So I just bought the Eurekan Mount, cause I really don't wanna do all that content, and tahdah... the same generic mount music we've had since HW.
Look, the music ain't awful, but it sure as heck dull.
Why not let folks have a Travel Orchestrion? Makes sense to me. If your not going to give each mount a semi-unique mount music (which doesn't seem like a hard thing to do anyhow) then why not just let us have traveling music we can choose from our orchestrion list?
Or, give me a Flying Orchestrion Mount, and it can shuffle songs from my list. I mean that's a joke, but I'd take it :P.
You would make songs more valuable to every player in the game if we could use them more often, and using them while on a mount seemed like a great way to implement to overwrite the generic mount music.
or just give each mount their own music << You got as much music as mounts as it is.
Mount Music? No more generic! How about Travel Orchestrion?
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03-12-2019, 03:53 AMSteadyMount Music? No more generic! How about Travel Orchestrion?
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03-12-2019, 04:30 AMDrWho2010
in order to have a travel/ipod orchestrion the music you have available to you would have to be loaded into every zone you're in. there's a reason why orchestrions are restricted in their placement.
Also there are a limited amount of "slots" available for mounts and their music. this is why most of them only have the generic theme. Soken can switch it up but he needs ample reason and demand to do so. -
03-12-2019, 04:46 AMSkivvy
I'd be down for this! Mount music does tend to get rather dull - especially if you don't cycle between a large amount. I normally just keep it turned off :/
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03-12-2019, 04:47 AMAivi_lo
£90 on the Mog station, please look forward to it
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03-12-2019, 05:01 AMSteady
Meh, I bought a $100 something emote, they even threw in an Odin statue. If they did it i'd buy it.
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03-12-2019, 05:30 AMNixxeThat's some real dedication.Quote:
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Meanwhile I can't even spend $30 without regrets, so I wait for sales. It's not like $30 is particularly valuable to me either. -
03-12-2019, 07:13 AMLiam_HarperYou mean even the music played on your mount is straining their fragile servers? Maybe it's about time they replaced some of the old sellotape and fed the hamster.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrWho2010
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03-12-2019, 07:32 AMNessaWyvern
I mean, if runescape could play what ever song you liked from the game at any time, I don't see why FFXIV can't do it.
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03-12-2019, 07:36 AMDBriggs304
I'm surprised people play the music they have now. I turned the option off and haven't looked back.
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03-12-2019, 07:37 AMGemina
While I agree 100%, it's only more data to load every time you zone in. Even if this is a small issue to handle there is still that damn FATE notification/music that interrupts what was a fantastic ride.
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03-12-2019, 07:48 AMDuskaneim sure they could limit it to like 5 or 10Quote:
Originally Posted by DrWho2010
as your "favorites" and can play them when ever outside of duties
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03-12-2019, 07:57 AMCeridwenae
I was thinking this the other day - the mount orchestrion, that is - but figured it wouldn't work because the sheer amount of weight it would add to the servers, for each and every player to have at least 8 tunes on the mount.
However, if that wasn't a problem, I'd love this. I see it sort of like it's linkpearls tuned to a frequency in line with our home orchestrions, somehow using the mount as a sort of antenna (otherwise it could be argued you could listen almost anywhere, anytime). Failing that, it's a small portable orchestrion akin to a Walkman.
Of course, you could always just bypass all of this server load bobbins, and cue up YouTube's store of music (or whatever service you prefer) when on the mount, or indeed, any other time you need change of musical scenery. I can certainly attest to the fact there is nothing better for this nervous tank than some David Bowie. -
03-12-2019, 09:55 AMDrWho2010even if it was 5 or 10 - having to load that for every player in the zone at all times all across the server? sure fire way to crash everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duskane
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03-12-2019, 09:24 PMSuniva
Personally, I never like the mount music, so I turned it off. I can tolerate the zone music more, but the standard chocobo one?
Please..No, just, no.
And while it would be an awesome implementation, as someone stated earlier, it would use up a lot of resources, resources that could, ya know, be used to provide us with Ishgardian housing.
I WANT MY SNOWY HOUSE SE!! -
03-13-2019, 01:01 AMInkstainedGwyn
I've made the suggestion before that we have a magitek mount (or the upcoming regalia would be great) that has an orchestrion feature. And if you limit it to non-multi mounts (sorry, regalia) the music would only be client-side, and that should mean no strain on their servers.
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03-13-2019, 03:50 AMSuniva
Ahh! Well then! I cast my vote in!
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03-13-2019, 04:04 AM347SPECTREThey could have it be something loaded locally instead of on the server, seeing as it would act like a a personal music player.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrWho2010
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03-13-2019, 04:05 AMGulaRunescape doesn't run on the same coding.Quote:
Originally Posted by NessaWyvern
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03-13-2019, 04:09 AMColinoIt's nothing to do with the hardware, the game is still running on an engine which was quickly put together and had to run on PS3. No matter how much you upgrade the physical servers you can't just override the limits of a nearly 6 year old client.Quote:
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03-13-2019, 05:46 AMDrWho2010Very little information is saved client side, to prevent hacking/manipulating data.Quote:
Originally Posted by 347SPECTRE