So ground mounts...

[MrSmiley]

Except Flying Mounts move slower on ground than normal mounts, and you have to be attuned to the area before you can begin flying.

So when you first enter the 8 new zones, you are going to be firmly on the ground for the most part. Flight is a reward for fully exploring and "clearing" the zone. With zones 50-100% bigger than the vanilla areas, at level 60 I'd much rather appreciate being able to fly over these zones than be stuck on the ground where the level 57 trash mobs are going to be putting heavy on my mount for 20 SECONDS despite not even being able to hit hard enough to beat my natural HP regen.

liek I said, after the first week we will be flying only. Lets not pretend exploring the land is gonna last longer than that...
Even if it did, what would the point of ground be after that still?

Also, the 20sec heavy and a stupid mechanics that shouldnt exist in a world where enemies are not dangerous... wish they would remove it =/

[Theplatter]

Are we gonna see the wow thing all over again?

Yes. It's called Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.

[Noshpan]

It's like Warlords of Draenor, but reversed.

Or Kalimdor & Eastern Kingdoms pre-Cataclysm. You also still can't fly on the Isle of Quel'Danas, and that was introduced in late TBC.

On topic, as others have stated, flying mounts are not going to move so fast while grounded. This is probably an effort to encourage players to continue using their ground mounts. Besides, it's not like we have pvp servers and have to worry about getting ganked by an end-gamed geared mouth-breather who couldn't hack it in arenas and battlegrounds so they gank lowbies.

[KaplanHomahru]

Why farm the cool ponies, soon getting new themes, if we are just gonna fly instead after the first week?

Because Kirin will be able to fly.

[Gilraen]

Because Kirin will be able to fly.

As will the ahriman, bomb palanquin and Company chocobo (after a quest). Just not immediately on release, probably after a patch or two.

[myahele]

When you are in 2.0 areas you will still be using your ground mounts because no flying.

With that expansion, there probably won't be much need to be in 2.0 open world areas unless we're forced to for the new Relic Questline

Then there's also the "dual-purpose" mounts we have now that will be converted into flying mounts. Will they be re-classified as flying mounts

[DukeBurden]

Because Kirin will be able to fly.

Did they actually say this? I think that'd be a great idea since in the cutscene, it flies down from the heavens to you much like Odin (horse mode) in Final Fantasy XIII.

[Grimmel]

Flying is a mistake imo. Did they learn nothing from WoW.

Because World of Warcraft is totally developed and run by Square-Enix.





*sarcasm off*

Did they actually say this? I think that'd be a great idea since in the cutscene, it flies down from the heavens to you much like Odin (horse mode) in Final Fantasy XIII.

Yes SE said that Kirin, Bomb Plaque, Ahriman, Logistics system, and our Grand Company Chocobo would all be able to fly eventually.

[Zumi]

With that expansion, there probably won't be much need to be in 2.0 open world areas unless we're forced to for the new Relic Questline

Then there's also the "dual-purpose" mounts we have now that will be converted into flying mounts. Will they be re-classified as flying mounts

There will be plenty of people in the old areas leveling from 30-50 on the 3 new jobs.

[Evergrey]

Did they actually say this? I think that'd be a great idea since in the cutscene, it flies down from the heavens to you much like Odin (horse mode) in Final Fantasy XIII.

Taken from another thread about Primal Mounts and HW

During Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XX, Yoshida mentioned that while it won't be ready at the launch of Heavensward, we do plan on making it so existing mounts become flying mounts, and this includes Ahriman, Kirin, Bomb Palanquin, and Logistics System. In order to make this happen, both takeoff and landing animations will have to be created for each mount, so this will be a gradual process. You can expect to fly with each one eventually though, so keep your eyes peeled for more information in the future!