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.