[dev1082] The (un)Official Mount System Thread

[Nikita]

Actually, I think that would be killer gameplay.

EDIT: And yeah, lol, I have done that fight in wow too. Haha. But it made me imagine riding mounts up to a boss platform like a plateau at the top of a mesa.

Ironically, for as complex as it looked, it was basically a loot Piñata!

I like vehicle fights! But if they add them, I can see people complaining "I want to use my own abilities!" just like they did in WoW.

[Sorel]

If I remember correctly Chocobo Breeding was one of the most highly demanded features in FFXI.

And it was widely used ... for about 3 months.

[Duelle]

Ironically, for as complex as it looked, it was basically a loot Piñata!

I like vehicle fights! But if they add them, I can see people complaining "I want to use my own abilities!" just like they did in WoW.

Indeed. Few actually appreciated Flame Leviathan for what it was: a chance to do something different in raiding content. For me it meant my gnome warrior was doing something other than tanking. Seeing all the machines the Garleans have, it'd be a crime to NOT make a vehicle-based encounter at some point.

Edit: odd question, but you wouldn't happen to have had a dwarf death knight named Nikita on the sentinels server, would you? >.>

If I remember correctly Chocobo Breeding was one of the most highly demanded features in FFXI.

And it was widely used ... for about 3 months.

This was because by then people figured out all that effort to get a mount slower than then rentals, had less stamina, cost money to keep summoning and was temperamental was kinda...worthless (or damn close to it).

[Nikita]

Edit: odd question, but you wouldn't happen to have had a dwarf death knight named Nikita on the sentinels server, would you? >.>

Haha no, I went by the names Pinksugar (Warlock), Gogodancer (Priest O_o) and Poledancer (Rogue)... ^_^

Edit: and I was Horde :P

[Munba]

Speaking about chocobo only, the most important thing for me is the customization. It needs to be very deep and useful, not only aesthetically speaking. Like to put on it some bags to carry more items and armours to fight in particular zones (maybe in the territories near Garleans) and learn abilities to interact with the enviroments (jump -to reach high places-, digging -to find items or bones-, speed, charge and special attacks, etc. -and why not, fly-). It should be part of the gameplay (not only a vehicle to use to travel from point A to point B) and like a second 'character' to grow.

[Anty]

Hey, gang! Spoke with Yoshida about your lively discussion surrounding mounts. As I'm sure is a surprise to no one, there are a lot of varied opinions on personal mounts. We'll be looking into, and evaluating, the most popular ones. That said, please continue to let us know what you want to see in the future!

kinda scary to see that they want to know what we want to see in the future *sigh*.... they are not even close to a mount feature it seems to me... omfg... they are really lucky that most mmos are bad wow clones... otherwise "goodbye" ffxiv...

[Tsuga]

Goobbue mount, please.

[Kailok]

Well, as for my two cents, I wouldn't mind having more than just Chocobos to ride around on. Something four-legged and fast. Also the use of magitek armors would be cool. Less towards battle crafts, more towards hover-craft - (StarWars Speeders anyone? http://thepoweroftheforce.webs.com/s...eeder-Bike.jpg) - They could use this time to introduce Cid into the game, and he can make us some awesome stuff. O:

Also, with the looming of war upon us, whenever Chocobos are implemented, I think we should be able to get armored chocobos. I always wanted to ride one of the battle-ready Chocobo from XI when you go into the past.

[Chezen]

The only mount I ever care about in mmos is the horses. Since Chocobos pretty much take the place of horses, I don't expect to see them in game. The one exception I can think of is Sleipnir, Odin's horse from mythology, and even then, that was not a true mount. Aside from chocobos, the "mounts" have been vehicles for the most part, not animals, but I don't see many vehicles fitting in the world of Eorzea.

However, each FF has always introduced something different, and I don't see why some different mounts can't be introduced, as long as they make sense and chocobos remain the main "mascot". Since Eorzea seems largely pre-technology, a few more types of animal mounts makes sense to me.

All that being said, I would still love to see a great deal of mini-games associated with the chocobo, including raising, racing, finding stuff, etc. I understand ffxi had some things like this, but there no reason they can't make it better.

[Lerris]

kinda scary to see that they want to know what we want to see in the future *sigh*.... they are not even close to a mount feature it seems to me... omfg... they are really lucky that most mmos are bad wow clones... otherwise "goodbye" ffxiv...

The statement "please continue to let us know what you want to see in the future!" does not imply they don't have something in the pipeline already. It just means they don't plan to stop with the current set of changes.