So... uh... what does everyone think of this aether current "thing"?

[Catwho]

I loved it. It was like a puzzle, especially the "how the heck do I get up there?" parts. Finally unlocking all the field currents felt like a huge accomplishment - I then spent ten minutes just fluttering around for the sheer joy of it.

I did appreciate that by the level 59 area they were all quested, though, and came fast. Like "Ok, we know you're tired of this BS. Here you go."

[Niqote]

I think Aether Currents are a lot of fun.
My Husband and I used our wedding mount Chocobo to get the maps ones together, it was great.

[mosaicex]

My only annoyance with it is from that one aether current quest chain which you have to accept from Ishgard first.

[Mimiru_S]

I enjoyed unlocking flight, in each zone. Makes you appreciate flying, once you earn it. Much better than how WoW is handling it, atm. Requiring 3 new reputation factions to near max and roughly 6-8 story and exploration achievements. They straight up said that the reputations would take 3-4 weeks to complete, as long as you do their daily quests, every day.

[ScarecrowJames]

Its annoying getting aether currents imo. To many of them to where it doesn't feel rewarding it gets to the point where it frustrates me like Batman's Batmobile on Arkham Knight.

[Whiteroom]

I think it's a great way to get people to explore before they ignore.

This.

It wasn't all that bad.

[Fawkes]

I wish they had either not had it and just gated flying behind the dungeon for the zone, or not had any quests for currents and just let people unlock flying asap if they were willing to run around and find all the things. Doing both makes collecting the things feel like a timewaster.

[Keydah]

I absolutely adore it. It's so much fun searching for the currents, especially when you reach the spot and go "uh...where is i - *looks up* oh. It's 500 feet above me." And then you have to figure out how to get up to it. It's annoying sometimes, but then you make it and you're proud of yourself.
The quest part is annoying, but there's already lists of all the quests you need to do, so that undoes the annoying-ness.
We've been entering the zone, immediately exploring the map and getting all the currents, then doing the aether current quests, then doing the side quests after gaining the ability to fly. It makes it a crapton less obnoxious to fetch this, kill that, etc.

[Altera]

I actually enjoyed it as it allowed me to do some ground level exploration while doing my main scenario quest as well as side quests. I also love games that has sorta "puzzles" to them.
One of my all time favorite games are Monkey Island, Broken Sword etc.

And it is way better than what I have heared Blizzard is doing after they said they was giving up Flying, only to make it Kill monster for Rep with 3 factions grind, do 100+ treasure something and more to achieve flying, and last I read, it was not Accountbound. And since I can do all I want on 1 character, I have no need for alts

[KamikazeMan]

The Aether Currents is a great idea. People should be forced to explore the area a bit and pretty much be done with it in terms of story before being able to fly. Though they could have made it so only main story quests give you aether currents rather than having to go through sidequests and hoping the next chain gives you an aether current.