I posted this in another thread but felt it was worth discussing a little:

I like all the little trinkets and crap SE gives us with the bardings and mounts.

I think the mounts for the most part make sense. Maybe not the Eye, I thought Eye's were sentient, intelligent creatures and having one as a pony seems slightly out of place.

I like minions that are various critters and constructs (airship/mammet) but when the minion is a mini person like the fighter and such, or a mini famous person, it kinda breaks the immersion of the game.

Final Fantasy games are about creating worlds, and stories.

Now we have to be super serious and save Eorzea from the Garleans.. .with mini Raubahn by my side...

It would be like watching The Godfather and in some deep dramatic scene Tom Green walks in and starts humping a sea turtle.

The pointer minion I thought was kinda funny and dismissed it, but I think some of these other minions take away from the world they are trying to create.