Please remove mounts from cities?

[Ashantara.8731]

Dear devs,

 

While I appreciate the fact that we can use mounts all across Tyria, unlike gliders they are taking up space. A lot of space. Especially the V.I.P. areas in cities are already cramped as is, we don't need huge Charr or Norn sitting on even bigger giant bunnies and the like, blocking the whole view.

 

Could you please disable them in cities? Thank you.

[pinkglow.3429]

Major cities are fine, but there is no need for them in VIP arenas

[Greyraven.4258]

> @pinkglow.3429 said:

> Major cities are fine, but there is no need for them in VIP arenas

 

Agreed..I love seeing the mounts in the cities it makes them feel more alive.

 

 

[JustTrogdor.7892]

> @pinkglow.3429 said:

> Major cities are fine, but there is no need for them in VIP arenas

 

Yep for gem store passes/VIP they should auto dismount.

[Ayakaru.6583]

Personally, i think its just a phase. Mounts are new so people are constantly activating them for every little hop. After a while it'll fade and people will stop using mounts for every little thing. Give it a few weeks

[Ashantara.8731]

> @Greyraven.4258 said:

> Agreed..I love seeing the mounts in the cities it makes them feel more alive.

 

It only cramps them and blocks the view not only on the beautiful architecture but also on NPCs and everything that. It completely ruins the atmosphere and impedes navigation. It really is unnecessary to have those mounts in the cities, especially since there is a mastery for speed boost on foot in major cities.

[Ashantara.8731]

Seriously, this is getting majorly irritating. At the Royal Terrace, you can't even test new weapon looks or other things in action on your character, because some show-off has to put out their mount and cover your entire player model in it (I don't appreciate being stuck in as raptor's behind, to be honest).

 

Please disable mounts in cities, they are unnecessary there anyway. Thank you.

[Sarge shot Grif.6450]

Very bad idea, the only place they need to be disable are in places where you're doing jump puzzles or where they'd break the progression of story instances. I really like that I can zip to the TP and back tp crafting a lot faster than before, they're super helpful basically anywhere movement is necessary.

[WARIORSCHARGEING.2637]

too late now for that to ever happen that cats out of the bag and gone. ;) :p :3 . and sure do not see anet changing this at all no matter how much it is cried over . and I do hope they add new mounts to the game . just not skin versions of them . I not found one problem at all with mounts in towns or other places . their is not problem when you can just walk into the mounts and keep on walking to the trading post or banks or crafting areas :p :3 <3

[Leablo.2651]

> @Ayakaru.6583 said:

> Personally, i think its just a phase. Mounts are new so people are constantly activating them for every little hop. After a while it'll fade and people will stop using mounts for every little thing. Give it a few weeks

 

I don't think so. Mounting and dismounting are virtually instantaneous so there's very little reason not to mount up. If you'll notice, there are little signs in the desert that tell people mounts aren't allowed, but so far there is no actual prohibition against players to be mounted in those areas. I think this is something that Anet will be refining as development continues, where mounts will be disallowed in specific areas where they are not appropriate. Until then though, they will be pretty much everywhere. So it is good for people to bring up specific issues they are having, even if not all of them will be valid objections.

[Tanner Blackfeather.6509]

I'd be against a general block on mounts in cities, but a No Mount zone around Bank/TP/Crafting stations and in the really tight VIP areas (Pavillion, Airship, etc) could be nice!

[Ashantara.8731]

> @"Tanner Blackfeather.6509" said:

> but a No Mount zone around Bank/TP/Crafting stations **and in the really tight VIP areas** (Pavillion, Airship, etc) could be nice!

 

I could live with that.

[Irreverent.3594]

> @"Tanner Blackfeather.6509" said:

> I'd be against a general block on mounts in cities, but a No Mount zone around Bank/TP/Crafting stations and in the really tight VIP areas (Pavillion, Airship, etc) could be nice!

Agreed. Especially mounts on airship. That just feels wrong.

 

[killermanjaro.5670]

> @Greyraven.4258 said:

> It only cramps them and blocks the view not only on the beautiful architecture but also on NPCs and everything that. It completely ruins the atmosphere and impedes navigation. It really is unnecessary to have those mounts in the cities, especially since there is a mastery for speed boost on foot in major cities.

 

Fully agree with this. There's no reason to have even more unnecessary visual clutter that obstructs players views or blocks NPCs etc in the main cities. This is a problem that will get worse when we inevitably end up with flashy mount accessories / particle effects or glowing mount skins on the gem store.

 

And as mentioned we have a mastery to run quick in cities, so allowing mounts in cities really makes that whole mastery redundant.

 

Sadly I doubt Anet will change this as I'm sure they want maximum exposure of mounts to everyone who hasn't got PoF, so they see them and want to buy it.

[Ashantara.8731]

I don't get it. You can't use them in Guild Halls or in your Home Instance, yet they are allowed to ruin the atmosphere and usability of cities?

[JVJD.4912]

Because they are instances. Generally other games solves this mount blocking issue by putting npcs inside of a building where you get dismounted

 

So where are these npcs in the VIP of Divinity....??? Bingo

[Ashantara.8731]

> @JVJD.4912 said:

> Because they are instances.

 

That is not a valid argument. After all, story missions in PoF are instanced, too, yet you can use your mounts in them. It's a matter of programming.

 

I still wish they disabled mounts entirely in cities.

[JVJD.4912]

Except those instances are from vanilla 2012 just like dungeons where mounts just like raids where not suppose to exist .Were-as Pof 's entire content revolves around mounts so why are you comparing apples with oranges??

 

 

[VaaCrow.3076]

Please don't do this, thanks.

[Mitch.4781]

Yes , fully agreed. Get them the F out of the cities. Not only that , people are using them to grief the banks, tp and crafting areas, just as I expected they would.

[Zoltar MacRoth.7146]

Personally, I'm fine with mounts in cities, or anywhere else. :)

[Phineas Drayke.6381]

Please don't. Maybe for the small VIP zones buy the new POF VIP zone is big enough for mounts.

[Oldirtbeard.9834]

Just be happy this game doesn't have mailboxes like WoW, or quest NPCs that you have to click on to hand in quests. At least GW2 has dialog boxes that pop up when ever you get close enough to something to interact with it.

 

I agree that mounts in cities should be restricted to areas with out vendors/bankers/bltp.

[DietPepsi.4371]

No mounts in crowded areas? Fine. No mounts in cities all together? No thankyou. I like seeing other people running around on mounts.

[Rauderi.8706]

Not in every part of the city, but there should probably be a no-mount zone around certain areas: crafting commons, traders and banks, or other similarly crowded areas.