I think horses or some other form of beast riding is a good idea... It may sound WoW-ish to people but hey if it works and is another demension to an all ready great game series, WHY NOT? I do hope as well that tp's and waypoints are included with the checkpoint system.. Makes sense to have em all or maybe drop the checkpoints and just go with D2 style tp's wp's. Hey if it ain't broke don't fix it.
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The only form of transport I'm interested in is horseback riding. I think it would be sweet if you could purchase a VERY costly horse and equip it with horse armor. By the end, you're fully upgraded horse would have the appearance of a fully armored horse from hell (or heaven, for that matter!).
Yes having a mount like in WoW is cool, it adds another element to the game and I would not mind it. But the difference between WoW and Diablo3 transportation is that in WoW it is need because the world is so vast and you can travel anywhere without loading screens. Blizz already said that the D3 world is not going to be a vast world like WoW. It is going to be similar to D2, so you will have loading screens between acts.
In order to get from 1 act to the next you will have to fight monsters every step of the way so there will be no use of mounting up onto a horse only to go 2 steps before you have to get off and fight more monsters. Mounts just dont play a part in this type of game style.
And if anyone mentions something about being able to fight while mounted...well thats just silly, who ever saw a barbarian on a horse doing a whirlwind attack?
Yes having a mount like in WoW is cool, it adds another element to the game and I would not mind it. But the difference between WoW and Diablo3 transportation is that in WoW it is need because the world is so vast and you can travel anywhere without loading screens. Blizz already said that the D3 world is not going to be a vast world like WoW. It is going to be similar to D2, so you will have loading screens between acts.
In order to get from 1 act to the next you will have to fight monsters every step of the way so there will be no use of mounting up onto a horse only to go 2 steps before you have to get off and fight more monsters. Mounts just dont play a part in this type of game style.
And if anyone mentions something about being able to fight while mounted...well thats just silly, who ever saw a barbarian on a horse doing a whirlwind attack?
(I am against mounts in D3)
This time a REAL pvp system will probably be implemented so this kind of stuff wont be an issue.