Final Fantasy VII: Cloud's Bike

[RaijinSupreme]

And the clincher, how is Cloud's bike even going to be powered? The AC bike runs on petrol - there are no oil refineries in Eorzea. Other mechanical mounts at least have explanations about how they're powered (manacutter draws wind aetherial energy from the environment, the magitek armour would be fueled by cereleum, and Azeyma only knows how the Allagan nodes are powered).

Why wouldn't Cloud's bike run off either or ceruleum as well?

I think you're just trying to find any reason why it wouldn't fit simply because you don't want it to.

The dev team, the people who created the lore of this game, already created the bike, and has said themselves the only reason it isn't in the game is because of the current mount speed, which is getting increased.

If the people who created this game feels the bike can fit in this game, then I don't see the merit in your argument.

[EdwinLi]

And the clincher, how is Cloud's bike even going to be powered? The AC bike runs on petrol - there are no oil refineries in Eorzea. Other mechanical mounts at least have explanations about how they're powered (manacutter draws wind aetherial energy from the environment, the magitek armour would be fueled by cereleum, and Azeyma only knows how the Allagan nodes are powered).

Cloud's bike just does not fit Eorzea, no matter how much you try to rationalize it. Eorzea is a land that is still in a late medieval/age of exploration/Renaissance period that is just on the cusp of an Industrial revolution - Cloud's bike is just too futuristic (remember, Eorzea still uses wooden sailing ships as it's primary form of ocean transport, and most land transport is still done by pack mule and animal labour). No, it just would not fit.

It is called a "Alternate fuel source".

The engine for the bike in FF14 world can be made to use the same engine that powers the Magitek Mounts which we know the Garlean use as standard issue because it is universal and a unlimited source of power for any machanical device as long the user does not overload the power source.

[ErikMynhier]

As someone said it best. The DEVs made the bike already and didn't release it as land mounts are too slow. We know speeds are coming up in 4.x and also no reason they cant make it fly or roll on water or whatever because we have spinning rocket turtles and model airship drone mounts and madness is the lore of the land. So whether you are for it or not let me just lay it all out for you all....


It will be released....

It will be in the mogstation for $35+.....

People who hate the idea will feel sad and hope no one sees how sure and how big a deal it was to them in threads like this.....

People who wanted it are also a lot of the people who hate cash shops and/or cant afford the $35....

No one will be happy.....

Yoshi and the Crew will take a shot and be carted to the ER because we were so happy in 2.0 that they made a drinking game where they take a shot when we bitch to get things then bitch about haw they implement...

Fox will leave the game as he can't take it anymore and hates that he was one of us, moves to North Canada with his common law wife, a badger....

Yoshi will have to pawn his rings for the new Liver because of the shots game mentioned above......

We all move to BDO and being there 48 hr denounce gaming and start full active lives.....

[Youkulm]

As someone said it best. The DEVs made the bike already

the devs didn't make it. ONE team member made it during his free time for his own amusement. We only ever saw it because Yoshi wanted to share during a live letter ( I believe for said team members birthday ).

I pray we never get that hideous thing. Bad enough we have cloud's clothes.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

I wouldn't mind the bike...

[Belhi]

As a Garlean piece of Magitech it might fit into the game.

[Rysir]

I dunno, in a world that has a faction that can mass produce spider mechs and get a dreadnought class airship up and running in just so and so years with a little overtime and that just being the tip of the iceberg on their tech I think something as simple as a motorcycle can happen.

I mean in stormblood awaits us the glory that is a fire spewing tommy gun, we are in for a ride in terms of tech!

[Theodric]

the devs didn't make it. ONE team member made it during his free time for his own amusement. We only ever saw it because Yoshi wanted to share during a live letter ( I believe for said team members birthday ).

I pray we never get that hideous thing. Bad enough we have cloud's clothes.

Whether it is 'hideous' or not is completely subjective. You don't need to use it.

...and why, exactly, do you consider Cloud's clothes to be a problem? You do realise that a lot of the charm in this game is based around it being a love letter to fans of the franchise...right?

[Mycow8me]

Ah you know how it is, there's going to be haters for everything put in this game. If they don't like it, they don't have to use it but that's not usually enough for them. They don't want the people that do like it to be able to use it either or to have to see someone on it for that matter. Ruin others fun.

[Darus]

the devs didn't make it. ONE team member made it during his free time for his own amusement. We only ever saw it because Yoshi wanted to share during a live letter ( I believe for said team members birthday ).

I pray we never get that hideous thing. Bad enough we have cloud's clothes.

I actually remember them stating that they actually added the bike into the game and tested it as they would have loved to put it in the game, but the slow mount speed made it feel terrible for a bike. The fact they are increasing ground mount speed feels like an attempt to allow the bike to be added into the game. The chances for it entering the game are FAR from small. Heck, I think they said they would add it if they ever increased ground mount speed.