Why doesn't POE have mounts?

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ivqancorp wrote:

Thank you for taking a serious thread on a subject which could possibly improve the game, either in the form of a ride-able mount or a pet mount which can provide other benefits like loot pick up, and turning it into a troll fest.

POE lives up to its reputation.

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ivqancorp wrote:

Some of the advantages of introducing mounts:

1) More money for GGG
2) Increase in player base as many players from games like World of Tanks will come over to POE
3) Faster travel time in maps
4) Looking cool, something to tell all your friends and co-workers about
5) Give mounts armor, more slots to fill and therefor creating more depth to the game
6) Can name mounts, and thus creates a sense of attachment to the game; like a doggy
7) Opens the path for flying mounts later, and again more money for GGG to improve the game
8) Could expand on this and give your mount its own passive skill tree, again more depth
9) Mount of the week series, creating more PR for GGG
10) And lastly, introduction of new race(s) in game means more lore about the mounts

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wookie919 wrote:

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ivqancorp wrote:

Some of the advantages of introducing mounts:

1) More money for GGG
2) Increase in player base as many players from games like World of Tanks will come over to POE
3) Faster travel time in maps
4) Looking cool, something to tell all your friends and co-workers about
5) Give mounts armor, more slots to fill and therefor creating more depth to the game
6) Can name mounts, and thus creates a sense of attachment to the game; like a doggy
7) Opens the path for flying mounts later, and again more money for GGG to improve the game
8) Could expand on this and give your mount its own passive skill tree, again more depth
9) Mount of the week series, creating more PR for GGG
10) And lastly, introduction of new race(s) in game means more lore about the mounts

I don't know why, but people are (purposefully or not) ignoring 90% of the original poster's idea and turning it into the one dimensional "yet another mechanism for moving fast - stupid idea".

I am in no way claiming that the original post is well written (sorry OP, it's not), but just because the term "mount" means something to you within certain contexts does not mean it has to be restricted to whatever you want it to be restricted to. The possibilities are endless and the actual implementation by GGG could turn out to be great.

Stop turning the original poster's idea into a strawman just so that you can make fun of it. It's not constructive.