When it comes down to brass tacks, at this point any compromise is going to feel like just that; a compromise. Both groups will feel like their opinions were taken less into account. The only way to please everyone at this point will be to release two Jobs for Lancer, one Dragoon and one Dragon Tamer(esk) class. Even that is going to be problematic, since they will effectively be forced to split the abilities that were originally one, whole and complete, concept into two disparate categories. Who gets Jump, for instance, Dragoon or Dragon Tamer (well, obviously Dragoon, it may be more accurate to say, does the pet job or the petless job get Jump)? I think the community is going to be a bit sour about this one regardless.


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The only reason I'd want the Wyvern back is because I thought it was kind of cool. I never noticed much in the way of "added" abilities when I played. Someone made the point about Dynamis and other EoG battles, your Wyvern would wipe after the first wave; so true but I believe that's why it went from a 2hour to a whenever you want to call with a decent 30 minute cool down, could be wrong. Otherwise, Wyverns really only helped a Drag when you ran solo, like the path companions in XI. I don't need a Wyvern in battle as a constant, a simple 2 hour would work IF it was worth using. If you gimp it then it's use less as the Wyverns didn't do THAT much to help or hinder the group. As I said earlier, it was an "OH SHIT" ability! LOL
You know, I hadn't really considered it before, but reading this, I think the reason that DRG's Call Wyvern ability was a 2hr at first was because originally the DRG wasn't supposed to be a pet job. If you think of it in that context, some of the stranger decisions early in FFXI make more sense. If the Wyvern was just supposed to be their cool "big attack" like Manafont, and only supposed to appear, help out, then die fairly quickly, the original design of DRG makes quite a bit more sense. The players put it to a completely different use, which caused the developers to rethink the entire concept into what it is today. Oh well, total tangent, but it's an interesting thought.