The Appeal of Unicorns

[Toranja]

I'll just put this here...

You sexy beast, you!

[LiadansWhisper]

The unicorn is pretty. I have two quibbles with it:

1) I'm riding sidesaddle and bareback. The complete stupidity and impossibility of this even working in any dimension where physics is a thing makes it hard for me to like it. It just wrecks my immersion.

2) The conformation of the unicorn seems based on an Arabian horse, in terms of its head and shoulders (hell, they even got the neck arch correct), but there's something really off about the legs. They are not shaped properly and don't bend the way a horse's legs would. This is also carried over into the gait of the horse when you run with it. It looks very odd.

[Bluevann]

I'm a horse trainer, and something I always wish Final Fantasy games had was an horse option to ride. I'm not a huge fan of the unicorn/nightmare model, the joins and muscles are all wrong, but I understand the need of characterization. Nontheless, I've got mine and I'm going to ride it until a better equine mount comes out (Not asking for anything mythical or mystical... a normal horse from the East would be great. And XIV has already better horse models than the unicorn). My hope is to see a mount with a similar skin as Sleipnir, possibly with normal eyes and a less ominous armor? People are demanding a copy of Sleipnir already, but I feel a primal's mount should keep its uniqueness (But I suppose SE defeated that whole point with the Behemoth mount..)

Embrace your inner horse!

Edit: I guess I should point out my only two major peeves with the unicorn right now, while I'm at it.

1: Miqo'te female don't get the option to sidesaddle

2: The raider posture is all wrong. I could go into details, but this is mostly me being picky because of my RL job. I guess I would like a more realistic posture. Hands, back, legs are all in the wrong places....

[Kal-El]

I use my Unicorn at every opportunity. It looks like I'm riding a cat in a Unicorn costume because it's so small.

Probably the best thing ever.

[BlueMage]

I don't use my non-chocobo mounts just because I have the FF-puritan idea in my head that "This is Final Fantasy. I should be riding a chocobo."

[myahele]

Who doesn't love unicorns!?

[ninthfantasy]

Nightmare's horn is on fire and he has little swirly winds around his hooves which make him an absolute delight to use. That is the appeal of the unicorns to me. The CNJ unicorn is adorable, too.