Do we really need Flying Mount in this game?

[Marisela]

I'm not sure if Flying Mount is a good ideas in this game. Blizzard regret it when they put it in the game. It allow players to skip everything and fly through the contents in seconds. It also make the world feel very empty and less interactive. I really like 1.0 because of it limited teleporting and the massive area. The danger of exploring the world, the traveling of Airship and Boat. I know it was copy and paste, but they got the right ideas and I like exploring in a game.

Now fast forward to A Realm Reborn the world got shrunk down a lot and we got unlimited teleporting. Mount doesn't seam very useful at all because of it. The world is no longer dangerous and excited to travel. Then when I saw Heavenwards Expansion we are getting massive area, I'm excited again. I love FFXI how it take very long to get from one area to another, and I enjoy the danger of getting from one place to another. Also traveling with airship and boat make the world feel more alive and realistic. It was a very fun aspect of the game I enjoy.

Now that I'm seeing we are getting flying mount, I'm not so thrill about it. I'm afraid Final Fantasy will take the same route as Wow. Put airship and boat traveling in the game and have it move players from one area to another, but don't put in flying mount which allow players to skip everything and make the world feel small again.

[VesperValveto]

Yes; we really need flying mounts in this game.

[Gralna]

Too late, it's coming... please look forward to it

[Kiroh]

Absolutely, we need flying mounts. Shut up before you ruin it! D=<

[Inosaska]

I have no issues with airships coming into the game. I wonder if you will be able to fit a party on one.

[chocomaid]

I'm not sure if Flying Mount is a good ideas in this game. Blizzard regret it when they put it in the game. It allow players to skip everything and fly through the contents in seconds.

People already do that. In any outside place of Eorzea, including the heavily populated beastmen "strongholds", you can skip and run past any enemy you see with no consequences whatsoever. Same with low level characters, a low level character can make his way to Mor Dhona simply by walking, past the high level monsters and whatnot. The same applies to teleporting.

So I'm afraid you are worrying about something that is already happening.

[Garlyle]

you're assuming it'd all be implemented the exact same as how WoW did it. Which it almost certainly won't.

[Marisela]

Absolutely, we need flying mounts. Shut up before you ruin it! D=<

Do you really want flying mount where you can skip through all the contents and the massive world? Also, make the world feel small again, less interactive with players, and the world don't feel dangerous to travel again? I'm just not so sure it's a good ideas. We have airship for this kind of thing. FFXI have no flying mount and it do just fine. Let not make FFXIV become wow again.

[Kiroh]

Do you really want flying mount where you can skip through all the contents and the massive world? Also, make the world feel small again, less interactive with players, and the world don't feel dangerous to travel again? I'm just not so sure it's a good ideas. We have airship for this kind of thing. FFXI have no flying mount and it do just fine. Let now make FFXIV become wow again.

None of that changes anything, you can skip it already and there's no penalty for dying, and you can already cross whole areas in about 2 minutes. Nothing will change by being able to fly over it except your view of the landscape.

[Marisela]

None of that changes anything, you can skip it already and there's no penalty for dying, and you can already cross whole areas in about 2 minutes. Nothing will change by being able to fly over it except your view of the landscape.

I know, but in expansion they emphasize the word "Massive New Area" It's not the same thing we are getting right now. Seam like we are getting something similar to 1.0 and FFXI where the world is massive and take awhile to travel again.