Patch 5.3 will allow Flying Mounts in ARR areas!!!!

[Fynlar]

Unless they're going to add actual reasons/motivations to being able to fly (beyond just not having to pay like 40 gil to move between the two sides of Eastern La Noscea), I feel like this will amount to a lot of effort invested for not very much effectively changed. Having both of the mount speed boosts (which I've had for a long while now) made ARR traversal rather simple enough already.

And this is just me being a pedant, but it honestly made more sense from a stylistic viewpoint for flight to only become available starting in 3.0. The expansion was titled Heavensward, for crying out loud. It makes more sense that way.

[Crushnight]

Such a negative outlook.

It's true though, it would taken up a lot of Dev time to implement flying in every zone given that there are 17 zones in ARR and as someone who has gone OOB a fair bit (reported how every time) there was certainly a lot they didn't want you to see like the nin job quest house being very far below Eastern la Nosca map or the 2D trees in Coerthus Central etc. So it really does make you wonder where the resources are now being relocated to (most likely 6.0 stuff)

[Fayt1203]

The last sentence on the picture does bother me a little.

(due to these changes, players will no longer be able to climb certain scenery)

what dose that mean? will i not be able to climb the ceruleum pipeline Northern Thanalan anymore.

[Bright-Flower]

I'm surprised they went as far as making flying available in the ARR zones. I figured they would just streamline the ARR and ARR patch msq quests and call it a day.

[Skivvy]

Gotta say, I don't like it. :X For what it's worth, I wish they never brought full-flight to XIV. The overworld in this game has always fairly empty, but new zones are designed to be HUGE, and quite often you can fly around and not see another soul. I feel like it has done a bit of harm to the social aspect of the game.

I really love how GW2 and Archeage have handled their mobility options in game. In both games you have gliders, which do not allow for unlimited flight. Then you also have various mounts that come with specialized skills to help you navigate terrain. Some mounts can glide, some help you scale tall ledges, some allow for fast travel in/over water. It just makes the whole world feel far more immersive than simply flying straight from point A to point B.

But yeah, I feel like bringing flight to early zones will only help to emphasize how empty the open world is, and provide even less interaction for new players working their way through those zones.

[Vivi_Bushido]

Gotta say, I don't like it. :X For what it's worth, I wish they never brought full-flight to XIV. The overworld in this game has always fairly empty, but new zones are designed to be HUGE, and quite often you can fly around and not see another soul. I feel like it has done a bit of harm to the social aspect of the game.

I really love how GW2 and Archeage have handled their mobility options in game. In both games you have gliders, which do not allow for unlimited flight. Then you also have various mounts that come with specialized skills to help you navigate terrain. Some mounts can glide, some help you scale tall ledges, some allow for fast travel in/over water. It just makes the whole world feel far more immersive than simply flying straight from point A to point B.

But yeah, I feel like bringing flight to early zones will only help to emphasize how empty the open world is, and provide even less interaction for new players working their way through those zones.

I kind of have to agree even though I'm excited for it. I think from a lore stand point, it makes more sense to have given ARR flight at the original HW access to it, but I get it's to make 2.1-2.55 flow better. Unpopular opinion here, but I think not having to be at the raid entrances also harmed some of the social aspects of the game. It was like another get together meeting point that was some place other than Limsa.

[Avidria]

Super glad to hear it
Now if we could just have the mount speed boost apply to flying mounts too...

[Fynlar]

Unpopular opinion here, but I think not having to be at the raid entrances also harmed some of the social aspects of the game.

Nah, having it be that way would have "harmed social aspects" of the game by causing people to quit. There's so much reliance on the DF in this game that this would have quickly become way too tedious.

The chimera and hydra fights for ARR relic used to work this way (and as such, required premades). These were changed for a very good reason.

[Turks]

I am VERY excited about flying being added to ARR zones. I LOVE flying. I understand some don't, and you don't have to if you don't want to. There's no world PVP being ruined excuse. You can still help the lowbie if you keep an eye out for them. And if you're concerned about reduced social interaction, go to the aetherite in Limsa. I have never once, and I've been playing MMO's since 2006, been stopped randomly on a road while running on the ground for a conversation with someone I don't know. I've met people at objectives, sure, but never once made a friend from a random stranger running by.

[Jirah]

I worry about FF14 as every time they streamline something they simply fit. I don’t want the game to be too casualized tbh. Like removing healer identity was a step in the wrong direction and I can foresee plenty more ahead. But this one is mostly one sided.

But no more EXP buffs unless you have multiple high end jobs already. Already bad enough that new players have Lv 60 jobs during Shiva and ignore half their job quests due to the mediocre difficulty