DeanBB.4268 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I searched but got no hits. With the upcoming 2-person mount, will we start to see taxi services offered, reminiscent of the old runs to LA in GW1? Or will the passenger need to have some level of turtle mastery as well? If not, what about alt accounts? Can I then taxi alt account characters to Orr or where ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyncale.1629 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) I honestly do not understand the attraction of hopping on a multi-person mount and let yourself drive around by another player, or even a friend, not even if I was the ultimate noob with only a FTP account and no mounts. This game invites you to explore yourself, at your own pace. The zones are also small and have a billion waypoints per zone. You can take a noob through a couple of zones and show him zones that are above his level. Is that fun? And how many newbies without mounts are there, really? I hope that Anet has something surprising up their sleeve with these multiperson mounts, because letting yourself drive around in a MMO is not it. Edited July 31, 2021 by Tyncale.1629 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwaz.1908 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 They did say during the livestream that the passenger/gunner seat does not require any mastery levels. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch of Doom.5739 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Will we clean our Turtle Taxi with People Wax? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Hayes.6890 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 27 minutes ago, Witch of Doom.5739 said: Will we clean our Turtle Taxi with People Wax? I certainly hope so. The only thing I don't like about the new mount is that it only allows one passenger. My kids will just have to take turns 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decease.3215 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 boat too.. if you want to cross the river you will have to hand over one fish XD p.s. yes, you can swim, but there is no style in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Touchme.1097 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 53 minutes ago, Tyncale.1629 said: I honestly do not understand the attraction of hopping on a multi-person mount and let yourself drive around by another player, or even a friend, not even if I was the ultimate noob with only a FTP account and no mounts. This game invites you to explore yourself, at your own pace. The zones are also small and have a billion waypoints per zone. You can take a noob through a couple of zones and show him zones that are above his level. Is that fun? And how many newbies without mounts are there, really? I hope that Anet has something surprising up their sleeve with these multiperson mounts, because letting yourself drive around in a MMO is not it. If you don't like it, don't use it. Easy, no need to take the fun out for everyone else 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustTrogdor.7892 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Tyncale.1629 said: I honestly do not understand the attraction of hopping on a multi-person mount and let yourself drive around by another player, or even a friend, not even if I was the ultimate noob with only a FTP account and no mounts. This game invites you to explore yourself, at your own pace. The zones are also small and have a billion waypoints per zone. You can take a noob through a couple of zones and show him zones that are above his level. Is that fun? And how many newbies without mounts are there, really? I hope that Anet has something surprising up their sleeve with these multiperson mounts, because letting yourself drive around in a MMO is not it. If I had to guess there will probably be meta events, achievements, rewards etc that require using the 2 person mount with 2 people. I don't think Anet put the effort in making it just as some sort of optional thing. They are going to want to "force" people to use it somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrilana.1396 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, DeanBB.4268 said: I searched but got no hits. With the upcoming 2-person mount, will we start to see taxi services offered, reminiscent of the old runs to LA in GW1? Or will the passenger need to have some level of turtle mastery as well? If not, what about alt accounts? Can I then taxi alt account characters to Orr or where ever? I can’t think of anything in this game where you would need someone to taxi you which would make the mount useful. With the speed and functionality it’ll likely have, I see it as nothing more of a gimmick mount in order to have a feature to sell the expansion. Edited July 31, 2021 by Ayrilana.1396 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killforbeers.7534 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Funny but true it does seem like a Turtle Taxi so I will not be surprised that what alot of players will call it as a Turtle Taxi just like players named our buddy Steve which he will soon be around in OCT. Edited July 31, 2021 by killforbeers.7534 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I doubt there will be the same demand as GW1 taxis to LA, Droks Runs, Consulate Docks etc. because people wanted to get to those locations to get top tier equipment or access to all the city facilities, but you can get both in GW2 without needing to go to a specific location. Plus there's other options like the teleport to friend. I'm sure we'll see some people carrying their friends around for faster/easier map completion but I doubt there will be specific destination with high demand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veprovina.4876 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 How "fast" is a *siege* turtle going to be anyway? I think its purpose will mostly be combat and slight maneuverability in fights, driver escape AoE while gunner blasts bosses or whatever it's going to be used as. I can already see events full of turtles, ugh... I hope they make the damage weak and maybe use them as an engage or CC... I doubt it'll be a fun taxi ride with a slow kitten lizard hauling you for Eternity... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eraden.8740 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I have my own transport. I call him "Ancalagon The Mini" (my skyscale). Why would I ever need to take a slow trip on a turtle when I could roam around in all three dimensions on my skyscale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westenev.5289 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Tyncale.1629 said: I honestly do not understand the attraction of hopping on a multi-person mount and let yourself drive around by another player, or even a friend, not even if I was the ultimate noob with only a FTP account and no mounts. This game invites you to explore yourself, at your own pace. The zones are also small and have a billion waypoints per zone. You can take a noob through a couple of zones and show him zones that are above his level. Is that fun? And how many newbies without mounts are there, really? I hope that Anet has something surprising up their sleeve with these multiperson mounts, because letting yourself drive around in a MMO is not it. I mean, some of my best memories of games like halo have been from sitting in the passenger seat. It depends on the map design and the weapon controls - if the turtle played like the tank from visions of steel, for example, I think it has the potential to be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kuro.8937 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) If we don't see : Event map: Half of population spawn at east and the other on west . Doing events feed/lvl up a Guild's Turtle , in order to become Gigantic and behave as a "moving Castle" with 20 cannons son top and their goal is to l try to capture the mid of the map . The rest of the population can equip 3 things: a) Shield that does bodyblock + knockback-Spear Combo (spartan) b) Toy Ranged Gun c) Axe or Creepers that can easily bypass/hop form the Shield Guys . If they do enought damage/stacks they unlcok improved slow forms Turtles can bite each other (if they eveeeer reach their oponent , but they do less dps based on how many stack from the creepers they have ...i will whine... Edit: each group can choose 3 paths/events along the way . The first increase its speed (avoid/kite other turtle) The second faster lvl up the turtle (becoming the first to go in mid and capture it) , but you gain less guns and HP The 3rd improves the Axe/Gun/Shiled , and opens other events to improve forms edit2: Or Turtle vs Turtle and each Guild have unlocked 5 Giants that will try to utflank/souround the enemy turtle , while each zerg will try to slow/dps them (no zerg player see other as enemy -each will try to dps their Target Giant ) Edited July 31, 2021 by Captain Kuro.8937 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanBB.4268 Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 If I'm doing world mapping, why not drag along an alt to at least get all the waypoints and PoIs, right? A core-only alt account. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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