Jackals can teleport! These handsome, highly versatile canids can teleport instantly up to three times in quick succession across small distances in any direction, which makes it easy to pass through areas full of enemies without getting pulled into combat. Jackals are magical sand spirits that have been formed into the shape of a canine by the Djinn, harnessed and bound by stylish runic armor. You must prove yourself to the wise Djinn of the desert to obtain one of these highly maneuverable mounts. The Jackal is my favorite ground mount by far. Skimmers can also glide off of very high places and land without taking fall damage. Residing in the third Path of Fire zone, these massive, floating manta rays will carry you over water, sinking sand, and even boiling lava without touching the ground.
The Skimmer is kind of niche in it’s use, but pretty cool. Able to scale tall cliff sides in a single bound, the Springer can get you on top of the tallest towers and mountains in the game with a few well placed, sky high hops. Found on a Springer farm in the second Path of Fire region, these mounts are a little slow on the ground, still faster than unmounted speed, but the Springer’s specialty is pure, vertical mobility.
The Springer is essentially a cross between a rabbit and a kangaroo. Raptors can be trained via the Mount Mastery system to jump even farther, resulting in the quickest ground mount for sprinting short to middling distances with haste, especially when you need to jump over or past terrain obstacles as you go. This leap is fantastic for vaulting across gaps in terrain, such as canyon crevasses or broken bridges. Raptors are incredibly good at covering long distances quickly with their agile leap. The Raptor is the first mount you’ll acquire in the Path of Fire story when you save some in their pens from a fire engulfing the surrounding village. Mounts in Guild Wars 2 are essentially a case study is how to do mounts right. Each type of mount has a specific mechanical purpose and handles very differently, rather than being a series of model re-skins as is seen inmost MMOs. When a mount system was finally added to Guild Wars 2 last year in the Path of Fire expansion, I was ecstatic! In developer interviews on the subject, ArenaNet calls their design philosophy the “Joy of Movement”, and it is indeed an absolutely joy to collect and ride these incredibly well designed mounts. As in “Sorry I can’t go out to dinner, gotta run Icecrown Citadel on my 10th alt before weekly raid reset.” (It was a sickness, really.) When I used to play World of Warcraft I would spend ages running old raid content for the 2% chance of rare mount loot drops. If I get to own, raise, ride, or play with animals of any kind, chances are I’ll love whatever game it is. I have always been a huge sucker for pets and mounts in video games.
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