Concerns about 4.0 mounts

[MilesSaintboroguh]

It swim in the beast tribe cutscenes though.

It's not the same mount you buy from the NPC. Yours specifically can't swim because the webbing on its feet was clipped to make it move faster on land.

[Marcellus_Cassius]

I prefer they don't swim, I like being forced to use a different mount.

[DarthSanguine]

It swim in the beast tribe cutscenes though.

Those aren't Cavalry Elbst though, just regular ones. The one we buy has had the webbing on it's feet removed so that it can run fast on land. This means though, that it can no longer swim very well, if at all.

[ckc22]

I prefer they don't swim, I like being forced to use a different mount.

Ehhh I would but we don't even have a land mount roulette.

[Zojha]

The one we buy has had the webbing on it's feet removed so that it can run fast on land. This means though, that it can no longer swim very well, if at all.

Egh, descriptions can change.

Compare:Native to the Near Eastern island of Thavnair, adamantoises were long thought to be impossible to domesticate. However, through the efforts of Ul'dahn zoologists, a handful of the colossal scalekin have been successfully trained to accept riders.

to: Native to the Near Eastern island of Thavnair, adamantoises were long thought to be impossible to domesticate. However, through the efforts of both Ul'dahn zoologists and thaumaturges, a handful have been successfully trained not only to accept riders, but also wield ancient magicks which allow the colossal scalekin to fly.

They can simply make an addendum to the Elbst description:"As it turned out however, this procedure proved to be unnecessary and has since been abandoned." The precedent is already set.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

But if you make it swim, then it has to be able to fly as well and I don't think magical farts are going to work a second time for a land mount.

[Ghastly]

They really need to make land only mounts run faster than flying mounts can fly....and also jump very high at least in stormblood areas so you can jump to a lot of places (but not all places like flying mount could).

[Beckett]

It's not the same mount you buy from the NPC. Yours specifically can't swim because the webbing on its feet was clipped to make it move faster on land.

Alright, fair enough.
What's the excuse for why the horse made of water will rear up when it reaches the waves?

[MilesSaintboroguh]

It would sink and you can't breathe underwater.

[Lexia]

Stilling waiting on my primal ponies to be able to fly. (Looking at you turtle)