Sleipnir Mount - Becoming a reality!

The devs have said that Odin's story would be explained eventually. His fate battle pretty clearly says there's more to it than the players realise when they kill him. It would make perfect sense for there to eventually be a confrontation with him at Urth's Fount as part of the main story...

I doubt anything like this would be exclusive to fan fest though. That would be a LOT of work for something that would only see a few days use. All the primal trials at events were just modified versions of the normal primal trials, nothing completely new like this would be.

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Originally Posted by Urielparadox

None of what you posted sounds like a dungeon. It sounds like the lore that explains the exsistenice of ruts fount.

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The client data shows a trial called Urth's Fount, for 8 players and time limit of 15 mins. This is not theory-crafting, it's in the client files.

I hope this mount becomes a reality and I hope its super rare and incredibly difficult to obtain.

Would really be dumb to see hundreds of sleipnirs running around

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Originally Posted by cryptic_angel

I hope this mount becomes a reality and I hope its super rare and incredibly difficult to obtain.

Would really be dumb to see hundreds of sleipnirs running around

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Prepare to see tears about gating content or some trash when this happens

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Originally Posted by cryptic_angel

I hope its super rare

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Please, no. I don't care if it's hard to get but don't make it some absurdly low drop rate.

Luck should not dictate who gets what.

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Originally Posted by BloodPact

Way to degrade the mighty companion of an elder primal to something that 70 percent of the server will use for the first two weeks after it comes out in an attempt to feel special. Such a shame. ;_;

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Shall I point out that we are riding a Primal itself? >>>> Behemoth.

Behemoth isn't a primal, just a particularly powerful and rare monster.

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Originally Posted by Rennah

Behemoth isn't a primal, just a particularly powerful and rare monster.

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I suppose I've read the developer's blog entry in a different way, but I digress... Odin and Behemoth are treated pretty much on par in the game, and Odin has already given away all of its armor (almost all of it. I still want the cape and shield), so at this point I'd be happy to have Sleipnir as well.

At least it's a horse with its joints in the right places.

This better not come from the Fanfest NOR collecting all the elemental horses though.

Until I see some mention of it on Lodestone I'm taking all this talk as opinions and rumors. I don't really care that it's in the data files, as I've said before it wouldn't be the first time there's been data files in the game that never gets used.

A several things in the 2.38 patch were done in preparation for 2.4. There was also a recent reply by a staff member on the request for Odin's Shield saying that things were in the works to make it available.

We may be looking at a preloading of a trial to be added in 2.4X.

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Originally Posted by Grekumah

While the development team does not have a time frame for when Odin’s Shield will be implemented, there are plans to add a way to obtain the shield in the future.

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

Until I see some mention of it on Lodestone I'm taking all this talk as opinions and rumors. I don't really care that it's in the data files, as I've said before it wouldn't be the first time there's been data files in the game that never gets used.

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If you think this is just hearsay, then don't poop on the parade and stop opening the thread.

I think what will happen is this will be tested at the Fan Fest and then later tweaked and implemented into the game. The fact they put some lore behind it makes me think it will also released outside of the fan fest. There was also a interview a couple months back and one question asked if Odin would be more relevant to the story/game at some point and I think the response was that he would be. I'd have to do some digging to find this interview though. Since it seems Shiva is the last new Primal to be added in 2.4 I think maybe 2.5 will focus on Odin (i hope)

*run to buy the soundtrack*

I bet he might be the primal we fight in 2.5 when the ST story concludes. Unrelated of course.

Should be as punishing as Titan and crazy outgoing damage like Ramuh.

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Originally Posted by cryptic_angel

I bet he might be the primal we fight in 2.5 when the ST story concludes. Unrelated of course.

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That's a good possibility!

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Originally Posted by Amused

Please, no. I don't care if it's hard to get but don't make it some absurdly low drop rate.

Luck should not dictate who gets what.

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It will always come down to luck as people cry about difficult content. So the options are low drop rates needing extreme luck, or insane grinds.

Fun.

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Originally Posted by SkylerStorm

It will always come down to luck as people cry about difficult content. So the options are low drop rates needing extreme luck, or insane grinds.

Fun.

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Pretty much this.
God forbid this game have rewards that take skill over RNG to obtain. FF14: a grind reborn.

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Originally Posted by Hollow_Tears

I like mounts and I'm a huge fan of norse mythology but It's sad that SE made sleipnir look like a regular horse and not the eight legged one but oh well I'll just have to make do.

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I shudder at the thought of what it would take to animate an eight-legged horse. Granted, I lookat it in terms of me doing all the work, whereas SE has an animations team, but still. >.>;

I really hope that this isn't just a fan-fest thing. I would love for there to be an Odin trial in the game.

I wonder if this is just a pre-lude and Odin is going to be the main Primal of 2.5? I believe that they said before that they wanted the 2.x storyline to end with an event on the same scale as the "end of an era". Well the other Elder Primal going on a rampage could well do that.

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Originally Posted by Duelle

I shudder at the thought of what it would take to animate an eight-legged horse. Granted, I lookat it in terms of me doing all the work, whereas SE has an animations team, but still. >.>;

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Actually he doesn't use the 8 legs at the same time, the legend says that he uses 4 at a time so that he can rest his 4 other legs and never stop.

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Originally Posted by lololink

Actually he doesn't use the 8 legs at the same time, the legend says that he uses 4 at a time so that he can rest his 4 other legs and never stop.

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I'm glad someone knows the legend. >.>