Veteran Rewards kinda suck nowadays when comparing to cash shop items

[Antonio_Xul]

I just wish that every 6 months or 1 year, they'd throw in a free retainer which we desperately need.

[Shikiseki]

Well all I can say that while the barding and a minion is kinda "meh" at best, the only time I felt really angry was the 360 reward back then being Aetheryte tickets.
But I do agree that we're really due to a new vet-mount though, the last one has been at 270 days. A really cool idea would be a 4 seater car mount from either FF8 or FF15 xD or maybe a doomtrain flying mount...

[CassandraJean]

Well all I can say that while the barding and a minion is kinda "meh" at best, the only time I felt really angry was the 360 reward back then being Aetheryte tickets.
But I do agree that we're really due to a new vet-mount though, the last one has been at 270 days. A really cool idea would be a 4 seater car mount from either FF8 or FF15 xD or maybe a doomtrain flying mount...

Ahhhh I am still day-dreaming of a doom train primal fight! lol

I personally think the veteran rewards have been just fine. A lot of people enjoy the glamours and I can't think of anything in the Mog Station that should have been a veteran reward instead. (the red/white magitek maybe?) but then people would have complained that it was just a recolor.

[Gilraen]

Something inside me just broke. <twitchy eye>

His concerns are valid, it'd be painfully slow at normal mount speeds, being a motorized vehicle on wheels as opposed to legs like the reaper. But every mount travels at the same speed, even the Manacutter, so making one go faster than everything else wouldn't be fair.

[Colorful]

His concerns are valid, it'd be painfully slow at normal mount speeds, being a motorized vehicle on wheels as opposed to legs like the reaper. But every mount travels at the same speed, even the Manacutter, so making one go faster than everything else wouldn't be fair.

They could make ground mounts travel faster, most larger mounts are painfully slow already. It doesn't exactly have to be zooming fast, just fast enough for the mount to not appear odd. Here's an example from WoW.

[Antonio_Xul]

His concerns are valid, it'd be painfully slow at normal mount speeds, being a motorized vehicle on wheels as opposed to legs like the reaper. But every mount travels at the same speed, even the Manacutter, so making one go faster than everything else wouldn't be fair.

Actually, it would be fair for those who played this game long enough and supporting this game to get a veteran reward of a faster mount.

[Gilraen]

Actually, it would be fair for those who played this game long enough and supporting this game to get a veteran reward of a faster mount.

I think you might have missed the general equality that exists in this game. The ahriman was given the ability to fly, but there's a preceding quest that allows the company chocobo to fly. The ahriman has no distinct advantage over the company chocobo. So no, having one mount go faster than every other mount wouldn't be fair no matter how you spin it. There's no precedent, even among the veteran rewards.

[Kaiser-Ace]

His concerns are valid, it'd be painfully slow at normal mount speeds, being a motorized vehicle on wheels as opposed to legs like the reaper. But every mount travels at the same speed, even the Manacutter, so making one go faster than everything else wouldn't be fair.

But the fact it was in development and just got shit caned because of Mount speeds (which I don't even think is two times player Sprint speed) when mounts are seemingly slown any way.

Ah well. Not like it's fit lore wise until we hit at least Garlemauld.

[Gilraen]

(which I don't even think is two times player Sprint speed)

It isn't. It's 2x player running speed. Sprint is about 1.7-1.8 player running speed and the 'permanent' speed boosts (Swiftsong, Fists of Wind, Rogue trait) are around 1.5 player running speed.

[Kaiser-Ace]

It isn't. It's 2x player running speed. Sprint is about 1.7-1.8 player running speed and the 'permanent' speed boosts (Swiftsong, Fists of Wind, Rogue trait) are around 1.5 player running speed.

Sonbeing twice sprinting spead would make a mount nearly 3 times normal movement speed? Hmm, I can almost see where an issue would be. Mob yoinking, Extra stress from Zerg Packs, connection speed issues, ect.

For every thing we get on the player's end there's always a consequence to the server. So increasing mount speeds, especially only for specific ones, would almost certainly cause more problems than they'd be worth.