Lifting restrictions that are placed because of "lore"

[odie]

Midgarsormr mount is locked behind lore, as in you need to earn it via following the story...

I don't understand why you are even arguing this point.

That's not what I meant locked by lore. I don't care that you get it from the story. The thing is, Red XIII was meant to be almost extinct...therefore can't have it as a mount...but thousands of players can all have Midgardsormr all at the same time. So their original stance apparently shifted.

As for glamour I'm of too minds. On the one hand I don't really see how opening things up would really hurt. On the other hand I kind of cant help but feel it would have a negative impact on the aesthetic sense to the game. It would erode the sense of 'this is what a spellcaster looks like' or 'this is what a rogue/ninja looks like', etc.

And you don't think that a paladin running in and tanking in a swimsuit and sandals erodes the sense of what a tank looks like? They lost any sense of that when they started letting us glamour items like that over armor. We have naked party members and reindeer, etc.

[Duuude007]

That's not what I meant locked by lore. I don't care that you get it from the story. The thing is, Red XIII was meant to be almost extinct...therefore can't have it as a mount...but thousands of players can all have Midgardsormr all at the same time. So their original stance apparently shifted.

Enhhh not exactly.

The corpse of Midgarsormr passes along a whelp of his brood to follow you in your search for certain truths- one from which he has chosen as a vessel for his consciousness. As the story progresses he begins to trust the honor you profess. Ultimately his trust in you becomes absolute, and his form evolves into a rideable mount. Its the info that is not presented which could allow multiple instances.

Red XIII, however, according to the only title wherein it existed, has one story point that trumps others: It is practically the last of its kind, an endangered species. Were it to be doled out as a crossover mount, it would violate this lore point.

That said...Nothing here says that a red XIII style mount won't exist, but if it does, it will likely have its own FFXIV universe lore to explain its existence. Not a direct event port like the lightning/snow gear.

The way you get to your goal is in many ways more important than whether you reach your goal at all. If we ask the right requests, you can still, maybe, see a future with this mount. Just don't count on the FFVII crossover event being the specific source for it. Because reasons.