Sleipnir Useless in Heavensward?

[Cidel]

There will be a lot of ARR mounts that won't fly. That's just how it goes.

Most beast tribe reward mounts, the coeurl, Fenrir...

But don't forget, these mounts are still faster on-ground than flying mounts. And players can't fly in the new zones right off the bat. But yes, I have a feeling non-flying mounts will probably be useless after players access the flying ability in all new zones, but I do hope I'm wrong somehow and there ends up being a location or two where flying is impossible.


On a related note, if flying mounts are slower on-ground, does this mean things like the Ponies, Chocobos and ADS will have reduced ground speeds seeing as they're turning into flying mounts? Not sure if it's been clarified.

[Drako]

On a related note, if flying mounts are slower on-ground, does this mean things like the Ponies, Chocobos and ADS will have reduced ground speeds seeing as they're turning into flying mounts? Not sure if it's been clarified.

Yoshi had said in a interview or Live letter before, that the ground mounts would be getting a speed buff in the 2.0 areas. I'm not sure if in 3.0 areas that speed buff will persist, I bet it will. It had something to do with how much easier it is to get around in the flying areas, and how it seemed unfair to have the old areas not get some kind of buff. I know I saw that stated, but I can't recall what the speed buff was gonna be, something like 2.0x-2.5x faster or something.

Also did they say if the two seater mounts will be flying as well?