Sahagin Elbst mount confirmed unable to swim

0/10 worst expansion preorder cancelled

Didnt it say that mount had the webbing of its feet clipped and thats why it couldnt swim or something?
I forget... but I swear thats what it was.

Is this specifically confirmed, or is this just assumed because it was not mentioned yet that it never will be adapted?

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Originally Posted by Vespar

Didnt it say that mount had the webbing of its feet clipped and thats why it couldnt swim or something?
I forget... but I swear thats what it was.

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Yeah, that is a part of the Lore for the Cavalry Elbst you get from the Beast Tribe.

Clearly, CLEARLY, what needs to be done is that an un-modified Elbst Mount needs to be implemented.

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Originally Posted by Rufalus

Is this specifically confirmed, or is this just assumed because it was not mentioned yet that it never will be adapted?

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Only flying mounts can swim. I'm sure there will be swimming - only mounts, as well.

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

Only flying mounts can swim. I'm sure there will be swimming - only mounts, as well.

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Confirmed by the Collector's Edition Mount, which doesn't look very flight-capable.

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Originally Posted by ZhaneX

Confirmed by the Collector's Edition Mount, which doesn't look very flight-capable.

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Logic doesn't apply very well to Final Fantasy sometimes. Sanuwa, Fenrir, Adamantoise don't look flight-capable, but they are.

Reason for why we can't drown: magic. Literally, I laughed so hard.

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

Only flying mounts can swim. I'm sure there will be swimming - only mounts, as well.

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What about the turtle from the saucer it can walk fly and turtles swim

/facepalm

Director said it clearly, only flying mounts can swim, I wouldn't be surprised to find out the Loch Ness creature can fly too!... :confused:

I do hope though they value logic this time around, except for the infinite diving ability, so that they will make clearly apparent sea/water mounts able to be used underwater!...

Elbst mount must be able to dive!... :)

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Originally Posted by Dumbledoremd

What about the turtle from the saucer it can walk fly and turtles swim

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Gamara! Not even joking. Adamantoise is a define reference to Gamera and how that kaiju flies, but other than that, magic.

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Originally Posted by SigmaOZ

/facepalm

Director said it clearly, only flying mounts can swim, I wouldn't be surprised to find out the Loch Ness creature can fly too!... :confused:

I do hope though they value logic this time around, except for the infinite diving ability, so that they will make clearly apparent sea/water mounts able to be used underwater!...

Elbst mount must be able to dive!... :)

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Well, even putting aside the apparent Lore Reasons regarding the Elbst, whether they implement a new one just for swimming or not, they could always just go back and rework it. There were a number of floating mounts from ARR that weren't flight-capable at launch of HW after all, but they were patched in soon enough.

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Originally Posted by SigmaOZ

Elbst mount must be able to dive!... :)

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They can, but we have Cavalry Elbsts.
https://i.gyazo.com/1873a285b32b5add...df9bd981f1.png

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

They can, but we have Cavalry Elbsts.

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Mount lore has been changed before. The Adamantoise did not have the mention of thaumaturges or the ability to cast spells.

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

They can, but we have Cavalry Elbsts.
https://i.gyazo.com/1873a285b32b5add...df9bd981f1.png

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That is really sad!...

The only option then, to not break the lore, is to make a new Elbst that can naturally swim but will of course be sloppy on the ground!... :)

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

Reason for why we can't drown: magic. Literally, I laughed so hard.

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That got a chuckle out of me. xD Perfectly fine with it though. Breath mechanics are annoying!

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

Reason for why we can't drown: magic. Literally, I laughed so hard.

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He was pretty much poking fun at WoW with that.
Magic items that grant infinite breathing have long existed in FF Canon. I fully expect the quest to involve us drinking Oxyale.

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Originally Posted by Rufalus

Is this specifically confirmed, or is this just assumed because it was not mentioned yet that it never will be adapted?

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

Only flying mounts can swim. I'm sure there will be swimming - only mounts, as well.

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I asked if the Elbst had been mentioned specifically, as the title of this thread suggests. Confirmation that flying mounts can also swim, is not confirmation that no other mounts will ever be adapted for swimming.

Might be a good time to introduce the Red Elbst actually.

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Originally Posted by Ultimatecalibur

He was pretty much poking fun at WoW with that.
Magic items that grant infinite breathing have long existed in FF Canon. I fully expect the quest to involve us drinking Oxyale.

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See, I know nothing about WoW, but the other series that's a massive hit in Japan is Monster Hunter. Which had underwater fighting in Tri and MH3U and you could make items to give you back breath underwater.

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Originally Posted by Rufalus

I asked if the Elbst had been mentioned specifically, as the title of this thread suggests. Confirmation that flying mounts can also swim, is not confirmation that no other mounts will ever be adapted for swimming.

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So far it's only flying mounts confirmed for swimming. With the way it was worded making it imply that ground mounts wouldn't be able to as they simply won't be able to enter the areas designated for swimming.

Which is pretty fun considering a chicken will be abble to swim but not a fishi mount ^^"

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

See, I know nothing about WoW, but the other series that's a massive hit in Japan is Monster Hunter. Which had underwater fighting in Tri and MH3U and you could make items to give you back breath underwater.

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WoW was infamous for having a large combat heavy underwater zone with a breath timer when you first arrived which a large number of players did not enjoy.

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Originally Posted by Ultimatecalibur

He was pretty much poking fun at WoW with that.
Magic items that grant infinite breathing have long existed in FF Canon. I fully expect the quest to involve us drinking Oxyale.

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Quite possibly. Not only that but we are attuned with the elements, including water, anyway so they'll pull from that. A blessing from Thaliak & Nymeia perhaps?

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Originally Posted by Vespar

Didnt it say that mount had the webbing of its feet clipped and thats why it couldnt swim or something?
I forget... but I swear thats what it was.

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That's cruel!! :'¢

maybe we will get one that can swim in this year's summer event?! We have all been wanting that bad ass recolored Elbst mount form the summer events.

Thought that is said that only flying mounts can dive? Would be silly if it couldn't swim >>; There are models of them swimming on top of the water in game I'm pretty sure? Or am I mis-remembering.

Edit: Just seeing the ingame info about the webbing being clipped. That is so odd, it must only be some because there are others that do swim when you do the quests...

Don't worry, I'm sure some mounts will be adjusted later on. Like how some mounts couldn't fly when HW launched.

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Originally Posted by hagare

Don't worry, I'm sure some mounts will be adjusted later on. Like how some mounts couldn't fly when HW launched.

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Mhm...I'm having doubts myself. Knowing their "limitation-coding", they somehow inextricably linked flying and swimming, so that every mount that would be a good swimming candidate would also have to be able to fly.

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Originally Posted by Zojha

Mhm...I'm having doubts myself. Knowing their "limitation-coding", they somehow inextricably linked flying and swimming, so that every mount that would be a good swimming candidate would also have to be able to fly.

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Nooot really. They said that every flying mount will be able to fly, but not the other way around.

This is a Final Fantasy game. Logic does not apply in FF series ever. FF is an abstract high fantasy acid trip. You can't get drowned because .... ehh.... MAGIC voila. As someone mentioned you have a huge turtle flying with "natural gas" combustion engine inside the shell yet a water mount cannot swim. Don't take this game too seriously because it was never meant to be.

A diving bomb palanquin...

A diving magiteck armor...

A diving primal bird...

A diving manacutter...

http://gifsec.com/wp-content/uploads...3/nod-gifs.gif

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Originally Posted by Magic-Mal

A diving magiteck armor...

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It might looks like Emerald Weapon from FF7

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

Reason for why we can't drown: magic. Literally, I laughed so hard.

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Oxyale: A magic item from Final Fantasy 1 that allows the party to breathe underwater.