And in 1.20b we'll have...

[Nakiamiie]

Hey gang, wanted to drop in a few tidbits about the impending release of the Goobbue mount! In regards to how to obtain the mount, it's going involve speaking with an NPC with a character above level 30 which will then give you an item to call the Goobbue.

Now as to whether or not the Goobbue will have its own music... it seems like the sound team has created a brand new song for it! We have a comment below from Soken (from the sound team) about his inspiration for the song.

Pure awesomeness!!
Hopefully 1.20b is coming out very soon!!!! Yay!!!

[neizero]

In regards to how to obtain the mount, it's going involve speaking with an NPC with a character above level 30 which will then give you an item to call the Goobbue.

OUCH..... WHY SO HARD???!!!

[Leonesaurus]

Hey gang, wanted to drop in a few tidbits about the impending release of the Goobbue mount! In regards to how to obtain the mount, it's going involve speaking with an NPC with a character above level 30 which will then give you an item to call the Goobbue.

Now as to whether or not the Goobbue will have its own music... it seems like the sound team has created a brand new song for it! We have a comment below from Soken (from the sound team) about his inspiration for the song.

That's awesome!

But Bayohne, I think our most heated question is..... When do we get to ride a freakin' Morbol!? LOL

C'mon, I know we're all gonna name our Morbol's "Bayohne" when that time comes! Hahahaha Either that or we'll name em, Mr. Tentaclesworth or something.

[Umo]

C'mon, I know we're all gonna name our Morbol's "Bayohne" when that time comes! Hahahaha Either that or we'll name em, Mr. Tentaclesworth or something.

This quote brings something to my mind: will it be possible to give a name to the Goobbue mount as we do with Personal Chocobo?

PS: I think my question is wrong from a grammatical standpoint. Just read the sentence at the bottom of my signature... /blush

[Mrfox0707]

Hey gang, wanted to drop in a few tidbits about the impending release of the Goobbue mount! In regards to how to obtain the mount, it's going involve speaking with an NPC with a character above level 30 which will then give you an item to call the Goobbue.

Wait so we just talk to an npc? That's kinda lame. How come there is no quest to get the new mount. I want to put at least some effort into getting fun and or unique item like the new mount.

[Masamune1004]

Now as to whether or not the Goobbue will have its own music... it seems like the sound team has created a brand new song for it!

I imagine it'll be something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-uUEXDgpRo

[Rhomagus]

Hey gang, wanted to drop in a few tidbits about the impending release of the Goobbue mount! In regards to how to obtain the mount, it's going involve speaking with an NPC with a character above level 30 which will then give you an item to call the Goobbue.

Now as to whether or not the Goobbue will have its own music... it seems like the sound team has created a brand new song for it! We have a comment below from Soken (from the sound team) about his inspiration for the song.

A huge gray bulk of a giant that grazes amidst a vast grass field.
It seems like a vicious beast, but is really super clumsy with a lot of strength.
This is pretty much a Goobbue, right? At least this is my personal take on it!
My image is of players zipping around a vast wilderness on the back of this the gigantic and loveable beast.
(The "zipping around" is completely different than the zipping around on the back of a chocobo, though.)

The most striking image is that of the back of a friendly Goobbue, standing motionless in a grass field that is painted with the sunset. I hope you're all excited to hear the finished song!

It's precisely this information that I would love to hear more about. The connections made in the sentiment, combined with the eventual release of the music, reach beyond the borders of communication through language. Updates on the games condition are expected, yet nuggets of information like this are truly treasures that can be respected beyond the confines of XIV, especially that last part. The musician's concept is literally represented in the closing moments of the video that was posted and having little commentaries like this just enhance the experience in my opinion. I think it would be nice to juxtapose this quote with the video itself but considering it was released as a cannon piece of XIV's lore I could understand not including it with the video. Possibly include it in the description on youtube maybe? I don't know.

Thanks Matt.

[Cegiana]

I hope Square doesn't listen to all those complaining, they don't represent all of us.

For those complaining, the solution is REALLY simple, don't get the Goobbue mount and save your whining for your momma and/or therapists. As for me, and I'm very sure a ton of other people, bring on the mounts, make as many as you want, I'll ride them all.

I swear, some people show no gratitude. I thank you Square for working extreme overtime and giving us what you've given us in the last year and I can only imagine how bad ass 2.0 will be. And to those saying, bring on more content, there's nothing to do! Go get all the jobs (including non-battle jobs) capped, do every quest/mission/leve, get every untradable piece of gear in the entire game, max out your seals, make 2 more characters to see the early town storyline for every town, get all achievements done. If you have all of that done, then you spend WAY too much time on the game and you need to get some sort of life, cause your ass has been in front of your pc playing this game for way too many hours per day. Try dating someone in RL, then maybe you won't spend every free second on this game, or play FFXI along with this game like us true fans do. Nobody can make the claim that they've done everything there is to do in FFXI unless they have every relic weapon.

So, like I said Square, ignore all the crybabies, the rest of us are grateful for the new mount and the fact the game is MUCH better than it was a year ago.

[Zantetsuken]

I hope Square doesn't listen to all those complaining, they don't represent all of us.

Well roughly 1/3 of the players don't like it from an forum poll, and that's a significant portion of people opposed to a gift.

If 33% of the paying players were opposed to a freebie, (and I assure that you most of them have issues with the WAY it is implemented) I'd be a bit concerned from a dev's perspective and try to figure out how to fix it.

[Munba]

Great news Bay about music.

But no specific quest to obtain it? :/