Mob mounts. Do you want them? (Poll)

[Nuru]

So are people making polls about any topic just for the stupid medals? Seriously, if you want (Likes) just say so. I'd be happy to like every single one of your posts.

On topic though, I would probably only want one mob-mount. Lets not let this get out of hand and have more mounts than we do subscribers like WoW. Seriously that shits more ridiculous than Pokemon. Can you Ride'm'All?

Edit: (Oh but I love pokemon though. )

[Djeserit]

Even with that aside, these aren't random creatures from real life or other MMOs. These are Final Fantasy mobs. Ahriman? Goobbues? Are you trying to say a Final Fantasy mob isn't Final Fantasy enough for FFXIV?

They may be mobs in FF games, but that doesn't mean that they are original to the FF franchise. SE has a history of taking mythological creatures from all over the world as inspiration for the creatures in the game, which is why mounting said creatures would not inspire the feelings of the franchise. Chocobos are an original creature created by SE, and they have been in every FF game since 2.

I'm not saying SE shouldn't add extra creatures as mounts, I just don't want 250+ different types. give me colored chocobos, magitech, and 1 or 2 creatures as mounts that only pre-2.0 players can get. Expand the mount system in different ways (armor, training, racing, other things like that), instead of "Here's a new skin for your run speed buff, hope you like it!" like certain other games are prone to doing.

In other words, innovate on the mount system, do things other MMOs haven't done by adding abilities, stats, other things for your mounts, instead of pushing hundreds of new skins on us and calling it innovation, when it doesn't bring anything new to the table.

[Arcell]

Chocobos - okay
Big mech walkers - okay
Drakes, Goobues and Ahriman - NEVER OMG YOU'RE RUINING MY IMMERSION!!!!!

I just don't get it.

Anyone saying it's making the game like WoW or LotR or any other MMO is an idiot. The concept of putting a saddle on a creature and using it as transportation isn't exactly new, it's kind of been around for a while. Yes WoW features a lot of ridiculous mounts. Have we been shown anything to make us believe FFXIV is going down this same path? Nope. Just normal monsters without any special effects or anything ridiculous.

We've been shown 3 different mounts and were told he's not even sure if he wants to use those specific monsters so I don't think the issue of having 10938567 different mounts around is valid at this point. Also what is the issue with having more diversity? I thought people wanted to be unique and not look exactly like everyone else. I mean at least a system like that would give people the option to customize how they see fit. Like anything else in the game, diversity isn't a bad thing. More classes, more jobs, more weapons, more armor, more skills are all good. More mounts? Nope awful, you should be ashamed SE. Is this really how the thinking goes?

What I really don't get is why can't we have Chocobos + other things? I mean they're not mutually exclusive. What's so wrong with giving people another option should they want it? I just don't get the mentality that shuns more options. Chocobos are here and they're iconic, they're also a bit rare and only Ishgard can breed them. In this game it makes more sense than it ever has to look to other creatures as means of transportation.

[Tonkra]

There's only one way I could see this implemented that would make it all right with me.

First, that chocobos remain the fastest mount, and the primary mount for travel.

Second, that there be a wide variety of mounts, and the bigger/cooler ones be somewhat hard to obtain.

havent you thousands of MMorpgs out of there with silly and cheesy mounts? hum?.

Someone ask for gobbue mount.. seriously?

[IMG][/IMG]

catch'm all or what? ;Xd

this is NOT final fantasy. final fantasy ever had "just" chocobos

[Answa]

It. Is. Just. This. Once.

Nobody is replacing Chocobos.

[Arcell]

this is NOT final fantasy. final fantasy ever had "just" chocobos

So that's all that makes a game FF? So what happens if we took say FF7 and added another creature mount to it? Would it then cease to be a Final Fantasy game? I don't think so, that's a really weak argument.

Also the series adds new things with each iteration, or at least a new take on an existing system. If we stuck solely with "tradition" the games would suck and the series would fail. Innovation and change are not evil concepts.

[CrystalObsidian]

Mob mounts should only be a Beastmaster thing.
Not an "everyone" thing.

[Reliquia]

Chocobos - okay
Big mech walkers - okay
Drakes, Goobues and Ahriman - NEVER OMG YOU'RE RUINING MY IMMERSION!!!!!

Drakes, Gobbues and Ahriman don't look very submissive to be perfectly honest. If they ever go as far as that, then heck, why not add malboro mounts? Why stop there? Ride a doormouse, not your cup of tea? How about your very own Yoshida mount? He runs you around piggyback style, waving to the FF community as he passes by. There is a fine line between tasteful and distasteful, not everything needs to be a mount.

[Jynx]

There is a fine line between tasteful and distasteful, not everything needs to be a mount.

This pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject. I personally don't think FFXIV needs to go down the "Ultra themepark" route that MMO's such as WoW do.

[Inaaca]

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.