Bring on Personal Wings! [Beyond Heavensward Thread]

[Youkulm]

No thanks.

[OMGAFLYINGPENGUIN]

No thanks, next thing you know these will end up in mog station or end up in gacha boxes. The previous game I played had big wings that made it hard for me to see what's going on in the battles.

[Dualgunner]

Maybe not wings but certainly yes for personal flight.

So, in the vein of all the "No thank yous"

Yes please.

[Morningstar1337]

I have no problem with wings, but there are some issues that SE would have to workout first

• Symbolism: Type of wings aside, the concept in general are usually associated with Mary Sues and F2P games. That is something that can't be fixed easily
• Genetics and Lore: For starters, none of the playable races have wings. And the game prides itself on giving explanations for most game play stuff. And the more aetherical wings would likely be functional or temporary (see the Seraphic Wing prisms). In this regard it would be easier to implement temporary wings, but I doubt most people who want wings would have this in mind
• Obtaining: Given the Mog Station I'd imagine that some people would be furious if the wings were only obtained there (see: the first point) and given the reaction to the Samsonian Locks and the method dog getting it, I'd say people would also be mad that its RNG based (again) and lottery boxes would get the worse of both worlds
• Redundancy: Consider this: Flying mounts exist. And I think if they are gonna add mutations to player charatcers it might make more sense for these mutations be for purposes other than showing off.

All of this means that Wings are one of those types of games where the only winning move is not to play.

[Lokier]

snip.

Now don't take this the wrong way but... You're playing final fantasy; you're a mary sue, i'm a mary sue, your friend beside you is a gary stue... I don't think having the wings will be an issue on that front. :P

Onto your "genetics" front... where and why would this be DNA based? Clearly if they were to implement wings they'd be magic / aether created, not legit flesh and bone attachments that suddenly come ripping out of your flesh like some sort of "The Thing" horror show... (That would be one amazing cutscene though!)

[tymora]

I can't think of any reason to grow wings on us.

[Durthane]

A set of atherial wings or something similar that functioned as a mount would be nice as long as they are kept simple. Though I could see elemental wings as an expansions primal ex reward mounts. Altogether I would like and use something like this, especially if they add DBZ style unsupported flight.

Adding in personal flight mechanics similar to Aion or it's ilk would be a big change in the story, last I checked cats don't fly though a lala will if you kick hard enough.

Air combat would most likely be similar to swimming in other games. In short, no thanks.

[myahele]

last I checked cats don't fly

Cats don't fly?

[Mirakumi]

I will only accept Wings if it is on a Gria.





Come back to me Tactics~

[Kiteless]

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