How did you maintain your sanity doing the ARR Beast Tribes without flying?

[Tanis_Ebonhart]

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Just finished up after putting them off for so long. Even with flying it was suffering with the Sylph quests being by far the worse. I hated doing them - not a single one felt fun to do or interesting. Then the Sylph main quest... I wanted to strangle that scholar. He made everything 110% harder and more tedious.

Hats off to those that suffered this without flying.

[Sotaris]

Well not clicking random links but it was easy. We were used not having flying, then HW came around and changed that.

[Hatfright]

Who said we remained sane?

[Illmaeran]

Just finished up after putting them off for so long. Even with flying it was suffering with the Sylph quests being by far the worse. I hated doing them - not a single one felt fun to do or interesting. Then the Sylph main quest... I wanted to strangle that scholar. He made everything 110% harder and more tedious.

Flying's certainly a nice feature to have, no doubt, but doing the ARR beast tribe quests without flying is nostalgic. Like Sotaris said, we didn't have flying back then so the general pace was slower. Now that we've been flying for the past however many years, and the ARR beast tribe rewards aren't the New Hotness they once were, doing them these days without flying won't have a huge impact on money, etc. Personally, I love doing them without flying to enjoy the slower pace and relive the ARR days in small ways.

Flying everywhere makes the pace of the game feel faster/more rushed. Walking/running on the ground can help relieve tension and give a greater appreciation for the original content in a way that zooming everywhere via flight/teleportation doesn't provide. The ARR zones may be smaller, but they're dense with places to go, out of the way nooks to visit, flowers to sniff, and ambiance that's lacking in HW+ zones that are more open/sparse and designed for flight.

[Keoeson]

One day at a time? You had less allowances per day anyway. The most annoying part was usually waiting around for fates to spawn.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

I remember the pain before flying was a thing. About a week after clearing them all, we received the words of getting flight in ARR zones in 5.3.

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[Kes13a]

is flying certainly convenient, yes. it is

is it a requirement for most things, not especially. as others have said, if you have no access to flight, you dont notice it gone, its that simple lol.

I still run a lot of places...why? because I like the music ^^

[Krotoan]

... did them when they came out. Went back once when they created the bloodsworn rewards. So I know nothing but doing them without flying mounts. I bet flying made them insanely easier, however you also should realize they allow you to perform the task as a higher leveled class and then swap back to collect the reward, unlike the later Beast Tribes where you have to do the mission as the taken Job. So you can just swap to an 80 and roflstomp the area, then go back, swap and turn in.

[Illmaeran]

I still run a lot of places...why? because I like the music ^^

Right?! While I don't want most zone music on my Orchestrion, there's a lot to be said about how each zone's music works with and enhances the experience of traveling in a zone. I was having a tough time a couple of weeks ago and decided I'd walk, not run, not fly, walk a circuit around the entire Black Shroud. That region's my Happy Place and even though it took me two days' worth of play time, it was time was well spent.

[Theodric]

I still run a lot of places...why? because I like the music ^^

You can actually turn off mount music in the sound settings.

System --> System Configuration --> Sound --> Play Music When Mounted (Toggle this off)