[dev1082] The (un)Official Mount System Thread

[Duelle]

I don't want to see non chocobo mounts, it would feel more like WoW and less like FF.

How do you expect there to be variety in the mounts people have, then? The chocobo colors will only hold out so far.

I hated chocobo breeding in FFXI. I had to raise one for a friend and quickly saw the thing was more a gilsink and timesink than something that would eventually become a convenience to the player. Spending a month of your life on that stupid thing only to get a chocobo that was slower than the rentals, had less stamina and was temperamental as hell was a complete waste of time.

[Jovy]

You guys can keep your colored chickens.... I wanna ride a pieste. Maybe it can carry more than 1 person. That would be sweet.

[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. >.>

[Duelle]

Crafter made mode of transport

Wouldn't some people complain because that kind of creeps into steampunk territory? Not that FFXIV having it's own version of Warhammer's ROFLcopter would be a bad thing...

[Nuru]

Wouldn't some people complain because that kind of creeps into steampunk territory? Not that FFXIV having it's own version of Warhammer's ROFLcopter would be a bad thing...

lol wtf did i just watch. xD

[Cairdeas]

Wouldn't some people complain because that kind of creeps into steampunk territory? Not that FFXIV having it's own version of Warhammer's ROFLcopter would be a bad thing...

half of Final Fantasy is Steampunk.

[Valarian]

Has anyone thought of Final Fantasy VI's Magitek Armor?

[KaiKatzchen]

half of Final Fantasy is Steampunk.

Very true, actually Final Fantasy VI was considered a steampunk genre video game because the game was set in a words that was much like the second industrial revolution. The Garleans also seem to use mechanical type machines that, instead of running of steam type functions, run off magic type.

Personally, while Chocobos are the mainstay in FF games, I wouldn't mind seeing other types of mounts in the game. Even if other types of mounts aren't part of what makes FF what it is, there have been many things that weren't in earlier FF games that were introduced later on in the series that became part of what makes FF what it is.

Since it does say:

Examination of mount system (including chocobos)

This makes me hope, though I would be fine either way, that maybe they are thinking of introducing more than just chocobo mounts to the game. Also I really did enjoy the breeding and raising system in FFXI, and I actually raised 3 different chocobos in my time playing that game. I wouldn't mind at all if they introduced some kinda of breeding/raising system into FFXIV.

But as always, we will see what SE decides to do!