Thread: Concerns about 4.0 mounts

Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh

It's not the same mount you buy from the NPC. Yours specifically can't swim because the webbing on its feet was clipped to make it move faster on land.

Alright, fair enough.
What's the excuse for why the horse made of water will rear up when it reaches the waves?

Originally Posted by SuperZay

It swim in the beast tribe cutscenes though.

Those aren't Cavalry Elbst though, just regular ones. The one we buy has had the webbing on it's feet removed so that it can run fast on land. This means though, that it can no longer swim very well, if at all.

Originally Posted by DarthSanguine

The one we buy has had the webbing on it's feet removed so that it can run fast on land. This means though, that it can no longer swim very well, if at all.

Egh, descriptions can change.

Compare:Native to the Near Eastern island of Thavnair, adamantoises were long thought to be impossible to domesticate. However, through the efforts of Ul'dahn zoologists, a handful of the colossal scalekin have been successfully trained to accept riders.

to: Native to the Near Eastern island of Thavnair, adamantoises were long thought to be impossible to domesticate. However, through the efforts of both Ul'dahn zoologists and thaumaturges, a handful have been successfully trained not only to accept riders, but also wield ancient magicks which allow the colossal scalekin to fly.

They can simply make an addendum to the Elbst description:"As it turned out however, this procedure proved to be unnecessary and has since been abandoned." The precedent is already set.

Originally Posted by Beckett

Alright, fair enough.
What's the excuse for why the horse made of water will rear up when it reaches the waves?

You heard of the old saying? You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink it? in this case swim, horses are arkward sods like that.........

They're not going to be irrelevant. You'll have certain mounts to use in certain areas based on what is needed at the time. Does everything really need to fly, swim and dive underwater? I'd rather see more animations for player characters over having every mount tweaked to do everything.

I prefer they don't swim, I like being forced to use a different mount.

Originally Posted by Marcellus_Cassius

I prefer they don't swim, I like being forced to use a different mount.

Ehhh I would but we don't even have a land mount roulette.

They really need to make land only mounts run faster than flying mounts can fly....and also jump very high at least in stormblood areas so you can jump to a lot of places (but not all places like flying mount could).

It would sink and you can't breathe underwater.