DRAGON MOUNTS

[Onidemon]

I'm sure there will be. Yoshi-P said before that they would add different mounts, other then chocobos.

[Rau]

Only Dragon Knights/DRG >.>

[Jynx]

I'm just gonna say no to this idea, it really is not ideal for my vision of FFXIV. Then again I really just wish Chocobos were the only mounts available but hey...what do I know?

[Pyrix]

Let's worry about chocobos that don't suck before we get to other fantasy mounts.

[Onidemon]

Let's worry about chocobos that don't suck before we get to other fantasy mounts.

How can they suck? There's not a million things you can do with a mount u know... u get on it, u travel and u get off it. That's all there is to it so i don't see how they can make it suck. Plus SE said we can give them armor so that there is already better mounts then other mmos.

[Coombah]

How can they suck? There's not a million things you can do with a mount u know... u get on it, u travel and u get off it. That's all there is to it so i don't see how they can make it suck. Plus SE said we can give them armor so that there is already better mounts then other mmos.

I agree Like having them be able to fight along side you.. your own personal chocobo.. maybe healing abilities like IN FFT

[Crazy]

I loved flying Dragons and Black Chocobos in Final Fantasy V. They should totally do it....maybe in a expansion pack. Other MMOs that I have played have flying on brooms, hoverboards, swords, and some of the characters have wings that allow them to fly. It would be a crime against FANS of Final Fantasy to not have the grand experience of flying while other MMOs have that privlidge.

[Coombah]

I loved flying Dragons and Black Chocobos in Final Fantasy V. They should totally do it....maybe in a expansion pack. Other MMOs that I have played have flying on brooms, hoverboards, swords, and some of the characters have wings that allow them to fly. It would be a crime against FANS of Final Fantasy to not have the grand experience of flying while other MMOs have that privlidge.

I'm sure Yoshi could fit this into FFXIV flawlessly.

[Gramul]

I don't think the world structure is well suited for flying mounts. Even with a redesign, I have my doubts it would work right.
If we had dragons, they would have to fly only a few feet from the ground, or be wingless:
http://www.ralphbakshi.com/images/wizards.jpg
(don't be enticed, the movie's actually terrible)

[Onidemon]

I don't think the world structure is well suited for flying mounts. Even with a redesign, I have my doubts it would work right.
If we had dragons, they would have to fly only a few feet from the ground, or be wingless:
http://www.ralphbakshi.com/images/wizards.jpg
(don't be enticed, the movie's actually terrible)

We shouldn't talk about the what the game engine can or cannot do since none of us really know the specs, what it is capable of and how it works.

If the current areas do not support or are not designed/optimized for flying mounts, then SE can added flying mounts along with new areas which would be designed from scratch to support flight. Just like WOW did with the Outlands and their first flying mounts.

Down the road, when SE finally starts redesigning the maps like they said they would, then at that point they can also tweak the current maps to support flying mounts.

It's probably not an easy task but how cool would it be to ride a small Bahamut?