SE~ Pet System! Mount System!

[Aldarin]

I have recently been spending some of my spare time exploring other MMORPGs, so far the one with the best pet implementation has been Rappelz. Some of the basic Ideas of Rappelz could easily be applied to pets when added to FFXIV. This may detract from FFXIV's uniqueness, but most of the basics are simple things people have been asking for already from SE.

1. Pets are not class specific or unique, everyone can have a pet
2. Pets can equip items
3. Pets evolve after certain levels (not pokemon evolution, but more bad-ass looking versions of the same pet)
4. In their final evolution pets can be used as mounts.

#4 would need a lot of thought before implementation, since it would detract from the value of chocobos.
As for the others, people have been asking for similar things in FFXI after pets were implemented and some of these ideas were already implemented.
I.E. Pets w/ equipment (Puppets), With DRGs then complaining about a lack of equipment for their wyverns
Pet Evolution (Puppets), with the different head and body types allowed for variation to a single pet.

Either way pets should come after everything else is balance, and should be available to everyone to keep game balance.

Also:

If you really want to capture the OCD spirit of everyone and get them addicted, just give the beastmaster and additional ability to catch and train monsters just like Pokemon. Then, let them battle other players, or other beastmasters' pets in the Uldah coliseum like in Dragon Quest 8.

100k new subscriptions, guaranteed.

......YES!!!!!!