I've Waited 6 Years for This Disappointment!

[wereotter]

Can you fly to the Isle of Umbra?

Yes.

Also I was similarly disappointed at the height you could fly. Don't love that I still have to fly around the mountains in Southern Thanalan going from Little Ala Mhigo to Forgotten Springs. It would be nice if future patches raise the ceiling. But also I can't be too upset since the flying was another of those pieces of content that were added due to work people did on their own time rather than something officially initiated by Square.

[Hyperia]

Yes.

Also I was similarly disappointed at the height you could fly. Don't love that I still have to fly around the mountains in Southern Thanalan going from Little Ala Mhigo to Forgotten Springs. It would be nice if future patches raise the ceiling. But also I can't be too upset since the flying was another of those pieces of content that were added due to work people did on their own time rather than something officially initiated by Square.

That was done because not all of the artwork is finished in those areas. By having you go around, the art team does not have to redo some world assets. They are already stretched to the max and I doubt they wanted to delay this update any further.

[wereotter]

That was done because not all of the artwork is finished in those areas. By having you go around, the art team does not have to redo some world assets. They are already stretched to the max and I doubt they wanted to delay this update any further.

Oh sure, I'm not angry and I'm going to demand that things be expanded since what we do have was done on the free time of the people involved. Just saying it was a little bit of a letdown that in some areas, flying still means having to go the long way around a zone rather than being able to go more directly from Point A to Point B. Still an improvement I'm glad we have even in its current form.

[SwiftWing]

The ARR areas were never intended to be flying zones - that's why flying wasn't unlocked until HW (with massive areas that were so inconvenient for land travel, you *had* to fly :/ ).

If it makes anyone feel better, just think of it as lore-building: HW has higher flying heights, but also tons of aether currents you have to attune to before you can fly in an area; ARR doesn't have any aether currents you have to attune to, so mounts can't fly as high in those areas

It still doesn't make me less miffed that SE added the flying right after the Ultima Weapon quest, instead of at least waiting until it's introduced in the beginning of HW...

[AngelCheese77]

I've waited for six years to rise out of the hollowed out mesa of Little Ala Mhigo and recreate the opening credits for Airwolf, and I can't fly high enough to do it!

Most disappointing patch ever!

Airwolf was awesome show. Can hear the theme song in my head as I write this.

[ItMe]

When I first logged in for 5.3 I immediately went to the Central Shroud to fly around, and oh my god it was more thrilling than when I unlocked flying back in Heavensward.
It's so fun to zip around Costa Del Sol and see what the birds look like up close and land on those raised bridges that we couldn't reach before.
It's great zipping around Mor Dhona and getting a better look at the devastation.
Sure, I wish we could fly around in the Floating City of Nym, but all in all I'm having fun.
Not to mention the functionality is super appreciated.

[Antonio_Xul]

Flying in ARR, just made me miss the days I use to go out of bounds to explore the hidden lands. I actually could go further out in foot when out of bounds than we can flying. Some maps are massive, but locked behind invisible walls. So sad we can’t go further out. Fun thing I did find was the Gold Saucer in Southern Thanalan. It’s west of the southern Aetheryte. It peaks out behind some mountains.

[Gula]

I was excited to finally be able to fly, yet immediately disappointed as most zones only allow you to fly a few feet off the ground and constantly remind you every few seconds that you can't fly any higher. And when you see something cool in the distance and head over to explore you smack into an invisible wall.

I'm hoping that the next expansion will be set in the old zones now so that they can fill in the massive amounts of completely empty land with something interesting.

I would guess that by 5.5, or 6.0, the entire zones will be revamped so it's not just OOB unlocker. Because above W. Thanalan is the worst in showing the areas were never meant for flying. Waterfalls from nowhere, music fading out, and the swamp bog lighting going in and out. I hope to see those areas given better form.

Flying in ARR, just made me miss the days I use to go out of bounds to explore the hidden lands. I actually could go further out in foot when out of bounds than we can flying. Some maps are massive, but locked behind invisible walls. So sad we can’t go further out. Fun thing I did find was the Gold Saucer in Southern Thanalan. It’s west of the southern Aetheryte. It peaks out behind some mountains.

I really liked going under East Shroud more than above it. It also makes a huge difference to clip through and see the sights on foot versus flying and being unable to land. I really wanted to try to get to the top of the crystal in Eastern La Noscea because I never could pull off the OOB glitch which oddly enough only seemed to work with male models? Tried it with different people of different races and for some wacky reason, only the men could slip through.

[Ayer2015]

I don't know why I'm surprised, yet I am, that people are complaining about the constraints of flight in zones we were never intended to fly in in the first place. Just be happy for once people.....

[MsQi]

It just proves my theory that everything is on a holodeck.

I was actually expecting less. There are actually a few new places to explore, very few. But for the most part like I said when it was announce, most of what you couldn't reach before are places you can't even land, which is what you should expect with how flying is in zone designed for flight. It's just how they do things. I'm not complaining I'm just not impressed and underwhelmed. They might have bigger plans in the future but they haven't really said that. This doesn't really "open the door". Turning on flight is the easy part. Redesigning the maps is the hard part and they had to do a lot of that for this. I don't think they want to do it again very soon. I'm not saying I want more, I'm just saying why bother?