End of Dragons, Give Us The Ability To Use Boats Please

Please. >:

i can see them possibly making us operate these boats or something similar in instanced content or maybe in the open world ( like say an event and you ferry these people/npcs to point A ~ B ) where you interact with it with F and it becomes a "temporary" mount... but i can't see them giving us an actual boat mount we already have a skimmer :3

Yea I've always wanted ships in this game. combining one of my favorite subjects with my favorite game would be epic. Ships could act as a new form of long distance travel with ship combat, where enemy ships patrol about, on shipping lanes. with missions where you get to escort a merchant vessel or something. Ships would be an awesome addition to the game imo. There could be world bosses we duel with ships, lie a kraken, or jade maw. I have always loved pirate games, potc online, ac black flag, pirate101 etc. Realistically speaking though it would most likely never be a thing in gw2, don't think the game is built for it. Maybe it could be a feature in gw3 when its released in 2030.

Only if I get a Canthan ship of the line / ironclad as my home instance.

what is the advantage of a boat over the skimmer? it's faster and more easily handled.

@coso.9173 said:what is the advantage of a boat over the skimmer? it's faster and more easily handled.

Depends how they could implement boats. One thought is skimmers can't fight. If they add enemies that can attack you while you are on the water. Then ships could be an alternative to fight, while skimmers would act like speed boats to avoid them. Something like that.

@ErikTheTyrant.4527 said:

@coso.9173 said:what is the advantage of a boat over the skimmer? it's faster and more easily handled.

Could always unmount and use your underwater skills to fight.

on a personal level, i would LOVE a boat mount, i really love the idea of open waters sailing and stuff like that, but on a practical level i can't think of why they'd implement boats if you already have the skimmer (that can both go on land and in water now with the new mastery), it just seems like a downgrade unless they significantly boost the speed of the boat, but then you create problems so i just don't see a good solution.

YES! And also fishing and housing please!We need something to keep the game fresh.

I don't really see it. It works great for open world games with no loading screens, where the world is designed with a lot of water, so you can travel everywhere by boat.We don't have that much water in Guild Wars 2. What we have works better for the skimmer. And there are no harbors most places, would be a bit weird to see boats in the world.If you're only talking about the new expansion, then sure maybe if the expansion is designed around it, but it wouldn't translate well to the rest of the game

Y-yes, please ArenaNet, also make Warrior great again. OwO

The game handles large moving objects really poorly. If anet added boats I'm afraid there would be more people complaining than enjoying the feature.

Maybe an adventure where you steer a bout through some rough waters.As a Mount it isn't necessary.As an element/gimmick of a map. Well, it would be cool to have a map like Sandswept Isles again, but the engine seems to have its problems with large moveable objects. So unless it's done really well, I'd rather not have it.