Request T-Board (Mount) Poll

I would like to see T-Boards in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn as an additional transportation method, we have chocobos, we have coeurls, and magiteck armour. Why not a T-Board from Final Fantasy VIII?

Zell's T-Board Incident

Thumbs Up = Yes

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Thumbs Up = No

They'd have to have the Players ride the T-Boards standing up but stanced in a position that would appear that we are riding one the way Zell would but maybe a little different depending on the sex/race/clan.

And they could have T-Boards be customizable too, different colors, designs and color flare come from the bottom back parts.

I'll have to confiscate one >_>

If not a mount, they could always have it as Home Decor.

Like this if you had enough of all the useless "like" polls.

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Originally Posted by AmandaHuggenkiss

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I must be missing something cause I must not be on the forums enough to understand this.

Anyways it's a Final Fantasy thing so I just thought it'd be cool to see what people would like, so far not many people like the idea, they either must not like T-Boards or they don't like FFVIII much at all. :\

Plus if you look through my post history, I have never done this kind of forum topic before.

Chocobo, Coeurl, Magitek aaand. . . . Ahriman was it? (I'm sure I'm missing some others that were hinted) They better give me a big enough stable for all of those or a garage I guess o_o

I would be perfectly fine if we only ever had the Chocobo, so I'm rather meh about the T-Board to be honest. Now, what I really want is a piggyback emote so my friends can haul my lazy ass across Eorzea.

As "immersion"/lore breaking as it'd be... Yeah, sign me up. :x

We have something better than T-boarding, it's crafting table riding.

We did it a lot in 1.0.

I think it would look weird... I am already not very excited for the magitek...

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Originally Posted by Hysterior

I think it would look weird... I am already not very excited for the magitek...

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Well the T-Board from FFVIII was pretty much a floating board and I'm sure it would just need some animations of the player's character moving around on top than much animations from the board, besides maybe whatever is fueling it like fire/air/etc escaping to make it stay afloat.

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Originally Posted by AmandaHuggenkiss

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Hey... Wait a second!

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Originally Posted by Nuinn

Now, what I really want is a piggyback emote so my friends can haul my lazy ass across Eorzea.

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Miqo'te mount FTW!

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Originally Posted by Pwnagraphic

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Curses! Foiled again!

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Originally Posted by Rahsch

If not a mount, they could always have it as Home Decor.

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I can see this, absolutely. I wouldn't be surprised if a large percentage of the furnishings down the road are fan-service-related.

As for a mount, I think this is something that would have to come out of either Garlemald or Garlond. Garlemald doesn't seem casual enough to create such a thing, and the Garlond Ironworks probably have their hands full with other things.

On a side note, if they make hoovering mounts, will we be able to cross otherwise impassable gaps, like Burnt Lizard Creek (without the bridge) or the canyon in Eastern Thanalan? Unlikely, and being unable to pass over these things even though your mount flies would seem a bit awkward. I wonder how they will handle the Ahriman mount.

Edit: given they removed inertia-related animations, don't you think this type of mount would look really awkward? It wouldn't look like surfing as much as it would look like standing on a horizontal platform. Just imagine how bad the turns would look. Next time you're on your chocobo, or even running, take note of the lack of turning animations.

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Originally Posted by Yrusama

I can see this, absolutely. I wouldn't be surprised if a large percentage of the furnishings down the road are fan-service-related.

As for a mount, I think this is something that would have to come out of either Garlemald or Garlond. Garlemald doesn't seem casual enough to create such a thing, and the Garlond Ironworks probably have their hands full with other things.

On a side note, if they make hoovering mounts, will we be able to cross otherwise impassable gaps, like Burnt Lizard Creek (without the bridge) or the canyon in Eastern Thanalan? Unlikely, and being unable to pass over these things even though your mount flies would seem a bit awkward. I wonder how they will handle the Ahriman mount.

Edit: given they removed inertia-related animations, don't you think this type of mount would look really awkward? It wouldn't look like surfing as much as it would look like standing on a horizontal platform. Just imagine how bad the turns would look. Next time you're on your chocobo, or even running, take note of the lack of turning animations.

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I can see where your coming from, but I think it just depends on how they would develop the animations of the characters while riding them if they were to include them in-game. They can always update the information they have out right now so if they lack animations right now who is to say they won't be able to touch them up later on down the road?

FF8's T Board and FF7's snowboard worked because they were both technologically based "modern" games. XIV is more a throwback to the medieval, classic fantasy style. While you could force it lore wise by just saying it's aether powered, it would seem strange to see people "T-boarding" everywhere around Eorzea. You couldn't freely skate in 7 or 8 either.

If you really wanted to see them in-game, maybe a mini t-board minion, but tbh I don't think it's well known enough for the devs to put in. Depending on how the Gold Saucer is set up, proper lore might be temporarily "lifted" inside allowing for a greater variety of games. If that's the case, we might see FF7's snowboard/balloon game which is probably the closest you'll get to riding a board in XIV.

I really didn't care for the snowboarding or motorcycle game in FFVII, but I mean anything that is Final Fantasy related that comes is welcomed cause it is a part of their history/lineage.

I'm not for the whole skater crowd, I just remembered Zell used them in VIII and they did look pretty neat. But you know, I'm just happy with what the FFXIV team dishes out for us. :D

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Originally Posted by Rahsch

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not an option!

note: if they can let Lightning's gear be accessed in XiV, why not Zell's T-board?? (sigh) So many haters!

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Originally Posted by Rahsch

I can see where your coming from, but I think it just depends on how they would develop the animations of the characters while riding them if they were to include them in-game. They can always update the information they have out right now so if they lack animations right now who is to say they won't be able to touch them up later on down the road?

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True, but I think by the time they'd found the time to, most of us will have grown accustomed to the current system. Who knows?

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Originally Posted by Yrusama

True, but I think by the time they'd found the time to, most of us will have grown accustomed to the current system. Who knows?

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That's the magic of the MMO, things get added all the time!

I'm all for having a T-board mount. I ain't no bojo!

Just re-playing Imaginary Range, Ep 2 and noticed there are 'T-Boards' in that, flying alongside the chocobos.

(btw anyone with a smartphone who hasn't already should download IR - it's free. i hope Square make another episode soon!)

I think we have more than enough as it is.

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Originally Posted by charlemagne

I think we have more than enough as it is.

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What do you mean, "more than enough"? Do you care to explain? I think what they have implemented already is just scratching the surface of what they are going to be bringing into XIV.

More than enough mounts. How many do we need? At release I'll have three, I only have one backside to sit on them.

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Originally Posted by charlemagne

More than enough mounts. How many do we need? At release I'll have three, I only have one backside to sit on them.

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We need as many as we can get, because some people like a change of scenery sometimes! While players like you might be content using the same mount for years, some players, like myself, would like to mix it up sometimes and try something new! A T-Board, however, would become my main mount, and unless we got something cooler, would always be my main mount. Hover boards are radical, to the max!

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Originally Posted by charlemagne

More than enough mounts. How many do we need? At release I'll have three, I only have one backside to sit on them.

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I'm positive the FFXIV team already has quite a bit of creatures/things for us to ride on, if not now, then in the future. :D

This should make things easier, IT'S ZELL APPROVED!!!

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