Any talk about them doing away with Aether Currents for flight

[Badmethod]

Dear Square. Please ignore the op's request. He can ground mount anywhere he wants to in this game if he is not willing to play the game as intended. Thank you.

[NanaWiloh]

If they do away with Aether currents then you more then likely have to wait until max level to fly. They are not just going to hand you flying right out the door.

[Stormfur]

I don't mind them, but I hate ones that are like up on a ledge, where you don't know how to get up there and you don't realize until later that you'll get access to that part eventually.

[Canadane]

I like the currents.
They make people go see how nice the scenery is before they fly over it forever forgetting it exists.

[Vickii]

I don’t mind them because it’s content I will do anyway. I do all the sidequests.

Should it be a requirement? Probably not. But there should be a reward for doing the quests and ‘completing’ the zone beyond the standard xp and white gear.

If I remember WoW used to give achievements for this.

[Vickii]

I don't mind them, but I hate ones that are like up on a ledge, where you don't know how to get up there and you don't realize until later that you'll get access to that part eventually.

Yes! Mord Souq!

[Malia_Chan]

I was very happy to see when they added flight to the MC they didn’t require you to do pointless aether currents hunting. I think it’s just a pointless process meant to extend your time doing pointless things. The only people I can defending them are a minority of hardcore players aka the former Everquest m, FFXI fans you know people who like DKP and requiring a party of people to fight bats and rats.

I am not a masochist.

Please do away with them or at least remove it from the next expansion but leave it maybe as an old outdated mechanic that people thank god is no longer in use (Hopefully)

No. Keep them in previous and future expansions. It encourages EXPLORATION.

[Vahlnir]

No. Keep them in previous and future expansions. It encourages EXPLORATION.

Some people in this thread though are like



And I just don't get it. My brain refuses to comprehend this. This is one of the easiest activities to do in the game. lol

[ZedxKayn]

But like, the zones are so empty and uninteresting, what is there to explore.

In smaller but busier zones like ARR's, why not sure, but aether currents are just so boring to do only because there is nothing to see.

[Awha]

Some people in this thread though are like



And I just don't get it. My brain refuses to comprehend this. This is one of the easiest activities to do in the game. lol

Think it has more to do with it being busy work and generally people dislike busy work.

Though that is the nature of an MMO