OMG please remove some of the aetherytes, the world feels tiny

[Nahara]

flying mounts

Never gonna happen unless SE, for some reason, decides it's a good idea to completely rebuild the entire game world from the ground up (again) to incorporate flying mounts.

The only kind of flying mount we'll ever get is something akin to the current Ahriman mount; something that technically flies, but you don't get to change your elevation.

[BearGrylls]

So don't use them. Nothing is stopping you from walking everywhere if thats what you want to do. I personally like the convenience of aetherytes as I don't have infinite time to play. If whatever I had to do next required me walking for 20 minutes i'd just turn the game off and do something else more fun with my free time.

[TeganLaron]

Just don't use them then...

[Sapphic]

Best solution to get more people running around the world is for SE to add more reasons for players to want to run around the world. not enforcing one playstyle on others.

[Sove92]

Never gonna happen unless SE, for some reason, decides it's a good idea to completely rebuild the entire game world from the ground up (again) to incorporate flying mounts.

The only kind of flying mount we'll ever get is something akin to the current Ahriman mount; something that technically flies, but you don't get to change your elevation.

Flying mounts were confirmed for expansion. Devs had a choice between sea and sky, they chose sky.

[Felis]

Never gonna happen unless SE, for some reason, decides it's a good idea to completely rebuild the entire game world from the ground up (again) to incorporate flying mounts.

Or they would create a own zone for it that look like the worldmap in the classic FF games, but much more detailed. And there would be specific points where you can land.

I think something like this was also originally planned for 1.0, seeing that there were landing ramps somewhere in nowhere.

[charlemagne]

Remember when we had to physically go to a dungeon to run it?
" OK guys who has anima?"

I prefer the present system

[Corfish]

Sorry, but I've played enough MMOs that force enough BS backtracking. Forcing players to have to travel the world does not make it feel larger, it just irritates the majority of players.

They need to give incentive to explore (which they are doing by the way. Hunts and Unhidden Maps should both encourage more of this), not force it.

[Jon_00]

Personally I think Aetherytes are a Godsend.

Long gone are the days of needless travel. Who really wants to spend 20 minutes travelling from one zone to the next to hop between quests and the like? Not me.

As for the zones being 'tiny'. Good. Take Skyrim for example, what a chore that game is just walking everywhere...

You're not looking at the big picture at all though, things like North Shroud, Central Shroud and South Shroud are all part of the same zone, they're just cut up with a loading screen. When you put that in to perspective, the zones are huge.

[Amaret]

Gawd... i hated FFXI for this @_@