So what is the point to flying?

[Nikkori]

By the time I get the ability to fly. I don't need to do the quests I need/want to fly for. Lol.

To all the people posting and complaining about having flying after you've finished the main story quest, keep this in mind;
THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST WEEK THE EXPANSION HAS BEEN LIVE!!!!! Just because you've completed the main story NOW, there is going to be more content released, and alooot more running around, and that is where the "pointless flying" comes in to play. Flying isn't something owed to you, if you had flying from the start, you wouldn't have seen or experienced all of the wonderful content that was put in, or appreciated the new zones. Its something you earned for getting your way through the first leg of the expansion's story. Don't complainl, they could have easily decided to not put flying in at all.

[Punintentional]

Later in the game there are places you can only get to by flying.....and lets face is walking around cloudtop sucks....like alot

[Khemorex]

The entire aetherflow is a very well thought-out system that strikes a balance between convenient flying and actual exploration. You need to explore each zone as it is while discovering the aetherflow points along your main story quest path. Then after you unlock the zone, you get to look at it from the air and finish off the side quests easily.

Agree with Alex here.

Teh point is that u have to earn it to be able to fly in a zone , if u dont want to fly then u dont need to collect the aethers or do the quests. shrug u can just spam dungeons over and over again instead :P

Plus it feels much more rewarding the way it is now.

[Musashidon]

flying help's a lot with gathering and getting around.

while you may finish most quests before you can fly you will still need to get around the maps for various reasons.

like maps,hunts,gathering,new quests with new patches in the future, future beastmen. ext.

[Zephyranthes]

Is this a serious topic?