Will we ever have a 'Bestiary'?

[rachcouture]

Would be a nice addition to the new 'Collection' feature. Maybe not practical, but then again, fluff features are kind of FFXIV's thing.

[Espritduo]

Main reason I would want one besides it being a collector's dream is to view enemy models. Kill an enemy type, unlock its model in the bestiary - fully rotatable, fully resizable, and you can even see it do its different animations. Far too often cool enemy designs are wasted in this game cuz you just can't see the darn things through all the attack animations and general chaos of battle.

[manamoppet]

Would be a nice addition to the new 'Collection' feature. Maybe not practical, but then again, fluff features are kind of FFXIV's thing.

Main reason I would want one besides it being a collector's dream is to view enemy models. Kill an enemy type, unlock its model in the bestiary - fully rotatable, fully resizable, and you can even see it do its different animations. Far too often cool enemy designs are wasted in this game cuz you just can't see the darn things through all the attack animations and general chaos of battle.

I like these and the OP. Maybe they could merge it with new hunting logs (as research paper collections?) by delivering monster samples/drops to a researcher, e.g. in the Cabinet of Curiosity, or to a researcher sent from Sharlayan?

When ARR was in beta, I tried suggesting on the forum for the beta that they implement a Libra/Scan thing like in FFX-2, not sure if they tried, but some of it ended up as a mobile app that they later removed...