No Flying in 5.0???

Hey folks

So I don't see any currents being added and on the mounts that can fly, it's only for 3.0 and 4.0.

Is SE pulling a Blizzard and removing flying from the game going forward?

I highly doubt we won’t be able to fly in 5.0

No, that will be made clear in the next full patch notes. And also Yoshi showed us his mount flying in the Live letters, we shall fly. :o

They were demonstrating flight in a 5.0 zone during the last live letter.

A bit of a panic post my dude.

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Originally Posted by XenabelleS

Hey folks

So I don't see any currents being added and on the mounts that can fly, it's only for 3.0 and 4.0.

Is SE pulling a Blizzard and removing flying from the game going forward?

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There will be Aether currents it is just not showing on the notes. 4.0 notes was the exact same way for Stormblood.

Stormblood Patch 4.0

If I recall, one of the sliders in the live letter said that "All mounts will be able to fly", so maybe they didn't even bother to put it in the patch notes

No way theyd remove flying, blizzard only did that to promote world pvp which we thankfully dont have.

Benchmark trailer would've alleviated this concern right away. Mounts are shown flying several times throughout it.

These werent the full patch notes either was merely a tease,just wait for the full ones during the maintenance

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Originally Posted by XenabelleS

Hey folks

So I don't see any currents being added and on the mounts that can fly, it's only for 3.0 and 4.0.

Is SE pulling a Blizzard and removing flying from the game going forward?

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There is a picture of a new flying mount in the patch notes....

https://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/t/d6...e5aa9f5_75.png

It would be absolutely... weird to take Flying out of the rest of the game. Plus, it was shown in multiple screenshots that mounts were flying.

So I think we're OK on that side, don't worry.

The truth is that, if you fantasia to a Bunny-girl, you will not be able to fly anymore. because bunnies are scared of heights.
But the "dig" ability will allow you to teleport though.
I swear this is true.

They already showed you the travel tab for the zones, you need some sort of pink gem, most likely from doing FATEs, rather than collecting the currents.

I know i sound crazy but id actually like no flying. At least in the first few patches. Zones wouldnt get old so fast.

Reminder that these are preliminary patch notes not the full notes.

In the LL in may he actually flew with preorder mount in the new zone

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Originally Posted by Hysterior

The truth is that, if you fantasia to a Bunny-girl, you will not be able to fly anymore. because bunnies are scared of heights.
But the "dig" ability will allow you to teleport though.
I swear this is true.

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Just make sure you take the correct turn at Albuquerque.

It would be silly for them to remove flying...

That being said, it'll probably still be unlocked through Aetherial Currents found with the compass and rewards from quests so you get it only once you're done with the zone.

The only problem I have with flying mounts is if they don't have wings they shouldn't be able to fly, flying goobues look wrong lol. When they first introduced flying I did think it was stupid GC choco couldn't fly not to mention you got a black chocobo that could fly but you had to find the currents to be able to fly. Having just finished Heavensward, it was irritating that gathering was being hampered by having to quest currents and progress MSQ to be able to get to some currents.

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Originally Posted by Krojack

There is a picture of a new flying mount in the patch notes....

https://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/t/d6...e5aa9f5_75.png

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Not even that, they show you on a flying mount several times in the benchmark. Underwater too!

Benchmark shows flying in 5.0 zones. Overall, I like the non-flying ARR zones better. They look more beautiful. It's too late to go back to non-flying zones though.

Seems like an overreaction given that we know for sure that there IS flight in 5.0.....

It will be tagged 3.0/4.0 because it affects those expansions. Either because that's where the mounts originated, or because that's where they'll now be able to fly where they previously couldn't.

If you still need further confirmation, go to about 10:30 into this VOD and he shows off flying from the last live letter. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/439126280

the benchmark clearly shown we are flying left and right... and underwater.

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Originally Posted by Dhaid

No way theyd remove flying, blizzard only did that to promote world pvp which we thankfully dont have.

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Blizz did it to cut corners and save money :P And it was a really dumb choice

But also I sincerely doubt they'd just up and poof flying with no word whatsoever. It probably just didn't make it into the preliminary patch notes.

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Originally Posted by Wulfyn

The only problem I have with flying mounts is if they don't have wings they shouldn't be able to fly, flying goobues look wrong lol. When they first introduced flying I did think it was stupid GC choco couldn't fly not to mention you got a black chocobo that could fly but you had to find the currents to be able to fly. Having just finished Heavensward, it was irritating that gathering was being hampered by having to quest currents and progress MSQ to be able to get to some currents.

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Well they said the live letter that they use Aether to be able to fly

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Originally Posted by 347SPECTRE

They were demonstrating flight in a 5.0 zone during the last live letter.

A bit of a panic post my dude.

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like all the healers and tanks and the other random panic threads

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Originally Posted by MaraD_

They already showed you the travel tab for the zones, you need some sort of pink gem, most likely from doing FATEs, rather than collecting the currents.

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That's not for flight though but for a new system for DotH/DotL classes to get exp through FATE linking to gain special gemstones as a currency - unfortunately SE just used a similar style of screen to the aether current screen for it, hence the confusion. But they're clearly two different things.