Where am I supposed to show off and see new mounts now?

[Nora_of_Mira]

Is it me or this question seems very narrasictic, who actually shows off their mounts to strangers?

the topic is a half-joke. it's not a real complaint but it is an observation that we can no longer use mounts in the endgame hub any more. it's not funny enough of a joke tho, as quite a few posters are taking it seriously.

[Dzian]

I dislike people showing off their mounts especially the whisper go ghost one since I can never get it due to starting the game late. Not mention that event is old yet the mount not on mogstation so yea it'll never be available for new players.

Ironically that's likely why many people use it. because it's one of the few mounts that has a semblance of exclusivity and rarity to it...
if it went up on mogstation it'd soon dissapear never to be seen again just like virtually every other mount.

it's like primal mounts or anything similar for the first week or so they're cool and shiny. after that though there's so many of them around that it's not shiny anymore... just another piece of junk for the collection...

one of the main reasons i've never been to fussed by them... i still use my chocobo half the time.. old and boring as it may be

[gilmorej]

I largely ignore the mounts that people are riding. The reason is because there's no way to see what the mount they are riding is called, so it's too much of a pain to find info about the mount. And without having information about the mount -- to know how rare it is, or how hard it was to get, then where's the prestige in showing it off?

In WoW, you could look at the mount buff on a player to get the name of the mount they're riding, so you knew what it was they were on and you could easily look it up to learn more about it. Here, in this game, there's no way to do that; so I just don't care.

[Canadane]

So many people complaining about blocked NPCs but target filters let you click right through them...

[Noitems]

Diadem or Eureka now.

[ElazulHP]

OP blame the people with the big whale mounts blocking key npcs and vendors. We did it to ourselves.

[TheForce]

Is it me or this question seems very narrasictic, who actually shows off their mounts to strangers?

Relax. Pretty sure OP made this in jest, but to answer your question, ...just about everyhody. Well, at least subconsciously. The reason people like rare mounts is because they are hard to aquire and a lot of people don't have them. When they use the mount it makes them feel more unique which is pretty understandable. I mean, could it be argued theyre showing off? I mean, yeah I guess. But who wouldn't want to display a mount that they just spent weeks grinding for? Let's be real, you can't seriously sit here and tell me you'd still enjoy using a mount just as much if you saw literally everyone else riding it one day. The whole reason why people like rare things is so they can essentially show them off. I don't really think that's too narcissistic, I mean it's a mount in a game lol. Nothing wrong with being proud of yourself for getting something cool and rare. If youre upset by other people doing this, youre taking it too seriously lol.

If anything, you should be motivated to get them too when you see these awesome mounts. I know I was the first time I saw someone ride Blissful Kamuy back at SB's launch. I put all my focus towards getting that mount and eventually I did get it! So I actually kind of appreciate people for showing it off, if they hadn't I wouldnt have known about it. Imo that's the type of attitude you should have, not "Nobody cares about your stupid mount... :'(" Idk that just makes you kind of come across as a hater XD.

[Strika23]

I personally prefer it. Kinda annoying when npcs won't load because people are surrounding them either with their companions and minions out. Or just with an oversized mount.

I feel like SE purposely places the tome NPC's behind counters to avoid this from happening (as opposed to Wow where you can jump over the counters) . For all other NPC's, I agree.

[Silica-chan]

Let's be real, you can't seriously sit here and tell me you'd still enjoy using a mount just as much if you saw literally everyone else riding it one day.

I do. Still rocking my fat chocbo ever since I bought the CE and I got screenshots where entire zones were filled with it. Do I like it less just because of that? No, I choose it because I love the way it looks not because it's something rare and shiny. I will never understand that some people need something to make them feel special.

Regarding the ShB hub I'm happy mounts are not allowed there. Therefore the amount of afk posers is a little lower compared to the other hubs which makes loading in the zone and getting to the vendors somewhat faster/smoother.

[TheForce]

You're blowing this out of proportion...people don't "need a mount to make them feel special" why must you word it in such a snarky and unpleasant way? People simply just like to show off these they worked super hard for, whether it's a mount, or a new house (irl), or new shoes, or new artwork, etc. and there's nothing wrong with that (as long as they're not like forcing down your throats, so yeah blocking NPCs with mounts is a big no-no for me).

To give an example: one of my good friends/FC mates has the Ozma mount and everytime I see him he's always riding it. He put in a tremendous amount of effort to get it, and he's proud to show off his achievement, and I'm happy for him! I don't have that mount and I most likely never will lol, in fact, he's the only person I know that has it. There's no way Im gonna randomly go up to him and be like "Hey Alex, no one cares about your stupid mount."

First of all, that makes you seem extremely bitter and rude by trying to minimize someone's achievements. Secondly, it's untrue because I and many others do care! It's fricking awesome to such rare stuff in person, regardless of if it's mine or not. I mean, I'm assuming we're all adults here right?