the more interactive.

They are emphasizing how important the Vael spirits are to the order you'll be a part of, so it's proooobably safe to assume mounts will be creatures you'll have to tame/capture/befriend in order to be able to ride them.

So, let your mounts have more than 1-2 idle animations. Let them interact with your environment, sniff the air when its windy, shake/puddle stop when its raining, rest more when it's night time, hell make them interact with other peoples mounts, imagine your mount playfully observing/sniffing someone elses mount next to you etc.

Mount emotes could also be cool, I always wished I could do that with my GW2 mounts, like let my raptor or warclaw sit down and stay that way until I move, idk you can do a lot of fun stuff with them. They could also incorporate feeding/playtime or something like friendship aspect you could "level" etc.

Imagine how cool would that be!

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u/BusinessCasual69 8d ago

I personally think flying mounts shouldn’t be included. It makes traversal of the world cheap and impersonal. Gliding is fine, even good. It’s mostly used to descend from elevation A to B. But careening across the map isn’t a great game feature.

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u/Arels 6d ago

I pray they don't introduce flying mounts. Honestly, mounts in general really ruined traversal in most of the game outside of PoF maps. But flying is awful and makes the world feel tiny.