[dev1082] Alternatives Forms of transportation

Hello all,

After reading the producers letter today on said "Mount system" not being exclusive to chocobos, what other types of Final Fantasy creatures can you think of, that would fill the position of 'Mount'?

If not organic life, what about built/crafted rides. I think that would be a good alternative to the chocobo or along side them. Look at the Garleans they get some wicked robots, why can't the common adventurer build their own automated friend to catch a ride on?

what about a simple bike?

open for discussion.

Ohmygosh yes! This would be so awesome. I would love to build my own mode of transport. Also, I would like to be able to ride a dragon or toad as well. As a crafter being able to build transportation would be a very cool thing to do.

I vote Yes to an alternate mode of transportation.

I would like to see flying mounts such as dragons. I think that would be fun to control and fly over the world.

If they are going to add other types of mounts they need to be careful. It has to make sense and match the FF world, or it will just seem tacky.

I think asking for flying mounts is asking to much. The world is split into zones so you couldn't just fly anywhere, the game world isn't built to be viewed from the air. Blizzard had to rebuild zones to enable flying on WoW. I can't see Square doing that nor do i want them to.

a combonation of bsm and arm could make motorcycles and you could color the parts and stuff, maybe even add little odds and ends. the garleans have robots, so why can't the rest of the world have -some- technology. motorcycles seem pretty simple compared to some stuff the garleans have.

let's stick to chocobos and airships. perhaps you can craft stuff to make them different, but I don't want this to be like WoW where you are riding who-knows-what creature, and jumping up and down like frogs

Seizing control of the Empire's flying Machina thingies (or aid companies in building their own variations) could open up a new form of transportation as well.

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Originally Posted by Bigglesworth

let's stick to chocobos and airships. perhaps you can craft stuff to make them different, but I don't want this to be like WoW where you are riding who-knows-what creature, and jumping up and down like frogs

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Why not? Just because it's "Like wow?" Maybe having a multitude of mounts will give players something to aim for once they've gotten tired with raiding or questing. Some mounts may be extremely rare and only a few people may have them. I somehow doubt that the dev team would design anything that was really out of place compared to the rest of the game.

I'm thinking maybe have Tamer job and tame animals for you to ride temporarily. Like maybe ride it for 15-20 minutes max or until you get off and it's gone. It has to be mobs the tamer can handle though, don't want to see anyone riding biast or a gobbue to town.

I want to ride a rainbow!

I support the idea of transportation not being exclusive to Chocobos, and will provide my opinions as follows.

I believe motor vehicles could be a viable method of transportation, lore-wise the technology is available, it just hasn't been put to use in more practical purposes.

With that having been said, having access to such a commodity (or rather luxury) would come with a price, either through rental price or difficulty in obtaining, and a proficiency requirement. Craftable motor-driven transportation should require most of the available Disciples of the Hand to create. Examples as follows.

Alchemist: Lubricants, Fuels & Windshields
Armorer: Exterior & Motor
Blacksmith: Chassis & Hardware
Carpenter: Seating Framework/ Assembly
Goldsmith: Gauges/Delicate instruments
Leatherworker: Interior & Seating
Weaver: Interior & Seating

With all the parts finished, it would most likely require that an Armorer of Blacksmith assemble the vehicle. With those examples in mind, I would suggest that such tasks would only be successful by high tier craftsmen/craftswomen (40-50.)

This could continue to solidify bonds between the crafting jobs, and keep them working together for a common goal.

As for the taming suggestion, the creature in question should exclude NMs, should vanish once dismounted (unless ability permits), and possibly have race restrictions on certain creatures. Ex. A Lalafell could manage a wolf, but a Roegadyn would just break it.

Bicycles are also fun.

If they add bicycles I will ride one everywhere.

I only want to see chocobos as rideable creatures, SE should be able to build an own game and not to copy all the stuff from other games. Its still Final Fantasy and chocobos is what it needs to make it feel like it. What the hell do u want with motor-vehicles or flying creatures in a world like Eorzea. I agree with making chocobos kind of wearing gear or grow them up like it was in FFXI.