Ceremony Chocobo Music and Eternal Bond Anniversary Items

[Ginal]

It would be lovely if the music for the Ceremony Chocobo was changed to the piece titled "Dreams Aloft" which is the default music for the Eternal Bond's exit march. It suits the special mount much better than the normal chocobo theme.

Also, a possible reward for players who make it to an actual Eternal Bond anniversary, which seems difficult for many players. It would be wonderful if the bonded couple could make a portrait housing item featuring their characters in one of a variety of possible poses.

It would also be really great if we were allowed, somehow, to re-enter the Sanctum of the Twelve instance to take screen shots, role play, or possibly even some sort of vow renewal ceremony.

[Enkidoh]

I disagree with Dreams Aloft - for my wedding my bf and I used the Final Fantasy main theme instead for our 'departure' theme (known as 'A World Apart' on the OST), as we felt it worked better than Dreams Aloft. I just don't think it would work too well as a mount theme, especially for a wedding chocobo (as it is, a lot of players actually associate that particular theme with Cid Garlond, regarding it as his personal theme, so it would probably just confuse players if it was made the mount theme for the ceremony chocobo).

As for the portrait idea, SE have stated in the past (back during the Beta test in fact) that they cannot do personalized portraits for players because of having to screen submitted artwork to ensure compliance with the game's Terms of Service - your idea though does have some possibility by using actual character data from the game, the character's portrait from the Lodestone is a possible example. So it could definitely be theoretically possible, but sadly unlikely.

However, given the fact that sadly a lot of players only use the whole idea of weddings as a way to get "kewl lewt" this would just be another excuse to 'marry some random, get the items', then never speak to that person again and await the anniversary rewards. Maybe I'm just cynical about this though...

[Ginal]

I like Cid and all, of course, but I always felt that Dreams Aloft was not suiting for his character. It is, however, a beautiful piece that I always felt fit perfectly with the Eternal Bond.

As for the ways people tend to use the Eternal Bond as a loot grab, this is why I think anniversary items should be simple and personal, such as my portrait idea. Only someone who actually cares about their Bonded couple would want such a furnishing.

[Nyghtmarerobu]

There was a thread made asking about wedding anniversary stuff already. It didn't get much traction, so I doubt the devs paid it any mind. As for the the mounts theme, I could see it being changed, but honestly I don't use it very much, unless I'm carting around somebody, so the change isn't that big of a deal.