Mob mounts. Do you want them? (Poll)

[Jynx]

Huh... So you would be more on board with having a giant magically animated stuffed moogle as a mount in FFXIV than a goobbue?

Would make more sense than riding a giant monster made of rows of teeth.

More to the point Cait Sith wasn't a mount he was a robot, powered by not magic...but SCIENCE!

[Inaaca]

Would make more sense than riding a giant monster made of rows of teeth.

Depends on how one actually obtains said giant monster with rows of teeth. Could make a lot of sense depending on how the story goes.

I personally think that a goobbue fits a lot better with FFXIV's landscape than a giant stuffed moogle, but I can see how people would enjoy the latter and find it a lot of fun. Either are technically viable.

More to the point Cait Sith wasn't a mount he was a robot, powered by not magic...but SCIENCE!

Cait Sith isn't the mount, he's the rider. The giant moogle is the mount that he rides. In case you were actually talking about the moogle, here's a tidbit. The giant moogle may be robotic, but according to the instruction manual, magic is behind it:
"Cait Sith rides on the back of a huge stuffed Mog he magically brought to life. Megaphone in hand, he's always shouting orders and creating dopey attacks..."

[Jynx]

Cait Sith isn't the mount, he's the rider. The giant moogle is the mount that he rides. In case you were actually talking about the moogle, here's a tidbit. The giant moogle may be robotic, but according to the instruction manual, magic is behind it:
"Cait Sith rides on the back of a huge stuffed Mog he magically brought to life. Megaphone in hand, he's always shouting orders and creating dopey attacks..."

Let me just quote this

Cait Sith is an anthropomorphic robotic cat standing just over three feet in height with short black fur and a white stomach and face. He wears a short red cape tied around his neck and white gloves and a small crown. As seen in Dirge of Cerberus and Advent Children, Cait Sith does not possess any outward robotic features that would identify him as a robot, although he is still recognized as such.
In Final Fantasy VII, Cait Sith rides a large robotic Moogle that, according to the Final Fantasy VII instruction manual, he brought to life. It is never specified if Cait Sith is indeed controlling the Moogle robot, or if Reeve is controlling both of them himself. However, the Moogle is capable of action just like Cait Sith, and it is in fact, the Moogle, that does the fighting even though Cait Sith is the one equipped for battle. According to the instruction manual, Cait Sith uses his megaphone weapons to shout orders to the Moogle.

To be honest being "Magically" brought to life could also be as "Magical" as the Mako Cannon in FFVII they are pretty much machines powered by "Magic" Both Cait Sith and his Moogles are robots of some sort.

Not really relevant to the topic at hand, to look at your other quote...FFXIV is currently rooted in a rather "Serious/fantasy realism" just mounting the monsters as they are seems rather silly and I feel they would have a hard time explaining it away in lore.

[Inaaca]

To be honest being "Magically" brought to life could also be as "Magical" as the Mako Cannon in FFVII they are pretty much machines powered by "Magic" Both Cait Sith and his Moogles are robots of some sort.

Okay, fair enough.

FFXIV is currently rooted in a rather "Serious/fantasy realism" just mounting the monsters as they are seems rather silly and I feel they would have a hard time explaining it away in lore.

A fair point, but I feel like taking everything too seriously will only stifle the game's evolution in the long run. I personally like big serious plots and worlds, but we could use a few "just for fun" additions here and there, too. FFXIV needs to break a few boundaries on "realism" in order to create some new interest.

Here's a potential lore idea that I'll throw out there to justify these mounts, though. Again, just from the top of my head as an example. A possibility could be raising a wild creature from birth or a young age, and thus tempering its feral nature. A whole quest line can even come out of a concept like that. SE is likely coming up with their own lore ideas to work with though, if they plan on doing this at all.