Final Fantasy XIV recently had no particularly fast ground mounts. The culprit was the PlayStation 3, which had also supported FF14 until now and held everything back with its old technology. This has changed since Update 4.0 and Stormblood.
The PlayStation 3 was to blame! It was responsible for the slow progress of the ground mounts in Final Fantasy XIV. Sony’s aging console simply could not load NPCs and other objects quickly enough when the mounts were moving too fast. Thus, the PS3 created a bottleneck that even PC and PS4 players had to endure.
Final Fantasy XIV – Finally faster mounts
But with the old party pooper PS3, it’s now definitively over in FF14. Because with the release of Stormblood and Update 4.0, the PS3 will no longer be supported by the game and will be removed. Bad for PS3 purists, but good for everyone who is slowly fed up with outdated technology.
The first result of the technological revolution is faster mounts. But more mounting performance does not come for free. Rather, you will have to earn the turbo mounts. How to do that is explained to you by the likeable Austrian YouTuber Charles in his video, which we have embedded in the following paragraph.
Final Fantasy XIV – How to improve the speed of the mounts
To obtain the fast mounts in the base game, you need a lot of Hunting Tokens from the “High Hunting” quests. In Heavensward, on the other hand, Centurio Tokens are required. Every 250 of these unlocks another level of mount speed in the chosen area. However, until you have enough tokens for all areas, you will unfortunately have to grind a lot.
This way, your ground mounts will be just as fast as flying mounts. Also note that you will receive the first mount upgrade automatically when you complete the main story quests. Those who – like Charles in the video – are already through, will receive it retroactively. By the way, for Stormblood you have to unlock nothing, you will already zoom through like the wind from the start.
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