Job specific mount

[Kitru]

Should they do it, I think it would be great to have it potentially as a result of getting a certain commendation amount.

Given how they added the unicorn for CNJ, I think it's a lot more likely that they think that class specific mounts should be based off of class levels. Of course, the problem that I have with this is that you get the unicorn at 30, when you can become a WHM (earlier, in fact, if you haven't leveled up ACN yet) which prevents it from really being a "healer" mount because it's not available to SCH, and only requires you get to level 30, which is ridiculously easy to do (before you even get your full suite of abilities even).

What would work better would be adding a new tank mount but have it require level 50 in either GLA or MRD (or completion of the level 50 WAR or PLD job quest) and then require completing certain content as a tank, such that it's more like a "relic mount" than a "role mount" (armored Warhorse for PLD; battle bear for WAR). Have it require beating all of the Ex primals (or whatever the equivalent would be) as a PLD or WAR and you'd see a lot more people flocking to tanking to start gearing up for the content and actually *do* the content. You can't really beat the Ex primals as a tank without knowing how to tank so it would actually require people to learn how to tank in order to get it. Once someone has learned how to tank and geared up the role, there is a much stronger chance that they'll continue to tank than if they haven't since there's the investment already.

Even so, offering a job/role mount is probably one of the least effective ways to encourage people to play tanks. It's a one-off benefit so people could just complete it and never touch tanking again. The most effective mechanisms need to require people to regularly perform the role, like the "needed role" bonuses, or offer an entirely new experience (e.g. new classes/jobs).

[Ehayte]

which prevents it from really being a "healer" mount because it's not available to SCH...

That's because they only needed to incentivize people to get to level 30 as the ONLY healing class pre-30. Once you get to the 30+ dungeons, there are 2 healing classes to queue up instead of one. So actually the level 30 req does make it the "healing" mount because you played the only pre-30 healer to the point they needed you to : D

This time, they want to incentivize tanks to do stuff like WP and AK and Haukke HM and CM etc, so they will probably have to make it something like a mount that costs 2000 Philo tomes that is only purchasable after you get an achievement unlock of getting a tank Job to level 50.

All that non-sense aside. What do you think it would be?!!? Maybe like a big mountain bear for warriors and a Warsteed for the Paladin?

[stanrir]

a Warsteed for the Paladin?

i hope not , i mean it makes perfect sense and would be cool i just think we got the tank AF chocobo armor for the "warsteed" role, so giveing us a armored horse is umm blah. But again it makes sense

[Ehayte]

i hope not , i mean it makes perfect sense and would be cool i just think we got the tank AF chocobo armor for the "warsteed" role, so giveing us a armored horse is umm blah. But again it makes sense

Good point - maybe PLDs can get 2.0 WARs as their mounts . . . since that was pretty much the relationship back then.

[Wizhard]

i hope not , i mean it makes perfect sense and would be cool i just think we got the tank AF chocobo armor for the "warsteed" role, so giveing us a armored horse is umm blah. But again it makes sense

Its probably gonna be a turtle or something:\