Will we ever have a 'Bestiary'?

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11-09-2019, 08:50 AM
grinkdaboy

Will we ever have a 'Bestiary'?

i think a log chronicling all of the mobs we've killed and gave a little lore tidbit would be really neat
11-09-2019, 09:10 AM
MrThinker

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Originally Posted by grinkdaboy

i think a log chronicling all of the mobs we've killed and gave a little lore tidbit would be really neat

I agree, but sadly I do not think so, and we are gonna have to stick to the unofficial bestiary that is Triple Triad Monster Card descriptions.
11-09-2019, 09:42 AM
Berteaux_Braumegain

I'm surprised there still isn't a Gigantoad Triple Triad card.
11-09-2019, 10:18 AM
Canadane

There’s one in the lore books.
11-09-2019, 04:30 PM
VenKitsune

Yea there is one in the lorebooks...Actually, isn't there one on the lodestone playguide too? I might be mistaken...But hey, that'd be a better place for it - Having to download a few hundred extra megabytes for a feature 99% of people would never even read is probably best relegated to a website page on the lodestone.
11-09-2019, 06:03 PM
rance-sama

Encyclopedia Eorzea II & II
11-09-2019, 06:22 PM
Crushnight

Afraid you would have to piece it all together from the lore books, triple triad cards and the blue mage spellbook.
11-09-2019, 06:23 PM
Duskane

comes with beast master limited job

:(
11-09-2019, 06:40 PM
RyuSaarva

lore would be nice but I have only seen those in games where enemies have rare drops and elemental/debuff weaknesses.
11-09-2019, 07:20 PM
EnigmaticDodo

Would be nice to have one that fills out over X amount of kills and would provide bonuses. Some damage up/defense up and increased HQ material drops is just an idea.
11-09-2019, 07:50 PM
rachcouture

Would be a nice addition to the new 'Collection' feature. :o Maybe not practical, but then again, fluff features are kind of FFXIV's thing.
11-09-2019, 09:17 PM
Espritduo

Main reason I would want one besides it being a collector's dream is to view enemy models. Kill an enemy type, unlock its model in the bestiary - fully rotatable, fully resizable, and you can even see it do its different animations. Far too often cool enemy designs are wasted in this game cuz you just can't see the darn things through all the attack animations and general chaos of battle.
11-11-2019, 02:02 AM
manamoppet

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Originally Posted by rachcouture

Would be a nice addition to the new 'Collection' feature. :o Maybe not practical, but then again, fluff features are kind of FFXIV's thing.

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Originally Posted by Espritduo

Main reason I would want one besides it being a collector's dream is to view enemy models. Kill an enemy type, unlock its model in the bestiary - fully rotatable, fully resizable, and you can even see it do its different animations. Far too often cool enemy designs are wasted in this game cuz you just can't see the darn things through all the attack animations and general chaos of battle.

I like these and the OP. Maybe they could merge it with new hunting logs (as research paper collections?) by delivering monster samples/drops to a researcher, e.g. in the Cabinet of Curiosity, or to a researcher sent from Sharlayan?

When ARR was in beta, I tried suggesting on the forum for the beta that they implement a Libra/Scan thing like in FFX-2, not sure if they tried, but some of it ended up as a mobile app that they later removed...