[dev1082] The (un)Official Mount System Thread

[Andrien]

All I want is a Gold Chocobo


Hit Like button if you want a Gold Chocobo that you can ride with anywhere and everywhere. XD

[Alexis_Arteme]

Less evaluation, more action.

[Yisi]

I have said it before and i'll say it again. In my opinion there are 3 main things that need to be covered when it comes to chocobo's in this game.

1. Let us breed and raise our own chocobo's. Cross breeding with each others for desired effects = win.

2. Let us ride then whenever and for however long we want.

3. Let us customize our own chocobo to fill multiple rolls such as mount, war mount, beast of burden, etc etc. as well as add acessories (new items crafted my DoH?).

Please make this happen, it would add a purpose to the mount system. You could even do away with the anima system and most people wouldn't give a s$#%.

[Nuru]

I have said it before and i'll say it again. In my opinion there are 3 main things that need to be covered when it comes to chocobo's in this game.

1. Let us breed and raise our own chocobo's. Cross breeding with each others for desired effects = win.

2. Let us ride then whenever and for however long we want.

3. Let us customize our own chocobo to fill multiple rolls such as mount, war mount, beast of burden, etc etc. as well as add acessories (new items crafted my DoH?).

Please make this happen, it would add a purpose to the mount system. You could even do away with the anima system and most people wouldn't give a s$#%.

lol Pimp my Chocobo?

[polyhedral]

They said Magitek once...

They say many things.

[Amrita]

I would like to see Chocobo's first, and hopefully soon.
The ideas of previous posters about customizing them are really great! I would love to see that, see how creative people get with it.

Also, rental and have your own.
Some people aren't into the whole raising a Chocobo thing, so that's why I think we would need both.
The quest to be able to rent should be different then the one to raise or own (or whatever..battle bird... mail bird... etc.)
For owners, I'd like an ability where we can summon them while we're out and about. *Not an Item.* The ability could be the reward for finishing the quest and have a reasonable cool-down timer.

The Chocobo's should be able to travel all the same "field" places we can go on foot. I would not want to see anybody riding anything inside of any town.

I don't have a problem with using Garlean Empire... vehicles? Whatever they might be... BUT keep those within certain areas. I wouldn't want to see something like that right outside of town.

What would really ruin it for me is... Say I am strolling the paths outside of Gridania looking for harvesting spots and this swarm of players tramples past me, each on a different mount. It's an extreme and perhaps unlikely scenario, but I feel like that would start to look tacky fast.

Chocobo Carts! There is a guy with a cart right outside of Gridania. So maybe he becomes usable and you can pay him to take you to Quarrymill or all the way to Ul'dah. Though maybe this ought to be instanced? That way you don't have to wait for him to come back if somebody hired him to go somewhere far. lol

Airships... they tease me, I see them flying by when I look up... I see what I'm sure are docking platforms... >_> What's the deal guys? lol ^^

And to toss in something "random": CANOE!!!!!!!!
I forget which FF game had a canoe, but I remember rowing around in that thing! Maybe they'd be a Limsa-only thing but I think it'd be fun to go around fishing or exploring in one with a friend!

[Judge_Xero]

Chocobo's FTW. I would like to customize my Chocobo in all different gear. I think if you are a crafting class you should be able to dress your Choco up with Crafting Attire. Same goes for DoW/M (Plate armor/leather plating etc) and DoH (Pic Axes, saddlebags)

Chocobos should have different minigames depending on what class you are too.

-DoW/M = Mounted Battle
-DoH = ??? Not sure on this one/Running Speed Boost
-DoL = Digging/Running Speed Boost

I'm not really for having anything other than Chocobos to start. But if we could get other mounts, I wouldn't mind riding a Peiste. (Plate Armor, with glowing eyes)

[OMEGA_HACK]

Let's see some mount specific jobs:

Chocobo Knight gets bonuses and can fight from a Chocobo
Dragoon can ride a dragon/drake/wyvern (whatever version of the creature) and gets bonuses from when they use them to fight
Arcanist can fight on Magitec armor
Beastmaster could even have a specific mount they could get bonuses from when they fight with them


Of course don't limit the mounts to those jobs, but I would like to see benefits for certain jobs using certain mounts. It would be interesting to say the least.

[Tsuwu]

Chocobos only, please.
I don't want to end up seeing some random motorcycle or car obtusely bursting into my traditional Final Fantasy world, ala WoW. Also...seeing someone randomly striding across the dunes on something like a Peiste or an Eft or Goat just seems like it would be a bit goofy to me. I couldn't take that seriously to any degree. Chocobos have always been a mainstay of Final Fantasy - they should stay so in XIV.

I do think however, that the chocobos should obviously be earned.
A status symbol, of sorts. I remember the feeling I'd get from riding my Green Chocobo that I raised to a party location in XI. I was proud of it and the work I invested into raising it, and it felt neat having something unique and special that was specific to me and what I wanted it to be. And then to get a chocobo lisence period was a rite of passage in XI.
And once we have the chocobo system ready, commence with the breeding, armoring, special stats, racing, etc, and XIV could have an awesome "mount" system.

The more customizable you can get your bird, the better.
As long as it's all earned and gives people something to focus on and work towards, I'm happy.

As far as what they can do and what purpose they would serve:

I liked how chocobos worked in XIII, actually.
There were certain zones you could only get to via chocobo. This gives people a reason to rent them aside from the obvious things such as mob-free travel and speed.

We should be able to rent a basic ("yellow") one from the stables whenever, for a somewhat reasonable price (not the chump change in XI...only a few hundred gil for a chocobo seems insulting to them) or summon one we've earned/raised whilst in the field. This could be an item (such as Ghysahl Greens) a piece of equipment (added in a new slot, not worn around the neck...shame on you, chocobo whistle, taking up my neck slot with your horrid cool down time.) or an option on the main menu.

No birds in town. They "stay at the gates" (sort of like calling a retainer, you could have a chocobo valet at the entrance to each city) or if they're a rental, they're returned to the agency. This would allow you to have multiple chocobos, the same way we have retainers. (I.E. Blue Chocobo can cross deep rivers, allowing you to reach a certain zone. Red can climb steep surfaces. You have both for doing either thing. There can be 'black' chocobos that can reach any area, but obviously those need to be prime rarities. I also understand someone might just want a black chocobo for appearance sake, so color shouldn't nessecarily the only indicator of ability...just as an example. Maybe 'classes' for the chocobos?)

What would be neat would be to have saddles or heraldry for your chocobo specific to your LS or other group (player run companies comes to mind, if that's still happening). Armor and saddles could all provide the chocobo with boosts to certain respects, such as how long it can sprint, how many times it can get "spooked" (avoid aggro before some adverse condition takes place) how well they can dig or find treasure, etc.

Plus, all of this could be a big gil sink to help de-bloat the ecomony, and could maybe even add a new class - A chocobo breeder class! ^^

[Vesperia]

There should be Chocobos and Dragons.

Classes: Chocobo Knight or Dragoon.