Why do you taunt us DRG's so?

[Mycow8me]

Toh Y Thrah



Why must you taunt us with perfect wyvern sized companions for our DRGS. Really miss the Wyvern pet style fighting combat that was associated with DRG in some past ff games!

I'm guessing there's already been threads about this topic but I just saw this guy and now the struggle is real.

This is for wishing some day we get our wyvern companions!

*Edited for better picture*

[Gilraen]

There's almost no excuse now for why DRG's don't have a wyvern fighting alongside them.

You mean aside from the excuse of, "This isn't XI."? XI is the only Final Fantasy that had Dragoons with pet wyverns. All other incarnations their gimmick was being a heavy damage jumper. That said, you're far enough in the story that you do have a wyvern pet, it's just the purest form of a pet in that it's just a pet.

[Talraen]

You mean aside from the excuse of, "This isn't XI."? XI is the only Final Fantasy that had Dragoons with pet wyverns. All other incarnations their gimmick was being a heavy damage jumper. That said, you're far enough in the story that you do have a wyvern pet, it's just the purest form of a pet in that it's just a pet.

The original Dragoon in FF2 had a wyvern, and Jump didn't show up until FF3's dragoon. Not that I think FFXIV needs a wyvern pet for dragoons by any means, but there is precedent besides FFXI.

[Gilraen]

The original Dragoon in FF2 had a wyvern, and Jump didn't show up until FF3's dragoon. Not that I think FFXIV needs a wyvern pet for dragoons by any means, but there is precedent besides FFXI.

I didn't know that. But then, not many do as FFII was never released in the US outside of the rerelease a couple years ago. Still, that's only two prior games out of... the dozen or so that had dragoons. Precedent, but a minority precedent with the standard dragoon being more a dragon slayer or heavy armor DD than a dragon compatriot. XIV's dragoon is a dragon slayer.

Heck, in XIV's Dragoon storyline the iconic initially tries to kill you but sets this animosity aside only because you're going to kill Nidhogg.

[Aethaeryn]

I didn't know that. But then, not many do as FFII was never released in the US outside of the rerelease a couple years ago.

12 years ago! But yeah, dragoons usually do not have wyvern pets.

OP, I wanted a wyvern pet for the longest time too because I was really attached to mine on FFXI (I miss you, Jessie. ;_; ), but it would take a lot of rebalancing to even make it possible at this point. I think most people who career dragoon right now probably like it how it is. Maybe the next Final Fantasy MMO dragoon will have a partner in crime-fighting again.

[Gilraen]

12 years ago!

I don't think you quite understand the number conventions of the early Final Fantasy titles. We never got the real II way back, the II that was released outside of Japan was actually IV, they numbered it II so US gamers wouldn't be confused and ask, "Where's II?" (not that it stopped Lucas from numbering the first Star Wars movie IV) The real II wasn't globally released until it was ported to... iPads? The wiki explains it better.

Append: Ah, right. Learned again. The price one pays when one skims.

[Ercapote]

Omg lol I've never realize that! But at this very moment I don't think we will ever see it, maybe in a future when new abilities come down or skill trees perhaps

[Ashkendor]

Because a dragoon trying to manage a pet hotbar can only end one way:

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Because a dragoon trying to manage a pet hotbar can only end one way:

Ironically, your sig perfectly sums up what would happen, xD