Riding Chocobos in town?

[Kilta_Firelotus]

I think they will be rideable in town. First off, the town and area outside the town are not seperated in 2 different zones like in ffxi. Second, the stables are in the center of the city.
Lastly unles ffxi, where you had a stable building with a path leading outside or a tunnel if you thinking norg. there isn't anything like that. Since we had a mini cs when we rode out on the choco.

I really have no issue seeing chocobo riding in the city. I think it is a cute concept. I liked riding my Mount in WoW with in the city. It made them feel like cities.

[Preypacer]

I think they will be rideable in town. First off, the town and area outside the town are not seperated in 2 different zones like in ffxi. Second, the stables are in the center of the city.
Lastly unles ffxi, where you had a stable building with a path leading outside or a tunnel if you thinking norg. there isn't anything like that. Since we had a mini cs when we rode out on the choco.

I really have no issue seeing chocobo riding in the city. I think it is a cute concept. I liked riding my Mount in WoW with in the city. It made them feel like cities.

Being able to ride mounts in the city in WoW made it feel like a city?

What city, exactly, have you been to that has people standing, walking, running around, blocking doorways, crowding walkways, etc. on large animals everywhere that would make it "immersive"? It's completely impractical.

And frankly, they're annoying as hell in cities in WoW. I would often deliberately go out of my way to less populated cities in that game just so I could actually see what I needed to interact with. Not being able to interact with in-game objects because there's several people on their biggest "look at me!!" mounts, completely burying them, is not immersive. It's annoying.

However "tame", they're large animals. They should be kept in stables outside the city or, perhaps, near the exit... but not in the city proper. It would add nothing to the game and would only give people one more way to be annoying, by blocking stairways, doorways, objects, NPCs, etc...

I could see it being useful for things like in parades (a la Ul'dah opening), or for "official" events where NPCs are riding them, etc... But for regular players? No way. You're asking for chaos there.

Emphatically: No chocobos in cities.

[RabidSquirrel]

I guarantee you won't be able ride chocobos in towns, at least not with rentals. Mounts in a city is one thing, but mounts in buildings is another. Since we'll only be dealing with rentals at first, it wouldn't make sense to be able to ride around town, get to a building, and then get off and have to run back to the stables if you want another chocobo. So if you want to go from point A to point B in a town, you'll have to first make a detour to the chocobo stables to grab a chocobo, ride it to where you want to be, get off, it runs away, and...yay? Doesn't seem like the most elegant implementation.

[Shipp]

Being able to ride mounts in the city in WoW made it feel like a city?

What city, exactly, have you been to that has people standing, walking, running around, blocking doorways, crowding walkways, etc. on large animals everywhere that would make it "immersive"? It's completely impractical.

And frankly, they're annoying as hell in cities in WoW. I would often deliberately go out of my way to less populated cities in that game just so I could actually see what I needed to interact with. Not being able to interact with in-game objects because there's several people on their biggest "look at me!!" mounts, completely burying them, is not immersive. It's annoying.

However "tame", they're large animals. They should be kept in stables outside the city or, perhaps, near the exit... but not in the city proper. It would add nothing to the game and would only give people one more way to be annoying, by blocking stairways, doorways, objects, NPCs, etc...

I could see it being useful for things like in parades (a la Ul'dah opening), or for "official" events where NPCs are riding them, etc... But for regular players? No way. You're asking for chaos there.

Emphatically: No chocobos in cities.

I have to agree with this, in WoW, people get on their biggest dragon mount and park it right on the NPC that you need. it's annoying as hell. This doesn't add to immersion whatsoever. In fact, it detracts from it when you're FFUUUU'ing over not being able to turn in a quest, having to mount up and fly to another auctioneer, spend 20 seconds trying to gently move your mouse around in a game of hot and cold trying to find that one pixel your can click on that isn't being blocked by the mount.

[giftforce]

I have to agree with this, in WoW, people get on their biggest dragon mount and park it right on the NPC that you need. it's annoying as hell. This doesn't add to immersion whatsoever. In fact, it detracts from it when you're FFUUUU'ing over not being able to turn in a quest, having to mount up and fly to another auctioneer, spend 20 seconds trying to gently move your mouse around in a game of hot and cold trying to find that one pixel your can click on that isn't being blocked by the mount.

Collision detection. Can we have it?

In Archeage you can't stand on top of an NPC, you can only push them around (within a certain radius).

[Shipp]

Collision detection. Can we have it?

In Archeage you can't stand on top of an NPC, you can only push them around (within a certain radius).

Or you know... we could just not have chocos in a town since it would be a major strain to any PC running it until 3+ years from now.

[giftforce]

Or you know... we could just not have chocos in a town since it would be a major strain to any PC running it until 3+ years from now.

You guys that put your PCs at too-high settings can just have a toggle to not display chocobo-people.

[Shipp]

You guys that put your PCs at too-high settings can just have a toggle to not display chocobo-people.

TROLOLOL?

You people that apparently never reside in a city, even with every setting turned down to the lowest possible setting, can just keep your chocobos out in the field since it's obvious that's the only place you ever are.