Seriously SE ? (dual rider chocobo)

[Rex]

Yeah I wouldn't jump to conclusions here OP. Nothing anywhere has ever stated the "companion" chocobo is out of the question for marriage.

In fact, I expected it to be used elsewhere.

Pro Tip: SE is running a business and businesses are always looking to bring in more money. This mount will probably get them an additional $10,000,000 for the next few months.

HA...What a childishly large amount of money XD

[Welsper59]

Believed it or not, a shit ton of people did that in WoW for the Zebra mount.

Although the difference was that it just required a single month payment to get the mount, with exp and teleport benefits as a default. A 3 month payment can be a deterrence for a lot of people, especially when you don't get anything else that betters your character in such a way that's meaningful. Also, while the exp boost is nice, it's only to lv25. I can get power leveled currently to 20 in around 2 hours. Not very worthwhile for the benefit portion of it, IMO. Maybe if it was to 40, if not 50, then yeah... might be very much worth a 3 month payment for a lot of people. I do give them credit on the teleport part though... that seems handy since it can be used for any new player.

Edit: nevermind, just checked. It's 2 months payment on WoW for the RAF mounts. Coulda swore it was 1... or maybe it was 3 too... /shrug. But looking through it did also remind me that the recruiter got a free month subscription for it.

[TeaTimeBear]

Pro Tip: SE is running a business and businesses are always looking to bring in more money. This mount will probably get them an additional $10,000,000 for the next few months.

Yeah right.. Pfft a chocobo with white tips who cares! /goes to amazon >,>

[Yshnal]

Because they are mounts and minions and therefore do not affect gameplay, then they are free to have events/giveaways/programs where you can "earn" them. It's perfectly logical and in no way is anybody entitled to any of this simply for paying your monthly subscription.

Besides the fact that some of us came here partly because we were tired of that crap in other MMOs. I was really happy that I could get all the minions and stuff without having to pay $10 for each one.

You know, there's people that don't like to raid and that, instead, play the game mainly to collect things and just be social. And, for these people, vanity is as important as gear is for a raider, thus these things affect their normal gameplay. Just because someone doesn't care about something it doesn't mean that someone else shouldn't. And that's why everything should be attainable in-game and with our sub.

If in ARR vanity is not as important to gameplay as everything else, then lets stop putting any minions, housing features, marriage, etc. in updates. This is not going to happen, so I don't really see why they can put just part of it. While we're at it, they could also give i110 gear to people going to the fanfest, and as a reward for the RAF program when your friend subscribes for 180 days, right?

[Hyrist]

It's having such uproar over small things like these that tempts me to begin mocking players.

There had been such uproars about Legacy players and the perks they receive as well, and here I see even less of a reason to be upset (nobody is receiving a monetary advantage). I'd allude to the tale of the Boy who Cried Wolf, but sadly that allegory has already been slain at the end of 2.0's story.

[Spot]

HA...What a childishly large amount of money XD

It would cost you about $80 to make an account to receive the mount. If 125,000 people do this, then that is $10 Million. The Game has about 1.5 Million subscribers right now, so having less than 10% of the people buy a new account just to get a mount is not out of the question. My estimate may be on the low because of how much weigh the player base of this game puts on vanity items.

[Shougun]

Because they are mounts and minions and therefore do not affect gameplay, then they are free to have events/giveaways/programs where you can "earn" them. It's perfectly logical and in no way is anybody entitled to any of this simply for paying your monthly subscription.

I actually quit WoW over this, I pay the monthly for all the content with a forgiven sentiment to expansions due to their abnormal content additions- entitled maybe not but definitely they are empowered to say no. Now only if the general consumer (of any nation) could actually say no, "I hate it" *still buys it and all related contents*. I /loathe/ the idea of cash shops.

Wont quit over one thing, specially since beyond collection sake I guess it doesn't really bother me not ride it, I'd rather ride my cat or fat chocobo.. lol. "Obtains new mount, still rides first mount ever received".

[Sanne]

This is hilarious. Who cares, its a stupid feature. Why would I want to let someone else control where I go? Are you guys just wanting to walk around Mor Dhona to show everyone you have this?

That's dumb. Am I missing some advantage you gain by having a 2-seater mount?

I am lazy, I would love if one of my friends has this mount, and I can sit on the back and let me ride around. <3
Hey dear friend want to go on hunt party? You ride, okay?

But since I don't want to ride myself, I do need a friend who gets this mount

[RaijinkenXIII]

Anyone able to get a closer screenshot of the friendship circlet?

[SendohJin]

What I don't understand is why SE doesn't limit mounts/minions to solely in game activities. First it was the fanfest exclusive, now its RAF.

i don't understand why should they limit it. why shouldn't people that go to Fanfest get something extra? why shouldn't people that bring in another subscriber get something extra?

and if you believe they should get stuff, what types of stuff would you give them?