Flying Mount Vid

[HakuroDK]

we pretty much do that with aetherytes already. this is more of the less tedious scenic route...

unless the garleans have been patrolling the skies this entire time.

...which is doubtful since Garlean airships aren't exactly filling the sky over Eorzea.

But the only concern I have with this kind of system would be if certain areas are not graphically "finished" in ways that flying mounts like singular airships and black chocobos would be able to see. Like, say... an area like Coerthas Central Highlands which might not have all of the mountains completely finished and instead have gaping holes on the other end or something. But I'm sure, for a company that has been making video games for a good long time that are solid and have far fewer glitches and bugs than their competition *coughBioWarecough* *coughcoughBethesdacough*, this shouldn't be as much of an issue.

[Ahh]

cant wait to see flying fat chocobo

[Ashkendor]

If you check your Mount Guide, the Ahriman's described as "Movement: Airborne." at the bottom. The Ahriman is considered players' first flying mount, didn't expect the chocobo to fly, it kinda looks dumb.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that doesn't really like the flying chocobo. It looks weird. :s

[Drivont]

Why fly when I can teleport

The Aethernet system might also be a mainland thing too, with the outerlands not having the technology as widely ready to them...

[DarkkenMoneybags]

Gold Chocobo, Here we go!

[Ecks007]

I sure hope my unicorn can fly, I'm sure my cherry mount can! but it would be so sad if my unicorn can't

Sorry, but a Unicorn is a Unicorn. It's just a white horse with a horn. It's not a Pegasus, and therefore does not fly. /comfort

[Xoriam]

In FF IV you if you get the black or gold chocobo (can't remember which color it was) you can fly wherever you want and as long as you want. The only thing you couldn't fly over was the mountains. But maybe it differs from one game to another.

Yeah I remember that, there has always been that "can't travel over mountains thing" Black or Gold was typically the way to bypass it.

[ChriZirhC]

I sure hope my unicorn can fly, I'm sure my cherry mount can! but it would be so sad if my unicorn can't

who knows? maybe the continuation of whm quest can upgrade your unicorn?

[chocomaid]

Didn't FF6 have a flying Chocobo? Anyway, as a former WoW player.... I don't think flying mounts are a good idea, depending on how they are implemented. IMO they ruined WoW because literally all content could be skipped and just flown to. Blizz had to put heavy restrictions until you hit max level and could buy it ("winter flying" was it called in Wrath?) so people didn't just fly to quest completion markers.

Now if this is just a specific "sky zone" that they can be used, sure I don't have too much a problem. They may have said it already but I missed the announcement of flying mounts.

People are doing that already though. That's the problem when the world is small and the monsters in that small world pose zero threat whatsoever. That goes for low level and high level characters and areas. People literally just sprint through the mobs and ignore them. Or just teleport to your nearest home or aetheryte.

[EdwinLi]

Didn't anyone else notice the flying video is most likely on the new Flying Continent they mentioned?