Poll: lets say they implement the mounts

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Originally Posted by Claire_Pendragon

Magitek.
That is the only transportation I accept.

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i never played 6 but wth is everyone obsession with magitek?
ive seen pictures of it from 6 and to me the name is cooler than anything else about it

BLM. Ahriman. Nuff said.

Let's say they don't. Thank you.

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Originally Posted by Dreadnought

i never played 6 but wth is everyone obsession with magitek?
ive seen pictures of it from 6 and to me the name is cooler than anything else about it

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Nostalgia, mainly.

It seems one of the viewpoints going around pertaining to FFXIV is that
1) things FF has done before (whether it's once or in every iteration) is wonderful
2) new things that FF wants to try is horrible and doesn't belong in the franchise

Unfortunately, this kind of view will only server to stagnate the growth of the franchise.

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Originally Posted by Inaaca

Nostalgia, mainly.

It seems one of the viewpoints going around pertaining to FFXIV is that
1) things FF has done before (whether it's once or in every iteration) is wonderful
2) new things that FF wants to try is horrible and doesn't belong in the franchise

Unfortunately, this kind of view will only server to stagnate the growth of the franchise.

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i see.
i dont mind magitek but i was sort of thrown off by the amount of people wanting it. even my friend who hasnt played a FF since 7 has mentioned he loves magitek
either way as long as i have more than just a chocobo to travel on in the future then im happy

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Originally Posted by Inaaca

Nostalgia, mainly.

It seems one of the viewpoints going around pertaining to FFXIV is that
1) things FF has done before (whether it's once or in every iteration) is wonderful
2) new things that FF wants to try is horrible and doesn't belong in the franchise

Unfortunately, this kind of view will only server to stagnate the growth of the franchise.

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NO! It's called consistency and makes the world more believable and helps immersion. Chocobos are bred to be mounts not Gobbues or Ahriman. I like the lore as it is, no need to mess with it.

I don't see how the franchise can stagnate by making the iconic chocobo that everyone loves the only mount.

Innovation and progress builds on a well established base. That base is the lore of FF and need not to be changed to grow.

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Originally Posted by Mairuzu

http://www.ffxivorigin.com/content/a...776-tarbh-jpg/

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I sense a carpool-joke coming up...

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Originally Posted by Skyrant_Kangaroomouse

NO! It's called consistency and makes the world more believable and helps immersion. Chocobos are bred to be mounts not Gobbues or Ahriman. I like the lore as it is, no need to mess with it.

I don't see how the franchise can stagnate by making the iconic chocobo that everyone loves the only mount.

Innovation and progress builds on a well established base. That base is the lore of FF and need not to be changed to grow.

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becasuse your wrong.
magitek mounts only existed in 1 out of 14 games and all of its spin off games if i just read correctly (reading up on it now).

sure chocobos are the only animal mount i was able to freely ride on, but Shoopuffs are a perfect example that Chocobos are not the only animals bred to be mounts whatsoever in the franchise.
if you want to talk about consistancy then why not the entire aesthetic of the game? XI and XIV are two games out of 14 that look nothing like the rest of the entire franchise.

i absolutely agree though that flying mobs and Gobbues should not at all be mounts, they just dont make much sense. Gobbues are clunky bipeds, since when would that make a suitable mount?

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Originally Posted by Dreadnought

becasuse your wrong.
magitek mounts only existed in 1 out of 14 games and all of its spin off games if i just read correctly (reading up on it now).

sure chocobos are the only animal mount i was able to freely ride on, but Shoopuffs are a perfect example that Chocobos are not the only animals bred to be mounts whatsoever in the franchise.
if you want to talk about consistancy then why not the entire aesthetic of the game? XI and XIV are two games out of 14 that look nothing like the rest of the entire franchise.

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Hey now, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
Though, I kinda agree with you. Chocobos aren't the only mounts in FF. Magitech could work but I don't think it fits in the current world we are in. Maybe after 2.0. We will have to see.

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Originally Posted by Skyrant_Kangaroomouse

NO! It's called consistency and makes the world more believable and helps immersion. Chocobos are bred to be mounts not Gobbues or Ahriman. I like the lore as it is, no need to mess with it.

I don't see how the franchise can stagnate by making the iconic chocobo that everyone loves the only mount.

Innovation and progress builds on a well established base. That base is the lore of FF and need not to be changed to grow.

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I realize I made the point in this thread about mounts, but my post was really addressing the overall concept that keeping things the same all the time without creating new elements can stagnate a franchise. I wasn't really referring to mounts or FFXIV specifically with that statement, even though it does apply.

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Originally Posted by Bowen

Hey now, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
Though, I kinda agree with you. Chocobos aren't the only mounts in FF. Magitech could work but I don't think it fits in the current world we are in. Maybe after 2.0. We will have to see.

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yeah im not trying to go against any opinions, im just stating what i know to be fact in the FF universe.

when i first saw that vid i was extatic that we were gonna have other animal mounts. but then i saw the amount of them and which ones they were.
that right there is when things start to get a little generic and diluted and starts to loose identity in my opinion.

Yoshi really throws my off some times. hes totally against gender rerolls at 2.0 because its lol "too shocking" to him yet it makes perfect sense to tame and ride bat winged heads and clunky bipeds? thats some major inconsistant thinking in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Dreadnought

yeah im not trying to go against any opinions, im just stating what i know to be fact in the FF universe.

when i first saw that vid i was extatic that we were gonna have other animal mounts. but then i saw the amount of them and which ones they were.
that right there is when things start to get a little generic and diluted and starts to loose identity in my opinion.

Yoshi really throws my off some times. hes totally against gender rerolls at 2.0 because its lol "too shocking" to him yet it makes perfect sense to tame and ride bat winged heads and clunky bipeds? thats some major inconsistant thinking in my opinion.

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Oooh I got an Idea about that!
Meteor crashes and everyone dies!
SOOOOOOOOO we can be reborn into a new body (*Or something*)

on subject.

magitek aside, id prefer them focus on current Chocobos for the time being and not release any other animal mounts until theyve created a whole new animal mount, not current mobs.

Honestly I don't know.. Depends on if we get a nice story quest to give reason to the mob being loyal to you..
Actually I wouldn't mind a Drake (while/gray plz lol).. Given we have seen them domesticated by the Amal'jaa.

But overall I'm still against it for the most part :p

I'd like a drake.
As Esk said I hope they give us a quest for get the mount, not just that it appears of nothing.
Btw I dont think that implement some mob mounts (not every mob in the game) just for ppl who stay all the way til 2.0 will make FF a wowclone, cause all the other new players will ride a choco, and the dev team can make chocos more important than the mob mounts with breeding.

I want to ride two sluts, although this might be WoWtinize the game for some people because FF franchise doesn't let you rides sluts.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/image.../06/shiva1.jpg

for my post, I wasn't being serious when I said "Magitek only"
I would probably favor it over any mounts, but that aside.
I should tell you Magitek armor has been in XIV from the beginning, when you 1st hear about Garlamed.
So if you think they should or should not work on it, would be stupid to mention how Galrean soldiers devastate their opponents using Magitek armor, and never actually show it in any fights.

I'm opposed to Arihman or Goobues solely because of (1) arihman can't fly with something so heavy on them, and the evil thing. (2) goobues shouldn't be so easy to tame, along side the tiny legs not being a good means of travel.

I am however, in favor of a unique FFXIV only mount as well. (along side Chocobo customization.)

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Originally Posted by Majidah

Which one are you getting?

Vote this one for an ahriman

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If it's a arcane or some sort of undead mob, please don't make a mount from it!

I should be something associating with beast-master so why stop at Gobbue? Here's one for the giant crabs! v ^.^ v

are those ladys in pretty princesses sig an option?

We meed a PvP server so I can damn well murder every single Gobbue riding fool I see.

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Originally Posted by ellohwell

We meed a PvP server so I can damn well murder every single Gobbue riding fool I see.

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Heh, sorry, had to do a double take. I see your lvl 1 CRP is up to the task.

Personally I think Final Fantasy is fine without random mounts, in my opinion Chocobos are the only necessary mount for an FF game unless the new mount is like a robot similar to FF6 or something which I still think is a little over the top for an MMO.

As for these monster mounts I can't agree with it, if they want to add more why not just include Chocobo breeding again, Chocobo mini games like Chocobo racing so forth or put more effort into the mount idea and come up with something original, not something that's already a monster in the game.

They could also make Chocobo gear that adds customisable looks and stats to your Chocobo.
For example gear could improve your Chocobos speed and have difforent armour looks to it.
Another thing obviously more Chocobo types could be added, blue, green, black even gold. They could make the Gold Chocobo there flying mount like in FF9. There is already so much they can do with Chocobos I don’t see a purpose in adding random crap, like a flying eye LOL... yea it's funny but come on really, it's a mob ffs XD.

Another thing that worries me is the lag these giant mounts might cause, if everyone is riding around or standing around the same place with GIANT Monsters all over the joint won't that cause mass lag and create all kinds of annoying problems for people. Not to mention it would probably look really dumb having all those monsters that are supposed to be enemies randomly becoming kiddie rides all of a sudden.... I dunno I don't agree with it, to me it just seems dumb lol.

Leave the random spastic mounts to wow games and keep the awesome Chocobo theme for Final Fantasy, if you don’t like it go play wow or rift or what ever else has random mounts.

I don’t want to work hard to get a flying eye or GUBU I want to work hard on making my Chocobo Awsome!

As for the Jump, YAY Jump! ^^b

http://images.wikia.com/ffxi/images/...re_Dhalmel.gif

you knew it was coming

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Originally Posted by Vandark

Personally I think Final Fantasy is fine without random mounts, in my opion Chocobos are the only necessary mount for an FF game. If they want to add more why not just include Chocobo breeding again, Chocobo mini games like Chocobo racing so forth.

Make Chocobo gear adding a customisable aspect to your Chocobo.
For example gear could improve your Chocobos speed so forth and more Chocobo types could be added, blue, green, black even gold. They could make the Gold Chocobo there flying mount like in FF9. There is already so much they can do with Chocobos I don’t see a purpose in adding random crap

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They ARE adding chocobo breeding, colors, physical differences, abilities, equipment/armor, and combat capability... All that is happening regardless. Chocobos aren't getting replaced as the pinnacle mount at all. Chances are they'll also remain the fastest form of mount.

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Originally Posted by Inaaca

They ARE adding chocobo breeding, colors, physical differences, abilities, equipment/armor, and combat capability... All that is happening regardless. Chocobos aren't getting replaced as the pinnacle mount at all. Chances are they'll also remain the fastest form of mount.

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Yea I know all that but still... LOL I just think it's a bit random and not really takeing the right direction. I guess it could still be fun for some people.

Provideing the mounts were just a fun thing and didn't over take the chocobos in any way then I guess it's ok, but there is still the lag issue I am pritty sure in some cases it will cause.

Meh I will always asume the people on random mounts are EX wow players hahaha

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Originally Posted by Dhalmel

http://images.wikia.com/ffxi/images/...re_Dhalmel.gif

you knew it was coming

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Indeed

I couldn't help but laugh a crap load when I saw this and had to show you this old Screenshot of my FFXI character with a dead Dahmel on his head.

http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/...809160339a.jpg

Upsidedown mount >.>

I asked a goobue what it thought about possibly being a mount, its response was

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...iv/Gooblol.png

Then it hit me.

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Originally Posted by Vandark

Yea I know all that but still... LOL I just think it's a bit random and not really takeing the right direction. I guess it could still be fun for some people.

Provideing the mounts were just a fun thing and didn't over take the chocobos in any way then I guess it's ok, but there is still the lag issue I am pritty sure in some cases it will cause.

Meh I will always asume the people on random mounts are EX wow players hahaha

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Funny you should say this. I've never played wow, and I think riding other mounts would be a fun option. If you ask me, customization options, whether it be mounts or otherwise, is something that an MMO can never have too much of. I think sometimes people get a little too uptight and just need to relax and give the game some freedom to grow.

I can't really speak to the specifics of lag or anything, but I seriously doubt that Yoshi or the rest of the team are overlooking something like this. They're smarter than that, and they're aware of hardware/software limitations. It may even be a non-issue to begin with.

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Originally Posted by Griss

I asked a goobue what it thought about possibly being a mount, its response was

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...iv/Gooblol.png

Then it hit me.

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Coolest mount ever. :P Love these guys.

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Originally Posted by Inaaca

I can't really speak to the specifics of lag or anything, but I seriously doubt that Yoshi or the rest of the team are overlooking something like this. They're smarter than that, and they're aware of hardware/software limitations. It may even be a non-issue to begin with.

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It depends how many people use these mounts and are around the same places, no matter what a group of something as large as a Goobue is going to add the chance of increased lag or load time. In curtain situations it could be a really annoying issue for some people, of course not everyone will be effected by this.
In every other mmo I've played that had large mounts it's always been a problem lag wise. I just fear with FFXIVs graphics it could be an even larger issue. Oh well, we will just have to wait and see.

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Originally Posted by Vandark

It depends how many people use these mounts and are around the same places, no matter what a group of something as large as a Goobue is going to add the chance of increased lag or load time. In curtain situations it could be a really annoying issue for some people, of course not everyone will be effected by this.
In every other mmo I've played that had large mounts it's always been a problem lag wise. I just fear with FFXIVs graphics it could be an even larger issue. Oh well, we will just have to wait and see.

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Lag? Really? If your system can take an Ixali camp it can take a Goobbue.

i'm just wondering how are you "WoWtizing" a game when you're using xiv's lore and bestiary for mount options? lol


oh PS: For the argument earlier about "why magitek" "it was only in one final fantasy" actually it was in two, XIV. Magitek theme and usage has been in way before Yoshi took over. Just sayin...

I want to ride a Nidhogg

I'm seriously surprised that the drake is beating the gobbue

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Originally Posted by Majidah

I'm seriously surprised that the drake is beating the gobbue

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You shouldn't be, the gobbue looks goofy, silly and not as cool as a drake.

Heheh, I love the goobbue's wobbly arms. To me the goobbue has more personality than most mobs out there, and that's what draws me to it, personally.

To each their own though, of course. :)

I still dont even get the point of monster mounts. They dont DO anything, they dont LOOK good, they take up development time... did I miss the memo or something?

Will we be able to battle them? Are they going to NOT look so stupid in the future?

Totally dont get it.

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Originally Posted by ellohwell

I still dont even get the point of monster mounts. They dont DO anything, they dont LOOK good, they take up development time... did I miss the memo or something?

Will we be able to battle them? Are they going to NOT look so stupid in the future?

Totally dont get it.

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Your opinion doesn't equal fact.

A lot of people think they look great and would be fun to ride. We don't really know any details at all about them yet, but I think that alone is reason enough.

Gobbue !!!!!!

I want all three!!