[dev1082] The (un)Official Mount System Thread

[Nuru]

I want a flying chocobo. WoW has flying mounts and it looks fun. Eorzea would be so beautiful to explore from the skys as I manually fly my chocobo from epic landscape to epic landscape. If you just give the flying chocobo a chance I think everyone would love it.

I cant seem to get how it would work, i mean, with all of the invisible walls on the map and such.

I think it would be awesome, but would it be any faster than on foot? They'd have to have some hidden areas or something to explore for this idea to be considered.

[polyhedral]

They said Magitek once...

They say many things.

[RahJah]

I cant seem to get how it would work, i mean, with all of the invisible walls on the map and such.

I think it would be awesome, but would it be any faster than on foot? They'd have to have some hidden areas or something to explore for this idea to be considered.

I would hope the it would be much faster than a char. on foot AND even faster than a running chocobo. Just to be clear I would like to see the classic running type of chocobo as well. I want a flying chocobo along the lines of the black chocobo in FF7; even if I could only land it in special area's like camps.

[Nuru]

I would hope the it would be much faster than a char. on foot AND even faster than a running chocobo. Just to be clear I would like to see the classic running type of chocobo as well. I want a flying chocobo along the lines of the black chocobo in FF7; even if I could only land it in special area's like camps.

Oh sorry, by on foot i meant the chocobo itself. It would have to stay within the map itself, everything would look pretty but you'd be very limited in airspace.

[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.

[Leonesaurus]

To be honest, I rather TAME half of these creatures people keep mentioning, and have them fight for me, opposed to using them as an excuse for another mount option.

Or better yet, why not just create Disciple of Beasts and have them the option of taming beasts and having the option to "ride" certain tamable mobs, for a select duration before they turn on you or something.

However, the dev team should be focusing solely on chocobos for right now, rather than broadening their range to 50 million other possible ideas, that most people, according to our forums, don't even want now, if not ever.

Focus on bringing in the Chocobos for everyone to ride, then at a later date implement breeding, racing, raising, possible mounted combat and quests, etc.

To be honest, I don't think there's even enough material to work with in the game for other mounts. A raptor is very, very slightly possibile for smaller races, since the dinosaur shares the basic build and movement as a Chocobo. Or maybe an aldgoat for a larger race.

If the art team digs up some of its unreleased monsters or comes up with some new ones that could work as a tamable beast and/or as an exclusive mount, that would be interesting too.

I have an open/welcoming mind for more mounts, but Chocobos are what got me into the series, got me into playing XI for them soley, and excited me even more for this game when it released. I'm happy with just having them for now and even forever. The amount of things you can do with a Chocobo is seemingly limitless.