The Legend of Wyvern

[ReapKarmah]

I really don't remember about Dragoon specifically, but, in terms of lore, Ishgard is on an active war against Dragonkin, their knights use chocobos to go to war. I will accept the lore can be arrange in some ways, but going from blatantly open war against Dragons to have them as pets? I don't know.

Lastly, in terms of development costs and resources, which I will not claim to know much about, but definitely sounds like balancing two classes for the cost of one, creating and adding new WS's, maybe creating two sets of armour and weapons for Dragoons with wyvern out or not, etc.

I understand the development costs may be a problem, but I'm still stuck on the lore bit. Judging by the chat log in your signature I'm guessing you're familiar with XI's take on a Wyvern pet for Dragoon. What is your opinion on that?

I dislike these fads people cling on to. A pet wyvern? Why? Why are we dealing with pets at all? Aesthetics seems to be the only thing this community cares about.

My reasons are entwined with previous Final Fantasy titles. A dragoon to me is a knight with a spear that has long range and can jump. A little pet wyvern does not fit with the vision I have of them.

It is personal opinion of course. You like them, I don't.

Thanks for the elaboration. I see your side of this and you're right; it's true that a Dragoon is a knight with a spear who can jump, note Kain, but at the same time I grew fond of having a pet Wyvern in XI to accompany me in my travels. I would love to see this in XIV as well.

Who's to say a Dragoon never managed to tame one of his mortal enemy and use them to fight against them together? Sounds like a good twist!

The first introduction of dragoon was Rikard in ff II. The lore in that game paired dragoons and wyvers together. Only problem was that all wyverns except 1 was dead.

Thanks for bringing that up, I forgot to mention it. It seems like having a Wyvern by your side is far from something new to Final Fantasy.

[Holland]

I understand the development costs may be a problem, but I'm still stuck on the lore bit. Judging by the chat log in your signature I'm guessing you're familiar with XI's take on a Wyvern pet for Dragoon. What is your opinion on that?

Although I never played the class pass level 20, I am familar with XI's Dragoon job. In terms of balancing I remember the developers having a hard time with it. The task can certainly be done but I'm more inclined to a full fledge class or job that does not rely on the strenght of a pet for his antics =/