Mob mounts. Do you want them? (Poll)

[Majidah]

Yes, it's official game artwork of an existing Final Fantasy character from FFVII, or would you rather me post a screenshot?

Also, that was exactly my point, it isn't a serious character, and yet it has a whole lot to do with the main serious plot of FFVII. Sillyness and comedy is part of the Final Fantasy genre too, and FFXIV should be no exception.



You don't stand on it, you sit on it. There's plenty of room on something that big. You did see the wireframe test animations for these mounts that Yoshi showed, right?

But you're right, let's halt all production because you personally think big machines are cooler than big monsters when it comes to mounts. Not everyone thinks they look dumb. In fact, a lot of people love the idea. Don't throw a wrench into other people's fun just because of your personal tastes.



I'm pretty sure I already made my point against this argument. Here, let me find it and post it again for you.

Okay, so Yoshi has tentatively put forward 3 possible limited edition 1 time only mounts. He's even said he's not sure about using those three, so it's clear that he's being selective and careful about what he chooses to be a mount. Considering this, he's not going to just start making anything and everything mounts willy nilly, nor will we have hundreds of mounts, so I don't understand how people are getting this.

People are taking this tentative look at a few distinct mounts and translating it as "omg I don't want hundreds of mounts I can't believe he's doing this." That's drastically jumping to conclusions. Yoshi's smarter than this, and it's clear from the live letter alone that he's considering mounts carefully.

In short, don't argue extremely unlikely and far off scenarios to try and make your case. It's not WoW (or Pokemon), it's Final Fantasy.



Yeah, housing is different, but I used it as an example because it shares a common element. It's something that isn't required to be in FFXIV, but it's something that most people would like to have. This was made counter to your argument that we shouldn't have mob mounts because we "don't need it."



Pretty sure I addressed this before, too. Oh yeah, it was in this thread, specifically directed toward you. Here's my response again. It actually makes for a decent closing argument to boot.

So Final Fantasy can never ever add anything to the franchise because it won't be Final Fantasy?

Put yourself in a time before FFVI was released. Would you have declared that game to be not Final Fantasy because they made Magitek mounts, something never before seen in Final Fantasy and wasn't even a chocobo? Ridiculous, right? Totally not Final Fantasy. Well, it made its home in Final Fantasy as one of the most popular additions in the franchise, and continues to be something that players fondly look back on.

This can only ever happen if SE pushes the boundaries to create NEW elements. We can't keep dwelling in the old, because Final Fantasy is constantly evolving with new ideas.

Comparing cait sith to lore breaking mounts is just silly.

Plus you don't see a city filled with cait siths. You see one. The comic relief. Otherwise you're just turning the whole game into a joke.

[Inaaca]

Comparing cait sith to lore breaking mounts is just silly.

I'm a big fan of lore, and currently there's nothing in the lore that directly contradicts mounts existing. Mobs are aggressive? Yeah, using them as mounts are also more than a year away. There's a million plausible things SE can write up for game lore in the meantime in order to introduce these effectively.

In the same way, Cait Sith would be a "lore breaking character" if it wasn't for the lore that was written for him in order to make it work.

Plus you don't see a city filled with cait siths. You see one. The comic relief. Otherwise you're just turning the whole game into a joke.

Somehow the following response continues to be ignored. I'll continue to emphasize it, I suppose.:

"Okay, so Yoshi has tentatively put forward 3 possible limited edition 1 time only mounts. He's even said he's not sure about using those three, so it's clear that he's being selective and careful about what he chooses to be a mount. Considering this, he's not going to just start making anything and everything mounts willy nilly, nor will we have hundreds of mounts, so I don't understand how people are getting this.

People are taking this tentative look at a few distinct mounts and translating it as "omg I don't want hundreds of mounts I can't believe he's doing this." That's drastically jumping to conclusions. Yoshi's smarter than this, and it's clear from the live letter alone that he's considering mounts carefully.

In short, don't argue extremely unlikely and far off scenarios to try and make your case. It's not WoW, it's Final Fantasy."