Do you want Wyverns fighting alongside your dragoon?

[Alaltus]

Se could just write it that Dragoons can exert their will over a lesser dragon in the same way dragons can over humans. Personally though i would rather a dragoon along the lines of freya more so than anything else using the spirits of the dragons you kill to perform powerful attacks buffs etc.

[Hyrist]

This is a duplicate thread, of one in the Dragoon forums.

Not to mention this thread belongs in the dragoon forums.


There you can see that the overwhelming consensus is that dragoons do not want to be tied to a pet.

I offered a compromise that perhaps the same system used for Chocobos could be used for Wyverns. But in no way should it be tied directly to the balancing of Dragoon as a stand alone job.

At all.

As far as those who say dragoon fighting along side Wyverns is lore-breaking. I'd ask if you payed attention to the text at the end of the final Dragoon Quest: Dragoons and Dragons did not seem to always be at odds, if we take what was inferred by the quest giver.

If it's part of the mount system, I don't care, as I'll likely opt out of a Wyvern for a Magitek Armor anyways. But I don't want it tied to my job.

[PSxpert2011]

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As far as those who say dragoon fighting along side Wyverns is lore-breaking. I'd ask if you payed attention to the text at the end of the final Dragoon Quest: Dragoons and Dragons did not seem to always be at odds, if we take what was inferred by the quest giver.

If it's part of the mount system, I don't care, as I'll likely opt out of a Wyvern for a Magitek Armor anyways. But I don't want it tied to my job.

I'm still at work at leveling my dragoon and even if it's true, it's up to the discretion of the dragoon who wishes to grow stronger. Why do you think I want to wear the dragoon armor?

I wouldn't wear the dragon scales and head because I like them. I wear it as a trophy. I wear it to deceive the enemy and slay dragons. For all that I know, dragons/ drakes will eat anyone once they're smelling range.

[Zantetsuken]

Its nice to see that most people here have the good sense to reject the DRG-as-pet-job. Wyverns made DRG a terrible DD in FFXI and they would ruin the job in FFXIV.


However..

I am very much in favor of utilizing the spirit/power of dragons (sparingly) for higher level WS attacks (see Freya from FFIX)

[Felis]

thats the most terrible thing i can think of.. a choco fighting alongside with you.
i mean, will everybody use it then? do we have 8 people and 8 chocobos alongside?

A chocobo use a party slot. So, no. 4 Chocobos are max.

[Colino]

Wow it's like I'm really in October 2011!

[Hyrist]

I'm still at work at leveling my dragoon and even if it's true, it's up to the discretion of the dragoon who wishes to grow stronger. Why do you think I want to wear the dragoon armor?

I wouldn't wear the dragon scales and head because I like them. I wear it as a trophy. I wear it to deceive the enemy and slay dragons. For all that I know, dragons/ drakes will eat anyone once they're smelling range.

That line of logic is irrelevant to the lore of the game or even in the context of Final Fantasy. That's merely your particular headcannon for a reason that isn't given officially by the lore.

That's like saying Moogles have bonbons on top of their heads to magically detect kuponuts. It's just not there officially.

[Sevokevo_Royuki]

Oh dear... Lets please not start this again....

[ssppiikkeeyy]

No.

Dragoon's image has always been that of a lone wolf, FFXI was the exception not the rule. Please look forward to Beastmaster and Summoner if you want a pet.

Cid was a DRG and had his Airship did he not?

[CrystalWeapon]

Do I want to give up even an ounce of my power as a dragoon to have a flying gimmick follow me around?

Hell no.

It was a balancing nightmare in xi for the longest time to split the DD potiential of the pet and master.

You make the pet strong enough to balance out the drg's power against bosses and it becomes too op against normal fodder. You make the pet balanced for normal mobs and the drg has to be a weaker DD against bosses due to the weaker pet. Not to mention if the damn thing dies you lose a chunk of damage. If they solve that by making the wyvern unkillable or unable to get hate, you could just kite and kill things by sending the pet after something and running around.

I've played as a drg since 04' in xi. I respect the whole nostalgic view on it, but I want the option to play a different style by having the dragon's power come from within the dragoon.