Hvitr Hrafn.5147

Sure maybe in a year or 2 from now. Anet does it this early they'll catch alotta heat from those that throwed down $ just for the mount and best believe many did for just the mounts. Mounts have been one of the biggest requests from the day gw2 released. The content PoF brought was just a bonus to people like that. Yeah, for sure. It does seem like it would take way too much development time for something really minor like this anyway. Maybe one day, perhaps as a seasonal mini game, or something (like Halloween 2018)? Wishful thinking, but I would love if it they’d give veteren players new holiday content that utilized gliding or mounts, and lets non-expansion owners borrow a basic glider/mount only for instanced minigames (cannot use in core tyria at all). Actually, I’d be really happy if they just brought back some of the old Halloween games, but I digress.

I personally wouldn’t mind seeing a heart or event that allowed you to borrow a mount (only for the duration or range of said event/heart). It could be something silly like "ride this tiny goat around and ranch and use it to dash (like a lesser raptor leap) and headbutt obstacles/predators/bandits" or something. There’s already a bunch of "help ranchers/farmhands with whatever-task" hearts, so maybe anet could just modify an existing heart? Core and F2P players could sort of try out mounts within a limited area (get bucked off by a grumpy goat once out of heart/event range), decide if they like the feel of mount movement, and then decide if it’s worth buying the expansion for full access to proper mounts.