Originally Posted by relt

the two-handed sword/axe idea is very interesting but would probably take far too much effort to implement in gw. you would need a new set of skills, tons of balancing and so on. it would still be fun to see in gw2...just imagine cloud from ff7...drool. like many have said, some more rudely than others, mounts are not really necessary, but would be fun to have, and again they would probably require way too much effort for anet to pull off in the current game. i do like your idea about treating them as pets, able to charm different animals and whatnot (i cannot recall seeing any horses in this game...) but it would require a lot to balance them: no stances of course, but could you use weapons on your mount, if so would there be mount only attacks, would the mounts themselves have attacks, how would damage work against the mount, etcetera. lots of balancing to consider, but it would be cool. maybe something to look for in gw2.