When I first got the unicorn mount it was really fun. I was then really disappointing that it couldn't fly. Its also a little frustrating to see other mounts like the holiday bear being able to fly.
Would it be too much to just add a little bit of glitter to the unicorns feet and let it fly?
Can we let the Unicorn fly?
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07-30-2018, 11:48 AMTransient_ShadowCan we let the Unicorn fly?
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07-30-2018, 11:49 AMSigma-Astra
Eh, we have Nightmare for that honestly...and there's the Pegasus and Night Pegasus too.
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07-30-2018, 12:15 PMJillianNightmare cannot fly; maybe, you are thinking about Kirin?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sigma-Astra
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07-30-2018, 12:18 PMSigma-AstraI know Nightmare can't fly, but it still has a horn and dust thingies after it. So, close enough even if it doesn't fly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jillian
Kirin can fly, but it doesn't really have a unicorn horn, so maybe not as close as Nightmare. -
07-30-2018, 01:27 PMSigmaOZ
It would be great to see the rest of the horses being able to fly and hopefully with style and not a simple effect, it's not like it would take ages to give them Pegasus wings made of light that would appear only while flying!...
I'm tired of simple effects that don't even make sense!... -
07-30-2018, 01:49 PMBellsong
Tbh I just wish all old school mounts could fly, going forward we're just going to be flying everywhere, they already set the standard no turning back now so might as well just let everything fly.
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07-30-2018, 01:58 PMJunseiKei
Astrope.
They might make the older mounts fly (except the original tank ones, seeing as the new tank ones gain armor and that, apparently, makes them fly). One of the recent Q&As, someone asked this - can't recall the answer. Really disappointed Sleipnir's fly animation just ended up being a rip-off of the Dark Lanner's aura. Considering how long people were asking for him to fly (beginning of HW + he's cash shop), half expected a little more effort put into it, like large leathery wings. Oh well. -
07-30-2018, 02:31 PMBillyKaplan
If they're worried about the lore behind it (which they shouldn't be, some mounts just outright don't make sense flying), they can give us a quest like they did for Chocobos where they give a widespread lore explanation to why suddenly all those mounts can fly now. Cid cooked up an aether device, we found something, etc.
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07-30-2018, 03:12 PMZumi
We do have the pegasus mount from diadem which is pretty much the same thing white horse that flys.
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07-30-2018, 03:20 PMJovenThey could use the Hoverstone from the original Final Fantasy that you use to get the airship to fly.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyKaplan
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07-30-2018, 03:53 PMPerrinTaveren
There are 3 unicorns who can fly: Astrope, Pegasus and Night Pegasus.
Especially Pegasus is the winged version of WHM quest Unicorn so, i guess don't expect them to make it fly :3 -
07-30-2018, 04:28 PMGemina
Good lord, why does everything have to fly? Try walking or riding from point a to point b for once. Just might catch something screenshot worthy. Just sayin'.
Now go earn that non-flying unicorn mount and take a screen shot of yourself jumping over a fence. Trust me, you'll thank me for it later. -
07-30-2018, 05:06 PMKisaiTenshiProbably because the mount is job-related reward, and people would like to use it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gemina
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07-30-2018, 05:15 PMKahnom
Unicorn aside.
Still no Insect mount for us huh ? -
07-30-2018, 05:22 PMPaladinleeds
Personally, I feel that every mount with unique music should fly (this doesn't include the unicorn I'm afraid, it has the generic mount theme). As far as I know, the only mounts this applies to are the primal ponies. Some of us use the mounts for their theme and while people can say "Oh, just use YouTube", and you'd be right for the most part, but for me, the idea of using say Markab as my main mount is really nice. Right now I use Markab (Ramuh's pony) as my ground mount and Dark Lanner (Nidhogg's bird) as my flying mount. The connection between the mount theme, the design, etc, really captivates me.
For generic theme mounts, there's several that have the generic ground mount theme that can fly, so I feel like that kinda loosens the edge on that front. -
07-30-2018, 06:08 PMSavingPrincessOne of my favorite mounts is a tiny ball in the shape of Whisper from Yokai watch...Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyKaplan
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07-30-2018, 06:33 PMYzuna*Looking at the flying T-Rex from Eureka*.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyKaplan
Yeah, worried about the lore behind it, right. -
07-30-2018, 06:55 PMJandorYeah I always thought this would be a neat solution.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyKaplan
Little side quest where you find an "Allagan transportation disc" or something, whenever you're on a non flying mount in a flying enabled area jumping causes your 'ATD' to appear and your mount quickly hops on.
Means we could put an end to the constant stream of mounts that blatantly shouldn't fly but do anyway. The dino mount is cool, the flying animation for it is not... -
07-30-2018, 06:58 PMZojhaThe elephant from the Ananta doesn't seem to care all that much about it either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yzuna
Frankly, the cat's out of the bag. Flying isn't going to go away, so non-flying mounts are objectively inferior in all regards for their intended purpose (travel), i.e. pointless. The precedent for mounts that have no business flying around actually flying is already set as well. Just get it over with and make everything fly, no matter how ridiculous. -
07-30-2018, 08:03 PMCelefWe have a flying T-rex mount, I think they stopped giving a shit abour loreQuote:
Originally Posted by BillyKaplan
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07-30-2018, 09:30 PMZsolen
Even pvp war ponies gallop through the air, and they did not initially. I don't know what is holding SE back from a flying unicorn, coeurl, behemoth, or goobbue at this point.
Kahnom: We do have an insect mount from the Vath beast tribe called the Kongamato. -
07-30-2018, 11:26 PMLalaRuAnd rainbow trails please!Quote:
Originally Posted by Transient_Shadow
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07-31-2018, 04:11 AMBillyKaplanJoke's on you, the T-Rex has actually been thoroughly lampshaded as to why it can fly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yzuna
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07-31-2018, 08:24 AMJandorFancy aether is pretty much my head-canon as to how dinos and bears and such fly, they're riding around on all those aether currents we had to find and unlock.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyKaplan
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07-31-2018, 12:44 PMKahnomThat thing looks more like seahorse than insect,what I mean is “Proper Insect”.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zsolen
Butterfly,Mantis,Beetle etc.
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07-31-2018, 01:05 PMSigma-AstraHonestly, I think they were going for a dragonfly to be honest and not really a seahorse. The Tiny Tatsunoko minion is a seahorse for sure, but the kongamato? Definitely a dragonfly inspired mount.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kahnom
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08-02-2018, 02:15 AMKorbash
Nightmare is my favorite mount, the coolest of them all. Except it doesn't fly or has no music, which makes me a very sad panda. :( :( :(
C'MON!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAKE NIGHTMARE FLY ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND GIVE IT NIGHTMARISH MUSIC TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!