123013-flying-mounts

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There is no flying mounts right?
Maybe because if they add flying mounts it'll seem more like WoW?
 
I like flying mounts in MMO's what are your thoughts? :D	
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Just google wildstar flying mounts. Nuff said. There will never be flying mounts (but maybe something like gliders will)
 
And you have double jump! Thats all extra air time you need :D.
 
I would like to see being able to fly around Nexus (I mean in space) in your own spaceship. That would be great imho. But goddamit no flying on Nexus...never ever.	
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			It was mentioned early on during the beta that the devs didn't like the idea of flying mounts because they would trivialize the Explorer path. Probably the biggest of many reasons why it's a no go.	
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			No thank you.	
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There is no flying mounts right?
Maybe because if they add flying mounts it'll seem more like WoW?
 
I like flying mounts in MMO's what are your thoughts? :D
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Flying is not often used in video games, because it trivialize ground traveling. I especially loved it in Final Fantasy (the first one). Flying was the king of all travel vehicles. Thing is, it was needed as you had to travel the world back and forth and reach highly isolated places. Plus, you had to get the damn flying ship and it was no small task.
 
In a MMORPG, where the world is mostly linear, you move from zones to zones, never going back, there is little use for flight as a game mechanic. It's more a convenience to allow you to go back to previous zones and avoiding the trouble on the ground. The main problem is that the world then feels much smaller (which comes from the increase perception) and makes it harder to cross other players while traveling.
 
When you include flying, since it's just a convenience feature, you can't make it too hard to obtain. But if it's too easy to obtain, soon, everybody is in the air and not on the ground where the bulk of graphic development went. Plus, if you add more zones, then all those who have the flying ability will be able to skip ground content, so you need to disable it, only to re-enable it later, making flying a very grindy feature for no good reason other than the developers want you to see the ground before you can take flight.
 
I actually enjoy gliding more than flying in a MMORPG. It's restrictive enough to ground you the majority of your time, but still allows for a nice view and some traveling convenience.	
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There is no flying mounts right?
Maybe because if they add flying mounts it'll seem more like WoW?
 
I like flying mounts in MMO's what are your thoughts? :D
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One element that Wildstar was definitely ahead of the curve was realizing that flying = bad and not including it in the game at all. Given how Blizzard has come to that realization and eliminated flying in their latest expansion pack, that's pretty much all the proof you need to not want to include flying in the game.
 
As someone else said, gliding is super cool though. Nothing like climbing up onto something and then coasting across the zone. I wouldn't cry over something like Aviana's Feather either (blasts you into the air and then engages a glider, sort of like flying but on decent cooldown and more difficult to control).	
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Personally, I'm not really in favor of flying mounts unless they designate specific areas for flight. For instance, I would love to fly my own ship (or battlecruiser) in orbit around Nexus. :P
 
However, simply enabling flight anywhere in the open world trivializes travel and makes the world feel too small, in my opinion.	
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I agree that flight can take something away from the exporation factor of an MMO. However, it feels a little odd to not have flight as a travel power.
 
I mean from an RP perspective it's really clumsy...The cultural on the planet has not figured out a way to manage short range flight, but they have been able to implement teleportation everywhere.
 
 	
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			I think flying very limited due to two main reasons - Protostar already owns the routes and does not want competition. Also everyone has put up antiaircraft guns so you stray from your route and ... was nice knowing you. Think the taxis would shoot down any competition also :P	
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I don't really like the idea of flying mounts in general. Allowing players to fly trivialises outdoor content since players can just fly the the mob that they need to kill, this is something that blizzard became aware of and changed in their latest WoW offering.
 
I do like the idea of flying mounts in specific areas though, such as a dungeon with flying areas (maybe a jetpack item) or even a specific zone. I remember an area in Celestion where you can transform into a bird and fly around so the possibilty for flying is definitely there already..	
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It was mentioned early on during the beta that the devs didn't like the idea of flying mounts because they would trivialize the Explorer path. Probably the biggest of many reasons why it's a no go.
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			Please......just no....Wildstar is just learning to walk, no more school boy errors 	
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			yep gotta vote no on this	
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There is no flying mounts right?
Maybe because if they add flying mounts it'll seem more like WoW?
 
I like flying mounts in MMO's what are your thoughts? :D
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			I would definitely love something like a glider, though I don't want flying mounts in Wildstar.	
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I liked flying mounts in WoW. I've never been big on questing anyway, so skipping around the world didn't bother me.
 
But I haven't missed them in this game at all, and I think they would make the game less fun for people who do enjoy exploring the world.	
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Three simple rules to keep friends/make friends in a MMO.
 
1) Dont ask about religion
2) Dont ask about politics
3) Dont ask about their opinion on flying mounts.
 
Take my advice!
 
 
BUT since I am posting in a forum, I might as well give my 2p. I personally, love flying mounts. A "birds eyes" view of things makes me appreciate it more, than a closer up view on the ground.	
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A "birds eyes" view of things makes me appreciate it more, than a closer up view on the ground.
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Olivar: Interviews with Gaffney and Donatelli claim the same fears of trivialization among other things, so no it's not entirely incorrect. Either way, like I said, it was one of multiple reasons. If community feedback is the reason for no flying mounts, then so be it :) End result is still the same.
 
Incidentally, in the aforementioned interview, Mikey D did mention something about "having something way cooler in the works" instead of flying mounts. Whether or not that's still a thing, I guess we'll have to wait and see.	
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I agree that flight can take something away from the exporation factor of an MMO. However, it feels a little odd to not have flight as a travel power.
 
I mean from an RP perspective it's really clumsy...The cultural on the planet has not figured out a way to manage short range flight, but they have been able to implement teleportation everywhere.
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