Flying in 2.0

[Brannigan]

Flying mounts were pretty much the biggest mistake WoW ever made. It really shrinks/kills the world. Free Company airships would be cool, but what would you do with them?

[ShinChuck]

Loading screens is a step back in it's own, though. Where we are at currently, technologically they seem fairly inevitable in cases of warps (instant portals across the land, like in Rift) or fast travel (same concept, used in Skyrim to port to any uncovered location). I know WoW had loading between *entire continents* consisting of several if not a couple dozen zones, but even then, we're talking a game with a foundation in 2004.

It would look a bit bush league for top tier MMO by a top tier, experienced company to have mandatory loads between every single zone when merely walking/riding in this day and age of seamless, smooth transitions.

[BenjiTulia]

Flying mounts were pretty much the biggest mistake WoW ever made. It really shrinks/kills the world. Free Company airships would be cool, but what would you do with them?

Flying mounts were pretty much the best thing WoW ever made. Nobody really forces you to use them, you can always just go around on ground mounts and enjoy world in full scale if you feel like it somehow got shrunk . Or fly around Icecrown/Stormpeaks... for me it can't get anymore epic .

Also, I don't see flying as WoW or DCU thing, its an essential part of a FF game. I consider all FF's since FF9 as gimped, since they don't have this feature anymore. Making a brand new engine is a great chance to put this back in. Of course, it shouldn't be easy obtainable.

I mean, flying chocobos and airships... can it get any better .