Can we please have flight unlocked as part of the main story?

[Zarzak]

it takes like 30 minutes to do the currents you don't get through the main story..... I mean seriously some people will complain about anything.

[Raist]

um.... no. You need to earn it. Enough of this game is using the easy button as is.

[Mokikoza]

Here, it's been made all lazy mode for you already.

[Muzetta]

Considering how fast you get from A to B on the maps while flying, I'm glad they didn't allow you to do so right away. Sure, finding aether currents is annoying for those who just wanna rush through everything but for someone like me who loves to explore and see what the areas have to offer, doing it this way it much more enjoyable. Find what I can first, then once I can fly it's time to go through the area again from higher up and see what I might've missed.

[Colt47]

Considering how fast you get from A to B on the maps while flying, I'm glad they didn't allow you to do so right away. Sure, finding aether currents is annoying for those who just wanna rush through everything but for someone like me who loves to explore and see what the areas have to offer, doing it this way it much more enjoyable. Find what I can first, then once I can fly it's time to go through the area again from higher up and see what I might've missed.

Yeah, I agree they shouldn't give flight right away. It's just that after you've ran through the main story you've already gone through all of the zones so there shouldn't be a reason to have to go back and do a lot of backlogged content just to get flight. Some people do skip those quests because they find them boring and don't want to do them. They shouldn't feel like it's a forced part of the game to have to complete content they don't wish to do just to get an ability Square Enix is advertising as part of the expansion. Not to mention they give a griffon mount with the collectors edition.

Some people must be reading the title and thinking this is some kind of spur of emotion posting. There's some issues with how they are doing things that needs to get fixed.

Yeah, no. You're just a whiner that wants everything handed to them... It's already been answered in the live letter, if you want to fly you have to explore the zone first. They're not going to change it just because you're too lazy...

Uh, no. Read above posting. If someone doesn't want to do content because they don't find it engaging, then that isn't laziness. That is the person choosing to do things they do find engaging. It's just that in this case x activity is required to unlock a key part of what has been advertised as part of the expansion pack.

[Kasenai]

They shouldn't feel like it's a forced part of the game to have to complete content they don't wish to do just to get an ability Square Enix is advertising as part of the expansion.

We shouldn't feel like it's a forced part of the game to complete content we don't wish to do just to get level 60 which Square Enix is advertising as part of the expansion. /sarcasm

[Colt47]

We shouldn't feel like it's a forced part of the game to complete content we don't wish to do just to get level 60 which Square Enix is advertising as part of the expansion. /sarcasm

It depends on the class. I actually observed how this panned out for a lot of my friends, and it seems that those who played DPS were more likely to complete the overworld content because the queue times of getting into dungeons meant they needed something to do while waiting. Meanwhile healers and tanks generally got in faster and would level without doing a lot of the overworld quests.

I'd also say dps probably has more fun soloing, but given the fact the monsters have a lot of HP compared to what they used to and the fact Dragoons and Monks depend on positional damage... yeah one of my friends wasn't too thrilled.

So for some people it's not an issue, for others it is because they end up having to backtrack after hitting 60 to wonder around places on foot like Cloud Top and the dravanian highlands to complete things they were forced to skip past due to the leveling up process and zoning.

[Ulyssess]

Uh, no. Read above posting. If someone doesn't want to do content because they don't find it engaging, then that isn't laziness. That is the person choosing to do things they do find engaging. It's just that in this case x activity is required to unlock a key part of what has been advertised as part of the expansion pack.

Well then, don't find the aether currents, there is no mandatory reason for getting the ability of flight. If you find it un-engaging and tedious, then you'll suffer forever by walking, instead of pushing though the grind and feeling accomplished when you do fly.

[Kathryn]

Well then, don't find the aether currents, there is no mandatory reason for getting the ability of flight. If you find it un-engaging and tedious, then you'll suffer forever by walking, instead of pushing though the grind and feeling accomplished when you do fly.

Never Reap -.- I hated that quest but no even though I hated doing the tedious flying quest its now done and dusted and before i get accused of wanting it handed to me I didn't like the idea of flying in the game from the start... tbh I havent logged in for a few days now I think I'm drifting from FFXIV after 5 years of playing x.x

[Ulyssess]

Never Reap -.- I hated that quest but no even though I hated doing the tedious flying quest its now done and dusted and before i get accused of wanting it handed to me I didn't like the idea of flying in the game from the start... tbh I havent logged in for a few days now I think I'm drifting from FFXIV after 5 years of playing x.x

Yes, alright, I'll agree to that one, but in technicality Neverreap is an end-game optional side quest. Still not a mandate to get flying, since you can just skip Neverreap entirely.