Thread: Flying in 2.0

Loading screens is a step back in it's own, though. Where we are at currently, technologically they seem fairly inevitable in cases of warps (instant portals across the land, like in Rift) or fast travel (same concept, used in Skyrim to port to any uncovered location). I know WoW had loading between *entire continents* consisting of several if not a couple dozen zones, but even then, we're talking a game with a foundation in 2004.

It would look a bit bush league for top tier MMO by a top tier, experienced company to have mandatory loads between every single zone when merely walking/riding in this day and age of seamless, smooth transitions.

Originally Posted by Brannigan

Flying mounts were pretty much the biggest mistake WoW ever made. It really shrinks/kills the world. Free Company airships would be cool, but what would you do with them?

Flying mounts were pretty much the best thing WoW ever made. Nobody really forces you to use them, you can always just go around on ground mounts and enjoy world in full scale if you feel like it somehow got shrunk . Or fly around Icecrown/Stormpeaks... for me it can't get anymore epic .

Also, I don't see flying as WoW or DCU thing, its an essential part of a FF game. I consider all FF's since FF9 as gimped, since they don't have this feature anymore. Making a brand new engine is a great chance to put this back in. Of course, it shouldn't be easy obtainable.

I mean, flying chocobos and airships... can it get any better .

Originally Posted by Dargoth_Draconia

I wish you would state your reasons at the very least. Personally personal flying is amazing to me mainly for the reason of adding the ultimate freedom in an MMO. Also makes the game feel more alive and realistic in a sense than having to be bound to the ground. I can understand people not feeling it for this game to some extent but I would be willing to compromise with those said individuals.

What mr Dargo said.

Originally Posted by Atoli

No way, you called that tiny thingy an island?o,o
Well what I was talking about was this:

true its not much of a floating island but i was trying to remember from a picture i seen way back when the PDF first came out. as for ppl saying "we shouldn't fly we were never ment to fly this is not wow." have you seen the opening video of this game or even run the world and spotted the airship landing sites? i would say there was plans for something to do with airships even before yoshi took over. but anyway now yoshi has taken over and he has said he has plans for a battle near/close to/outside Ishgard, we know Ishgard don't like dragons and again opening video. nobody here can say for sure airships won't be involved. i'm not saying i think it will happen, but i am keeping an open mind. and certainly not ruling it out just coz ppl fly in WOW