So in the LIVE Letter from the Producer videos, Yoshi-P touched on Dragoons and their wyvern pets, about how they were inseparable. I completely agree with this. He then asked a question. Would you want your character's stats weakened to balance the pet/character combo? To this I would suggest...

In my opinion, the only reason I like a wyvern by my side is because it looks extremely cool. I wouldn't play a Dragoon if my stats were seriously lower because I had a pet. So because of this, I came up with a small solution. How about having the Wyvern always stay by the Dragoon's side, but have no health and it being simply for looks. Now, it goes without saying that the Dragoon will have some very specific skills. What you can do is that when the Dragoon uses these skills, the Wyvern does something. For instance, when the Dragoon does something along the lines of a penta-stab, you can have the wyvern assist in the attack (Cool animation here). The stats don't have to be split because the damage is not being done by the wyvern, it's simply the skill itself doing the damage. The wyvern itself is simply there for the looks and animation.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't think about the Dragoon as "Pet + Character" but rather the wyvern being the extension of a Dragoon, like the Dragoon and the wyvern are one character. Therefore, it makes since if the wyvern has no health because the Dragoon and wyvern share a mystical bond of sorts. If the Dragoon dies, the wyvern also dies.

TLDR: Dragoon can still have a wyvern without split stats. Wyvern is simply for vanity purposes.

I'd love some feedback from the community on this. I understand if many of you disagree, this is simply an opinion from one user. So don't take it to heart and keep it to a low flaming level please.


~Subfocus