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

[Rasikko]

I Believe I Can Fly is being removed, so I wonder what they're going to do with the title and chocobo hat you get from the quest

Bragging rights.

[Ursa_Vonfiebryd]

Public Excitement Announcement!

https://imgur.com/5vRaTP0


I wonder if this is all we'll need to make the ARR quests go smoother between patches 2.0-2.55? There're no Aether Currents either. Flight is automatic.

This is exciting to me. I've always wanted to see whats at the top of the Unholy Heir in Thanalan. XD

[Ursa_Vonfiebryd]

Personally I don't think we *needed* flying in the old zones. For one they are already small enough traverse in about 1-2min(Besides upper Noscea...) and 2... personally with the addition of flight I'm not gonna see as many people in zones as I cruise around in them because everyone is just gonna be flying high up and make each zone feel even emptier than they were. They could of just added another speed upgrade to move as fast as flying but... probably not because it might be a little uncontrollable. xD
Hmmm... only a few zone are even big enough for flying to matter a bunch (C. Coerthas, S. Thanalan, *E. Shroud....*)

Maybe, but it will make up for the fact that Coerthas only has one aether. Doing anything in that zone is a chore due to everything being so spread out. Flying will definitely help with that.

[MPNZ]

Ok... That's just totally like 100% convenience, but it kind just kills any any enjoyment in the exploration taxonomy unless there are like a ton of things to explore like looping tunnels and traveling sky shops like in Skyward sword (which didn't require flying and is the only good flight system in my experience) after an hour

[Truen]

I no longer think Square Enix is capable of producing unique and enjoyable jobs. I believe those that originally designed the jobs have left the company and those currently in charge believe homogenization copies of each other varying only with different flashy graphical effects are the way to go.

It's absolutely heartbreaking and disgusting to admit.

[Anselmet]

Question, will arr zones automatically be flyable I am presuming after either finishing arr or shb? Or do we gotta do aether currents? I know some ppl hate em, but I think it'd be fun to go through and hunt them down... seeing how I hear patch is delayed. It'll also be nice to see these places fully before taking to the skies, to never see them again.

[Avidria]

Question, will arr zones automatically be flyable I am presuming after either finishing arr or shb? Or do we gotta do aether currents? I know some ppl hate em, but I think it'd be fun to go through and hunt them down... seeing how I hear patch is delayed. It'll also be nice to see these places fully before taking to the skies, to never see them again.

No aether currents. Iirc you need to have completed Ultima weapon and the my Little chocobo quest

[Moomba33]

I Believe I Can Fly is being removed, so I wonder what they're going to do with the title and chocobo hat you get from the quest

Me too. I suppose they could award the achievement when you unlock flying in ARR.

As an aside I liked that quest a lot so I'm sad to see it go. Though I also understand that it's a relic from the time when most ARR mounts couldn't fly and it doesn't make much sense for the company chocobo to be only mount to not fly by default in the current state of the game.

[SekkerOfTrust]

Pray, fly to the walking sands.

[Enla]

Well, that explains why they patched out the wall break areas in the old ARR areas. No need for them if you can fly to what they're showing anyways.