DEV REQEST - Horses

[ErikMynhier]

Like in the hempen underwear thread where I wonder of the people who say no for IDK... tradition? How many of them have worn the item in the last year that they are so invested in not changing?

How many who say chocobos are the horses.... (doma and odin and so on, yay lore)... how many of them used a chocobo as their main mount in say the last 6 months? IDK about other servers but its rare on balmung.

As they are so fond of pointing out when FFXI comes up, this is XIV, we can be different.

[Driavna]

Traying to use lore when the game already allow so many things that break it is the most weak argument you can bring to the table. Devs already had all necessary, and expensive, stuff in game to make this happen (model, animation and sounds), so if a portion of the player base would enjoy it, why not?

P.S. My favourite mount are chocobos and I will keep using them.

[Vanitas]

Does horse taste any good?

[Lambdafish]

Going to have to request no on this one, there are already 18 different horse mounts in the game, i'd like more unique mounts.

[Pomelo]

No thanks, there are far too many horses in game already, the only horse I'd actually want is a two seater one.

[ErikMynhier]

Does horse taste any good?

Its very gamey I thought. Hard to explain, sort of a hollow flavor to it.

[ChandraNoctis]

The current horse model would look ridiculous without the poofy mane and/or barding/cover. If you take away the mane poof the ears are completely out of proportion and look ridiculous. That's a mule not a horse (not that mules are bad - it's just not a horse).
I suppose they could change the colour and make it a mule for real - that would be kind of cool.

[Culfinrandir]

Remember that, come 4.0 in a few months, new mounts will be released that swim & dive. Many of the existing flying mounts can dive but none can swim (as yet). I imagine some will have it retconned but I can't see them implementing something now that could only need used fully in 2.0 areas as they don't fly, dive or swim.

[Niwashi]

I would have preferred if the only mounts in the game were chocobos, but that ship has long since sailed.

Chocobos are the horse equivalent of the Final Fantasy universe, and there should be a lot more of them in this game, considering the number of different mounts we have. Currently, there are nine chocobo mounts total, but two of those are no longer available, and of the remaining ones, only three can be acquired in-game (though admittedly, that includes the game's only customizable mount).

So even though I don't think another horse would disrupt the ambiance of the game any more than many of the existing mounts do, I still think the franchise's iconic beast is a better place for the devs to be focusing their attention. Once we've got more chocobos available than we do horses, maybe then I'd be willing to support this thread's request.

[Mirakumi]

Isn't there a pvp horse somewhere?