So what is the point to flying?

By the time I get the ability to fly. I don't need to do the quests I need/want to fly for. Lol.

Hunts brah... I do admit, it's very silly.

They should have new sidequests unlock after flying is gained within a region.

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Originally Posted by PlumpyMcduff

They should have new sidequests unlock after flying is gained within a region.

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That literally happens in every zone.

Also if being able to fly is not reward enough in itself, regardless of what it's useful for, your fun sensors may be in need of calibration.

You guys haven't went through the whole thing, there's around 450 side quests related to heavensward, you'll have enough time to fly and do quests.

fate farming/hunts etc.. imagine runnin to each fate instead of flying?? considering the size of HW maps lol

Gathering and whatnot is much easier

www.youtube.com/watch?v=De2SuYAjrdY

With the new gathering nodes, they only last 55 mins in Eorzea time, so the faster fly mounts are much better to use

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Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor

By the time I get the ability to fly. I don't need to do the quests I need/want to fly for. Lol.

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Pretty much. The entire aetherflow idea is dumb

Unlock flying before you do anything else, makes the side quests easier.

Also, if you're gonna level an alt or gather, you'll wish you could fly instead of running XD

I like that we had to work for it. We learn the area and THEN we get the ability to travel easily.

I'm sure when more quests are added later it will make it much better on us too.

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Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor

So what is the point to flying?

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Convenience?

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Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor

By the time I get the ability to fly. I don't need to do the quests I need/want to fly for. Lol.

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Tal, you complain more than I do.

That's saying something.

As you get into the later zones, there are quests that only appear once you can fly. There's also tons of side quests you can skip until you can fly.

Once I got to the Churning Mists, I simply did all the story quests exclusively until I got the aether currents from them. Then I did the other aether current side quests. Then I started on all the other side quests. It makes it much faster doing it this way.

This thread shouldn't be a thing. Why do you NEED a reason to fly? You do it because it's badass.

You need flying so you can look for Moogles... and hate them...

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Originally Posted by Ransu

Pretty much. The entire aetherflow idea is dumb

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The entire aetherflow is a very well thought-out system that strikes a balance between convenient flying and actual exploration. You need to explore each zone as it is while discovering the aetherflow points along your main story quest path. Then after you unlock the zone, you get to look at it from the air and finish off the side quests easily.

You end up going back for more side quests afterwards in pretty much all the flying zones.
And not to mention the daily marks for centurio seals

EDIT: and if you don't know what centurio seals are used for
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...rds_20_and_30/

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Originally Posted by Zfz

The entire aetherflow is a very well thought-out system that strikes a balance between convenient flying and actual exploration. You need to explore each zone as it is while discovering the aetherflow points along your main story quest path. Then after you unlock the zone, you get to look at it from the air and finish off the side quests easily.

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Honestly, I'd be fine if you could unlock flight by just gathering aether currents, it's fun exploring on the ground then being able to fly, but the addition of them being in sidequests isn't something I like.

It's amazing how many mmo players treat the maps they play/live in as something to go through once and never come back again. I guess they just expect max lvl life to be hub + instances only...I don't know which one is the chicken and which one is the egg, the players wanting it that way or the devs thinking that players wanting it that way.

Seriously... you mean you only ever went to 2.0 maps one time? You didn't go back for hunts, new quests, seasonal events, Fates, relic quests/fates, etc?

Even if there's not a big reason to go back now (and there kind of is, with hunts and fates and such) there will be future quests in these areas (3.1, 3.2, etc). You're not done with them forever (unless you just quit or something, of course :) ).

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Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor

By the time I get the ability to fly. I don't need to do the quests I need/want to fly for. Lol.

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To all the people posting and complaining about having flying after you've finished the main story quest, keep this in mind;
THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST WEEK THE EXPANSION HAS BEEN LIVE!!!!! Just because you've completed the main story NOW, there is going to be more content released, and alooot more running around, and that is where the "pointless flying" comes in to play. Flying isn't something owed to you, if you had flying from the start, you wouldn't have seen or experienced all of the wonderful content that was put in, or appreciated the new zones. Its something you earned for getting your way through the first leg of the expansion's story. Don't complainl, they could have easily decided to not put flying in at all.

Later in the game there are places you can only get to by flying.....and lets face is walking around cloudtop sucks....like alot

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Originally Posted by Zfz

The entire aetherflow is a very well thought-out system that strikes a balance between convenient flying and actual exploration. You need to explore each zone as it is while discovering the aetherflow points along your main story quest path. Then after you unlock the zone, you get to look at it from the air and finish off the side quests easily.

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Agree with Alex here.

Teh point is that u have to earn it to be able to fly in a zone , if u dont want to fly then u dont need to collect the aethers or do the quests. shrug u can just spam dungeons over and over again instead :P

Plus it feels much more rewarding the way it is now.

flying help's a lot with gathering and getting around.

while you may finish most quests before you can fly you will still need to get around the maps for various reasons.

like maps,hunts,gathering,new quests with new patches in the future, future beastmen. ext.

Is this a serious topic?