Dragoon pet

[Jinko]

Oh, you mean THE ICONIC DRAGOON ATTACK? Yeah, it IS missing. Not a Dragoon without Jump, period.

Isn't Doomspike basically a jump attack, sure you dont' jump into the air for 3 turns but then this isn't a turn based games

[SilvertearRen]

Isn't Doomspike basically a jump attack, sure you dont' jump into the air for 3 turns but then this isn't a turn based games

Doomspike is basically a newbie's Jump attack. The REAL Jump is like...Godly.

Besides, if they make it possible for us to have Drakes as a mount, that would easily stand in for the Wyvern, guys. This was mentioned during the broadcast as a reward for those who stick with FFXIV during the transition to 2.0.

Special Mounts Thread

[Rubicon]

It seems like there are many people in here "i want to have the most dps"[Removed by Moderator according to the FINAL FANTASY XIV FORUM Guidelines.]-> against variety
(sorry to say so, but thats what this discussion seems to be like)

If more DPS = bigger package, then having a dragon pet = fanboi Pokemon dress up party.

When I play a class/job I want to have a specialized role in the party and be the best I can be at it. If I have the choice of doing more crit damage thereby knowing my role and affirming my place in the party OR having a pet that cripples my overall abilities because the devs have to keep re-balancing my class to give me identity in a party... I think I choose option A.

[Tatsuo]

Why not have the choice?

You call your Wyvern, you give up some strength or whatever and get your companion.
You dismiss it, your stats get back to normal.

[Nabiri]

Why not have the choice?

You call your Wyvern, you give up some strength or whatever and get your companion.
You dismiss it, your stats get back to normal.

Exactly what I suggested. Yoshida-san seems to be all about choice anyways. Why not let us have the choice to have a wyvern, and split our damage with our wyvern, or choose not to have one at all, and remain strong. Wyvern could be obtained through a quest, and those who don't want it don't have to get it. If they choose not to get it, they don't lose anything.

[Rinpoo]

No idea...Dragoon has been one of my favorite jobs in FFXI, not only because I love polearms but also dragons. When I picked up FFXIV back then, it was no question to take a closer look at Lancer. Then they mentioned jobs, and Dragoon being on the list I was totally sold. Finally a dragon mate again! It's been my main reason for picking Lancer as my main class.

Not saying I like the idea about 'gimping' the job, but even if it happened that way, there would be other means to compensate the loss of...whatever. And it's not like dragons would be useless vanity pets. I just remember the upcoming self-skillchains. You could be able to make such chains with your dragon perhaps, or even let other people do them with your dragon...or dragons with other dragons. And with the new engine, who knows what kinda stuff will be possible in the future!?

Now I'm not screaming for flying dragon mounts, although that would be awesome. But...traditional Dragoon or not...not being able to have your dragon mate would make me very sad, and disappointed. Opinion and preference, surely. Just sharing my thoughts. Without the dragons...I don't know how I should identify myself through the job...in any other way than I already do with Lancer right now. It would seem totally pointless to me and I'd lose a big chunk of interest, sadly. Yea that's kinda silly.

Long story short, my vote clearly goes -for- the dragons!

[Lebannen]

Just gonna mention that doomspike 2 is in essence a jump attack. It may not be unrealistically high, but a lot about this game seem to be keept on a more believable scale.

[Nakiamiie]

Same here, no pet wyvern for dragoon please.

[Rentahamster]

Just make the job customizable so that you can set a specific group of skills to specialize in pets, or you can set a different set of skills to specialize in DPS.

Builds. Customization. Variety.

[SihrBahn]

If they want to adopt a dragoon aspect from past games then do it like FF4 where Kain could equip 2 lances and Jump for AwesomE DamagE!!! (-ge, -ge, -ge <<echo effect>>)!!!!!