Flying Chocobos Confirmed

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10-25-2014, 06:00 PM
SongJoohee

Flying Chocobos Confirmed

http://i.imgur.com/zkPAxT4.png

"Chocobo will be one of the first flying mounts, but that's not the only flying mount"

"Six flying mounts in development"

Asked if the audience wants seven, and they obviously said yes :P
10-25-2014, 06:02 PM
Akira_Tenshi

That would look ridiculous.
10-25-2014, 06:04 PM
SongJoohee

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

That would look ridiculous.

Well it's going to look ridiculous :p Got my finger on the printscreen button for when it's shown again ^^
10-25-2014, 06:05 PM
Shougun

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

That would look ridiculous.

Gold Chocobo baby!

Excited~ picture please :P
10-25-2014, 06:10 PM
DefendPopPunk

Nice, hopefully we don't have to be standing in a forest to be able to take off or land :p
10-25-2014, 06:22 PM
KirakunAUS

can't wait for them to announce the jobs!
10-25-2014, 06:40 PM
WellFooled

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Originally Posted by DefendPopPunk

Nice, hopefully we don't have to be standing in a forest to be able to take off or land :p

I'm confused, surely you mean "hopefully we DO have to be standing in a forest to be able to take off or land"! :P
10-25-2014, 06:51 PM
SongJoohee

http://i.imgur.com/zkPAxT4.png
10-25-2014, 06:53 PM
Shougun

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Originally Posted by SongJoohee

http://i.imgur.com/zkPAxT4.png

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view7/457...citement-o.gif

They're actually going for it XD, need more info! :P
10-25-2014, 06:53 PM
Anarnee

*foams at mouths* The video of it looks beautiful.
10-25-2014, 06:54 PM
IzumiYuki

Personal airships too!
10-25-2014, 06:56 PM
SongJoohee

SIX Flying Mounts confirmed, a Seventh hinted at!
10-25-2014, 06:59 PM
WellFooled

Huh, not sure how I feel about this. When I played WoW, the flying mounts were cool but they really distanced you from the world. After awhile all monsters, npcs, and landmarks were just tiny dots beneath you that you never noticed or interacted with.

I think to make them work the zones where you can fly need to have significant amounts of in-air interest, lots of flying monsters, npcs, floating islands, that sort of thing. So while flying you still feel you're apart of a world and not just a cloud above it.
10-25-2014, 07:29 PM
Vespar

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Originally Posted by WellFooled

Huh, not sure how I feel about this. When I played WoW, the flying mounts were cool but they really distanced you from the world. After awhile all monsters, npcs, and landmarks were just tiny dots beneath you that you never noticed or interacted with.

I think to make them work the zones where you can fly need to have significant amounts of in-air interest, lots of flying monsters, npcs, floating islands, that sort of thing. So while flying you still feel you're apart of a world and not just a cloud above it.

I really wish you could see the stream because thats exactly whats happening. We will need them to reach the new world, floating islands, and possible aerial battles w/ the primal Bismark, etc. so I dont think it will "distance" us from it. In wow, they weren't really necessary to do anything. Just a perk.

You can see some of the in-air areas in these keynote slides http://imgur.com/a/frEwz
10-25-2014, 07:31 PM
Danbo05

Here's another view of it.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0yK1xaCIAAtPc4.png

It's beautiful.
10-25-2014, 07:32 PM
Rumpelstiltzkin

I sincerely hope it won't be possible to fly everywhere. With the teleports every two meters and whatnot the open world is already pretty useless, I was hoping they would take a step away from that with the expansion and new larger zones, but this does not bode well.
10-25-2014, 07:33 PM
IzumiYuki

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Originally Posted by Rumpelstiltzkin

I sincerely hope it won't be possible to fly everywhere. With the teleports every two meters and whatnot the open world is already pretty useless, I was hoping they would take a step away from that with the expansion and new larger zones, but this does not bode well.

Flying is only possible in the new zones, which are designed to utilize the capabilities of flying mounts instead of just being a random perk.
10-25-2014, 08:04 PM
Akira_Tenshi

Just what I did not want. Flying chocobos looks so stupid.
10-25-2014, 08:05 PM
Ramath

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

Just what I did not want. Flying chocobos looks so stupid.

Well, lucky for you, they said that there were already 6 mounts (7th was hinted at) with only one of which being a chocobo.
10-25-2014, 08:11 PM
Akira_Tenshi

I didn't want flying mounts at all really. I think it takes away some of the sense of exploration and if you think there's no danger in the world now there will be even less when you are flying everywhere, at least it wont be everywhere.
10-25-2014, 08:13 PM
Vejjiegirl

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

I didn't want flying mounts at all really. I think it takes away some of the sense of exploration and if you think there's no danger in the world now there will be even less when you are flying everywhere, at least it wont be everywhere.

Yoshi-P mentioned that the skies are controlled mostly by the Dragons. I'm sure it will still be as dangerous as walking around on the ground.
Also exploring floating islands sounds amazing ^^!
10-25-2014, 08:16 PM
Mindylou

VERY pleased about flying mounts...hopefully in the future many many zones will incorporate them!!
Loved flying in wow and will love it here too!
good job SE!
10-25-2014, 08:22 PM
Miya_Carbuncle

The only thing that disappoints me is that the chocobo flying seems to be a unique mount instead of the chocobo we acquired at around lvl 20 or so based on the name 'black chocobo'. I'd strongly prefer to ride my Twiggy instead. I mean I named her, that makes her special as far as I'm concerned. c: Why can't we buy a special nut or something that allows our chocobos to fly as well?

I hope the flying sticks to special zones fit for it as well. In Wow, as somehow else has said, it's merely a perc and it makes traveling less interesting.

Not that I enjoy the slow debuff... why SE ;;
10-25-2014, 08:31 PM
Xenor

If you don't want to use flying mounts just ride the thing along the ground, except in the bits where flying is the only option to access a certain point on the map.
10-25-2014, 08:34 PM
BreathlessTao

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Originally Posted by Vejjiegirl

Yoshi-P mentioned that the skies are controlled mostly by the Dragons. I'm sure it will still be as dangerous as walking around on the ground.

...which is about as dangerous as running around in the cities? 8) I mean you can totally get stuck in objects!

But yeah to sum it up: 6 flying mounts being worked on, one being the chocobo; 7th one hinted at; flying is completely seamless in 3.0 zones, you can take off, fly, land, run then take off again anywhere in those places; also, single-rider airships announced but no details given yet.
10-25-2014, 08:36 PM
HumsterMKX

Come to think about it....

Moogle flying mounts!
10-25-2014, 08:45 PM
Narukuchan

Well I for one am happy because one of the best part of FF IX was the flying Chocobo and to ACTUALLY have something in-game which I always keep blabbing about is +10000

And for those of you who aren't fond of this, there are other flying mounts coming so stop with the doom and gloom already.
10-25-2014, 08:52 PM
Warlyx

COOL !!! , funny because wow removes flying and FFXIV Add it lmao , good move SE!
10-25-2014, 08:52 PM
Vejjiegirl

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Originally Posted by BreathlessTao

...which is about as dangerous as running around in the cities?

>.< Darn those crafty objects!
10-25-2014, 09:05 PM
WellFooled

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Originally Posted by Vespar

I really wish you could see the stream because thats exactly whats happening. We will need them to reach the new world, floating islands, and possible aerial battles w/ the primal Bismark, etc. so I dont think it will "distance" us from it. In wow, they weren't really necessary to do anything. Just a perk.

You can see some of the in-air areas in these keynote slides http://imgur.com/a/frEwz

That's great news! Thanks so much for the link too! I was looking around the internet for something just like that.
10-25-2014, 09:18 PM
Fiever

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Originally Posted by SongJoohee

http://i.imgur.com/zkPAxT4.png

http://i.imgur.com/Z0YvEoB.jpg
Thems chickens be up to sometin'
10-25-2014, 09:23 PM
Balipu

It was kinda expected with the confirmed floating areas.
10-25-2014, 09:36 PM
Laerune

Lets hope they add some Magitek flying mounts aswell.
10-25-2014, 09:43 PM
Balipu

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Originally Posted by Laerune

Lets hope they add some Magitek flying mounts aswell.

Hell yes. More magitek would be welcome.
10-25-2014, 09:48 PM
IlSire

Will our Great Company chocobos be able to fly or is this just a special chocobo?
10-25-2014, 09:54 PM
Balipu

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Originally Posted by IlSire

Will our Great Company chocobos be able to fly or is this just a special chocobo?

Looks like a special black chocobo.
10-25-2014, 09:55 PM
winxbloom61

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Originally Posted by IlSire

Will our Great Company chocobos be able to fly or is this just a special chocobo?

sure ur grand company one will fly but only if you raise it as a purple or black chocobo