Underwater Mount

[Icethorn.6570]

Can our next mount be an underwater one? Perhaps a Dolphin like the one in Fractals.

[DakotaCoty.5721]

Imagine a Charr on a dolphin.

[castlemanic.3198]

> @DakotaCoty.5721 said:

> Imagine a Charr on a dolphin.

 

Oh but I can:


 

EDIT: dangit, how do i do this?

[akenoyuki.8210]

Yes please, It will complete our mount :D

But.. It depends if our next LW have something to do with underwater content

[Mewcifer.5198]

I want this, it would make sense. We have mounts that increase our mobility on land, why not underwater as well? I wonder what it's special movement ability would be.

[Paralux.6714]

I think this is a good idea! I also think adding a underwater mount may make more players interested in the underwater content overall, which would be a positive thing since I can see a lot of potential there.

[Lunarlife.5128]

Granted, underwater needs fixed. I do not enjoy any underwater content so far. Any of it. Might be playing the wrong class... But that shouldn't be a problem.

[Phil.7369]


PLEEEEEAAAAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEE!

[ProverbsofHell.2307]

Honestly, nothing should be added to water areas before the underlying problems with it are addressed.

[Wizler.8192]

I'm Evon Gnashblade and I support this idea!

[ROMANG.1903]

Make the Skimmer able to go underwater??

[Mewcifer.5198]

Maybe sometime soon they will do a full underwater combat overhaul (new or rebalanced skills mostly) and add an underwater mount at the same time.

[Sadria.6570]

I would like to suggest WATER WYVERN or SEA SERPENT. And also say... TF do we need an ugly bug for... underwater mount should have been the 6th mount. We do NOT NEED another land mount. UGH.

[Zelanard.5806]

I do not think we need an underwater mount, I can hardly imagine one that wouldn't make us look like idiots. However a sea scooter would be neat.

 

That said, I believe every class need at least another 2 underwater weapons and a set of underwater armour.

It really sucks that we cannot make a decent build because our underwater weapons aren't fit to more than one set of attributes.

[MarshallLaw.9260]

ANet only recently released the swim infusions which deal with the move speed issue. If they were to introduce an underwater mount, the only place those infusions would be useful would be the old "pre-mount" instanced content (like fractals). I don't know if the infusions were introduced as a gold sink only, but the demand for them would plummet in this scenario.

Although I'm neither for nor against an underwater mount, I don't see it happening because of the above reason.

[ReV.6097]

We need a bl00dy Ecco the Dolphin mount! God knows I've been waiting years for a dolphin pet/mini/tonic, you teasing gits.

[Dreadshow.9320]

> @"akenoyuki.8210" said:

> Yes please, It will complete our mount :D

> But.. It depends if our next LW have something to do with underwater content

 

I wish the next expansion would be a thawed out Jade sea in Cantha where that dragon that was stuck in gw1 would rise (or sink). With the water combat revamp my hopes got higher.

[Biff.5312]

They've created speed-bonus infusions for underwater. I don't see them making a mount as well.

[Ardid.7203]

[My favourite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_atlanticus "My favourite")

 

 

[Hybarf Tics.2048]

We have swim infusions and skimmer speed what else you need? There's nothing wrong with water content and never was, I for one will never get swim speed or even ascended breather mask, too time consuming and we don't need nada to kill underwater creatures with. B)

[ReV.6097]

Infusion, or not.. What is stopping the other things? (more water pets/tonics)

[Phosphorite.6192]

> @"Hybarf Tics.2048" said:

> We have swim infusions and skimmer speed what else you need? There's nothing wrong with water content and never was, I for one will never get swim speed or even ascended breather mask, too time consuming and we don't need nada to kill underwater creatures with. B)

 

We already have 25% speed boosts so by that logic we never would've gotten the land mounts either. I think it could be very exciting to get underwater mounts, especially alongside a proper underwater mechanics overhaul and new content

[Zelanard.5806]

> @"Phosphorite.6192" said:

> > @"Hybarf Tics.2048" said:

> > We have swim infusions and skimmer speed what else you need? There's nothing wrong with water content and never was, I for one will never get swim speed or even ascended breather mask, too time consuming and we don't need nada to kill underwater creatures with. B)

>

> We already have 25% speed boosts so by that logic we never would've gotten the land mounts either. I think it could be very exciting to get underwater mounts, especially alongside a proper underwater mechanics overhaul and new content

 

As far as I know the only place we get a permanent speed boost is in towns, so I'd like to know where we get that permanent 25% speed boost while out of combat, from? :open_mouth:

[Phosphorite.6192]

> @"Zelanard.5806" said:

> > @"Phosphorite.6192" said:

> > > @"Hybarf Tics.2048" said:

> > > We have swim infusions and skimmer speed what else you need? There's nothing wrong with water content and never was, I for one will never get swim speed or even ascended breather mask, too time consuming and we don't need nada to kill underwater creatures with. B)

> >

> > We already have 25% speed boosts so by that logic we never would've gotten the land mounts either. I think it could be very exciting to get underwater mounts, especially alongside a proper underwater mechanics overhaul and new content

>

> As far as I know the only place we get a permanent speed boost is in towns, so I'd like to know where we get that permanent 25% speed boost while out of combat, from? :open_mouth:

 

Many classes either have almost perma access to swiftness or traits/signets that give you a flat 25% bonus.

[Zelanard.5806]

> @"Phosphorite.6192" said:

> > @"Zelanard.5806" said:

> > > @"Phosphorite.6192" said:

> > > > @"Hybarf Tics.2048" said:

> > > > We have swim infusions and skimmer speed what else you need? There's nothing wrong with water content and never was, I for one will never get swim speed or even ascended breather mask, too time consuming and we don't need nada to kill underwater creatures with. B)

> > >

> > > We already have 25% speed boosts so by that logic we never would've gotten the land mounts either. I think it could be very exciting to get underwater mounts, especially alongside a proper underwater mechanics overhaul and new content

> >

> > As far as I know the only place we get a permanent speed boost is in towns, so I'd like to know where we get that permanent 25% speed boost while out of combat, from? :open_mouth:

>

> Many classes either have almost perma access to swiftness or traits/signets that give you a flat 25% bonus.

 

That is hardly relevant to the topic at all though, since we have that both under and above water. Meanwhile the infusions in the argument above are a completely different, and much more permanent, boost that stack with the other types of speed boost. For the skill related speed boosts we do not pay anything. For the swim speed infusions we pay so much gold it's crazy. Your comparison here is thus completely unfair.