Job specific mount

[Kitru]

Should they do it, I think it would be great to have it potentially as a result of getting a certain commendation amount.

Given how they added the unicorn for CNJ, I think it's a lot more likely that they think that class specific mounts should be based off of class levels. Of course, the problem that I have with this is that you get the unicorn at 30, when you can become a WHM (earlier, in fact, if you haven't leveled up ACN yet) which prevents it from really being a "healer" mount because it's not available to SCH, and only requires you get to level 30, which is ridiculously easy to do (before you even get your full suite of abilities even).

What would work better would be adding a new tank mount but have it require level 50 in either GLA or MRD (or completion of the level 50 WAR or PLD job quest) and then require completing certain content as a tank, such that it's more like a "relic mount" than a "role mount" (armored Warhorse for PLD; battle bear for WAR). Have it require beating all of the Ex primals (or whatever the equivalent would be) as a PLD or WAR and you'd see a lot more people flocking to tanking to start gearing up for the content and actually *do* the content. You can't really beat the Ex primals as a tank without knowing how to tank so it would actually require people to learn how to tank in order to get it. Once someone has learned how to tank and geared up the role, there is a much stronger chance that they'll continue to tank than if they haven't since there's the investment already.

Even so, offering a job/role mount is probably one of the least effective ways to encourage people to play tanks. It's a one-off benefit so people could just complete it and never touch tanking again. The most effective mechanisms need to require people to regularly perform the role, like the "needed role" bonuses, or offer an entirely new experience (e.g. new classes/jobs).