Horses, we need horses

[cabbageheat]

I'm sure this has been mentioned somewhere, but regardless, here it is again!

Horses would be a great addition to the game. I know you can "teleport" to each location, but sometimes, I actually enjoy the trek through the woods (plus, they built this great looking world, why not enjoy it?).

so the ability to take on a steed of some kind, would be slick. And in groups, it would look great, especially some kind of "charge" command.

just a thought. :)

[Ray Of Light]

Who doesn't like horseys ? :)

My main concern would be a superficial one : would they look silly turning on the spot, would melee attacks look wrong from a steed, etc.

Regardless though, I do not think steeds will be a high priority with all the teleporting, and probably not that popular since a party will only survive together if everyone has a steed. :?
Maybe a single profession with steeds would be nice though, like a Cavlaryman or Tamer.

[mike_chan]

Its a good idea however we need bigger areas to use the horse because the areas r too tight and also too many enemies are around. I mean say for example going up ascalon settlement do you think the horse can get up there? or pass the caves when we go from beacons perch to gates of kryta will it fit through?

[firefly]

I would like the "house" idea, but trying to put them in the game now would be pointless. As it is right now you can easily just click a location on the map and teleport there. I don't think they would change there minds and deleted the teleport idea and make everyone run to town by houses. But there should be a reason why we are able to teleport to town to town. (I don't know... lol some mage cast a spell on you to teleport to some town.. lol i dont care.)

[hidai]

horses is a great idea but GW dev team MUST make the maps bigger, in order to have reasons to use the horses. the maps are big but they gotta be bigger

[sammercer]

we need lots of horses
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[ShadowGryphon]

personally, I'd like to have a riding gryphon :D ( yeah I know bite me LOL)

[Ediseye]

Horses would be nice and make the game more realistic while fighting on a horse. Really no need for them but if they make mini-gmaes in GuildWars like they might, there is a good chance they GuildWars would then have them.

[Avenger]

horses would make the game more realistic?? How can ridding a horse in a game allowing you too hack with an axe at something that looks alot like the human torch (http://forums.knights-templar.com/viewtopic.php?t=856&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60url) from the Fantastic Four make that game more realistic?

Horses wouldnt do much for the game.... Unless it would cost a hefty load of cash, making it a symbol of l33tness 8)

[ShadowGryphon]

the human torch........ with faery wings no less heh

[cjordan]

I want to see mounts like horses or gryphens added as well.

I'm with the original poster: We've been given this lovely world to play in and I like traveling through it. I particularly like the water.

-)

[ShadowGryphon]

GRYPHONS DAMMIT!
I WANT A GRYPHON!
heh heh heh

Gryph wanders off to grow some feathers

[FlameBoy]

http://www.fluffy.com/gallery/images/gryphonpass.jpg

the will be WOW...i would love and vote for it :lol:

[ShadowGryphon]

or better yet, how about a giant skunk ?
heh heh heh , ranged gas attacks! :twisted:

[cjordan]

or better yet, how about a giant skunk ?
heh heh heh , ranged gas attacks! :twisted:

lol! :lol:

[mitsi m]

i think the guildwars development team should put horses in to guild wars. Or so you can ride certain animals like a bear, but you cant use weapons like swords or you decrase your health by so much.

so they should and they should get the add on pack out very soon


mitsi m

[Guild of the Lords]

why wud u lose health on a horse? i dont get it does it wear out your butt or someting?

[ShadowGryphon]

GAH! SADDLE SORES!

heh heh heh :twisted:

[Guild of the Lords]

Lol my cuzs get it all the time its not funny( creeps away and roars out laughing). they really do get them tho.

[Sir Ention]

I really dont think they would serve that much of a purpose, I mean, it would just be a waste of money. And besides, compared to some other games the running system in gw is pretty efficient and can run pretty fast. So what would be the point of horses other than a useless place to spend money?

[DarkSun]

I guess if you ask me there should be more than just horses as mounts. All my friends play WoW. I'm the only Guild Wars person in my group. They talk about all these really awsome mounts like lizzards, tigers, horses, bone horses. Maybe we should have somethings like that. Like each group has their own kind of mount. Rangers can have a giant lynx, or tiger thing. Necros would have a kind of living dead mount, Warriors would have Horses or something new (horses are overrated and plain), Elementalist would have some kind of mount that I can't think of along with the Mesmers. The monks would have a griffan kind of think maybe.
I don't know I'm just talking off the top of my head.

[sat one]

All my friends play WoW. I'm the only Guild Wars person in my group. They talk about all these really awsome mounts like lizzards, tigers, horses, bone horses. Maybe we should have somethings like that.


mabie you should just play wow since u only play gw for pve.

[DarkSun]

mabie you should just play wow since u only play gw for pve.

Um...no. Because I sometimes will PvP and GvG. So don't go and say stuff like that. You don't even know me. And the reason I don't play WoW is because I can't afford the fees. It took me 3 months to save up for GW. I'll enjoy my hard work. And you spelled maybe wrong.

[wood kid]

not sure if this has been said...

to make horses be needed, you could put this in...

it is VERY unrealistic that wariors can run so fast in full steal plate. each peice of armour should slow your char down a sertain percent, especialy for plate warior armour. this will stop running on a small scale, and to ensure that runners dont just ride there and make the whole thing easyer, if you are riding a horse, and you take 20 hits without making an atempt to attack back,you start taking 4x as much damage, the 20 hit will ensure that someone fighting on horses doesnt get killed to easy, but will slaughter runners very fast. this way there is a need for wariors to have horses, but also helps put a prity heafty blow on runners, wich by the encreasing dificulty of the forge run GW people dont like... How can we loose?

Also my guild originated in the game Sacred, wich had horses...
and i couldnt think of a better name so i used the name "The Black Cavalry" in this guild... horses would make my guild make so much more sense..

[Marteau]

i could see horses in the explorable areas. they more likely to put magic carpets in. much easier to implement a square piece of cloth than a horse.

[Ediseye]

No offense, but I rather have a horse than a rug in my house.

[Hadhodhond]

Also my guild originated in the game Sacred, wich had horses...
and i couldnt think of a better name so i used the name "The Black Cavalry" in this guild... horses would make my guild make so much more sense..

Sacred = good game, haven't finished it yet, but well that's off topic.....

Horses like that would be really cool. And tehn they could charge money for them, yes a symbol of eliteness. Like 15k armor which sad to say i don't have yet.

Well like in sacred anyway, i would like to own more than one horse, so you could let someone borrow it, In sacred I had like 4 scattered around.

[wood kid]

each class should have a set speed, casters slow, wariors and ranger fast, and then each armour type decrease your speed a sertain percent, warior amour in particular will decrease it alot, because of this, wariors will NEED horses, or sever running skills, to keep up with the groop, so horses should not be too expensive, but definently should have at least some price to them, like 5k.

[Ray Of Light]

It is not terribly constructive, but I just want to re-affirm my opposition to introducing horses ( fighting appearance, teleportation, group divide ) and especially making warriors run very slowly ( everything ).

Only in case developers are reading these threads and thinking that everyone wants such changes. :D

[XRaiyn]

ummmm... it's actually a good idea... make a few missions where you use your horses to get from point A to point B in a limited amount of time.

[harbinger]

Why not make the horse cost much to buy and much to feed :)

And as for the advantage of having a horse, if any of you played dynasty warrior on PSP, tight map lots of mobs BUT : with a horse when you cross a mob they all fall down because a man alone can't stop a big horse :)

So there :)

[DarkSun]

If you have them cost a lot to purchase and feed then no one would want one. Plus what if they die? Can you rez them or will you have to buy a new one? Its all really complicated from the perspective of the game designer.

[XRaiyn]

maybe it could be like a ranger's charm animal skill, but thats the only skill, and you have to have it to use the horse, the only problem, the can't attack, but it can be attacked.

[harbinger]

:D When some player brag about the fact that they can do 15k each day (which I doubt), then buying some food for 3000 k for the week doesn't seem so heavy. Anyway horses was reserved for noblemen who were the only one who can afford a horse :)

8) And instead of taking another skill slot fo the horse, why not take an inventory slot? Take a saddle and voilà, a horse. No saddle, no horse :) (and lots of haemorroids)

:( Anywa, IMO horses are more suited for big environment whitout teleportation. Don't really see the use of a horse in GW, except for fun but it gives a whole lot of problems to solve :)

And while we are talking of idea, I have a stupid one :
Why not have a small mule or ox to carry things for you? It could use henchmen IA but help you carry more things :) like in Dungeon Siege. In town it would stay out of sight and you would access it via the inventory interface :)
Could be great for big farming parties :)

And it could be profession specific :) (a.k.a different-quest-give-different-mule)
- Necro --> Bone Golem
- Ele --> Elemental Golem
- Ranger --> can use Pet
- Warrior --> Ox
- Monk --> Mule
- Mesmer --> mesmerize monk's mule to do his bidding

:) I like to have stupid idea, because sometimes, they don't seems so stupid.

[LenyaWhitemane]

i'd like the idea of having a bone golem follow my necro around carrying stuff...much like a minion.

like the idea, i'm for it.

on the topic of farming 15k a day, i believe its possible cause my necro farms the sand drakes outside elona reach, each run takes me about 30 to 40 mins clearing all the drakes in the area (in pairs), as well as avoiding/running away from rockshot devourers/the occasional mob of scarabs/wurms. usually get about 2 platinum ++ each run.
so yeah i think 15k a day is possible (in gold found + items sold)

[hberagon]

is gonna be soooo cool if we can ride horse around

[Cadillac]

I cant see GW having horses, it just doesnt seem like Guild Wars. And The knockdown idea, Next thing you'll see is:

LF GODLY HORSEBACK RIDER TO KNOCK DOWN!

Then PvE will be way too easy.

[Guild of the Lords]

well i think that horses should be a borrowed part of the Guild Wars world. In Chapter 2 say that King Jalis Ironhammer needs you to travel to a new unexplored dwarven camp that he thinks are spys. You must travel on horseback to see what they really want. You can use the autorun (R) to giddy-yup the horse. Then use your 1,2,3,4, etc. to attack. The rangers would throw the traps that they bring. The elementalits's fire storm would keep going forward as the horse runs. The warrior would slice the head off a monster.

Wow that is a good story compared to it only took me 5 minutes.

[Ediseye]

I already posted before but I'm just keeping the support up on this idea.

We need horses in Guild Wars!!!

[Moo Moo]

The world aint really that big, you dont need horses. If you wanna move fast go warrior / ranger and become a constant sprinter or whatever.

[Guild of the Lords]

Yes but u must admit, White, that horses would be cool if used maybe for a couple of missions. Even if they were permanent who would'nt want to get one.

[Sir Ention]

I cant see GW having horses, it just doesnt seem like Guild Wars. And The knockdown idea, Next thing you'll see is:

LF GODLY HORSEBACK RIDER TO KNOCK DOWN!

Then PvE will be way too easy. exactly....that would cause too much stupidity added to the buffoons we already have walking (or dancing...) around in the cities, and it just isnt....guild wars-ish. Now i could understand pets, even that was pushing it a little, but horses? that might just be too far....if they would make anything for ride it would be a yak...or something that has actually been SEEN and used in gw, By the way, has anyone ever SEEN a horse in guild wars? and also, it would give rich people yet *another* reason to make fun of others, for example:

HA HA! YOU LOSER! I HAVE A HORSE AND YOU DONT! I MAKE 15K A MINUITE AND YOU DONT! HAHA!

and that would ruin the game experience.

[harbinger]

From the time I began to be a frequent forum user, I can't stop to wonder about the fanatism and zealousness of numerous people writing in forums. They often gives me the impression of narrow-minded persons, whitout the beginning of an idea. I won't quote or cite any post up there. You will probably find them by yourself.

If we had listened to these persons, then :
"What's the use of inventing fire? Raw meat is a very healthy food."
"Why put a sharpened stone on a spike? Wood is though enough"
"Why make the lightbulb? Candles do the same thing for less. Electricity is such a junk."
"Why go to the moon? You can watch it from down here."
"Hey! Who's the Joe Stupid who added a display screen? Give me back my teletype !"
"Why add a mouse to computer? It doesn't fit in my idea of personal computer."
"Laptop computer? Nonsense. Let's keep to the 10 tons mainframe please."
"Cell phone? And what's next? Pocket computer?"
"GuildWars on mac OS X? I don't see the point." (Blizzard(tm)(c)(r) does... 4millions players and counting)

So :
-Ok there is no horses. But they have maguuma,shiverpeaks,losaruu centaurs (half man, half horse)..
-There is a skills named "Tiger Fury", have you seen a tiger in GW? So? Shouldn't they have called it "Melandru Stalker's Fury" for mindless realistic fan's sake? Why not ask them to add tigers in the jungle then? Oooooh excuse me, tigers doesn't fit in Guild Wars maybe?

Give it a break and stop yappping about how impossible it is to add new features to GW.
Do something useful instead of breaking in and shouting "Impossible. GW is perfection. Your idea is irrelevant"

The idea of having somekind of mount isn't basically as bad as that.
And as for knocking down monsters while riding, don't forget the size factor. A grawl can be easily knocked down. Try this with an Ettin or a Giant Herder and you will be knocked down from your horse.

If you think that knocking down enemies isn't realistic, just ask a horsemen to direct his horse on your face and try to stop him. When you will be reduced to the state of half mashed road waffle you might think it's not as unrealistic as it sounds. Don't forget that cavalry was used to disorganize infantry platoon in the late 17th century.

When someone speak of impossible things, I like to quote (losely) one post I've seen :
Don't forget that we are talking of a game where some professions fight with energy balls coming out of a stick...

:wink: I think some peoples need to consult their upper brain before typing.
And typing in caps is not a sign of higher IQ.

Peace

[harbinger]

Now that the ranting part is finished, what about the idea of having a beast of burden?

IMO, I prefer the idea of the beast of burden. A small dwarf Yak that wouldn't fight but would carry twice your actual inventory :)

[anni]

WE souldnt onloy have horses but like there sould have a transportation merchent

and he would ahve horses and like drakes like more then only horses like id rather have some kind iof drake thing 4 my ranger instead of a horse

like u chose what would go with ur style/char andf all that

and i would make them charmable like if they where pets 4 rangers but mounts in stead

and if u have to buy them they would be extreamly expencive because or else every 1 will have 1 ity would look wierd and not as inpresive.

dont nkow what u think but thats what i think

[moriarty]

The Idea of a mount would be a great idea, If GW didn't try to Balance so much it would be easy to put in the game, they could be just like Ranger Pets just you ride them instead of them following you. but it would be really boring if they didn't change your abilities like constant increased speed, or immune to knockdown, thinking of stone summit riders and such. GW would not make mounts to such an advantage that non-mounted people would have a disadvantage. I would be afraid that if they would put mounts into the game they would mostly be for looks and not actually practical.

[hberagon]

WoW is dead if Gw ppl in Gw can ride on horse

[hberagon]

they should make horse as pet, and they can carry stuff, if they die, the stuff will drop... that's gonna make Gw a true mmorpg

[hberagon]

WTB GODLY HORSE

LOL

[elsalamandra]

Very interesting reading here guys - heres my ideas.

Why not have missions and/or quests that require horses to be used.

The only problem i see is for the warrior char cos we are tanks perhaps new weapon such as a lance or sabre would be nice or even those thingies the Spanish "picadores" use in bullfighting.

Idea No 2:

Horses could be implemented on "Running missions" (like infused run)

All in all i would like to see horses in the game.

:lol:

[anni]

ya like soem spiecal mission that onkly characters with mounts could do
would be nice

[Sir Ruscus]

i think horses would be great because u could get them armour from droks and well the attacks sould be diferent on horsesand well they might have them in the expantion because there will be more map. :)

[One]

I want horses now!!

Better yet you can do this ^^
Make it so that you have riding skill or somthing like that. So the more you do the better pet...??? you get or ride.....or ahh you know what I am saying lol

First start with a
horse, gaint hawk, griffon, Dragon, Somthing really huge that looks cool. lol

[Mattinator]

What are you talking about, they already have horses in the game! :lol: :wink:

http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/hwdyk/images/holygrail.jpg

I personally don't see how horses really fit into the game at all unless they make some whole new beastmaster class or something

[Sir Ention]

^^ true.....the idea for horses is ridiculous, and I dont care what you say about my oppinion. We dont NEED horses, they would serve no purpose other than the one stated above. the run system in guild wars allows you to get around quickly enough, and therefore, I say, horses is a ridiculous idea...

[The Unknown]

Horses would messup Guild Wars so why put it in.

[harbinger]

8) horse would be easy to implement. Just make the merchant NPC follow you (the one with a robin hood hat and a backpack), give him coconut and voilà...

from "Holy Grail"
Guard #1: “What, ridden on a horse?”
Arthur: “Yes.”
Guard #1: “You're using coconuts!”
Arthur: “What?”
Guard #1: “You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're banging 'em together!”

:roll: But again, people who say : "BULS**T, GW NEEDS NO ENHANCEMENT" are surprisingly narrow minded...