That neurolink on the Twintania mount becomes more disturbing with each expansion
Hey,
so, as the big softie I am, I was wondering if we could maybe get a toggle for the neurolink the Twintania mount is wearing. I completely understand why it's there and it made sense to release it like this at that time. When I was a wee clueless sprout who was playing on the EU world named "Twintania" I was thrilled to see I could get a mount of the character the world is named after. The description seemed bleak but I didn't understand any of this, and at this point of the story I was in dragons were that great evil, one stole my powers, and "she'd probably eat me without it" was a semi-convincing argument for keeping the collar right where it is.
However.
(story spoilers ahead)
I kept playing and the Warrior of Light + friends managed to end the Dragonsong War and have a truce with some dragons in Heavensward.
In the Stormblood patches the big Dragon Dad came helped us out in the raids and saved our life because we've become friends (and we both hated Omega).
In the Shadowbringers patches we found a cure for tempering, could cure and free Tiamat and give her the chance to free her tempered children - at least some of them.
In Endwalker we became besties with another one from the first brood who ruled over a city, helped freeing his sister from a whole different reflection and hundreds of years of imprisonment. Hell, we even met shades from the Dragonstar on a floating remembered piece of their planet at the end of the universe - and opened a café for them nearby.
In Dawntrail Vrtra traveled over half the planet to crush some spaceships for us and the people of Tural.
Sure, some dragons might still be enthralled or very very angry at us for killing Nidhogg, and the actual Twintania got killed in the coils raid anyway, but the more I play this game, the more I feel really bad about having a dragon mount named the same way the server I am thanks to enslavement through allagan tech... It would be nice if there would be a way to remove it on an individual basis. (Individual because I'm sure some people don't mind or prefer it that way because it's still a fancy collar.)
Not sure how complex it would be on the technical side of things, but we have a savage mount that can switch between being a bird and a big snake, so the concept of having a mount with two shapes you can change back and forth is already in the game. The 3D model only needs to have the collar, the leg ring and the tail ring removed. She already has a pet action with the divebomb, so this would have to be made available for both versions, but it's possible to have multiple pet actions. The hippo cart has four of them.
I know it's not the biggest super important issue in this game right now, it's a random friendship token reward and my reason for this wish is purely sentimental. (And before anyone comments that: Yes, of course I know I can just use a different mount. :p That's exactly what I have been doing in the last years, partially because of this neurolink.)
Still, it's worth a try. :)