give us the bike PLS :D

[Gilraen]

...since every mount wouldn't run at the same speed anyway.

All well and good, but every mount in the game does move at the same speed relative to what mode of movement they are traveling. I might be wrong given Square's notorious lack of sharing data but we walk at Speed x1, run at Speed x2, 'permanent' speed boosts push us to x2.5, Sprint is x2.7 and all mounts on the ground are x3. I'd imagine mounts flying would be around x3.5 or x4. This is a constant across all modes of transportation no matter what the means. And this is all deliberate so that there is no best mount in the game.

[Yasuhiro]

For those saying that a bike being in FFXIV is too out of place they need to remember that (Only including the "medieval" games)
Final Fantasy Had Giant Warmechs and the PSP remake had a place with robots running around
Final Fantasy II - had the dreadnought
Final Fantasy III - Can't remember
Final Fantasy IV - Tanks, a computer, the tower of babel, the lunar whale, a freaking hover car a CPU construct (Coil players will know this reference)
Final Fantasy V - Omega a weapon to surpass Metal Gear
Final Fantasy XII - the whole game has technological marvels, you fight against a flying ship during the games tutorial

[DracotheDragon]

fun thing is a flying carpet thread has started and gotten a more positive response so far o3o

heres hoping we get the bike AND that.

[Kurogaea]

It's not an issue of lore or universe. It's a game mechanics issue. The game updates at a certain rate, I think I heard 0.2 seconds? Mounts move at a speed that translates rather easily to this rate. But, the faster you go, the more you start to outpace the game so much that enemies around you don't immediately spawn in. This could be pretty bad if you're in the new Heavensward areas. This is why ground mounts only move so fast and mounts that are flying don't aggro unless really low to the ground. For a more extreme example of the speed issue you should try flying around in Minecraft in Creative mode. Eventually you'll find yourself moving faster than the game can populate chunks.

Then why not make them flight speed? -_-

[Kurogaea]

Because it doesn't have off road capabilities. Or flight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwB78V7DsEM

Looks pretty off-road to me. And why can't it just be a ground mount like the unicorn, fenrir, war lion, the coerl, etc? Make another excuse. -_-

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Once again.


--->
*woosh*

[Gilraen]

Then why not make them flight speed? -_-

Probably for the same reason noone flies 3 feet off the ground. It's a ground mount, it's going to have ground mount speeds. And the developers didn't think that was cool enough for a motorcycle. It's a fun little circle this, I lost count of how many revolutions this makes.

[ErikMynhier]

You know, as I pet my Midgardsomr mount on the head, I giggle at the argument that its a lore breaking mount. Why the hell should lore get in the way of people having fun in what the devs have called "an amusement park" of an mmo?

"I am not a fan of mounts or this idea." says like 2 pages of people in here, well no one asked you. If you don't want to use it then don't. f you turn your head side to side you will see there is no gun to your head forcing you to do so.

It is just aggravatingly egotistical to tell people they are wrong for wanting something just because YOU feel something else is more important or goes against your preferences.

[Jynx]

Man remember when it was just chocobos?

I miss those times before we had people clamoring to ride Bahamut for the lolz.

[Valkyrie-Amber]

again ff7 bike mount why not?

people forget common sense lore wise too mako is same as crystals to power and or summon primals all were created by common FF lore the life stream.