How long do mounts take to add?

[Peregrine]

To the person who said something about Chocobo Breeding, there is no confirmation of this. However, the producers did say the chocobos will be implemented in more than just a mount, so it sounds like it could be true, but we do not have any direct message saying it is so.

They could have developed an entire standalone chocobo dungeon game to be played within FFXIV in the time between when they should have already had that system in place and when it will actually be a real thing.

And yet you'll likely get some pat clunky chocobo CAPTCHA grind that is obviously just a reskinned gathering mod that took 3 weeks to slap together.

[Greencactaur]

We are working on our 9th month of retail and we still dont have mounts(chocobo or airships). Why? Two people can make another person from scrach before SE can add mounts to this game. Whats going on here?

Because its been only 9 months... Do you really expect a game to have mounts within 9 months?... I mean yeah of course you'd assume a company like SE would've added it at launch, but get real only 9 months obviously they still need to make the UI changes so those come first. After the UI changes are finally done we wait another 6-7 months for some bug fixes here and there. Then MAYBE we can see mounts.

[Anty]

Because its been only 9 months... Do you really expect a game to have mounts within 9 months?... I mean yeah of course you'd assume a company like SE would've added it at launch, but get real only 9 months obviously they still need to make the UI changes so those come first. After the UI changes are finally done we wait another 6-7 months for some bug fixes here and there. Then MAYBE we can see mounts.

and by the time ffxiv is enjoyable it will have to compete to GW3, Tera 2, WOW 2 lol

[Griss]

Mounts get delayed one month every time some one posts in this thread.. D'oh

[Gypsine]

I still think they are on the way soon, but i wonder if they may have steampunk-ish ground travel or something from the Garlean empire. I think that could be very possible if not probable.

[Laughlyn]

Because they are not just "adding" mounts as something you pick up and ride like WoW. They are going to have a full fledge raising system ready from the start when chocobos go live and that takes a lot of finalization and programing and bugtesting.

Pure speculation, and as far as i know i havent read anything official about any Raising / racing content.
Exactly where do you get your facts from?

[Laughlyn]

Maybe we can get skeletal chocobo version for now then add the meat after? LOL

lmao!....i'd never eat chicken ever again.

[LateReg]

Because its been only 9 months... Do you really expect a game to have mounts within 9 months?... I mean yeah of course you'd assume a company like SE would've added it at launch, but get real only 9 months obviously they still need to make the UI changes so those come first. After the UI changes are finally done we wait another 6-7 months for some bug fixes here and there. Then MAYBE we can see mounts.

You have insanely low standards.

superinb4: "i'm just reasonable"

[Betelgeuzah]

5 years is bullshit.

The crystal tools wasn't even ready at the time, not to mention the huge pproblems SE had while developing it, causing XIII and versus to be delayed for the longest time.

XI's resources and manpower were cut considerably after the second half of 2007. Look there for the real dev time.

[RedAffinity]

Don't forget that anima/teleportation is a form of transportation in itself. That's not to say it's a true substitute for a for mounts system, but it is an incredibly generous system and I'm genuinely thankful for it.