The kirin mount

Is it me or does the Kirin mount (from having all primal unicorns) look a tad bit like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGjc1qLwoSQ

P.s skip to 1 minute in.

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Originally Posted by Nevaldus

Is it me or does the Kirin mount (from having all primal unicorns) look a tad bit like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGjc1qLwoSQ

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Would probably be that Kirin actually has a fairly consistent look for being a mythical creature and that monster is just another Kirin inspired monster: google.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Would probably be that Kirin actually has a fairly consistent look for being a mythical creature and that monster is just another Kirin inspired monster: google.

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Ooo thanks for the link, now i'm going to study mythical creatures for a few hours.

Yeah except neither look anything like a cow or deer..
Somehow, everything always ends up looking like dragons :(

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Originally Posted by GenJoe

Yeah except neither look anything like a cow or deer..
Somehow, everything always ends up looking like dragons :(

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but...dragons!

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Originally Posted by Nevaldus

but...dragons!

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Yeah but if they wanted to add a dragon mount, they could've just made the Azure Dragon and keep Kirin as Kirin..
I swear.. soon we'll be seeing chocobo dragons at the rate we're going :P

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Originally Posted by GenJoe

Yeah except neither look anything like a cow or deer..
Somehow, everything always ends up looking like dragons :(

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A cow? :O a Moorin?

OP's link was technically a dragon but yeah a lot of Kirin's have a dragon look, I bet the fish scales really lended to the dragon look - along with the tiger head and people ran with that lol.

Some Kirins having dragon like qualities is actually pretty old though, can't remember when it came about but some of China's dynasties have dragon "Qilins".

Or in better words, but... dragons! :D

From "The Twelve Kingdoms"

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/...20110101160405

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/...20110101110119

http://www.darkmirage.com/blog/wp-co...unikokki04.jpg

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/...20111105043132

Don't get me wrong, I think the Kirin mount looks pretty bad ass, I'm just not a fan of how the four beasts' aesthetics always bleed in (not just FF14) and they all end up looking like some sort of dragons..

For Kirin, I would really enjoy something that looks like Haitai, like an actual land animal, maybe not as fat :P


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiezhi

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Originally Posted by Shougun

A cow? :O a Moorin?

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Well, Kirin's supposed to be a cross between cow and deer.

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Originally Posted by GenJoe

Well, Kirin's supposed to be a cross between cow and deer.

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Where? Just getting the wiki page to make sure I didn't miss something, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin .

I don't recall hearing a Kirin is based from a cow. Edit: Dragon-ish Kirin can be found at least in the Jin Dynasty 265-420 - can't remember this stuff yay wiki lol.

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Originally Posted by Felis

http://www.darkmirage.com/blog/wp-co...unikokki04.jpg

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This touched all my feels. QwQ

For this mount, they simply used the model of the most traditional way Kirin is depicted in ancient art.

https://mytanabatawish.files.wordpre...4-full-jpg.gif

Either way, I'm glad it's nowhere like FFXI's Kirin XD

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...xmd6s4pAWbBwcX

it annoys me how MHFG is Japan only ;c

Also, the new primal bismark looks like Jhen Mohran.

Bismark:
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...IV_Bismark.png
Jhen Mohran
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...enshot_006.jpg

More like the Dah'ren Mohran imo.
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...Render_001.png

It would have been amazing if the Kirin mount had turned out to be a giraffe.

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Originally Posted by Lovescake

it annoys me how MHFG is Japan only ;c

Also, the new primal bismark looks like Jhen Mohran.

Bismark:
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...IV_Bismark.png
Jhen Mohran
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...enshot_006.jpg

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You'll enjoy the latest news on this page then, western/european release may be coming.
https://www.facebook.com/MonsterHunt...estern?fref=nf

Anyone notice since the patch everyone and their dog has Kirin now. Back when I got mine it was so much more rare.

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Originally Posted by Zumi

Anyone notice since the patch everyone and their dog has Kirin now. Back when I got mine it was so much more rare.

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That's why i'm not even bothering now, i wouldn't feel like i accomplished something, like when i got the Shiva pony 2 days after it came out...then they nerfed the drop rate, then a second time...now i hate using it.

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Originally Posted by Jacost

It would have been amazing if the Kirin mount had turned out to be a giraffe.

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Now that's something I could get behind!

Accurate depiction
http://www.buquetdistributing.com/Do...BEER/kirin.jpg

Bismark looks so much like Dahren holy crap.

I Generally only buy Asahi beer so I forgot what the Kirin bottles looked like. Now that I realised that is the Kirin from the Kirin Ichiban beer bottles, I must go get one. Can I get a "Call Beer" option to go alongside with the "Call Mount" for when I get one. In fact I only just realised the Accomplishment for getting the thing was called Ichiban too.

will the kirin be flying in 3.0?

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Originally Posted by Nephera

Bismark looks so much like Dahren holy crap.

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I know right :P

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Originally Posted by nbiscuitz

will the kirin be flying in 3.0?

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Doubtfull, all mounts prior to heavensward aren't being given flying capabilities, hence why the "Black Chocobo" is an all seperate mount from your companion.

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Originally Posted by Nevaldus

Doubtfull, all mounts prior to heavensward aren't being given flying capabilities, hence why the "Black Chocobo" is an all seperate mount from your companion.

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Company Chocobo, Ceremony Chocobo, Draught Chocobo, Ahriman and Bomb Palanqin were already confirmed to be in the works to be converted into flying mounts.

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Originally Posted by Bluevann

Company Chocobo, Ceremony Chocobo, Draught Chocobo, Ahriman and Bomb Palanqin were already confirmed to be in the works to be converted into flying mounts.

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Really? then i take it back, sorry.

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Originally Posted by Nevaldus

Really? then i take it back, sorry.

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Haha, it's nothing to worry about.

Personally, I'd like Sleipnir to get wings. With it being a cash shop mount, and there still being no confirmed flying horse mounts, I think it should at the very least be brought up to par with the other new mounts. That and.... I personally find the unicorn/warhorse/elemental horse's design awful. <_< Sleipnir is certainly overbuffed, but at least his skeleton is anatomically correct for a horse >_< .... The others all have joints in the wrong places...

So yeah, if we ever come to get a flying horse, I hope it is Sleipnir/has Sleipnir's body structure! I can dream!

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Originally Posted by Nevaldus

the "Black Chocobo" is an all seperate mount from your companion.

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After watching the Benchmark, the Black Chocobo has the Chocobo Porter hat. Even though there were some scenes where it was flying with the group, I wonder if it's actually just the flying version of the Chocobo Porter.

Unless we're getting that barding... I want that hat.

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Originally Posted by Bluevann

Haha, it's nothing to worry about.

Personally, I'd like Sleipnir to get wings. With it being a cash shop mount, and there still being no confirmed flying horse mounts, I think it should at the very least be brought up to par with the other new mounts. That and.... I personally find the unicorn/warhorse/elemental horse's design awful. <_< Sleipnir is certainly overbuffed, but at least his skeleton is anatomically correct for a horse >_< .... The others all have joints in the wrong places...

So yeah, if we ever come to get a flying horse, I hope it is Sleipnir/has Sleipnir's body structure! I can dream!

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Like a dark pegasus, that would be pretty cool.