Quote Originally Posted by DurtiMonkeyToe View Post
On the mounts, the following items were posted in Producer Letter X:

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Mount system (name tentative)
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Examination of mount system (including chocobos)
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Establishment of details for mount system

These are all expected to be done by the end of summer. Now that is not to say we will be GETTING mounts by then, just that we should have some concrete information and that it has been confirmed that the team is working on it. How is that "not on the horizon?" When I think of things that aren't on the horizon I think of things like the Arcanist, Mystic, Muskateer, and Fencer jobs that haven't ever been touched on by the Dev team and have no time line what so ever.
i wasn't talking about you personally taking up for the game, but that a game has to be compared side by side with other games. the fact that is was released in only half completed condition starts it behind the rest of those games and it has to work twice as fast to catch up. it's the opposite in the other games are widening the gap and not se closing it.

what i seen out of that letter was that they will examine a mount system and start assembling details on the system including a name by the end of summer. if you look back at your own quote it does not say implementation. they may discuss it and find out a direction on it before the end of summer, but i doubt they even begin working on it by then.

archanist if i am not mistaken was the gm that was showing up in horizon and inside uldah casting buffs on people. if this is the case it has a working model with gear and buffs so it has been touched and is alot closer to being added than chocobo's are to me.