Mob mounts. Do you want them? (Poll)

[Rubicon]

No mob mounts.. that's not tasteful. They should just make magitek mounts. Putting mob mounts in makes it feel like WoW or any other MMORPG.

How original, ANOTHER post comparing XIV to WoW.

[Rubicon]

I'm getting kind of flabbergasted seeing all of the "This should only be for Beastmaster" posts. I dun get it - so you want the little "Hey, thanks for having faith in us." reward for staying through the Seventh Umbral Era to 2.0 to be something only one job that we don't have can use? Or that maybe they can reward us with a L50 BST? Or are you saying that you reject their offer and would prefer something else?

I, for one, think it's a profound gesture to break that chocobo tradition for a very small community and say, "In 5 years, when many players have come and gone, and the game is stable and all of this is so far behind us it is barely remembered, you - survivor of the calamity - will retain a mark left on the world. You will have learned to tame the un-tame-able."

This wouldn't be the first time a Final Fantasy characters power was exhibited through a powerful non-chocobo mount.

Literally the only thing that could make this a bad idea in the long term is if the community who DIDN'T STAY, who DIDN'T INVEST, who said it WASN'T WORTH IT decided that they wanted it too and bitched and bitched and SE said something OTHER than, "STFU, you didn't earn it. Learn to deal."

I'm with you 100% BUT if they made Beastmaster not only tame the pet but ride them into battle, I'd be ok with this system as well.

[Esk]

Honestly... I'm torn... which is surprising as i was all owww!!!! till i thought about it more..

I'm not hugely keen on mobs being used (especially ones that are aggressive at least), unless there is some sort of quest to save a young/raise one with it all..
It's going to look so crappy with loads of people standing around on different mobs i think..
As a Perk for Vets, maybe but then id like to see them linked to the GC's and areas they come from and limited but still.

I think i prefer everyone having chocobos, just seems right to me, an would look better.
Colours PonyBirds ftw really.. Give us enough armour and get the breeding minigame right and it'd be much better.

[Anonymoose]

I'm with you 100% BUT if they made Beastmaster not only tame the pet but ride them into battle, I'd be ok with this system as well.

That's the main thing that bugs me about the BST argument. I don't think the people making that point read the interview where Yoshida laid out his ideas for BST - he basically said that he'd like to see a greater BOND between the BST and his pet - that he might even be considering a singular pet from beginning to end that you develop and expand. The BST in XIV will probably be quite different than that from XI -- and, if so, I wouldn't be surprised if THAT PET would be mountable, as well, which would already give BST a unique mount.

[SniperRifle]

Exclusive Goobue mount for players who pay to play til 2.0 I am down for. Can still fight on the Chocobo only i'm assuming/speculating/opinion/not-a-facting.

[Skuld]

I'm getting kind of flabbergasted seeing all of the "This should only be for Beastmaster" posts. I dun get it - so you want the little "Hey, thanks for having faith in us." reward for staying through the Seventh Umbral Era to 2.0 to be something only one job that we don't have can use? Or that maybe they can reward us with a L50 BST? Or are you saying that you reject their offer and would prefer something else?

I, for one, think it's a profound gesture to break that chocobo tradition for a very small community and say, "In 5 years, when many players have come and gone, and the game is stable and all of this is so far behind us it is barely remembered, you - survivor of the calamity - will retain a mark left on the world. You will have learned to tame the un-tame-able."

100% agree.
If they want to give to beastmaster any skill for ride some mobs its ok for me, but why we have to be beastmasters if we dont want to?
"Hey here's your reward for stay with us all this time, now go lv bst if u want to use it" will be annoying.

[Loony_BoB]

Personally, as long as they are not faster than a chocobo then I don't mind. That includes flying mounts. Nothing should be faster than the chocobo!

[Djeserit]

Personally, as long as they are not faster than a chocobo then I don't mind. That includes flying mounts. Nothing should be faster than the chocobo!

Hoping for no flying mounts at all. Hovering like an Ahriman is ok, but no actual flying. Even Blizzard knows they made a mistake with flying, and have to put a random reason in every expansion that you can't fly until you hit the new cap. Save the hassle of random c***block, and keep us on the ground.

[Tonkra]

TALKING ABOUT TRADIONAL AND THEN THIS?

Everybody is talking about "traditional" if it comes to dragoon not having a wyvern pet to his side in TRADITIONAL Final Fantasys.

And what about traditional when it comes to mounts? THERE have'nt been ANY other mounts except the chocobo ever! in Final Fantasy History.



Ok well me as a lalafell i want to have a fluffy pinky unicorn please to ride on... oh well no... let me ride on a mechanic like the gnomes in WOW. woah... i never saw kind of these mounts in any other mmo! *sarcasm off* make a standard MMO out of FFXIV! and give them the fluffy mounts they want to have like in any other shit mmo.

Exclusive Goobue mount for players who pay to play til 2.0 I am down for. Can still fight on the Chocobo only i'm assuming/speculating/opinion/not-a-facting.

smoked anything? ;OX



let the KITSCH BEGIN

i thought this have been final fantasy, not any other standard MMO implementing any fluffy mount everybody wants to have.

[Ashaylin]

As a reward, I'd prefer something to augment the mount I already have. How about chocobo armor? For myself I'd like armor that's dark knight-ish fashion. There exists an evil (or disgruntled) moogle, why not let me make my chocobo look evil too?