[dev1082] The (un)Official Mount System Thread

[Arcell]

Yeah because WoW is the only game in the world to allow players to ride on a variety of mounts. Why change it? Because it can easily be expanded upon. Chocobos are a great start but there are ways to expand it and actually move the series forward. Why keep it the same when you can improve upon it?

[Ceons]

I think I remember reading that some of the different types of mounts included carriages pulled by chocobos that would take you from a to b (like a path travel, sort of like flying from a to b in other games) and of course your normal ferry/boat, airship and rental chocobos. I also remember reading (prior to release of the game) about personal chocobos that you could 'customize' (besides color etc) to be extra storage or find you treasures, be a racing chocobo and dare I say I may have read being able to fight (potentially very limitedly) from a chocobo. Anyway, I think these would be great.

- carriages pulled by chocobos/horses (automatic paths) (maybe possibility of a group being able to travel together in the same carriage)
- rental chocobos
- personal chocobos (customize to do extra things like hold items/find treasures/be speedy etc)
- airships (automatic paths)

I think it would also be nice to have equipment or consumables/items with speed buffs for a gil sink for use in the city and other zones/places where you cannot ride your mount/find a rental mount/carriage etc
(also I think it would be nice if you were NOT allowed to ride your mounts in the city, makes a lot of lag and is really visually unpleasant to see characters stuck inside of someones mount etc)

Anyway, feedback! xD

[Evangela]

Sky Dragon (FF5)

Motorbike (FF7)

Shoopuf (FFX)

[Eldaena]

Other than chocobos, the only other reasonable transportation I can think of is of the machina variety. (In terms of world and lore.)

[Anima]

What I'd like to see are:

Chocobo(Individual)
Chocobo Carriage(Fixed Path, Group)
Linkshell Ferry
Airship(Fixed Path, group)
Linkshell Airship
Dragon[FF 4 Heroes of Light](Individual)

I'm just stating what I'd like to see, not really demanding it but would be cool if it does come out :P

[Laughlyn]

Here's some optional mounts id like to see besides Chocobos.

Coblyns / Doblyns - Coblyn <3
Antelope - lol idk why but its blue & looks wierd.
Aldgoat - not the most obvious choice but looks potential lol
Hogs - If anything screams mount it's these bad boys.

Id also like to add mount feature suggestions to my post.

Minor stats & Mount gear menu. (to customize your mount)

Optional Armor / Mount Gear.
- mounts gotta have some bling bling, example: Collars, mount seat, head armor et.

Optional mount color settings.
- And i dont mean Neon green etc... but something normal maybe.

but... id settle with chocobo mount only aswell i guess.

[Bayohne]

Coblyns / Doblyns - Coblyn <3

I can't even imagine how painful it'd be to ride on a Coblyn... lol

[Elexia]

I can't even imagine how painful it'd be to ride on a Coblyn... lol

What's pain to some...

[Nuru]

I can't even imagine how painful it'd be to ride on a Coblyn... lol

You just need the right size booty, like a Roegadyn. >.>

[Lionix]

I can't even imagine how painful it'd be to ride on a Coblyn... lol

Can it truly be any more painful than wearing a bronze subligar all day? Wedgies from that stuff make Coblyn Mounts sound like riding a moving Craftsmatic bed.

Edit:
I believe we could, and probably should, move from Chocobos (though not excluding, of course). Thing is, as long as we don't go "animal mounts" all over the place (tigers, wolves, ostriches, etc.) we'll be golden, specially monsters.

Here's my view on it: The whole "everyone is a barbarian in the Dark Age and we tame the wildest mossters, including the ones we kill because that's how damn Conan we are. Also huge beards." isn't exactly Final Fantasy's feel (Hell, if anything, characters are rather... "delicate"...), not saying I am against it, it just isn't what's supposed to be here. Chocobos are merely our horses, a rather tame animal. We don't go mounting polar bears or freakin' gorillas. Final Fantasy does have a rather toned-down steampunk feel to it, though, and it's what I've often appreciated, how it seems to have slight technological advance in a bit of a "what if we had gone down this road instead?" situations, ie. the Airship.

And even after assembling this argument, I can't for the life of me present a valid suggestion of a mount that falls under the mentioned category. I guess I just voided myself.