How long do mounts take to add?

[TonyMontana]

People seem to love ignoring that the game needs to basically be remade. FFXI got chocobo's for riding fairly quickly in it's life because they didn't need to go back and redo ...pretty much everything. it's a little silly to think if the conditions were right we would have to wait the same amount of time (9 months) to have them.

Chocobos should have been in from the begining honestly and its laughable they werent. I dont know if they were in the begining of FFXI but that was SEs first MMO so I could cut them some slack if they didnt have chocobos right away AND it was like 2002 or 2003 MMOs were different. Not having mounts in at the begining in 2011 is one of the reasons the game has seen about a 5% retention rate.

[Rentahamster]

People seem to love ignoring that the game needs to basically be remade. FFXI got chocobo's for riding fairly quickly in it's life because they didn't need to go back and redo ...pretty much everything. it's a little silly to think if the conditions were right we would have to wait the same amount of time (9 months) to have them.

FF11 had chocobos in from the beginning.

http://zeusls.llima.net/download/ffxiupdatehistory.html


...as would any competently-developed MMO. Except this one.


There's no good reason why they didn't have chocos and airships at launch. They had 5 years.


5 years.

[Cairdeas]

FF11 had chocobos in from the beginning.

http://zeusls.llima.net/download/ffxiupdatehistory.html


...as would any competently-developed MMO. Except this one.


There's no good reason why they didn't have chocos and airships at launch. They had 5 years.


5 years.

They didn't have a working Crystal Tools build until about 2 and a half years ago though.

[Rentahamster]

They didn't have a working Crystal Tools build until about 2 and a half years ago though.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/702/702289p1.html

Speaking with Impress Watch on the eve of the Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan launch in Japan, FFXI producer Hiromichi Tanaka stated, "As we work on Final Fantasy XI, we're currently working on a new MMORPG targeting Windows Vista and PS3." Square Enix is hoping to make the game a worldwide title, Tanaka added.

"Working on" means "working on". They were working on it as late as 2006.

Furthermore..

They said they don't have Chocobos because their anima system covered transportation and they needed something else for Chocobos to do.

You don't need a game engine to at least think and plan for something else for Chocobos to do.

[Elexia]

There's no good reason why they didn't have chocos and airships at launch. They had 5 years.


5 years.

2, but yeah. As said, if they didn't have to redo things...it would likely be implemented by now. I think the main thing is, they never focused on the quests (let alone had time to given how it was pushed out >.>) let alone probably had an idea of what chocobos would be for beyond riding. This game compared to XI though needs a lot of more optimization for what is already present, let alone adding in airships (for our use.)

I played XI since JP beta so I remember the history, when I said it was given fairly quickly in it's life was we didn't have to necessarily wait for it, especially given that XI didn't need major overhauls to its core that pushed everything to the backburner.

The problem with XIV like I said was they originally wanted it to be as different from XI as possible which is where pretty much the majority of odd decisions come from. The server side interface adds to other problems like the slow response of actions and etc.

[Rentahamster]

2, but yeah. As said, if they didn't have to redo things...it would likely be implemented by now.

'If they didn't have to redo things"? What do you mean? Chocobos should have been implemented from the very beginning, even before they realized they would have to redo things.

5 years.

[Spellbinder]

This thread's going to end well.

[TonyMontana]

This thread's going to end well.

I know. It seems expecting basic transportation is just an over the top request. Clearly I must be a troll if i am tired of walking everywhere.

[Spellbinder]

I know. It seems expecting basic transportation is just an over the top request. Clearly I must be a troll if i am tired of walking everywhere.

Maybe not a troll but there doesn't seem to be anything in your original post conducive to a thoughtful discussion about what in this game is causing you grief.

[TonyMontana]

Maybe not a troll but there doesn't seem to be anything in your original post conducive to a thoughtful discussion about what in this game is causing you grief.

The thing that is causing me grief is I have been playing ffxiv beta/retail for roughly 1 year and other than a very restrictive teleportation system I have to walk everywhere. I dont like this. I am simply stating that I find it crazy that 2 humans can make another living breathing human child in less time than it has taken SE to get us mounts, even some placeholder/barebones mount.