More Diversity with Mounts

[TAS]

After seeing the newest mount in the works it appears that there really isn't any distinguishing characteristics between mounts that isn't cosmetic.

I'd like to see more diversity with mounts other then how they look. Exclusive abilities and whatnot...

It would be cool If we had some mounts with the ability to sprint, and the ones that could hover have the ability to glide when they go off cliffs. Maybe something like allowing Magitek armor to be used in certain raids like the Praetorium?

Thoughts???

[Silvanoshi]

The ability to sprint would be interesting, especially as open world grows larger. Racing, maybe at some point, also? These certain abilities can come into play for the mini-game to slow/stop your opponent!

[chococo]

There's too many vanity stuff in this game. SE thinks people really like vanity and will keep them occupied. Some do, some don't and find it just a waste of resources.

[tymora]

I found it silly my Ahriman pretty much flops on the ground when I "fly" off the cliff.

[Jynx]

I'd rather never see a single "Vanity" mount in the game and have them work on making Chocobos unique.

I'm the crazy one though...

[Velox]

I'd rather never see a single "Vanity" mount in the game and have them work on making Chocobos unique.

I'm the crazy one though...

I'm in the same boat, though maybe for different reasons. I hate seeing these bulky, tacky, fanservice mounts. I can tolerate some of them to an extent (coeurl, unicorn, etc) because they don't take up much more room than the chocobos, but things like the magiteck armor, behemoth, and goobue are just an eyesore and incredibly annoying when blocking your view (or your character).

[Jaykos]

After seeing the newest mount in the works it appears that there really isn't any distinguishing characteristics between mounts that isn't cosmetic.

I'd like to see more diversity with mounts other then how they look. Exclusive abilities and whatnot...

It would be cool If we had some mounts with the ability to sprint, and the ones that could hover have the ability to glide when they go off cliffs. Maybe something like allowing Magitek armor to be used in certain raids like the Praetorium?

Thoughts???

You got a link to the new mounts?

[MurakumoMillennium]

I'd rather never see a single "Vanity" mount in the game and have them work on making Chocobos unique.

So... vanity for chocobos.

goobue are just an eyesore

Goobbue has been in the game since 1.0

[Velox]

Goobbue has been in the game since 1.0

Oh I know, but gargantuan mounts that fill up a players screen will always be an eyesore. This applies to every MMO.

[TAS]

You got a link to the new mounts?

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/000658.html