Quote Originally Posted by Skyrant_Kangaroomouse View Post
NO! It's called consistency and makes the world more believable and helps immersion. Chocobos are bred to be mounts not Gobbues or Ahriman. I like the lore as it is, no need to mess with it.

I don't see how the franchise can stagnate by making the iconic chocobo that everyone loves the only mount.

Innovation and progress builds on a well established base. That base is the lore of FF and need not to be changed to grow.
I realize I made the point in this thread about mounts, but my post was really addressing the overall concept that keeping things the same all the time without creating new elements can stagnate a franchise. I wasn't really referring to mounts or FFXIV specifically with that statement, even though it does apply.