[dev1082] The (un)Official Mount System Thread

[Vesperia]

Epic flying mount please

Flying mounts can never exist in FFXIV because of the graphical engine used.

[Arcell]

I want to ride on a Clipper damn it! Fear the Lominsan armada and their Crab Cavalry!

[Draco]

I believe that mounts should still stick to bieng Chocobo only. I have never seen anything mounted in any FF games other than the occasional car or motorcycle. Just because you have Chocobo's, does not mean that a design team has to be boring and just make the same yellow chocobo. Try making Chocobo's of all different shapes and sizes, Chocobo's with different colored and designed saddles. I think that would be amazing. Just because you are dealing with one animal, does not mean that you have to make it look like the same boring design of all other Chocobo's in other FF games.

[Laughlyn]

Flying mounts can never exist in FFXIV because of the graphical engine used.

lol says who?

[Vesperia]

lol says who?

Says basic logic.

Look at our non-seemless, zone-line ridden, funnelled maps and then tell me how a flying mount could work.

A hover mount, maybe.

[Ceons]

Flying mount would be sweet. Don't see the logic in your reasoning Vesperia. I hate arguments that blame the 'engine short comings' for everything...

[Meridian]

So long as we get our chocobos, I am not bothered about anything else

[Vesperia]

Flying mount would be sweet. Don't see the logic in your reasoning Vesperia. I hate arguments that blame the 'engine short comings' for everything...

A hover-mount that could only fly a small distance above the ground would work, sure, but a truly flying mount with free reign of the Z-axis (up and down motion) which bypassed all the tricks SE put in to reduce stress on computers (tunnels that funnel you between "sub zones", tunnels that funnel you from Uldah to Thanalan, etc) would not be feasible.

Only way it could work is if when you got on a flying mount it took you to a separate instance (like the World Maps in pre FFX games, or the instanced boat rides). Flying mounts could not work with the current zone partitions and layouts.

[Trovyria]

I'd like to see chocobos first simply because this game is in dire need of things that feel like Final Fantasy, that's one of the biggest problems with this game is it's so generic you would *never* guess that it was an FF title if you just showed it to someone unless you happened upon a Bomb or Cactuar.

That's one of the things that makes the series special is the recurrent themes and monsters. I think chocobos alone could still provide many customization options. I agree with others saying they want customizable armor. That along with colors could make it so very few chocobos looked alike, and it's another way to keep crafters in the loop. Where Armorers, Tanners, and Weavers could make various chocobo armor items of many different styles. Where you could have a super heavy armor chocobo, a more "horse" equipped chocobo with leather items, or really decorative chocobos with cloth.

[Gracious]

I would like to see any of these non-traditional mounts:

Dragons

Toads

Crafter made mode of transport