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

[Waaltar]

I think people who say it's a waste of time are missing that it likely means that the next expansion will feature some areas connected to/on top of/under/expanding/etc ARR areas, thus the need to update the ARR areas to be ready.

All over the ARR map are some cool areas you can see but can't get to, or they're a dungeon at most. The floating city was even the basis of the new Gold Saucer "Leap of Faith" course. Really there's a lot of cool ideas they could do. Gobbie underground! There are closed doors to nowhere here and there etc.

Rather than emptying out the countryside, it seems like part of the idea is that they want to make more use of it.

[MsQi]

I think people who say it's a waste of time are missing that it likely means that the next expansion will feature some areas connected to/on top of/under/expanding/etc ARR areas, thus the need to update the ARR areas to be ready.

All over the ARR map are some cool areas you can see but can't get to, or they're a dungeon at most. The floating city was even the basis of the new Gold Saucer "Leap of Faith" course. Really there's a lot of cool ideas they could do. Gobbie underground! There are closed doors to nowhere here and there etc.

Rather than emptying out the countryside, it seems like part of the idea is that they want to make more use of it.

That would be nice, but I don't see how it's "likely". Adding stuff like that would require yet another reworking of the maps, and this one was done as volunteer work. I don't recall any time they have gone back to add to maps on the clock. It would be nice to just be able to land on many of the high places in the current expansion maps.

I'm not against it, and I don't think they're waisting their time. Flying for flying sake just doesn't excite me. Adding stuff like this would.