Please. If you won't just implement it for free, perhaps give it as a passive bonus after you've hit 50 on one Job.
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Please. If you won't just implement it for free, perhaps give it as a passive bonus after you've hit 50 on one Job.
why? It's the exact same speed it was before. It hasn't gotten slower. The only reason it feels like that is because flying mounts are faster. But they are faster bc the new areas are so big. I see no reason to increase speed on ground mounts
For the same reason to nerf dungeons and remove restrictions on things like tomes. Once content is demoted, it improves playebase throughput and morale to reduce restrictions.
Would sure make it less painful getting around those humongous new zones BEFORE you manage to get all the aether currents. Plus those who don't have flying yet all lose out on many hunts and FATES.
This was asked in a producer interview and they said they did not have plans to make them faster but they are considering making flying faster. If they would just make the old zones flyable, the problem would be solved. And yes, I understand it would take a lot of work to do that. Just wishful thinking.
^they said they'd consider it with request.
If someone doesn't want faster mounts they could always just choose to move more slowly, or pause every few seconds, to ensure they arrive at the same time as they would have before.
Why the hell would I use a ground mount in a Fly zone? ARR areas aren't that big and to use a ground mount in a HS area, you must like the heavy annoyance...
People just look for stuff to nitpick jeez.
Move speed is fine for ground mounts, this wasn't an issue in ARR and flying mounts more than make up for it in the new areas.
Also at the person saying restrictions to be removed? Since when is being able to move faster a restriction?
Personally I'd think it would be silly and stupid to see people zipping around at super fast speeds in the old areas.
it would be nice but part of the reason everyone likes flying/flying mounts is cause they're so much faster
people still use ground mounts in areas that don't have aether currents
Why not just implement an instant TP to wherever you right-click on the map?
Yoshi did say they would increase ground mounts speed, several months ago. But at some point he did a 180 on that statement, but he never really mentioned his own change of heart. Just pretended he never said it I guess. I'd appreciate a little bit of a increase. I mean if they are going to increase flying mounts, you should also increase ground mounts because.. well flying mounts don't exactly need the increase anymore then ground. You can get around pretty quickly in the sky.
So, does this mean people are done with wanting new ground mounts and from this point on all we should get are flying mounts?
Because if there's no incentive to use them in the new (active) zones....
I'd honestly like to see this come about mostly because I have a bit of a pet peeve with people using particular flying mounts that look ridiculous acting as ground mounts, haha. I honestly can't wait for the Twintania hype to die down - assuming it ever does - for that reason. I use my chocobo on my main but I figuratively sigh every time I see a Twintania running around on the ground!
But yes, on a more serious note, I'd like to see ground mounts kept relevant in new areas beyond the phase where you are still collecting currents. Although, even having said that, I guess most people will still stick to the faster option of flying even if ground speed were exaggerated to the point that it almost matched it.
Maybe it would work if they implemented a system where bad weather negatively affected flight speed or something quirky like that? It'll never happen but it sounds like a cute detail to me.
can we just retcon flying abilities onto them? coeurls can use magnetisms, the demon eyeballs can actually fly, the bombs are bombs, let cid put a jetpack on our mechs, give the behemoth sky walk for all I care.
I don't care either way...
...so long as, if it is done, mount speed remains as it is now in PvP.
Mount speeds should never outspeed Sprint in PvP. The speed balance as it stands now is perfect.
As someone new to the game it makes sense to me to make ground mounts faster than a sprinting person
or at least have them keep their current speed but then allow them to sprint like we can at something like 1.5-2x speed.
edit: not talking about PvP balance @above because I havn't done pvp.
I admitted as much myself, haha ; I doubt you could really get around it even with a random idea such as mine unless you were basically moving in straight lines on the ground too. Regardless, even had they the time and resources to actually give this a modicum of priority, I'm sure that giving people incentive to return to ground mounts wouldn't be of great interest to them.
I am still failing to see any reason behind this request.
In HW we have flying, ARR zones are so small that they really don't need this and PvP seems to be fine with this speed too.
I wouldn't mess with things that don't need it.
Or make it so you can slap your mount to go faster. Doing this with good timing will make you go the fastest; that way you can at least be doing something when you're running somewhere. I loved slapping the balls outta my horse in Zelda.
Ground speed is slow as hell
A mounted sprint would be sexy.
have it this way flying mounts are faster flying and slow on the land and land mounts are faster on the land makes them a fair use on all the maps :D
Need faster flying mount!
seriously the Sea of Cloud gatheing node is near the other end of the map, it takes 45 ET mins! to get there.