Please Increase Ground Mount Speed

[Knahli]

I'd honestly like to see this come about mostly because I have a bit of a pet peeve with people using particular flying mounts that look ridiculous acting as ground mounts, haha. I honestly can't wait for the Twintania hype to die down - assuming it ever does - for that reason. I use my chocobo on my main but I figuratively sigh every time I see a Twintania running around on the ground!

But yes, on a more serious note, I'd like to see ground mounts kept relevant in new areas beyond the phase where you are still collecting currents. Although, even having said that, I guess most people will still stick to the faster option of flying even if ground speed were exaggerated to the point that it almost matched it.

Maybe it would work if they implemented a system where bad weather negatively affected flight speed or something quirky like that? It'll never happen but it sounds like a cute detail to me.

[Evergrey]

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People would most likely still be flying even if ground was almost as fast. It's just always faster to fly over stuff in a straight line instead of going around.

I do like the idea of how weather would effect flying.

[ECHOxLegend]

can we just retcon flying abilities onto them? coeurls can use magnetisms, the demon eyeballs can actually fly, the bombs are bombs, let cid put a jetpack on our mechs, give the behemoth sky walk for all I care.

[Vandril]

I don't care either way...

...so long as, if it is done, mount speed remains as it is now in PvP.

Mount speeds should never outspeed Sprint in PvP. The speed balance as it stands now is perfect.

[OJ191]

why? It's the exact same speed it was before. It hasn't gotten slower. The only reason it feels like that is because flying mounts are faster. But they are faster bc the new areas are so big. I see no reason to increase speed on ground mounts

As someone new to the game it makes sense to me to make ground mounts faster than a sprinting person

or at least have them keep their current speed but then allow them to sprint like we can at something like 1.5-2x speed.


edit: not talking about PvP balance @above because I havn't done pvp.

[Knahli]

People would most likely still be flying even if ground was almost as fast. It's just always faster to fly over stuff in a straight line instead of going around.

I do like the idea of how weather would effect flying.

I admitted as much myself, haha ; I doubt you could really get around it even with a random idea such as mine unless you were basically moving in straight lines on the ground too. Regardless, even had they the time and resources to actually give this a modicum of priority, I'm sure that giving people incentive to return to ground mounts wouldn't be of great interest to them.

[Neri]

As someone new to the game it makes sense to me to make ground mounts faster than a sprinting person

or at least have them keep their current speed but then allow them to sprint like we can at something like 1.5-2x speed.


edit: not talking about PvP balance @above because I havn't done pvp.

Hmm, last time I remember, I think the mount is still faster than a person sprinting? Just a tad faster though.

[Felis]

Speed limits as a restriction and mounts have a strict speed limit.

walking, running and sprint have also a speed limit. And? Sprint have even a time limit. And don't forget, walking and running are older than ground mounts.

[FallenArisen0990]

As someone new to the game it makes sense to me to make ground mounts faster than a sprinting person

or at least have them keep their current speed but then allow them to sprint like we can at something like 1.5-2x speed.

Oh no, experience the Heavy that has blighted us since 2.0!

Also sprint works better under heavy then just riding the mount. But at the same time mounts are indeed faster than sprint.

[StrejdaTom]

I am still failing to see any reason behind this request.
In HW we have flying, ARR zones are so small that they really don't need this and PvP seems to be fine with this speed too.
I wouldn't mess with things that don't need it.