Dragoons are getting their Wyvern (not explicitly announced, Yoshi vid inside)

[Durthane]

Why do so many folks hate the idea of a wyvern so much? I can understand not wanting a pet class but c'mon folks, there are more ways to do things than the obvious.

As I see it it could do a few things.

Make Drg a pet class, bad idea all around, folks have already gotten comfortable with the heavy rotation/positioning melee class we have now.

Make it a vanity pet, not a good idea in my opinion. Would feel like a halfhearted attempt at fan service and folks don't usually keep minions out very much even if they like em.

Make it a two hour/limit break, better and if you went with real Wyrm better still lol. Oh, hello little light party dungeon boss. Say hello to my little friend and his very large megaflare.

What I would like to see is a few new abilities using a wyvern added with the next level increase. FFXI style healing/elemental breaths on a cooldown, debuffs, add a fourth hit to Drg's comboes that are a joint attack with the wyvern. Just don't have the Wyvern do anything not caused by a new ability, that way Drg keeps what it has and doesn't become a pet class. Just a class with an interesting animation for special attacks ^^

And don't start with lore arguments against it, the level 55 job quest could introduce wyverns in about three paragraphs without a problem. The Drgs job crystal already has the ability to dominate Dragons, not much of a streatch to allow a Drg to bond with a adolescent wyvern as if he/she where one of their own.

[Nero]

Why do so many folks hate the idea of a wyvern so much?

Because the original DRG is not a Pet-Class. And no, the FF Series and DRG did not start with XI. -_-