Amber Draught Chocobo

[MilesSaintboroguh]

They've explained before that they don't want to create a situation where one player (who has not unlocked flying in a zone yet) can pair up with another player and be moved to locations that are not yet accessible for them. Sadly, that seems to imply the two-player mounts will never fly.

Then couldn't they just disable flying if you got another player with you?

[Gyson]

Then couldn't they just disable flying if you got another player with you?

Are you asking me if they could, or asking me if I believe they would bother to go through that effort? Because those are different answers.

Edit: What was the last word on the wedding ring functionality in expansion zones (which people actually paid real money for) ?

[Nadirah]

Are you asking me if they could, or asking me if I believe they would bother to go through that effort? Because those are different answers.

Edit: What was the last word on the wedding ring functionality in expansion zones (which people actually paid real money for) ?

Won't work until your partner unlocks flying in that zone.

[ZodiacSoldier]

just tried it out it cannot fly

it is JUST a red drought chocobo

Yup sadly red one does not fly and on my server every other person has a Twintania.

[Arkann]

I want a chocobo that uses roller skates instead of running.

That would be pretty cool.

[Neridine]

They've explained before that they don't want to create a situation where one player (who has not unlocked flying in a zone yet) can pair up with another player and be moved to locations that are not yet accessible for them. Sadly, that seems to imply the two-player mounts will never fly.

Like airships they have planned? It's not that game breaking really. You still have to do quests to unlock all the currents including MSQ even if they get a lift to unlock some of the currents or whatever.

[raela]

Probably because it doesn't already have a flying animation, not sure if they can just port over the normal sized chocobos one.

I was on a two person mount and fell in a hole off the map.. The chocobo started flying (in place). Though that doesn't mean up/down/turns have animations.. Hopefully they are just programming in checks to ensure both players can fly before allowing the draught mounts to take off.

[Gyson]

Like airships they have planned? It's not that game breaking really. You still have to do quests to unlock all the currents including MSQ even if they get a lift to unlock some of the currents or whatever.

Are you referring to FC airships? I don't think those are going to be taking you around the existing HW game zones. As for being game breaking or not, that's ultimately the developer's call (and they've been clear about where they stand on this). I'm not saying there aren't better ways to do it, just pointing out why it is the way it is. It's never going to be a case of "oh, just turn on flying" for these chocobos, there's a lot more work than that which would need to be done first.

[Ditto]

They should just make it so that it cant fly if the second person on it doesn't have flying unlocked for the map.

Explain it as something like.. "The winds are too rough for an inexperienced rider". I mean having a person on the back not knowing what they're doing and shaking all over the place while flying would be a problem.

[Gunspec]

They aren't adding two-player flying mounts, because there is no way to dismount IN MID-AIR. Imagine if the person controlling the mount flew into the air and went AFK. You couldn't dismount as you would from a ground mount. You would be stuck in the air with no way to get down.

In WoW, you could actually dismount in mid-air, and fall all the way back down (usually killing yourself from fall damage). That isn't an option in FFXIV for flying mounts, so the passenger would literally be stuck unless they added in a parachute feature.