@Manimarco Devil.1790 said:The griffon mount needs to be removed. This is exactly the type of mount of WoW uses and it kills content. People are allowed to bypass too much by using them. Ground mounts are more prone to being attacked and stopped via things like tar traps. Flying bypasses everything and will only make future content warped in order to accommodate it. Flying effectively renders the other mounts obsolete. Why raptor jump or skimmer when you can simply fly? (The bunny and jackal are still somewhat protected as the bunny can increase vertical distance more quickly and the jackal can use sand portals.) The meager counterargument is that the griffon cannot go past its initial height. But with the bunny and griffon one can bypass a majority of the map. (reach nearby high point -> fly) Mounts and gliding may add some amount of fun but they have also succeeded in removing any challenge the z-axis provided in this game. Mounts need to be more specific to dealing with environmental challenges and less about going 100mph past everything.
New content was designed with gliding/mounts in mind, so there's nothing new that can really be considered something that can be bypassed. As for old content... c'mon, you really care that much that some people might be able to pass mobs or easily do things that came out 5 years ago? Anyone who wanted to be challenged by the z-axis in this game has already been challenged by it- anyone who hasn't done those things will now be more likely to do so (heck, just the speed of the raptor, the only mount I have so far, has increased my willingness to do old content) which actually INCREASES content for players, not decrease.
But we can bypass some mobs... oh dear? Seriously, you're concerned that people might use mounts to get past hordes of trash? That's the pristine content you want to preserve? I don't know anyone who puts 'world trash' down as one of the top 100 things in an mmo they enjoy.
So we can travel across maps faster... good- best change GW2 has made, they're almost a modern mmo rather than an old fashioned one obsessed with how to restrict players. And let's not kid ourselves- your concern here is that Anet is lowering restrictions on non-competitive, open world content.
(Spoiler) "Hidden" mount was a mistake and mounts in general need to be toned down.
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New content was designed with gliding/mounts in mind, so there's nothing new that can really be considered something that can be bypassed. As for old content... c'mon, you really care that much that some people might be able to pass mobs or easily do things that came out 5 years ago? Anyone who wanted to be challenged by the z-axis in this game has already been challenged by it- anyone who hasn't done those things will now be more likely to do so (heck, just the speed of the raptor, the only mount I have so far, has increased my willingness to do old content) which actually INCREASES content for players, not decrease.
But we can bypass some mobs... oh dear? Seriously, you're concerned that people might use mounts to get past hordes of trash? That's the pristine content you want to preserve? I don't know anyone who puts 'world trash' down as one of the top 100 things in an mmo they enjoy.
So we can travel across maps faster... good- best change GW2 has made, they're almost a modern mmo rather than an old fashioned one obsessed with how to restrict players. And let's not kid ourselves- your concern here is that Anet is lowering restrictions on non-competitive, open world content.