Why Can't We Upgrade Mount Speed?

[Reptiletc]

I get the whole "World feels bigger when you move slower" illusion, but really, who cares about that? Other MMOs have implimented ways of upgrading mount speed, whether it's the whips and spurs that are equipable in WoW or the Featherswept Wings and spurs used for permanent upgrades in PWI. Even Aion lets you increase your flying speed on your wings as you level up!

I don't see why we can't have some method of upgrading such speeds. If anything it would make releasing Cloud's bike a viable option considering that the speed was all that was used as an excuse not to.

Example 1:

[Tint]

If anything it would make releasing Cloud's bike a viable option considering that the speed was all that was used as an excuse not to.

if square loses this excuse, then i am against it.

[Khanscott]

If they opt to go with HW-sized areas in 4.0+, having a land-based speed boost would certainly be useful. Heck, I wouldn't mind a faster land mount for 3.xx zones just so I could have a mix of sightseeing and getting to where I need to go in a reasonable span of time. ...and just duct tape some B52 engines to our bobos for moving around Ayis La.

[Cherub]

Because that would be a good idea.

[Khalithar]

Let me preface by saying I'm all for increased mount speed, the faster we can move around, the better.

That being said though, the ARR zones are small enough that our current mount speed on top of being able to teleport is fast enough in my opinion. However, the flight speed for HW zones which are significantly larger definitely needs a boost, I feel that the flying speed could stand to be increased but not the ground mount speed. For the next expansion we still have to see if we're going to be able to fly and if we can fly, how big the zones are. If the zones are HW sized without flying, then we absolutely need a ground speed increase, if there is flying then I'm fine with leaving it as is.

[Rhyku]

Simply because in 14, we don't fly from one end of the world to the other like in PWI, and teleporting isn't a bish like PWI either. If SE decides to make the whole of Eorzea into one huge open world map, then I guess upgrading mount speed might be viable, otherwise, I don't see a need to.

Also, the mounts in 14 come with one speed. PWI fliers start you off at default 2? Can't remember, been too long, unless you cash shop the speedier ones.

[Derio]

Because that makes too much sense and somewhere someone is blaming the ps3

[KinnisonArc]

They don't have such thing probably because it will give unfair advantage to veteran players over newbies who has no upgrades, especially when it comes to FATE chasing / hunts. Though I actually prefer that they give a little speed bonus to ground mounts like Fenrir rather than straightforward giving it the ability to fly simply because it's one of those mounts that are harder to earn.

[Rissq]

I don't think it's really important enough to need. We got flying mounts, those are already faster than ground mounts. That's the speed increase, we already have it.

In the case of WoW, which you brought up, they started giving speed increases every expansion. First it was 100%, then, then 200%, 300%, and finally 350% before the WoW developers finally said "ok, you guys are just using this increased mount speed to skip over all of our content. It feels like you care more about finishing our game than you care about enjoying it." So then they took away flying all together, because they wanted players to enjoy what they created. But players didn't like that. And now they're struggling to find a way to bring flying back without having it become so game breaking. Just look at their forums, it's not working out well for them.

Increased flying speed is just a lazy perk that developers add to make you feel like you're progressing faster because they know it's an MMO and know that sometimes players value finishing the game more than they value the game itself. Which is fine, but you have to understand, the faster you're allowed to finish content, the more content developers need to create. Which means developers either have to think up something grindy and time consuming, or they have to go back and slow down your content progression rate. Increased flying speed is a cute idea, but it creates more problems than it's worth.

[TarynH]

I'm for it... as long as it's GC chocobo only. Make chocobos great again!