Mount up for the situation!

I think it would be cool and very Final Fantasy-like if these mounts we are getting actually served a purpose for certain parts of the map. Take the Gobbue for instance. A tall mount would be great for walking in water or swampy areas. A Drake would be able to get through certain tempratures i.e. fire areas. The floating eye would assist us in getting across those small gaps we can't access.

These are obviously just examples but I think these are great ideas for the mounts coming are way. Give us a reason to use them, to obtain them. Have a purpose for them other than getting us from point A to B that we have already discovered both on foot and on Chocobo a million times. Bring significance to each new mount with a means of assisting us to get to areas we couldnt get to with a previous mount.

What does everyone think of this?

Personally I don't see the point of it, your just creating a system where these new mounts will be manditory and serve no purpose outside of their pre-designed purpose.

Then again I like being able to explore everywhere on foot instead of mounting a giant eyeball to cross a gap.

Gobbues are for dancing!
http://i.minus.com/i0dI1fwuq9iBz.gif
I know I did this earlier, but I simply can't help myself.

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Originally Posted by Bittereye

I think it would be cool and very Final Fantasy-like if these mounts we are getting actually served a purpose for certain parts of the map. Take the Gobbue for instance. A tall mount would be great for walking in water or swampy areas. A Drake would be able to get through certain tempratures i.e. fire areas. The floating eye would assist us in getting across those small gaps we can't access.

These are obviously just examples but I think these are great ideas for the mounts coming are way. Give us a reason to use them, to obtain them. Have a purpose for them other than getting us from point A to B that we have already discovered both on foot and on Chocobo a million times. Bring significance to each new mount with a means of assisting us to get to areas we couldnt get to with a previous mount.

What does everyone think of this?

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The maps in the PDF have chocobo shortcuts and shortcuts you can only do on foot. So, this wouldn't be a stretch, really.

Also, I like the idea for something relating to the gobbues or other potential mounts themselves. Extending on your suggestion, an area where there is a gobbue camp in which only they can reach. So, in order to get there you call one to assist you!

lmao where did u find that

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Originally Posted by Gramul

Gobbues are for dancing!
http://i.minus.com/i0dI1fwuq9iBz.gif
I know I did this earlier, but I simply can't help myself.

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I would really like terrain specific mounts- points for immersion. Of course, I'm also a nerd for the concept of geomancer with abilities that change based on where you're standing, weather, etc...

I would like to have the mounts like FF 7 , like some chocobos can only cross certain parts of the maps , like Rivers , lakes , etc.

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Originally Posted by Gramul

Gobbues are for dancing!
http://i.minus.com/i0dI1fwuq9iBz.gif
I know I did this earlier, but I simply can't help myself.

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That doesn't look safe at all...

They simply cannot implement what you're asking for, since Goobbue mounts are just for us pre-2.0 players. It would be completely unfair for the other people unless it were some place just for the scenery of it. But there'd be jealousy and all that rabblerabble.

So... no. Chocobos, fine. But not with Goobbues.

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Originally Posted by aikawananase

jynx your input is almost always never interesting

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Glad to know people are not allowed to have opinions. Just because I don't agree with it doesn't mean I shun it, I just don't think it would be implemented in the exact way people imagine it would.

Chances are it would end up becoming more of a chore than it sounds, a one time novelty where you say "Aww damn it was so cool I needed a goobue to cross this swamp.

Next week we will see people complaining that needing to be mounted while crossing marshes is obtuse and leaves the player unable to do ____. It's always good to note that alot of stuff sounds great on paper but doesn't translate well in implementation in the long run.

Then again...god damn them people with opinions that are different from me! I should round them all up and do something like put them in a special "Camp" maybe I'll call it...Aushwitz.

Man...Nazi puns are really out of mein kampfort zone.

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Originally Posted by Pitri

lmao where did u find that

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"made" it.
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Speaking of... theres new concept art for 2.0 grand companies:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9933/20gc.jpg

That actually looks pretty lively. /thumbs up :P

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Speaking of... theres new concept art for 2.0 grand companies:

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That looks pretty cool tbh! +1

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Thanks for the info. I'm glad to see how you feel about that. Especially since you posted the exact same thing twice in another thread. Real insight to your feelings.

On topic, it would be cool... but at the same time not so good. I don't want to be rquired to have a certain mount by a party or the general gameplay just to do something. I also think just having a diversity in the types of mounts we get is enough, let a long using one for a specific reason than riding it all the time to begin with.

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Originally Posted by Bittereye

I think it would be cool and very Final Fantasy-like if these mounts we are getting actually served a purpose for certain parts of the map. Take the Gobbue for instance. A tall mount would be great for walking in water or swampy areas. A Drake would be able to get through certain tempratures i.e. fire areas. The floating eye would assist us in getting across those small gaps we can't access.

These are obviously just examples but I think these are great ideas for the mounts coming are way. Give us a reason to use them, to obtain them. Have a purpose for them other than getting us from point A to B that we have already discovered both on foot and on Chocobo a million times. Bring significance to each new mount with a means of assisting us to get to areas we couldnt get to with a previous mount.

What does everyone think of this?

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Mount with special and unique features for exploration? Holy! Why didn't anyone think of that sooner? o_O
DEVS! STOP THE CODING! We have to restart everything and include this, it's a must have!!!

I'm serious.

Thank you very much for bringing this idea Bittereye!

Well the third option could be to get this mounts the ones who are still here before 2.0, at least one that cany be obtained after.

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Originally Posted by DeadRiser

I don't want to be rquired to have a certain mount by a party or the general gameplay just to do something.

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Who said you'd necessarily be required to by a party? Exploration is handled solo most of the time. Also, it can serve to access shortcuts and special places with lore on Eorzea or side-stories.

You are already required by parties to be X class, have Y gear and put your points in Z stats to be at the top for endgame content and Primal fights.
If you don't feel bound by that, why would you for exploration?

It's not a stupid idea, it's a great idea and that's for sure. People handle the features stupidly, there is a difference.

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Who said you'd necessarily be required to by a party? Exploration is handled solo most of the time. Also, it can serve to access shortcuts and special places with lore on Eorzea or side-stories.

You are already required by parties to be X class, have Y gear and put your points in Z stats to be at the top for endgame content and Primal fights.
If you don't feel bound by that, why would you for exploration?

It's not a stupid idea, it's a great idea and that's for sure. People handle the features stupidly, there is a difference.

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But to only use said mount for a specific region? I want to ride the mount I like the best for all over the place, not where it's required.

And I highly doubt this would work since they've already but a lot of time and effort into the new maps they are making.. but to add specific mounts to go beyond certain points or to make it easier? I thought that was the point of a mount to begin with.

Also, you have to remember that if they would make (like how a lot of people want) for gobbues to resist more damage taken than chocobos, you would be "OP" in the future when others don't have that mount. They added this mount to reward players for staying as a cosmetic feature, not for you to be better or have better mounts than others.

I would like a party mount, so the PT leader or whoever can drive the whole party around!
Awesome way to afk!

Terrain specific mounts sounds cool and very FF. It might be a pain depending on how it was implemented.

This sounds AMAZING. to me!


Correct me if i'm wrong. But i believe the OP was implying you could use -any- mount you wished to travel, however only certain ones would be able to access certain areas.


I.E.: You need the Blue Chocobo to get to the Water Elemental's Lair.
You are rewarded the Blue Chocobo for completing the questline "The Great Drought"



EDIT: Not to chance exciting the wrath of the forumgoers, but WoW used this in a slightly similar way. And lots of RPGS use this also.

In WoW you would go through the zones but higher-level content (Which could only be reached when you had a mount that could fly) was nearby but inaccesible for lower levels.

Along the same route, Several dungeons( Think Pokemon) You couldn't access some of the higherlevel areas unless you had the special Skills, Cut/Swim, etc.

Imagine if there was a river in Nanawa Mines you could only cross once you obtained the Blue Chocobo Mount, leading to a Dragon's Aery type field.

You're all forgetting the fact that these mounts are only available for a limited time. Creating game mechanics to work with them wouldn't go over well in the long run.

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Originally Posted by Arcell

You're all forgetting the fact that these mounts are only available for a limited time. Creating game mechanics to work with them wouldn't go over well in the long run.

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I believe people are thinking beyond the limited edition mounts, at least I am.

Must go add this to my "Daydreams About 2.0" page...

The idea is okay in theory. But with a new map coming out at 2.0 and hopefully new players, you would think they would have to receive a mount capable of accessing those areas too.

yeah, as far as I ( and I believe OP) is concerned, The limited time mounts don't apply to any of these thoughts.

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Originally Posted by Bittereye

I think it would be cool and very Final Fantasy-like if these mounts we are getting actually served a purpose for certain parts of the map. Take the Gobbue for instance. A tall mount would be great for walking in water or swampy areas. A Drake would be able to get through certain tempratures i.e. fire areas. The floating eye would assist us in getting across those small gaps we can't access.

These are obviously just examples but I think these are great ideas for the mounts coming are way. Give us a reason to use them, to obtain them. Have a purpose for them other than getting us from point A to B that we have already discovered both on foot and on Chocobo a million times. Bring significance to each new mount with a means of assisting us to get to areas we couldn't get to with a previous mount.

What does everyone think of this?

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I think it's an awesome idea!

Though it may not be likely implemented or designed for the current FF XIV system or 2.0 but having unique mounts for neat purposes would be neat. Reminds me of Zelda when you need a certain colored tunic or piece of gear to survive or make it across into another area. It gives the mount more of a purpose and an identity in the process.

But I don't think it will happen anytime soon. At least, not in the dev team's current plans. But hey! You never know who's listening?

I'd rather not mount up the Situation.

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Speaking of... theres new concept art for 2.0 grand companies:

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I LOVE THIS!!!

This isnt a bad idea but... I personally would not support this idea. The fact is players should beable to go anywhere in the game that is allowed by the programers. Now not everyone will decide to get specific mounts and players should not be made to do so, just to go to what-ever-area it is. Just like the goobue mount I myself will get it to have it but never use it, other than when I first get it to just try it out. Content should be made avaiable to everyone. Missions and exspansion are a different story for a pre-req but to actually have to have a specific mount, I prefer that FFXIV not go that route. In closeing this is why I say the developers should add a survey and the answeres can be only a yes or a no. Players want all this stuff added because they believe it will be fun or enjoyable but in the end when it is actually done it isnt what it was cracked up to be.

I think it would be a good idea, but make it so it's to get to certain high level Aetherites maybe? That way if you don't want to get the mount yourself, just get a friend who has it to port you there.

That or just sight seeing or alternate XP / farming camps.

Just my opinion.

All non-chocobo mounts should have specific roles, ie to pass special areas.

One of the main reasons I'm opposed to this haphazard implementation of this Goobbue mount is because SE missed a golden opportunity to really make new mounts mean something more than a Chocobo model-swap gimmick.

Some possibilities:

• A shack near a swamp where players could rent Goobbue Mounts to cross
• Magitek for cold areas
• Drakes for volcano type zones
• Large bird mounts (like Roc) for flying through mountain passes
• Submarine for deep sea exploration
• Boat for traveling up river...
• Ahriman for underground chasms

Players could either rent the mounts in the region for which they are used, or better yet, fulfill a quest by which they would be able to use them for free.

Most living mounts could leave their respective areas but the rental timers and perhaps natural limitations outside their preferred terrain would limit their use.

For everything else, a wide variety of Chocobos with a large assortment of armor and gear for the birds.

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Originally Posted by Bittereye

I think it would be cool and very Final Fantasy-like if these mounts we are getting actually served a purpose for certain parts of the map. Take the Gobbue for instance. A tall mount would be great for walking in water or swampy areas. A Drake would be able to get through certain tempratures i.e. fire areas. The floating eye would assist us in getting across those small gaps we can't access.

These are obviously just examples but I think these are great ideas for the mounts coming are way. Give us a reason to use them, to obtain them. Have a purpose for them other than getting us from point A to B that we have already discovered both on foot and on Chocobo a million times. Bring significance to each new mount with a means of assisting us to get to areas we couldnt get to with a previous mount.

What does everyone think of this?

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wouldn't the eye be able to get over everything since it flys