I'm going to sound cheap here, but I felt like I completely wasted my time with beast tribe quests. I am finally "Trusted" by the Amalj'aa, and I walk up to the vendor and the only thing I care about (Drake Mount) is 120,000 gil? Seriously? I just spent weeks getting my ass handed to me and burned up in Southern Thanalan to still have to spend 120k gil to get something that can't fight by my side or protect me like a chokobo? It's just for looks. It's not faster, it can't get me to better places, I can't use it to torch enemies, it doesn't climb rock faces... Who in SE came up with that price scheme? I think I'm probably most ticked off, because I could have waited until I need EXP for my other jobs and it would have felt more satisfying to level up or something like that. Oh well, I guess I should remember that for my next beast tribe. I'll save it for the EXP.

I wonder if there's plans to make these mounts more useful than "Look what I did" trophies.