With “Long Live the Lich”, the new episode of Guild Wars 2, a new mount will be introduced to the game: the Roll Bug! Players are excited and hope for a revival of the Roll Bug races from the first Guild Wars.
Perhaps the most popular minigame in Guild Wars 1. Roll Bugs are not only the first new mount introduced since the inclusion of mounts in the Path of Fire expansion. The rolling critters were a huge hit back then, in the first Guild Wars. Every year, the Dragon Festival took place in the Asian-inspired continent of Cantha.
The highlight was always the Roll Bug races. It was a minigame where each player was transformed into a Roll Bug. You had to roll around and reach the finish line before the competition.
Roll Bugs are back – Will the race return?
Players demand races. Since the Roll Bug was shown as the 6th mount in the trailer for the new episode “Long Live the Lich”, players have been going wild on Reddit and Twitter! The bug looks great, rolls around at breakneck speed, and even seems to break through massive stone walls.
Therefore, players want even more! They want the Roll Bug races back. NCSoft should therefore quickly patch a corresponding mode into the game.
Fans are already planning race tracks: As long as there is still no official racing mode with the bugs, players want to help themselves. Therefore, some fans are already out and thinking of suitable race tracks in the game world to test the new mounts in competition.
Then also bring Cantha into the game!
Why not a new continent? If the developers are already at it, some fans say they should also patch the continent Cantha into the game at last. After all, the Roll Bug races took place there during the Dragon Festival. And the Asian continent was extremely popular in Guild Wars 1.
From 1:06 minutes, you can see the new Roll Bug mounts in action in the following video. They look absolutely iconic!
In Guild Wars 2, however, hardly anything is known about Cantha. The land itself cannot be reached. Therefore, many players want access again. However, it is currently rather unlikely that a new continent will come into the game just because of the Roll Bugs.
But regardless of whether there are races or not: Are you looking forward to the new Roll Bugs?
