Future Mounts

Anet likely has most, if not all, of their future mounts laid out and decided on, but I thought I'd throw up a few ideas. It's mostly for fun, but hey, maybe an Anet employee will see this and think "that's a neat idea". Throw up your own!!

• An underwater mount. Pretty obvious. We'll almost definitely go to see Bubbles eventually, so an underwater map is a given. Plus, the water drops on the mount icon when you're underwater. Not sure what it could be, but likely something that turns very easily and is at approximately player speed near the surface but gets faster as it gets deeper. Not sure how well the saddle idea would go over - maybe a large fish, dolphin, seahorse, or sea turtle, but if we ditch the saddle, then some sort of octopus or squid would be quite fun as well.
• Something that climbs. The problem with this one is that it might intersect with the springer a bit, but basically it would be a tetrapod that would climb along the walls. It wouldn't move very fast, probably slightly slower than the player, but it would be able to scale walls easily. Maybe an adrenaline bar if you were vertical?
• A burrower. Now, this one is a little tough to do, since the ground in GW2 is typically the ground. I'm not sure how it would work, but vertical movement through soil would be critical. Probably a bug-like mount, possibly a worm. It wouldn't be something where you're just moving underground but aside from that all movement is the same, you just can't see yourself.
• Speedy mount. Something with the strict purpose of going fast. Like a horse (those don't exist) an antelope, moose, or ostrich. The moose would have to be the size of an actual moose though, and not the midget ones that are in game. As a Canadian, seeing moose smaller than some characters upsets me. If you don't know how big a moose is, do not google it. Live in bliss.
• Shadhavar. I've heard rumours about this one. Personally, I wouldn't be using it all that much if it matches the rumours, but supposedly a camel-like mount would carry two people. The main thing I don't understand here is... why not just... use two mounts...? Or carry a lot more than 2 people.
• A very slow moving mount for crossing dangerous areas. Something with a lot of HP that is just intended to get you through a heavily fortified area.
• Another flying mount. The griffon was made because they didn't want a mount you could just afk on in the sky. They wanted skill to be a factor in how well you could handle it, and perpetually staying up would be something you had to practice for. So when I say another flying mount, I do mean stay with this idea - it should still be something that flies, but no better than the griffon. There isn't a specific reason for this aside from the fact that people just really like flying mounts, and having some variety would be nice.
• A far-sight mount. That can stealth. Guild Wars 2 is infamous for not rendering objects in the distance. A mount that has the ability to scout really well and sneak past enemies would certainly have its uses.
• A machine. Like a vehicle of some sort. This would be something with multiple uses - it wouldn't excel at anything in particular, like the springer can go high, but it would be an ATV.

Personally, one thing that I would really like to be a thing with mounts, unless that mount was essential (like the first 3 PoF mounts are) is an acquisition barrier.I am not talking about gold. Please, no more 250 gold mounts. However, a journey, a feat that proves that you earned that mount would be fantastic. Most people would not own every single mount, which I find takes away the magic a little bit. Having a griffon is great, but if there were 5 mounts just as great and owning one of them also means that you know that only a small portion of players own that same mount? A little like legendaries, just maybe not quite that big of an achievement.

Let me know what you all think, and what other mounts you'd like to see in the game!

I would love to have a centaur mount that gets an stampede attack and yells "WEAKNESS DISGUSTS ME! all the time

Underwater mount : Giant Squid or Leviathan ! =)Underground mount : Dregde digging machine.Speedy mount : Charr car or Moa.Flying mount : Dragonfly (less speedy but lot more agile than the griffon)And for carrying people :Treants with each person on a different branch.

Skin or mount I hope will one day exist (please) :Minotaur, Ooze, Skelk, Llama, Chicken !

So many people state "there can't be horses in GW2 because they don't exist" Yet Centaurs do which is horse enough along with a whole line of other mounts that don't exist yet they are in the game (Warclaw, Roadrunner, Armadillo, sacred Pegasus etc which I won't go there...) . It's a fantasy game & they can actually make the rules what you wish, so why not bring in a set of various horses, heck even a camel which would work in Amnoon.. Give them abilities if you must & I LOVE underwater mounts Idea. .

@"Furious.1205" said:So many people state "there can't be horses in GW2 because they don't exist" Yet Centaurs do which is horse enough along with a whole line of other mounts that don't exist yet they are in the game (Warclaw, Roadrunner, Armadillo, sacred Pegasus etc which I won't go there...) . It's a fantasy game & they can actually make the rules what you wish, so why not bring in a set of various horses, heck even a camel which would work in Amnoon.. Give them abilities if you must & I LOVE underwater mounts Idea. .

This thread is a tad out of date. We have an underwater mount

@Randulf.7614 said:

@"Furious.1205" said:So many people state "there can't be horses in GW2 because they don't exist" Yet Centaurs do which is horse enough along with a whole line of other mounts that don't exist yet they are in the game (Warclaw, Roadrunner, Armadillo, sacred Pegasus etc which I won't go there...) . It's a fantasy game & they can actually make the rules what you wish, so why not bring in a set of various horses, heck even a camel which would work in Amnoon.. Give them abilities if you must & I LOVE underwater mounts Idea. .

And a second flying mount. And a speedy mount.

I would like a poptart cat mount. Is there a kitsune mount?

The poptart cat mount will be a super fast flying mount that leaves a trail of rainbow sprinkles behind it while flying. A player and their friend can both ride this mount as long if their friend is in their party. A mount referencing nyan cat.

The kitsune mount which is a 9 tailed fox will be a ground/flying mount. It will have a celestial phase (when flying) which will make it glow white, gold, and various shades of lighter colors of the sun. It will also leave a glowing light trail. On the ground it will be in the colors of whites, reds, golds, and sakura pink with darkened eyes. So basically a color changing mount.

@"wilykcat.5864" said:I would like a poptart cat mount. Is there a kitsune mount?

The poptart cat mount will be a super fast flying mount that leaves a trail of rainbow sprinkles behind it while flying. A player and their friend can both ride this mount as long if their friend is in their party. A mount referencing nyan cat.

The kitsune mount which is a 9 tailed fox will be a ground/flying mount. It will have a celestial phase (when flying) which will make it glow white, gold, and various shades of lighter colors of the sun. It will also leave a glowing light trail. On the ground it will be in the colors of whites, reds, golds, and sakura pink with darkened eyes. So basically a color changing mount.

There is a kitsune skin for the jackal

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shrine_Guardian_Jackal_Skin

Another one of the 'idea' posts that will be ignored (as they should) by Anet (thank goodness). :)

@kharmin.7683 said:

@Randulf.7614 said:

@"Furious.1205" said:So many people state "there can't be horses in GW2 because they don't exist" Yet Centaurs do which is horse enough along with a whole line of other mounts that don't exist yet they are in the game (Warclaw, Roadrunner, Armadillo, sacred Pegasus etc which I won't go there...) . It's a fantasy game & they can actually make the rules what you wish, so why not bring in a set of various horses, heck even a camel which would work in Amnoon.. Give them abilities if you must & I LOVE underwater mounts Idea. .

We pretty much have something which can climb walls too - the skyscale. So those were some good guesses. :)

@"Furious.1205" said:So many people state "there can't be horses in GW2 because they don't exist" Yet Centaurs do which is horse enough along with a whole line of other mounts that don't exist yet they are in the game (Warclaw, Roadrunner, Armadillo, sacred Pegasus etc which I won't go there...) . It's a fantasy game & they can actually make the rules what you wish, so why not bring in a set of various horses, heck even a camel which would work in Amnoon.. Give them abilities if you must & I LOVE underwater mounts Idea. .

Horses do exist in Tyria...or they did. It's not clear if they're extinct or only found in some distant part of the world, but they are definitely known to the people of Tyria and used to be ridden by Krytans in the distant past.

There's even one horse who appears in both Guild Wars 1 and 2, but he lives in the Mists and well, you won't see him.

I still like the idea of a horse skin for the warclaw, either a 2k gem skin or (preferably) one from a difficult/long achievement. I love that this game turns the convention on it's head and gives us lots of unusual animals as the basic mounts - normally a raptor would be a rare mount, definitely not the starter mount. I'd like to see them come full circle and add a basic brown horse as a rare skin. I think it should be a warclaw skin because I think the abilities and animations would work better than for the other mounts.