Managarm Mount (SPOiLERS)

I was looking back at what you can get for feathers, and came across the Managarm mount again which I ignored before.

After EW though, looking at this mount, the red color, the design, everything.

It's the species Hermes had to 'unmake' the Lykaones.

So did Hermes prayer get answered? They found their way back to an existence?

That mount's been there since before Endwalker

More like they needed a model for that scene so they used the managarm one.

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Originally Posted by Dogempire

That mount's been there since before Endwalker

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I know that. I said I looked back at it with new interest after playing EW.

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Originally Posted by Tsukino

More like they needed a model for that scene so they used the managarm one.

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Yes I know, as was all the creatures there.

I'm not asking in a game design sense, but an in-character sense. Hermes prayed that if they chose life, to return, if that be their will.

Then we have this mount of the same design. (IN-CHARACTER timeline, not which was designed first)

I think it's quite the opposite really. They chose the managarm model specifically because it's not normally used anywhere in the game as an enemy. It fit the bill for not having to make a new mob, sure, but it also was one that fit the bill for a creature that could have been unmade then, never to return like all the other creatures you see roaming around Elpis that are still around in some form in the present timeline.

Of course, if you want to believe that the text about it being assumed a myth or extinct yet you obviously having one as a mount means they came back in some sort of special way, that fits too I suppose. Then again, the English text also has some stupid reference to an infamous DMC line, so everything they write is whatever.

I'm going to predict that its going to be the bonus mount for getting all the new 'primal' cats

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Originally Posted by Tsukino

I think it's quite the opposite really. They chose the managarm model specifically because it's not normally used anywhere in the game as an enemy. It fit the bill for not having to make a new mob, sure, but it also was one that fit the bill for a creature that could have been unmade then, never to return like all the other creatures you see roaming around Elpis that are still around in some form in the present timeline.

Of course, if you want to believe that the text about it being assumed a myth or extinct yet you obviously having one as a mount means they came back in some sort of special way, that fits too I suppose. Then again, the English text also has some stupid reference to an infamous DMC line, so everything they write is whatever.

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You don't seem like you think in-character at all, to the lore of the game and not just in a 'they did this because this' outside-game perspective. So why even reply?

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Originally Posted by Atamis

I'm going to predict that its going to be the bonus mount for getting all the new 'primal' cats

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It's already obtainable in game.

I want a fido dog mount to chase primal cats

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Originally Posted by Atamis

I'm going to predict that its going to be the bonus mount for getting all the new 'primal' cats

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thats probably gonna be the final boss of final MSQ dungeon

Freakin' forget it. Literally everyone is missing the whole point to this post. I'll just re-post it in the lore forums.

I did all the sidequests in Elpis, and nothing confirms that, but it is an excellent headcanon at the very least.

The mount has no actual lore behind it, being both entirely optional and requiring recruit-a-friend feathers, so you could head canon it however you like. Maybe it's an ancestor of Fenrir?

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Originally Posted by Atamis

I'm going to predict that its going to be the bonus mount for getting all the new 'primal' cats

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It's gonna be a special cat. We already got this model for the stormblood mount.

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Originally Posted by Nekaru_Infitima

You don't seem like you think in-character at all, to the lore of the game and not just in a 'they did this because this' outside-game perspective. So why even reply?

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Because this is General Discussion, don't think people would jump to RP as a first-response when posting. You'll have better luck in the Lore forums for sure, where you said you posted.

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Originally Posted by Nekaru_Infitima

Freakin' forget it. Literally everyone is missing the whole point to this post. I'll just re-post it in the lore forums.

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I mean, it's a bit hard to talk about lore when the devs are just reusing old assets for lore critical story. lol

Guys this thread is almost a year old lol

How do people even find these threads when they're buried so far down?

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Originally Posted by Zebraoracle

Guys this thread is almost a year old lol

How do people even find these threads when they're buried so far down?

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It's funny how people say search is janky, but stuff like this comes up.

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Originally Posted by Deveryn

It's funny how people say search is janky, but stuff like this comes up.

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Is it actually janky? I don't use it at all so I'm unaware, I just only pay attention to threads on the front page lol

I'm just baffled overall when necros like this happen.

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Originally Posted by Zebraoracle

Is it actually janky? I don't use it at all so I'm unaware, I just only pay attention to threads on the front page lol

I'm just baffled overall when necros like this happen.

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I dunno. There was a brief convo about it recently in one of the latest ilvl cheese threads. I barely use it myself.

The necros baffle me as well. I didn't even spot this as such. I tend to just read the title and have a peek if I'm curious.