I completely agree with another poster that Minfillia and Alphinaud get way too much flak, especially the former. While I was never particularly fond of Minfillia and didn't mourn her loss, I appreciated that she had a more diplomatic role and it makes no sense to me why people would give her grief when she was simply a necessary character that handles all of the background work. Alphinaud on the other hand, I feel like its more a matter of taste in his case, but my best guess for the reason why some people find him 'SO' annoying is that they are listening to english voice acting - which I tried once, and let me tell you, it made me immediately hate characters I loved.

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The Balmung jokes are the most tired excuse of a meme I have ever come across. I mean, every Liveletter and even on the forum.... people... still... think... its funny...

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I do not agree with every mount being capable of flight and I find it ridiculous. I can accept Fat Chocobo since its a comical mount in general but I refuse to use Sleipnir as anything but a ground mount and it hurt my soul to see the PvP horses actually become capable of flight now. Also the Anata elephant... apparently that too. Its absurd.

I also dislike seeing most mounts underwater, especially birds. I realise that ground-air is more difficult but I wish they let you choose your favourite water-based mount and that would automatically be selected while underwater. On a mildly related note, I dislike people swimming in full on armour. Throw on a swimsuit people! Take off the upper portion! Anything at all!!11!1

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I wish we could create more than 8 characters per server. I know and admit that 8 is already a pretty generous number, but I would happily pay a premium for some more and think it is a perfectly harmless and profitable addition for those of us who are alt-aholics and love creating a variety of characters with different jobs.