I just found out that the Demi-Ozma mount was changed, and I don't like it. It does not fit the concept of the mount at all, and I'm not even sure why Squeenix felt like it needed to be changed. Before DT, Ozma would display an image of the Baldesian Arsenal, both when first summoned into it's orb mode, and when it's in its special shapes. Now it shows a Mhach image, more akin to the Ozma from Weeping City.
This makes absolutely no sense in the context of the mount. You fight Ozma in BA, and you obtain the mount from the achievement for killing that version of Ozma. It should reflect an image of the Arsenal, not Mhach. What's worse is now part of the imagery shows just a plain, empty boss platform (It appears to be Ozmashade's platform from Weeping City, without the shade.) Imo it's just an eyesore.
I got my Demi-Ozma the first week it was available. I spent countless hours working on both getting the mount and afterwards going through BA. Demi-Ozma was not just a clear reminder of the time I spent getting it and the achievement of doing so, but it's also a representation of my favorite FF (9). I'm admittedly quite salty it was changed, because it sorta dampens the representation it had.
For a before and after, here's the original post on reddit that alerted me to the change, credit to that OP:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...emiozma_mount/
And here's my own image to show just how much the empty platform now takes up in the new version of the imagery:
https://i.imgur.com/81nBFC8.png
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06-29-2024, 03:44 AMNakiraDemi-Ozma mount's graphic was changed. Please change it back.
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06-29-2024, 04:01 AMGrizzlyTank
Strange change?
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06-29-2024, 04:03 AMAvaloniaFallen
I didn't spend days of my life in Eureka and BA to commemorate Mhach; here's hoping they change it back soon because who even wanted this????
Edit: you should submit a bug report, because while I'm sure this was intentional by someone, I can't imagine it was discussed or greenlit by that many people since it's such a bizarre and unwanted change. -
07-02-2024, 02:09 PMSiritachi31
Honestly I really really hope this gets reverted. I fought hard in Eureka to earn my spot in the raid and even harder to earn that mount. It is a representation of the work and especially time required to get it. Showing Mhach doesn't even make sense as we are literally riding the Ozma from BA, it's not even a Mhach creation but Eureka's so it should represent where you find it
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07-02-2024, 03:35 PMHeavenchild
Oh no. D :
I really don't like that change. -
07-03-2024, 02:18 PMNakiraMainly posting an update, in relation to the bug report suggested: I didn't submit one because someone beat me to it before I could, and I didn't want to make a duplicate. It was then marked as insufficient information, which was kinda odd because they were pretty detailed and I didn't feel like there was really anything more you could mention. There's a new bug report for it now that's gone untouched.Quote:
Originally Posted by AvaloniaFallen
However, I did find an accepted bug for it on the JP forum, so it does appear to be a confirmed bug. Whether or not they actually fix it...that's another story :/ I still have a bug report I made years ago that was accepted but never fixed lmao. Hopefully tho we get back our BA Ozma! -
07-04-2024, 04:28 PMplasmacutter"accepted" just means a proper format.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nakira
Confirmed/will fix is what you're after.
Until it's on THAT list it's not on the radar. -
07-04-2024, 05:05 PMLillyWandsworth
It's a mount you got in Eureka, it should have Eureka imagery to swap to Weeping City is so weird.