Mount Car and Bike

[Snugglebutt]

No thanks, not only do cars not mesh well with the current game in my opinion but they also have issues with level design not being suited or appropriate in terms of how narrow a lot of the streets, alleys etc are in this game but also the entrance and NPC crowding with people in cars would cause problems in my opinion. The way mounts work in this game also doesn't fit well with the idea of cars movement wise, all the mounts currently in game support the concept of turning on the spot and being able to go over obstacles and elevations whether through flying or stepping/jumping. Behemoths are bit too big in my opinion but at least they fit the logic behind being able to turn on the spot and handle obstacles and elevations while cars would not unless they are hover cars. Motorbikes have less issues with such things so I have less of an issue with that but there is still issues in my opinion even with motorbikes like failing the turn on the spot rule and issues with some obstacles.

[Naliee]

Absolutely no!

It doesn't go with Eorzea style! Eorzea is all about magical ponies, chocobos and magitek armour. NO CARS.

[Pandastirfry]

They looked stupid and out of place when WoW did it... It would look even worse here.


(Gnomeish gyro copters, goblin rockets, even submarines were canon in Warcraft before WoW and in WoW you have robots and one of the playable races are magic space-goats from beyond the stars that crash landed in their magic spaceship, yet the motorcycles still looked dumb and out of place)

Basically, having giant riding chickens and horses and such reenforces the fantasy asthetic, even the magitek armour and vanguard constructs exude more of a steam punk vibe. But Airships you say, well the willing suspension of disbelief for a fantasy world to have those is easy. How do you break the laws of physics like that? Because... Wizards! Shut up!

Cars and bikes and motorcycles, no matter how you dress them up in fantasy worlds that are not sic-fi based, they are just mundane cars and motorcycles, I know how they work, you can say they run on magic all you want but they are still cars and motorcycles and therefore just dull or out of place, especially if you add them later when they've NEVER been mentioned before.

[Meklore]

Not too keen on the idea myself.

[DarkChild]

I don't think they'd be able to implement this well in Eorzea. Any thoughts from the Lore sages around here on this?