Wings instead of JUST flying mounts?

[BunnyHop]

What brought you to that conclusion? Why would they need to be different from any mount already in the game? I'd sure as heck still use my other mounts. I like my other mounts.

Uhm either you misunderstood what I was trying to say. Or I misunderstood your second question.


What I was trying to say earlier is:
If we get wings, most people would not bother using their mounts to travel around. They would just pop their wings and travel/fly.
New players wouldn't even bother getting the questline for a chocobo, they would just wait until they can get their wings (unless it gets Gated behind a certain level limit).

So with this in mind, as a mount lover myself I find it very sad to see that all the work and design that devs put behind for creating mounts, would become a waste.

From my own experience, I started playing this game 3/4 months ago. I bought the game but I also bought Heavensward digital collectors edition so I have a Griffin.
With wings added to the game, my Griffin would become a rare sight because I would be one of the very few people who still uses their mounts to travel around.

Perhaps I am exaggerating, or maybe not. Either way, I don't want to see Wings become obsolute rendering the use of mounts to become (almost) useless.

You said adding wings would make other mounts useless. Why?

Already explained above.

@edit, you explained your thoughts, not your reasoning. Why would people just abandon chocobos and mounts in favor of wings if wings acted the same as any other mount?

I thought that it was obvious from my comments above...


To answer your question:
Because of lazyness and or convenient/easiness. Whenever a possibility arises to do certain things faster and or easier, people will do just that.

I also agree on other peoples arguments being against this lore wise etc.

[Avidria]

Uhm either you misunderstood what I was trying to say. Or I misunderstood your second question.

You said adding wings would make other mounts useless. Why? They likely wouldn't function any differently than a mount. It doesn't sound like the op, or anyone here, wants more than that. You'd just be flying with wings instead of a dragon or whatever your mount of choice is.

And it's clear from this thread that plenty of people aren't interested in wings or, in some cases, are quite strongly opposed to even having them exist. Even if they did add this, via whatever means or explanation, I seriously doubt it'd spell the end of mounts.

@edit, you explained your thoughts, not your reasoning. Why would people just abandon chocobos and mounts in favor of wings if wings acted the same as any other mount?

I mean I get why most people here don't want wings, and I see their point (lore etc.), but I don't get where this argument is coming from.

[KitingGenbu]

New players wouldn't even bother getting the questline for a chocobo, they would just wait until they can get their wings (unless it gets Gated behind a certain level limit).

Its not really possible to skip your chocobo since you need to acquire it in order to ride a mount at all (from what I remember). The GC quest requires that you get your license which automatically gives you the chocobo. As for not using your chocobo, it already acts as a companion so, yeah....I also do not get where people are thinking it would fall under an ability, it would work like a typical mount function. As I said, look at your ahriman, flight could work the same way since that mount never touches the ground, so you can 'float' in ground travel areas. Honestly, having Cid make a jetpack would be cooler, but w/e.

[CrimsonThunder]

I agree, I'm sick of these chocobos flying around like mounts, they should be fried up, turned into wings and put in a bucket for £15.99 (need gil convert kthx o/)

[Avidria]

I thought that it was obvious from my comments above...

To answer your question:
Because of lazyness and or convenient/easiness. Whenever a possibility arises to do certain things faster and or easier, people will do just that.

I think you're misunderstanding both what I'm asking you and what the OP is asking for. Wings would, in all likelihood and as requested by the op, act exactly the same as any other mount. They wouldn't be any faster, or more convenient. They'd be purely cosmetic.

What I was asking is why you were assuming that they wouldn't be exactly like any other mount.

Eh... no please, no more AION..

People keep saying this. Did people really hate flying in Aion or something? O.o

[RiceisNice]

People keep saying this. Did people really hate flying in Aion or something? O.o

Aion is Aion, FFXIV is FFXIV. You don't want people putting things like pandaren, gnome punting or quests involving you throwing bear cubs (safely) onto trampolines now, do you? If the developers start adding random things that either have no build up or just for the sake of it, it starts losing the original identity of the game being Final Fantasy, and more of a fantasy kitchen sink.

[Avidria]

Aion is Aion, FFXIV is FFXIV. You don't want people putting things like pandaren, gnome punting or quests involving you throwing bear cubs (safely) onto trampolines now, do you?

Wings are hardly exclusive to Aion, and Aion's flight system is absolutely nothing like flight here. I don't think asking for wings in a fantasy game is the same as asking for them to copy paste races from other mmos.

If the developers start adding random things that either have no build up or just for the sake of it, it starts losing the original identity of the game being Final Fantasy, and more of a fantasy kitchen sink.

Mm fair enough. Guess I'm less opposed to this since this is the only Final Fantasy game I've ever played so I know next to nothing about FF outside of 14.

[Kaiser-Ace]

Saw someone mentioning an Ishgardian Paratrooper regiment.

If an air ship flew over, especially at decent speed, then the Goblin Glider Packs (Sized up as needed) would actually work perfectly well for a HALO jump into enemy territory.

Would be very similar to the "Squirrel Suits" that modern soldiers occasionally use on Earth.

And While it'd be an enjoyable novelty for a while, I'd ultimately start using my chocobo again just because I keep him on my Cross Bar 24/7.