PSA: You can pay to win in Bozja

[Vahlnir]

Actually as of this patch, MPK is *sorta* right, as now mounts can go faster in Bozja. The patch notes say:

"Players can now increase mount speed.
Purchase a Bozjan Southern Front Riding Map from the Resistance quartermaster at Utya's Aegis (X:14.2 Y:29.7) to increase the speed of mounts on the southern front."

So yes, without getting the riding map, the motorcycle does go faster in the zone then your other mounts. But the price of the map is pretty low, I think it's like 25 clusters. Not really a big deal either, considering that it's not too terribly difficult to get to where you need to go though aetheryte shards.

The speed boost that the SDS Fenrir offers is only available in areas where said boosts are already available. So basically, you get to ride around zones where riding maps are purchasable for and are able to take advantage of that boost. Bozjan Southern Front's mount speed has been fixed from the start. The latest riding map doesn't change that, and it provides the same boost to SDS Fenrir as it does to every single mount one can use. All mounts have been on even ground in there, before and after this addition.

[Daeriion_Aeradiir]

The latest riding map doesn't change that, and it provides the same boost to SDS Fenrir as it does to every single mount one can use. All mounts have been on even ground in there, before and after this addition.

Actually no. I did some testing to see since I hadn't bought the riding map yet.

Timing from the moment I touched the gate of the main camp to the lake in the south, it took gabriel about 32~ seconds to reach. It took the SDS Fenrir only about 24 following the near exact same route. So the Fenrir is receiving the enhanced speed boost in Bozja of the riding map without having purchased it.

Post purchase it took Gabriel the same 24-ish seconds to reach, and Fenrir also still took 24-ish seconds. Just technically someone starting brand new in Bozja with Fenrir would have a small mount speed advantage than someone without one.

But ultimately it's not that big of a deal. The riding map is extremely cheap and can be gotten in about 20-30minutes of a good cluster farm, it's just clear they're trying to find any reason whatsoever to hate on Bozja, no matter how much of a non-issue it is.

[Vahlnir]

Actually no. I did some testing to see since I hadn't bought the riding map yet.

Timing from the moment I touched the gate of the main camp to the lake in the south, it took gabriel about 32~ seconds to reach. It took the SDS Fenrir only about 24 following the near exact same route. So the Fenrir is receiving the enhanced speed boost in Bozja of the riding map without having purchased it.

Post purchase it took Gabriel the same 24-ish seconds to reach, and Fenrir also still took 24-ish seconds. Just technically someone starting brand new in Bozja with Fenrir would have a small mount speed advantage than someone without one.

But ultimately it's not that big of a deal. The riding map is extremely cheap and can be gotten in about 10-20minutes of a good cluster farm, it's just clear MPK is trying to find any reason whatsoever to hate on Bozja, no matter how much of a non-issue it is.

Oh, gotcha. I just assumed that since it was fixed from the get-go that it remained that way. Thanks for the information. But yeah, still not a big deal. Getting the map is easy, even if you aren't cluster farming. I got a lot of clusters just by doing skirmishes.