Why is SDS Fenrir allowed to exist as it is?

[Gyson]

Mind you, this isn't a post made out of jealousy, I own the mount, I'm just curious.

Why is something so obviously pay-to-win allowed to exist? Are the devs okay with this, or are they just oblivious?

For those who don't know: The SDS Fenrir shop mount runs at top speed even when you don't have riding maps, eliminating any need for players to get the maps if they own this mount (while also limiting them to only using that mount). It's a lose-lose situation both ways, and makes the game look bad imo. Pay to win elements shouldn't exist, even if you think movespeed 'isn't a big deal', eliminating the need for people to do the riding map unlocks is a pretty big thing I think.

The bike has been around for a while, long before it was added to the Mogstation. Originally the developers were against adding it into the game because they didn't like how odd it looked when traveling at the standard mount speed (which, for a long time, was the only mount speed that existed).

When additional ground speeds for mounts were eventually introduced, the idea of allowing the bike in was revisited, and apparently the developers liked how it paired with the advanced ground speed because they finally added it into the game at that point (while making the advanced ground speed its base movement speed).

Essentially, I don't think the bike would have ever been released with the slower speed. At least, that's the direction things seemed to be going. So, it was either going to be a fast bike, or no bike at all.

It should be no surprise that a fair portion of the community was begging for the bike.

[Acquaintance]

Consider never having the full comprehension of leaving Midgar, duplicating Knights of the Round, or acquiring a Gold Chocobo. The hardest of the hardest taking your best bruh for some TLC time at the Saucer. Donate plasma. Save a life and own your own SDS Fenrir.

[Henchman284]

The only issue i have with the SDS Fenrir mount is when your up in the air and you scroll out to see yourself on the mount flying, i don't know about anyone else, but i sure as hell dont need big flames and smoke in my face blocking the view. They could just get rid of the smoke and have to where you barely see the flames, or just NOT HAVE IT AT ALL.

[Alleluia]

Honestly, necroing a thread from 2 years ago.

Every few months this comes up but again labelling it as p2w is disingenuous at best.

You dont win anything, it doesn’t help you beat the game, it’s a luxurious convenience and that’s all. You can have the same convenience with every mount by putting in just a little extra work.

That’s it. No need to rehash the same topics every other month for no reason.

^What she said.

[Ravenblade1979]

Mind you, this isn't a post made out of jealousy, I own the mount, I'm just curious.

Why is something so obviously pay-to-win allowed to exist? Are the devs okay with this, or are they just oblivious?

For those who don't know: The SDS Fenrir shop mount runs at top speed even when you don't have riding maps, eliminating any need for players to get the maps if they own this mount (while also limiting them to only using that mount). It's a lose-lose situation both ways, and makes the game look bad imo. Pay to win elements shouldn't exist, even if you think movespeed 'isn't a big deal', eliminating the need for people to do the riding map unlocks is a pretty big thing I think.

You complain about that but forget that once you finish praetorium in main scenario that you unlock flying in arr zones making any ground mount speed moot lol. Who cares if someone got a slightly speedier mount. What advantage do they have? It's not like there isn't a huge amount of mounts in the game.

[DixieBellOCE]

Mind you, this isn't a post made out of jealousy, I own the mount, I'm just curious.

Why is something so obviously pay-to-win allowed to exist? Are the devs okay with this, or are they just oblivious?

For those who don't know: The SDS Fenrir shop mount runs at top speed even when you don't have riding maps, eliminating any need for players to get the maps if they own this mount (while also limiting them to only using that mount). It's a lose-lose situation both ways, and makes the game look bad imo. Pay to win elements shouldn't exist, even if you think movespeed 'isn't a big deal', eliminating the need for people to do the riding map unlocks is a pretty big thing I think.

I mean, there is nothing competitive about the story, hence there is no pay to win.

If it moved faster in PVP it would be pay to win.

I would consider it more 'Pay for convenience' which i really don't have an issue with. considering once the 20 hours storyline is over and done with, its just a $20 mount that has no real use.