I still see this disconnected mount shoe-in as a wrong move for the soul of FFXIV. Stating there’s already other mounts which walk all over any immersion isn’t really a good thing, in fact it just serves to show the Devs aren’t bothered about keeping any immersion in this area.
But I’ll leave it, as people have different tastes. I just hope they introduce another 4 seat mount more aligned with the core game - something like the Chocobo carriage would be brilliant.
That proposal of seeing other people’s mounts differently probably cannot be done, but it would be a really good feature.