Wryvern done right

I really don't get all this want for a wyvern for Dragoon. XI was the only Final Fantasy that did this and the lore is that the Dragoon drew their power from it, with the quest explaining that it was a dangerous exchange that could potentially corrupt the Dragoon. In XIV the Dragoon draws their power from Nidhogg's eye, plucked from the wyrm's head by the first Dragoon. Dragoons use Nidhogg's own power to hunt and kill dragons. They don't need a wyvern because they got the best thing after the next five best things, the power of a wyrm! And Dragoons normally server Ishgard, who religiously hunt dragons in all shapes and forms. Religiously. A wyvern as a Job feature makes no sense. Now, a wyvern mount or minion, that I can get behind.

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Originally Posted by Tharian

problem with your idea Gardes is that we aren't likely to get the level cap increased until Version 3.0. We only just got Version 2.28. We still have to go through versions 2.3 to 2.99 yet before they even consider releasing version 3.0. That could be over a year now before that happens.

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Doesn't necessarily go upto 2.99 before 3.0. 3.0 could as easily come after 2.5 which is probably going to be last part of CT finishing the coil/CT story.

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Originally Posted by Rowe

That's the problem as Yoshi said if they make it so you can use a wyvern without the limitations imposed on a companion then they have to nerf dragoon to balance out the game.

I'd rather have a wyvern as a companion than a big yellow chicken. I'd rather not have a wyvern if they weaken dragoon as a result.

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You don't talk about chocobos like that!

But I like minions..

I think a wyvern would need to be treated as a pet, and DRG would need to be nerfed to make up for it. If it were a companion, they'd be expected to update SMN, SCH, and ACN so that they can also strengthen their pets as companions.

Hopefully DRGs just get their own unique mount, a wyvern. I think each job should eventually get a class-specific mount.

Call Wyvern: Instant
HP same 70% of Dragoons.
Has it's own system.
Gains the same benefit when the Dragoon actives Life-surge, Blood for Blood, Bloodbath, and Inner Release.

Has 3 stances and 4 abilities per stance 4th is a shared. Soul Surge incapacitates the wyvern pet to give a bonus to your Jump ability. Yes taking pleasure on beating your own pet grants you benefits. Good thing there's no laws against pet abuse in Eorzea.

Melee stance: Auto-Attack Damage 30 potency. Every 5 auto-attacks it uses one of the following abilities.
Tail whip 120 potency
Firefang 100 potency: Additional effect: Damage over time. Potency 20 seconds duration 12 seconds. (wyvern latches itself on to the enemy during this ability)
Levinshower: Breath Lightning on enemies in a frontal cone. Potency 105.
Soul Surge: Bonus: Critical Landing. Your Jump is a guaranteed crit.

Caster Stance: Casts its abilities doesn't auto-attack. Will tend to stay mid-range and auto adjust itself after casting an ability to avoid cleaves.
Frost Breath: Single Target 120 potency 2 second cast
Fireball: Target AoE 100 potency 3 second cast
Bubonic Cloud: Create a pulsating orb of Lightning on a target. Potency 50 duration 10 seconds.
Soul Surge: Bonus: Ring of Frost. Delivers a jumping frost-based attack with a potency of 170 to all nearby enemies. Additional affect: leaves a sheet of ice that deals damage and gives slow 20% to enemies.

Healer/Support Stance. Casts it's healing abilities. Attaches itself to someone like a minion would for benefits.
Healing Breath: Frontal Cone: 150 potency. 5 second cast.
Fetch: Can recover bodies outside of the battlefield. Takes 20 seconds. 2 minute cooldown. (Can bring people in that don't make it in time for a fight and are locked out. Can also be used to return dead bodies to the battle field. Works on fights like Titan. Does not work on fights like Leviathan.)
Bravery: Increases someone determination.
Soul Surge: Bonus: High Jump. When you jump you take up to the sky for 3 seconds before landing. Helps avoid abilities like landslide, cyclops tonze swing, etc. More dps less moving.

I'd hate it if I was forced to use a pet as my DRG. There's a reason I don't play Summoner or Scholar.

Very much doubt it'll be a pet similar to the SMN/SCH one tbh.

And if its a skill, it'll be either shit or OP for the first few days and then nerfed into the ground via long ass cd/reduced dmg or w/e.

All I want tbh is a kick-ass dragon mount :(

Something like this:

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...TTshV3pW9sl3do

Well when hybrid/support classes start making their way onto the scene, bosses will have to be made more difficult to compensate, a wyvern would be a good way to buff drg.

Please no wyvern... it hurt DRG in FFXI way too much.