Talking to NPCs while mounted

[Iplewhelmed]

RIP manners

I'm the Warrior of Light AKA the Chosen One AKA Hydaelyn's Champion. THEY are the ones who should mind their manners, what with them ordering me around like a delivery girl/boy. Also, I can already barge into stores, taverns and CHURCHES on a smelly chocobo or a blood-thirsty behemoth without ANYONE batting an eye so its not like it would be particularily lore-breaking.

Because I really want 30 fat chocobos covering an NPC I need to talk to.

I don't see a reason why this would happen, considering most important NPC are in areas where you can't mount to begin with. Yes, there is Idyllshire and Mor Dhona, where you ALREADY CAN block someone's view with your fat chocobo in those areas if you want to, but I have yet to see it happen, at least to the point of the worst case scenario you mentioned. Also, I have played other mmorpgs with mount systems, and in those where you could talk to NPCs while on your mount, being in someone's way was never a problem - even in those with actual character collision!

But then again I'm pretty dumb so eh.