Sleipnir and Flying

[FallenArisen0990]

I'm still upset that he can't fly... But I still do love my Sleipnir mount.

[Ferrasper]

I was gifted Sleipnir, but I want him to fly so bad. I want his animation for him to riding on a black cloud like death or something.

[DracotheDragon]

4.1? Got to admire that optimism.

its what keeps me in the game, keeps my attention it keeps me sane as i do the same few dungeons over and over again

[Gyson]

I recall him talking about a flying Sleipnir (and primal ponies) early on in Heavensward. I think I'm more frustrated at the speed at which the turtle mount was given flight, and almost as a joke. Especially when you consider and compare the bang for the buck in resources spent on that endeavor. A lot of those horses would share the same animation and only require a particle effect swap.

[Arixtotle]

I was actually surprised that it didn't fly at the release of the expansion. Yoshi-P said in the E3 live letter that it would fly in Stormblood. I guess he meant in the 4.X series.

[Fonkyama]

When turtles and wolves are flying, it's about time a God's horse flies too.

[JohidenWolf]

I am still glad I purchased it when it was on sale. Hopefully it will be able to fly soon, they could have just forgot about it.

[Burak]

Yoshi-P said once, Sleipnir will fly, so I guess that the Devs will realize it soon.

In the Lore, Sleipnir is an eight-legged Horse, which can run at the Ground, the Air and in the Water.
I hope it will get in the flying/diving Animation the eight legs.

[JunseiKei]

Slightly off-topic, but did he say the same about the primal ponies?

No.

Source.

・デブチョコボも空を飛べる。あるクエストをクリアすることで飛べるように。
・アーリマンやボム、蛮神馬マウントも飛ぶ。まずは麒麟が飛べるように？
・グゥーブー等も皆の声が大きければ飛べるようになるかも？

The text in red is the main line in question. It refers to kirin as a barbarian horse, then asking 'can it fly?' in a joking manner. For some reason, people disconnected the context. This is the only mention of horse/steed I can find. Other interviews mention Ahriman, Kirin, Bomb Palanquin, and Logistics System, but not once did they mention multiple horseS.

Unless you have other interviews that are from the source; I'd be willing to look at those. (I'm also looking for one that mentions the tank mounts flying.)

[SicariusSeven]

I bought it before flying was introduce because I wanted a mount that wasn't a chocobo. Now I have the flying Ice Wolf. Really I don't mind if it did fly cause I have the mount randomizer on one of my bars. It would be interesting to see it fly for sure!