FFxiv New Mounts Clouds Motorbike, Noctis Car

[SilverObi]

The roaders looked to be biomechanical in nature. Whether or not they'd be good mounts from a moral standpoint is up for debate I suppose lol

[Kohdo]

Zexy Diamond finally has some solid competition!

[Settiesama]

I think when people say they don't want things added that don't fit the setting, they're fully aware of the apparent anachronisms that already exist ingame. They just want the overall feel to remain consistent in style and flavor and not become diluted to the point that anything and everything can be thrown in cause "screw it". A late medieval/early industrial era with lost high technological past is a very common JRPG trope but what makes it work is consistency between most of the elements.

This exactly. As I mentioned in another thread, the theme of Garlean and Allag are fit to blend in with the style and setting of the other locations that are currently within the game. Bikes and cars of those in the OP, stand out too much as a much later period and look far to awkward in the current fantasy setting. I am not saying I am against bikes and cars, but they would have to suit the Garlean and Allag design.

Also, can we please stop calling the Adamantoise "rocket powered" for the argument of futuristic things when it's description mentions that it's ancient magicks. It is not altered in any way.

[Shori]

A unique magitek-created motorbike would be cool but I dont see much popularity for the ground-only mounts these days. The Regalia from FFXV however does tra- oh wait spoilers for anyone who hasnt played it.

[Araxes]

These don’t fit into the current lore of FF14 at all... what the heck.

Hey we have flying spaceships wich are bigger than some of our towns but a Motorbike is to much eh?

[RethDaron]

I thought this was an official blog entry showing off the bike. Don't do that to me OP.

[Alestorm]

OP: please note these threads are requests and not make them sound like "Hey guys! Yoshi P announced new stuff"

Anyways, these ideas you've been posting have been kind of... well poorly thought out to be honest. Several of these mounts would be WAY too large and would do nothing but clip into most of the map. If you've ever seen a fighter jet IRL you'd realize it would just be bad as a mount. I could get behind another motor bike mount (I count the Falcon) but ground mounts aren't really popular outside AAR and end-game hubs since we usually unlock flying as we quest.

[SendohJin]

The roaders looked to be biomechanical in nature. Whether or not they'd be good mounts from a moral standpoint is up for debate I suppose lol

they can slap the same set of armor coating on it that the Rival Wing Gorilla has.

and why is biomechanical any worse when all of the original mounts are just animals like the regular chocobo, we don't abuse our mounts.

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the "skateboard" would have the exact animations as the nimbus.

[Derio]

Compare the falcon mount to the cloud bike. Cloud bike is way too advanced to fit into the current lore of ffxiv.

[SendohJin]

Compare the falcon mount to the cloud bike. Cloud bike is way too advanced to fit into the current lore of ffxiv.

why are you comparing it to the Falcon. look at the Magitek Avenger/Vanguard/Colossus, look at Cruise Chaser or ADS.