Patch 5.3 will allow Flying Mounts in ARR areas!!!!

SWEET, now getting to FATES just about to end will be easier!

Personally I don't think we *needed* flying in the old zones. For one they are already small enough traverse in about 1-2min(Besides upper Noscea...) and 2... personally with the addition of flight I'm not gonna see as many people in zones as I cruise around in them because everyone is just gonna be flying high up and make each zone feel even emptier than they were. They could of just added another speed upgrade to move as fast as flying but... probably not because it might be a little uncontrollable. xD
Hmmm... only a few zone are even big enough for flying to matter a bunch (C. Coerthas, S. Thanalan, *E. Shroud....*)

Flying in the ARR zones really felt like it came outta nowhere. I seem to recall them saying... I think this was back before HW launched, that retrofitting flying into ARR zones would be too much work... or something along those lines. I pretty much discarded the idea altogether, thinking they wouldn't actually do it. Boy was I wrong.

Honestly never had much of an issue with lack of flying in ARR. Felt like it gave those zones a bit of an old-school feel, but hey I'm curious to see how they rework said zones.

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Originally Posted by DynnDiablos

Such a negative outlook.

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But it’s right, we have been getting less content because of this. Not saying it in a bad way but now that it is done I can’t wait to see what comes next.

I Believe I Can Fly is being removed, so I wonder what they're going to do with the title and chocobo hat you get from the quest

Homogeneity vs Uniqueness. Choose your poison!

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Originally Posted by Fynlar

Got a friend who gets through the story at a very casual pace, and I'm pretty sure they reached level 80 while still in Heavensward MSQ, probably primarily through roulettes. This kind of pacing is unusual, but I don't see what's necessarily "bad" about it.

Also I don't think difficulty is the reason some people ignore their job quests. It's usually either laziness or forgetfulness (or in the case of later job quests, because they mostly don't actually give you anything)

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With the boost and the preferred status, it would be easier to be 80 not 50. I don’t get this thought process the fast lane to 80 doesn’t equal to fast lane to Shadowbringers they’ll be capped for the whole expansion. Even outside of preferred it wasn’t even difficult to keep up the exp

Nothing bad but what’s the point of it? Warrant levels useless? Misguide new players into thinking they unlocked their entire kit once they hit the 70s? Misguide then into thinking their level holds merit when they still have starter gear? I fail to understand it all

I just hope the zones look okay from above. I think there may be a lot of stuff that was only ever built to look convincing from ground level - the overhead view from the Nymian Leap of Faith course is a bit odd if it's meant to be a finished product. Most noticeably there's a deep valley between the kobold mining camp and the mountains, when from the ground it seems like it's supposed to be built on (and tunneling into) the side of the mountain directly.

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Originally Posted by Fayt1203

The last sentence on the picture does bother me a little.

(due to these changes, players will no longer be able to climb certain scenery)

what dose that mean? will i not be able to climb the ceruleum pipeline Northern Thanalan anymore.

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That's probably about them changing some of the geography to block off certain areas, or changing some of the vista jumping puzzles.

You know, even right now people are not stopping to chat each other up in the ARR zones as much as the vocal people against this pretend to be. Lets be real, we aren't these amazing social butterflies that need to chat up every single character that comes into our view. And people won't be flying immediately anyway if you are so worried and down about it. You still have to complete The Ultimate Weapon quest. If you are worried about interaction so bad, then go to Limsa or Ul'dah.

I, for one, can't wait to get around places like Southern Thanalan, Middle La Noscea and Central Coerthas more easily.