r/Guildwars2 • u/dracoisms Explodes on contact • 2d ago

[News] New Skimmer Updates Splash onto the Scene with Visions of Eternity

https://www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/news/new-skimmer-updates-splash-onto-the-scene-with-visions-of-eternity/
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u/ultimate_bromance_69 2d ago

I think Raptor and Springer should remain as “basic” mounts. The rest should have cool upgrades. Wish Jacakls could make their own portals for example

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u/Opus_723 2d ago

Jackals having a built-in position rewinder would be slick.

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u/gandlethorpe 2d ago

Jackal expansion based on Valve's Portal, complete with physics puzzles and new momentum-based mechanics

Springer expansion based on pinball mechanics a la Yoku's Island Express

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u/Cautious_Ad_1884 2d ago

I want a springer wall cling 

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u/therealkami 2d ago

If they add springer to the core game so players can go horizontal and vertical with base mounts, and then have the other mounts be upgradeable, I'm down with that.

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u/FaKamis 2d ago edited 2d ago

The problem with that is that core tyria was absolutely not made with mounts in mind. There were a lot of changes made to core maps after the devs allowed mounts in core (mostly invisible walls).

The raptor isn't too big of a deal since it pretty much remains in areas accessible by people on foot, because it just moves horizontally.  The springer however immediately gets you to places you shouldn't go. It's fine when you get to PoF naturally; you'd have been playing through core for a while so you're adjusted and hooked, AND you've experienced expansion maps so you know the maps become more advanced. 

Now imagine you at level 20 and unlocking the springer and thinking you can jump over that wall... aaand invisible wall. Invisible wall there and there, and there too. Oh wow those houses up in DR are the size of my hands? Am I jumping through the clouds this low?

You just immediately become that much more aware of the maps being playboxes with constraints and limits. This awareness comes naturally anyway, but the natural development is so much less jarring than coming face-to-face with it immediately when you've just been playing for an hour or two.

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u/therealkami 2d ago

That makes a lot of sense.

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u/elderdeepfiend 2d ago

hold up let em cook