After Goobbue mount - do we need other mounts than a choco?

[NefarioCall]

WANT.

[RolandDebreton]

All of who complain about these mounts, a perfectly acceptable prize, (that you don't have to collect if you don't want!) would you prefer as a mount to ride the dead horse you keep beating?

[Wolfie]

All of who complain about these mounts, a perfectly acceptable prize, (that you don't have to collect if you don't want!) would you prefer as a mount to ride the dead horse you keep beating?

No man you don't get it, any new feature that's put into FFXIV is bad because WOW and casuals and it's not Final Fantasy and it ruins my immersion.

[RolandDebreton]

No man you don't get it, any new feature that's put into FFXIV is bad because WOW and casuals and it's not Final Fantasy and it ruins my immersion.

I assume you to be kidding.

However to those who genuinely hold this opinion, I love story and immersion. I am quite a follower of the story of Eorzea. I have even gone through the story of ancient Eorzea and Hydaelyn trying to compile what few tid-bits I could get from the npcs about our world. The traveling minstrel that gives the horn to summon the goobbue gives a meaningful background of how these creatures (that already existed in our world - and have been at times tamed [see Ul'dah's opening CS]) could be summoned in a way that wasn't calling for too much of a suspension of disbelief.

Thus, with the plausibility factor created into the story by the game designers (the ones who create the world we get immersed in) we have no excuse but to accept the goobbue. Any reasoning about immersion is fallicious, and has more to do with your personal opinions that you simply think they are ugly mobs, and aesthetics is deeply subjective and no basis for an inclusion argument.

[Sylvari]

I assume you to be kidding.

However to those who genuinely hold this opinion, I love story and immersion. I am quite a follower of the story of Eorzea. I have even gone through the story of ancient Eorzea and Hydaelyn trying to compile what few tid-bits I could get from the npcs about our world. The traveling minstrel that gives the horn to summon the goobbue gives a meaningful background of how these creatures (that already existed in our world - and have been at times tamed [see Ul'dah's opening CS]) could be summoned in a way that wasn't calling for too much of a suspension of disbelief.

Thus, with the plausibility factor created into the story by the game designers (the ones who create the world we get immersed in) we have no excuse but to accept the goobbue. Any reasoning about immersion is fallicious, and has more to do with your personal opinions that you simply think they are ugly mobs, and aesthetics is deeply subjective and no basis for an inclusion argument.

Whoa... that was very logical...

[Xelsiar]

I'm fine with my "Armored Chocobo" ^.^

[Wolfie]

I assume you to be kidding.

However to those who genuinely hold this opinion, I love story and immersion. I am quite a follower of the story of Eorzea. I have even gone through the story of ancient Eorzea and Hydaelyn trying to compile what few tid-bits I could get from the npcs about our world. The traveling minstrel that gives the horn to summon the goobbue gives a meaningful background of how these creatures (that already existed in our world - and have been at times tamed [see Ul'dah's opening CS]) could be summoned in a way that wasn't calling for too much of a suspension of disbelief.

Thus, with the plausibility factor created into the story by the game designers (the ones who create the world we get immersed in) we have no excuse but to accept the goobbue. Any reasoning about immersion is fallicious, and has more to do with your personal opinions that you simply think they are ugly mobs, and aesthetics is deeply subjective and no basis for an inclusion argument.

Yes, it's a joke, because those frequently come up as buzzwords for people who just want to poopoo ideas without reason and from people who can't articulate themselves the way you do.

[Aku]

It seems to me that Choco are the main mounts since they are getting armor and are going to fight in 2.0, and Gobbue and other types of mounts are side mounts that add a little variety, so when you feel like riding something exotic you can ride something else.

This. I'm perfectly ok with gobbues and any other mounts they might come up with if the chocobos are established as the main, "better" ones. In the sense that they can be, let's say, upgraded, or get complements like different armors or some other things to do with them in the future, while the other mounts don't.

[Biggs]

The other option is to have these other teams twiddle their thumbs and not do anything, you clod. You know absolutely nothing about the organizational and managerial challenges of a development team (and probably of ANY workplace). You're applying your own stupid definition and ideas of who can work on what and when. People have spent their entire careers studying, perfecting, and writing books about this s**t, and what you're talking about is ridiculous.

Explain what portion of either of my posts deserves treatment of this kind? I certainly havent said anything offensive to you at all Wolfie, I merely dissagree with your point of view, as you do mine. Believe it or not, there is in fact a way to discuss things you dont agree with without coming off like an asshole, but clearly while you were busy learning about game development and micromanaging small teams as part of a larger project, you didnt have any time to learn how to be a decent person to others instead of a raging assclown.

Since you know so much about this particular topic though, might I ask what particular degree you hold in managment or game development? I ask in all seriousness, not as a means of being confrontational. If you have legitimate experience in these fields, I would be more than willing to overlook my suspicion that your merely talking out of your ass as a means of trying to look cool.

Also, you are correct, I know nothing about how SE runs its operations, as I am sure you dont either since neither of us have ever worked for them. However, I am 100% sure that someone wasted a bunch of time making these mounts a reality, and in my OPINION (key word there), they could have put that time to better use doing virtually anything else. (thumb twiddeling included).

[Dusk_Shardveil]

More is better. Adding more mounts (and with them more game content) can only add to the feel of it being FF and contribute to game quality. As long as they are pulled from the game world itself in some way. Though I would like to see it being a challenge to obtain the new ones just as it was with the chocobo.

I agree on the button thing. (more mounts more buttons... too much) A "/setmount" command and main menu configuration would fix that.