Are they even possible in FF XI or are we limited by the PS2?
Flying Mounts?
Printable View
-
10-30-2011, 10:35 AMsvengalisFlying Mounts?
-
10-30-2011, 10:42 AMProthscar
1/10 for effort
-
10-30-2011, 11:50 AMcidbahamut
0/10
Would not read again. -
10-30-2011, 12:06 PMAlhanelem
Wouldn't even want if serious
-
10-30-2011, 12:40 PMMDenham
Instead of mounts, post contained bobcats. Would not read OP again.
-
10-30-2011, 02:48 PMLimecat
They could remove the chocobos' legs and put giant springs under them.
-
10-30-2011, 03:05 PMKrashport
Topless Mithras! What... what did I say... (*'-')b
-
10-30-2011, 03:06 PMReiterpallasch
Flying mount? Sounds like something my wife and I need to try sometime.
-
10-30-2011, 03:22 PMSiviard
World of Warcraft is {Over there}
This is Final Fantasy, don't be bringing that WoW crap here. -
10-30-2011, 03:27 PMAtomic_SkullFixed that for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by svengalis
-
10-30-2011, 04:07 PMInsaniac
I finally had a reason to post a picture and someone beat me. =(
-
10-30-2011, 04:18 PMReiterpallaschSounds like:Quote:
Originally Posted by Siviard
"I've never played but I'm gonna say it sucks because someone else in FFXI said it sucks" or
"yeah I played it once, I got to lvl 2 and it was boring so I quit" or
"it looks like a cartoon because my PC is as powerful as a toaster and my FFXI looks like legos".
Take your pick.
Because we surely wouldn't want FFXI to become too much like WoW now would we? SE should get rid of:
quests, mobs, money, auction houses, buildings, swords, daggers, staves, bows, clubs, armor, crafting, parties, magic, dragons, GMs, players, pvp, zones, servers, cities, towns, boats, airships, trees, the sky, the ground, and the million other things that both games have in common. -
10-30-2011, 04:34 PMTsukino_KajiOne of the worst comparisons ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reiterpallasch
-
10-30-2011, 06:27 PMTamoa
With the access to outpost warp, abyssea warp and voidwatch warp as well as teleport earrings, I can count the times I need a chocobo in a month on one hand. And I'll still have some fingers left over. There is no need for a "flying mount".
-
10-30-2011, 07:22 PMKrashport
Can we at least have flying pigs! ... or pandas!!!? o.o
-
10-30-2011, 08:23 PMXellith
No. Flightless chocobo's only.
-
10-31-2011, 02:18 AMJamesyyou should be sterilized for saying this you want to play WoW go do soQuote:
Originally Posted by svengalis
-
10-31-2011, 02:25 AMMirage>implying flying mounts make WoW crapQuote:
Originally Posted by Siviard
Regardless, all trolling aside.
What's most likely to put a stop for this is each zone's level design. The zones are not designed to be accessible from the air, and SE is probably not interested in readjusting the zones for such stuff. -
10-31-2011, 02:27 AMDelasolPlease go back to WoW.Quote:
Originally Posted by svengalis
-
10-31-2011, 03:32 AMxbobx
Tarus can't even climb small bumps in the terrain, or even climb stairs in Ordelles and you think flying mounts are possible?
-
10-31-2011, 03:37 AMArlan
I'm Sorry OP... the community here are a punch of Fanboys/noobs who don't know what's best half of the time.
I think SE needs to be MORE "CREATIVE" and come up with different mounts and ways of traveling other than sticking with "Chocobos" Onry. This game lacks creativity and those who praise the uncreative aspects of the game such as "Chocobos Mounts onry" are simply dumb fanboys...
While I'm at it, another thing this game truly lacks is how the "Armors" look.
Majority of the low/high lvl armor looks like the same armor you see but sometimes different color with different names. Makes no Sense, give us new designs for each armor not same designs with reskinned models... Soo.. UnCreative..
Also, Crabs, Worms, Crabs, Rabbits, Crabs, Fairies, Crabs, Demons, Crabs, ETC. seriously?
How come majority of the monsters are the SAME and only have different names!? RESKIN DOESN'T COUNT!
I want to see new models not just new names and status...
Names and Status means Nothing when everything looks and feels visually the same.
New pets, new armor designs, New monsters with different models and NOT same Models of reskinn crap that we have already seen before!
WE NEED SE TO BE CREATIVE PPL,
Thumbs Up for OP! -
10-31-2011, 04:24 AMsvengalisI like your signature. I don't know why anyone would say flying mounts are crap or "go back to WoW" because I asked this question. Flying mounts are fun in WoW and eliminate a huge time sync in that game. I noticed someone mention all the different possible ways to teleport in this game. What they didn't mention is how much time it takes to get access to all those different teleports especially when most of them are from dead content. I think if we had access to something like flying mounts at any given time without it make things that much easier and eliminate a huge time sync for us all. I really don't see what is the problem with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arlan
The reason I bring this up is because the other day I was doing VW Zilart path and had to walk from OP to sky to find other party members. Someone got pissed at me because I was taking to long, and I was just thinking if I had a flying mount I could have got there that much faster.
Alot of people here hate on WoW but to me one thing Blizzard really got right with that game is that it can be fun. I love FF XI but I think SE could take some more ideas from Blizzard and make things that much better. -
10-31-2011, 04:30 AMSoranika
Trolling like a boss.
-
10-31-2011, 04:37 AMTamoaAbyssea warp is dead content? Outpost warp is dead content? Teleport earrings are cheap and easy to make, if you don't have synergy leveled then I'm sure it's possible to find someone to make them for you. Only thing that can be tricky, is vwnm warps, since you need to actually do vwnm (and win) to gain access to those. But before vwnm was introduced into the game, I could still count the times I needed to use a chocobo in a month on one hand. I feel SE has done just about everything possible to make travel as easy as possible for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by svengalis
And even if flying "mounts" were added to the game just for uhh... creativity and fun - how long would that be fun for? I'm thinking it's a lot of work for the devs for something that the majority of people won't be using after the novelty wears off. -
10-31-2011, 05:03 AMGreatguardian
How do players seriously not have the bloody sky warp in 2011?
-
10-31-2011, 05:16 AMTamoaHeh, I didn't even think of sky warp - but yeah, only reason not to have it now is sheer laziness, and that is a poor excuse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greatguardian
And if you've done CoP, you have Tavnazian Ring, and you can also teleport and go via Al'Taieu. -
10-31-2011, 05:46 AMSoranika
If all these forms of warps make travel by chocobo and airships irrelevant, why is there a serious discussion about this?
-
10-31-2011, 07:34 AMMirageMost of the warps work independently of whatever is "alive content" at any given time. Nowadays you don't even need to wait for your own nation to get rare OP warps, you can just change to whatever nation holds the region any given week, and get it, then have it carry over to your original nation when you change back.Quote:
Originally Posted by svengalis
Can you get every single OP warp in one week? Probably not. Can you 90% of the OP warps you'll be using on a regular basis over the course of two weeks? Unless you were incredibly unlucky, yes.
Quests for warps to aht urhgan can be done at any time you wish too, without help from anyone. -
10-31-2011, 08:31 AMAeonkI think you don't know the meaning of the word "creative" if your idea of creativity is to blatantly rip off another game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arlan
In a day and age where nearly every MMO out there is trying to be a WoW clone, one of the few things FFXI has going for it is that it's NOT WoW. Why would you want to ruin that? -
10-31-2011, 09:40 AMMDenhamClearly originality is uncreative.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aeonk
-
10-31-2011, 10:36 AMDohati
a black chocobo would be kind of neat for going up cliffs and stuff, but flying to ru'aun etc wouldn't work in vanadiel. SE would have to add sky space for us to fly in that we dont currently have. main point though, it's definitely not something we need, and would take a ton of SE's time and our PCs' memories that could be used for much more useful stuff.
-
10-31-2011, 12:16 PMsvengalisI don't know maybe they are on new accounts and didn't bother with Rise of Zilart because it's dead content now. That's just a guess though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greatguardian
-
10-31-2011, 01:36 PMGreatguardianSuch a bad troll. Are you really that bored?Quote:
Originally Posted by svengalis
-
10-31-2011, 01:50 PMZumi
Zones don't scale on the Z axis so it probably be pointless. What is a problem with FFXI is how your chocobo is limited to certain areas. Like can't even use them in the past.
-
10-31-2011, 01:50 PMMDenhamMeh, I don't have the sky warp because (1) good luck soloing ZM5 on WHM; (2) my LS never has anyone interested in doing the ZMs; and (3) leveling another job (say, PUP) to 95 just to get Sky access is a waste of time that could be more productively spent doing... well, pretty much anything else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greatguardian
-
10-31-2011, 02:18 PMSerihaJust for curiosity's sake, elaborate how FFXI is so different and better as a result.Quote:
I think you don't know the meaning of the word "creative" if your idea of creativity is to blatantly rip off another game.
In a day and age where nearly every MMO out there is trying to be a WoW clone, one of the few things FFXI has going for it is that it's NOT WoW. Why would you want to ruin that?
Off the top of my head, I'd say the art styles and emphasis on PvP/Factions are the biggest differences. From the mathematical standpoint, however, I'd say WoW and many of its "clones" are more robust and flexible, particularly when it comes to spells/abilities and things monsters do in battle. And for those who want to see Campaign done right, play Rift. -
10-31-2011, 02:53 PMJuri_LiciousQuote:
Originally Posted by Greatguardian
There's so much content in this game that devours time. So saying everyone who doesn't have sky warp is lazy isn't quite right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tamoa
And sky isn't really a necessity these days. -
10-31-2011, 02:55 PMKrashport
hmm 9+ year old game, Your not going to see much of a change. Going to have to get over it people.. all we/your paying for is updates nothing more besides networking. Where there is a lot of games you can just buy and play online for free! =/
Also if SE would ever add flying mounts it would be a Choco, But seeing you can't even jump w/in FFXI, That is cause of the um Y Z plain there isn't any. They would have to revamp the whole games eng. -
10-31-2011, 03:22 PMGreatguardianGo get sky warp if you plan to do Zilart Voidwatch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Juri_Licious
Is that a more reasonable expectation? -
10-31-2011, 03:27 PMBabekeke
I saw a peanut stand,
Heard a rubber band,
I saw a needle that winked its eye.
But I think I will have seen everything
When I see a Chocobo fly.
I saw a front porch swing,
Heard a diamond ring,
I saw a polka-dot railroad tie.
But I think I will have seen everything
When I see a Chocobo fly.
I seen a clothes horse he r'ar up and buck
And they tell me that a man made a vegetable truck
I didn't see that I only heard
But just to be sociable I'll take your word
I heard a fireside chat
I saw a baseball bat
And I just laughed till I thought I'd die
But I'd been done seen about everything
When I see a Chocobo fly.