About mounts - mainly Behemoth one

While I personally only really use Maggie anymore, I've never seen a problem with a variety of mounts, pets, minions, what have you. It helps everyone be a bit more unique and have more options for what they want to use. Variety is never really a bad thing for me, and at least all the mounts we have so far still fit into the look and feel of a FF game. It would be when we start getting very strange or lore-breaking mounts that I'd begin to side-eye it a bit, but despite that, I still wouldn't mind more mounts of all sorts. I'll use what I like, people can use what they like. Everyone's happy.

I WILL HAVE ONE MOUNT DEDICATED FOR EACH CLASS, including crafting and gathering classes and possibly separate mounts for each Job, AND YOU WILL NOT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME!! >_<

I wish they had made non-chocobo mounts really rare, and had 10x the variety of bardings for individuality. Just my preference though.

I am looking forward to it. One more month to go!

But I will admit that it'll be better if you can get it via beating the behemoth FATE or some kinda of quest

I like the Behemoth Mount. However, I prefer to ride atop a Fire Drake.

i want a twintania/wyvern mount.
nothing else matters.

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Originally Posted by Gramul

Well luckily the people of Eorzea have the decency to keep mounts outside of towns.

Aside: I would rather win these mounts and minions from something more than just having a subscription up for a long time.

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Confusing decency with lack of reason to use a mount, or maybe you were making a joke about how actual towns block mounts... who knows.

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Originally Posted by AjoraOak

Confusing decency with lack of reason to use a mount, or maybe you were making a joke about how actual towns block mounts... who knows.

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I'm thinking about sanitation conditions. Chocobos poop. A lot.

chocodiaper barding, I'd only worry about the king behemoth droppings though personally.

I personally like the Behemoth mount, and I use it on my main class only. Can't wait to get my Drake mount though from doing dailies. I've been waiting since launch (well, 2.0 launch I should say) for it to arrive :P It's smaller than I imagined but I still like it.

i would have preferred the chocobo system from xi, you would need to breed them and you would get a random color and some were rare, I don't like having too many mounts, feels like a circus. one thing that I didn't like is that they brought horses into the game...

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Originally Posted by elreed

i would have preferred the chocobo system from xi, you would need to breed them and you would get a random color and some were rare, I don't like having too many mounts, feels like a circus. one thing that I didn't like is that they brought horses into the game...

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I hope they bring that sort of system back or something similar but minus the 30 day wait.

Personally the development time they spend into rigging our characters to ride whatever clawed and toothed beast we should have a powerfull respect for, should have been spent on allowing us to customize our chocobos with gear and other physical enhanchments.

But you know, GOTTA RIDE DAT GOOBUE GUYS!

Sometimes it's not about immersion but the game keeping some dignity.

What I hope I see they do next time they add a "boss mount" to the game is add more or less a downgraded smaller sized version that is actually different from the boss itself, something that doesn't make it look as high and mighty as they boss but merely a sign that you were able to master that difficult fight and now you get as a reward its lesser form, that'd be awesome.

But yes, Behemoth as a mount is a BAD idea... Not that I wouldn't mind riding one but still BAD.

Well its not that I envy those with behemoth mounts but well OP has just made a point. To bring the great behemoth so low until as a mount is kind of ironic. Behemoth wind-up minion is fine cause its cute haha.

I wonder instead of just having Chocobo as our fighting companion, I wished they implement more varieties and Behemoth is surely one of the most wanted list. I hope that they can actually put up more variety to the companion system.

I want a Snow mount... make that happen.

>.>

No, I really don't like tons of mounts and vanity pets running around... it looks like a zoo, and imo just makes the environment look like a cluttered kiddie mess.

I like how EQ 2 would let you place a lot of these pets and stuff in your house. They become house pets... and a form of trophy. I really liked that system.

I guess that would require us to have personal houses... that we could afford.

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Originally Posted by elreed

i would have preferred the chocobo system from xi, you would need to breed them and you would get a random color and some were rare, I don't like having too many mounts, feels like a circus. one thing that I didn't like is that they brought horses into the game...

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http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/C...nal_Fantasy%29

Just being true to Final Fantasy is all they're doing.

Mama finally came for Baby Behemoth Minion...

Liked what she saw...

Decided to stick around....

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Originally Posted by ApolloGenX

I want a Snow mount... make that happen.

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Still waiting for my Kimarhi Ronso Mount XD

I want an Ultima mount!

can i have a minfilia mount please? :3

I second the minfilia mount idea.

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Originally Posted by Vicar

black, polar, grizzly and kodiak to name a few that could easily carry man, but we don't see people riding them either irl?

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http://i.imgur.com/kyx3aFg.jpg

Don't have Behe mount yet but I love my Drake mount. Needed a change from Coeurl and Choco for a while.

I would like to see maybe a movement speed increase if you have the correct sort of mount for each zone.

Drake being cold blooded (I assume) wouldn't be as fast in Coerthas than he would in Thanalan...or maybe I am thinking too much.

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Originally Posted by Zaels

To be fair, I don't exactly think the "majority" asked for a Behemoth mount in particular. The majority probably isn't bothered by it, but that's not the point. If we'd have gotten a completely different mount, they'd most likely be just as satisfied.

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Exactly this
I wanted a Bahamut mount, not a Behemoth mount. He is ugly.
I hope we can get a Bahamut mount with finishing Coil 25

Anyone recall why SE said they chose to go with the smaller egi type summons instead of larger ones? Was it something about them being too large or something? Seems to me this new mount is bigger then half the summons you could get in FFXI.

the Behemot is the worst ever mount I have got to see around...that thing is just ..hiddeous !!

I dont care either ways if people want mounts or not, they should only be pets, except for 'bos. They shouldnt have any part in game other then moving from place A to B and please keep those out of town and not more then one pet/mount at a time for one toon out.

Mei

Does it matter anyway? There's precious little content where mounts are useful in any event.

People port to gather points and queue for DF anywhere.

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Originally Posted by Drako

Anyone recall why SE said they chose to go with the smaller egi type summons instead of larger ones? Was it something about them being too large or something? Seems to me this new mount is bigger then half the summons you could get in FFXI.

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Requires too much aether to summon the actual summon.

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Originally Posted by Vicar

What's even worse is, if I understood correctly, we're given welfare mount for certain days of subscription which is nothing less than BEHEMOTH???

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As soon as I see someone use 'welfare' in the way you do I know you have nothing to say I want to hear because you don't have an intelligent argument, instead being happy to be condescending to others.

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Originally Posted by Drako

Anyone recall why SE said they chose to go with the smaller egi type summons instead of larger ones? Was it something about them being too large or something? Seems to me this new mount is bigger then half the summons you could get in FFXI.

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You know what the big difference is? The Behemoth (and Goobbue, for that matter) can't be used as companions. They only take up ridiculous amounts of screen real estate when it doesn't really matter at all. Now imagine having something the size of Titan constantly obstructing your vision in the middle of a boss fight. Hell, even during a trash pull that would frustrating at best.

Would be kinda like turning the camera when your fighting a Dulahan in AK I'd imagine. With just one smn, it wouldn't be a big issue I think. Plus no one would expect the summon to be 100% the size of the primal. I honestly don't care that much. I just recall them saying something kinda along the lines of what you just did. And it seemed laughable to me they would create mounts as big as they claimed was too big for summons. That's all.

Yep, the game will suffer from "Zoo-Syndrome." A common disease in MMOs these days.

This is a word I coined back on EverQuest Online Adventures. I mean, I thought it was bad then, but it was nothing compared to what we have now. In EQOA they introduced were forms, like werewolf, weregator, etc. So not only did you have shamans and druids running around as animals, you then had weres running around. The main hub city of Freeport quickly became a town full of animals and that is where I saw the issue arising.

Then came WoW and good lord. Exotic animals galore!

I agree with TC, but I don't at the same time. I admit to liking new mounts and things. But I hate walking around and seeing a bajillion mounts everywhere as well. I think I would have been fine with various Chocobos and bardings TBH. But clearly this game will be enjoying zoo-syndrome. Which has it's ups and downs for me. Sometimes it just feels liek the devs can't think of things to do and just add mounts to keep people happy. Or something. I don't know. I'd rather get new gear and bardings then mounts.

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Originally Posted by Gramul

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How come you post on the forums and dont even play the game? I mean you didnt even sub past the free trial or even have enough playtime to give out how the game should be run... You almost got 4k forum posts.. I guess the real game is on here right?

No white glove minion (Didnt pay for first month)
No Magitek mount (Didnt reach end of 2.0)
No Grand Company mount (which means you never did any main story past lv20ish)

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Originally Posted by Beetle

How come you post on the forums and dont even play the game? I mean you didnt even sub past the free trial or even have enough playtime to give out how the game should be run... You almost got 4k forum posts.. I guess the real game is on here right?

No white glove minion (Didnt pay for first month)
No Magitek mount (Didnt reach end of 2.0)
No Grand Company mount (which means you never did any main story past lv20ish)

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Eh? I play about an hour every day or so on my new character, slowly leveling my crafting and gathering jobs along my gladiator. I'm nearing level 30 with him. He's the one with all the 2.0 stuff.

I also have a 50 legacy I don't use anymore. I just keep him as my main here because posting restrictions based on level are dumb.

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Originally Posted by Reyno

That aside, any concept of immersion is tossed aside in this game. This evident by the fact that according to the WHM job quest there is only ONE SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE WHM IN EORZEA!!. Yet, well...you know where this is going....

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Well White Magic is used in a very similar way to the primals (user sucks aether from the world to use for his/her own). It\\'s one of the most dangerous forms of magic in the wrong hands, and it even caused the 6th Umbral Era when it was overused. Given the mentality of some of the players here, I would hope there wouldn\\'t be more than 1 special snowflake using it :P

Regarding the topic at hand, while I do agree having all these weird mounts kinda violates the FF universe, my biggest problem is how damn bulky some of these mounts are. It is incredibly annoying trying to interact with other players and having 3-4 people in the Magiteck Armor or Behemoth mount jumping all over you.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

Personally the development time they spend into rigging our characters to ride whatever clawed and toothed beast we should have a powerfull respect for, should have been spent on allowing us to customize our chocobos with gear and other physical enhanchments.

But you know, GOTTA RIDE DAT GOOBUE GUYS!

Sometimes it's not about immersion but the game keeping some dignity.

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That's exactly what I feel the problem is, they're giving too much fan service, while I hated the 1.0 storyline on how gimp, worthless and non important our character was, right now I feel that they put too much of the one and only one hero to us, same goes for mounts, If they had the chocobo system from xi with more depth like the companion system tied to it as it is right now but with more stuff to personalize and improve your chocobo performance would give the same joy to the fans than having tons of mounts and at the same time would give more dignity to the enemies in it and the brand.

I don't know about you but I don't feel behemoth so fearful after seeing lots of behemoths mounts...

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Originally Posted by Dappel

I agree with you to an extent OP.

While I'm not really concerned about my immersion, I think having stuff like the Behemoth mount and Garuda EX mount is pretty tacky. They just look stupid and scream "cash shop" to me.

Meh.

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How does the Garuda EX mount feel cash shopy? I can understand feeling that way about subscription mounts, but I like the idea of earning some vanity mounts/minions.

@.@ Don't you guys have better stuff to worry about than the amount of mounts in an online video GAME. A game for crying out loud!!!

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Originally Posted by Fran636

@.@ Don't you guys have better stuff to worry about than the amount of mounts in an online video GAME. A game for crying out loud!!!

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Nope.
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Originally Posted by Axidrain

can i have a minfilia mount please? :3

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Oh yeshhh this x100 plox!

Preferable with different kind of bardings :3