[Request] Allow Players Toggle Mount Speeds

Since the increase in mount speed for ARR areas with the release of SB, going into those areas and riding a mount gives me (and others) motion sickness, and it's especially bad if someone picked up the extra speed increase from hunts.

Can it please be made so players can toggle what speed they want an area set for? Open areas aren't so bad, but I can't go anywhere in the Shroud and half of La Noscea without walking away feeling nauseous & my eyes hurting.

Just finished the daily ARR Hunts and now I'm going to take some Advil and lay down for a while. :(

My advice: Walk instead of Run when mounted or travel on foot.

Take meds? I take mine.

Instead of posting some snarky, snide reply, I'm going to honestly suggest you to go see a doctor if you haven't already.

See.
A.
Doctor.

I find it interesting what exactly would trigger your motion sickness, as it is usually caused by things such as head bobbing or an unnatural field of view. However, riding a mount with increased speed changes nothing from walking than the speed at which you move.
It would be the easiest solution for yourself to see a doctor about what medication you can take (as regular over-the-counter motion sickness meds usually cause drowsiness) but if this is an issue many players experience, I do think the devs should look into some options that could help with that. If the problem is everything moving around at a speed where there's no fixed point to focus on, you could try just sticking a point in the middle of your screen, this would also be an option the devs could easily implement, that simply displays a static dot on your screen. Maybe focusing on the UI could help there too, but I imagine that would make actually seeing where you're going a little challenging.

Interesting, I am particularly sensitive to motion sickness but have never encountered it by riding a mount in XIV. Motion blur is a big trigger for motion sickness in games, however its very mild in this game.

You don't spin your camera a lot do you? The 'horizon' or even yourself as a focal point is very still when you move in this game so it's odd to me that it would effect you.

I would see a doctor, I get motion sickness quite easily and have never had this problem. You could have something seriously wrong.

This is exactly why I didn't get x2 speed for realm reborn areas (they added too much speed.....the regular x1 speed is great enough).
Hope they add it for those that got x2 speed...

I concur. My wife gets motion sickness playing this game and this was prior to the speed boost, so her issue is slightly different. It's usually the whole moving the camera around spinning the background part that gets her dizzy. She can't watch me play, because of this as well since I'm crazy with the camera angles.

Don't listen to creeps' advices to see a doctor, motion sickness caused while riding so fast is real, it struck me at first but now I have grown used to it for the most part, there are still some places where it can make me disoriented like the East Shroud!...

I don't think it would pose too much of a burden for the developers to add a general mount action to increase and decrease the riding speed, they surely know about Epona in The Legend of Zelda and how the carrot system worked, I cannot think of anything simpler, it's important that they allow us to do that while mounted so it will be fun while letting us ride fast in case of need, i.e. when hasting after an S rank hunt mark!...

So people saying see a doctor for a possible health issue are creeps? Ok then.

ARR areas make me dizzy at the new speed so I've stopped buying the upgrades. "Doctor, I need meds so I can play this one video game where a fast horse makes me queasy" is overkill imo. A speed toggle would be great :c

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Don't listen to creeps' advices to see a doctor, motion sickness caused while riding so fast is real, it struck me at first but now I have grown used to it for the most part, there are still some places where it can make me disoriented like the East Shroud!...

I don't think it would pose too much of a burden for the developers to add a general mount action to increase and decrease the riding speed, they surely know about Epona in The Legend of Zelda and how the carrot system worked, I cannot think of anything simpler, it's important that they allow us to do that while mounted so it will be fun while letting us ride fast in case of need, i.e. when hasting after an S rank hunt mark!...

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I was thinking something like setting it on the options menu where we have the mount speed. You know, like if you buy the upgrade, you have two stars, but you can click them and select if they're off or on. However just a simple button click to increase or decrease would probably be easier to implement and get the job done!

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Originally Posted by Rokke

ARR areas make me dizzy at the new speed so I've stopped buying the upgrades. "Doctor, I need meds so I can play this one video game where a fast horse makes me queasy" is overkill imo. A speed toggle would be great :c

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Yeah. Literally the only game that does it (I'm fine with Mirror's Edge) and only with the mount speed increase. Not worth wasting a doctor's time over. Now, if I was like my friend who can't even play a 3rd person game due to motion sickness, that needs a doctor

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Don't listen to creeps' advices to see a doctor

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Lol? Are you always this rude?

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Don't listen to creeps' advices to see a doctor, motion sickness caused while riding so fast is real,

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Of course it's real, this is why a doctor may be required.

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Don't listen to creeps' advices to see a doctor, motion sickness caused while riding so fast is real

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Yes, it's very real, that's why medicine exists. I can't literally drive anything without my meds, that's why I recommended them. There's absolutely nothing wrong looking for a doctor to cope with it because it's something truly horrible.

But you don't see me asking the devs to change a whole game just because I got dizzy.

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Originally Posted by msfakefur

But you don't see me asking the devs to change a whole game just because I got dizzy.

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i don't get dizzy and i want a speed toggle too.

enjoying a ride on my mount is much nicer with a slower speed, but when i actually want to get somewhere a faster speed is better.

so making it able to toggle between slow / fast / super fast would be awesome. i now only have super slow (walking) and super fast (running) on my mount.

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Originally Posted by Tint

i don't get dizzy and i want a speed toggle too.

enjoying a ride on my mount is much nicer with a slower speed, but when i actually want to get somewhere a faster speed is better.

so making it able to toggle between slow / fast / super fast would be awesome. i now only have super slow (walking) and super fast (running) on my mount.

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If you don't get dizzy that statement is not for you

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Originally Posted by msfakefur

But you don't see me asking the devs to change a whole game just because I got dizzy.

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Did I say to change the whole game? No. It is a simple request for toggled speeds. This way, those who like the faster can stick with it, and the other people can turn it down.

Mountain out of a mole hill, people. I'm not asking them to drastically alter the game or take away your increased speed. I am asking for a compromise.

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Originally Posted by Dasya

Did I say to change the whole game? No. It is a simple request for toggled speeds. This way, those who like the faster can stick with it, and the other people can turn it down.

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No, you're asking to change it because of a medical condition and what me and other people did was direct you towards a solution for your it because it will not stop just changing the speed of the mount.

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Originally Posted by msfakefur

No, you're asking to change it because of a medical condition and what me and other people did was direct you towards a solution for your it because it will not stop just changing the speed of the mount.

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Calm down

Your game won't get changed because of a toggle. You simply don't toggle it while those of us who had no preview of the mount speed have to stay with it.
Just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean they're wrong, specially when it doesn't affect you

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Originally Posted by msfakefur

No, you're asking to change it because of a medical condition and what me and other people did was direct you towards a solution for your it because it will not stop just changing the speed of the mount.

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OP has literally said that they only get dizzy when they use the upgraded speed...

A toggle will hurt no one while helping those who are now stuck with a speed that they don't like.

I never said I was against it, I just pointed that OP should look for a better solution for this problem since motion sickness is a medical condition

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Originally Posted by msfakefur

I never said I was against it, I just pointed that OP should look for a better solution for this problem since motion sickness is a medical condition

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This is the only game that has done this, and it is only when in ARR areas riding a mount at increased speeds. Any of the other multitude of games I have? No issue. That includes Mirror's Edge, which made many people a little queasy. And I am not going to see a doctor over one part in one game. If it were with various games? Different story.

But it got me thinking. I know there's others who have a problem with the mount speed increase, to a less or greater degree than I. We can change graphic settings, key bindings, UI layout, there's even accessibility options, and more just to make the game more comfortable. So why not this?

Some people have issues with FoV settings in games, and if there's no option to change it, no one goes "Go see a doctor!", they look to the devs and go "Guys! FoV slider plz!". The first Borderlands is an example of this. PC users got around it by messing with the game's .ini file and keybinding set FoV values. Unfortunately, I can't mod FFXIV to move at a speed I want.

And this is why I am turning to the devs and going "Yo,guys. The mount speed increase is cool and all, but can we toggle it please? It's causing a few of us discomfort."

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I just chimed in because you said you had motion sickness, in no way I presented myself against toggling mount speed. As someone that has very bad motion sickness to the point of having to take medicine, it's only rational to *me* to take them, instead of just changing the game as I said. If this was another of the billions threads asking for something out of the devs I would not have said anything.

They also need to add the water distortion toggle to console. As someone with vertigo it can give me some minor problems occasionally.

I concur with the idea of toggling the speeds on or off, but not for the same reason as the OP. There are some spots worth climbing/reaching, some for Sightseeing and some for otherwise, that are more difficult if not impossible to reach with the enhanced speeds. I'm glad to have my own ARR log completed, but still... Some people might want to do them, or maybe we want to climb on top of places even after the fact. *shrugs*

I'd like a toggle. After getting enhanced speed for La Noscea I decided not to bother with the other ARR areas. I dont get queasy but still, if I'm not rushing to a hunt, I would like the option to slow down and enjoy the ride.