Wanted: Dismount on attack.

[Galasomeone]

I have to say this would be a welcome change for me. But if it doesn't change it's not a huge deal either. Irritating at times yes. But not a game breaker.

[Puc]

Horrible idea, imagine running through a field and getting hit by ranged monster and not able to mount back up. Nothing but annoyance to those traveling by land

[Rongway]

Just a casual reminder that once upon a time, you had to manually dismount before you could talk to npcs. Nobody threw their arms up in the air when they modified it to auto-dismount upon conversation.

Except for some unusual cases where quest NPCs have been placed too close to FATEs, talking to an NPC is not a dangerous activity, and if you autodismount because you talked to the wrong NPC, you can remount immediately and be on your way to find the correct NPC. If you autodismount because you unintentionally hit an attack button and engaged a mob you didn't want to engage, you cannot remount immediately. Requiring you to explicitly dismount before attacking is a safety feature to prevent this, and it also gives you that brief moment between when you press the draw/sheathe/dismount button and the time you activate your attack to realize that you don't actually want to attack and you can remount instead of engaging. NPC interaction does not need this protection in most cases.

[gumas]

One thing I miss from WoW is that you automatically dismount when you attack something. It's especially useful in things like hunt trains, where you can't easily tell that you're still mounted in the crowd..

we can start with "not dismount while talking to npc" first

if they finally apply that, THEN we can start talking about your request lol

[SenorPatty]

Except for some unusual cases where quest NPCs have been placed too close to FATEs, talking to an NPC is not a dangerous activity, and if you autodismount because you talked to the wrong NPC, you can remount immediately and be on your way to find the correct NPC. If you autodismount because you unintentionally hit an attack button and engaged a mob you didn't want to engage, you cannot remount immediately. Requiring you to explicitly dismount before attacking is a safety feature to prevent this, and it also gives you that brief moment between when you press the draw/sheathe/dismount button and the time you activate your attack to realize that you don't actually want to attack and you can remount instead of engaging. NPC interaction does not need this protection in most cases.

Fair enough.

It is still a feature I would support but I can see why some people would worry now.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

we can start with "not dismount while talking to npc" first

if they finally apply that, THEN we can start talking about your request lol

This sounds great, until you can't see npcs at all because people are mounted on the giant novelty mounts and npcs just disappear.

[Averax]

What is exactly wrong with OP's request? FFXIV Would benefit from a lot of QoL improvements, to be honest. For example, the number of confirmation windows we have e.g. 'Do you really want to use this key that can't be used anywhere else and will vanish once you'll leave the instance? Are you sure, yes?'.

Am guessing they didn't read the OP and though the OP was suggesting the daze dismount mechanic from wow

It seems other people in the thread are doing the same. OP is asking for an attack FROM YOU to dismount you. So that you do not have to manually dismount, and then start attacking.

[-Mira-]

No I want to be able to flee the agro if I don’t wish to fight.

[LMMotoss]

Horrible idea, imagine running through a field and getting hit by ranged monster and not able to mount back up. Nothing but annoyance to those traveling by land

No, it's the opposite. Dismount when YOU attack something, not when something attacks you.

[Nyarlha]

No I want to be able to flee the agro if I don’t wish to fight.

God people replying to this thread don't know how to read. We're not talking about being dismounted by mobs here.