And in 1.20b we'll have...

[Elexia]

So someone trained your Gobbue and now you have to take care of it further.
You know there was a period where dogs were wolves and yet I don't hear anyone saying buying a dog is unrealistic because you didn't tame a wolf.

There are domestic dogs and there are wild wolves of all kind. Dogs have been domesticated much like cats, however there's still wild breeds out there. Goobbues aren't domesticated animals or have certain "friendly" breeds, they're monsters and nothing more and what better way than to tame a monsters than having a class that does that?

If we're using this dog analogy, there has to be lore that stated Goobbues are friendly monsters and the ones that's been killing us were just black sheep of the bunch. Why people are so against new classes is beyond me.

[Altareon]

There are domestic dogs and there are wild wolves of all kind. Dogs have been domesticated much like cats, however there's still wild breeds out there. Goobbues aren't domesticated animals or have certain "friendly" breeds, they're monsters and nothing more and what better way than to tame a monsters than having a class that does that?

If we're using this dog analogy, there has to be lore that stated Goobbues are friendly monsters and the ones that's been killing us were just black sheep of the bunch. Why people are so against new classes is beyond me.

I'm not against new classes but I seriously doubt SE will add a new class just to justify a little present for people who stuck around when they started charging a subscription fee.
And by your logic there's nothing in the lore that states there aren't domestic Gobbue. If you don't like it just don't get a Gobbue.
Further you can tame a beast and give it to someone and it won't immediately regress to feral behavior. You know how like when they return gorillas to the wild (feral animals) and they still remember the sign language they were taught?
Face it, you're just complaining to complain.

[AarosLunos]

I'm not against new classes but I seriously doubt SE will add a new class just to justify a little present for people who stuck around when they started charging a subscription fee.

Except for the fact that SE has stated numerous times that they plan on implementing pet classes. Its not necessarily because of the mount, but I'm sure the lore will have tie ins. Seriously people need to stop arguing over semantics and do a little research first.

[Altareon]

Except for the fact that SE has stated numerous times that they plan on implementing pet classes. Its not necessarily because of the mount, but I'm sure the lore will have tie ins. Seriously people need to stop arguing over semantics and do a little research first.

Of course they will but by the time they get around to adding new classes this Gobbue thing will be long forgotten. My point was they're not going to add a new class alongside the mount just to justify it in the lore.

[Elexia]

Of course they will but by the time they get around to adding new classes this Gobbue thing will be long forgotten. My point was they're not going to add a new class alongside the mount just to justify it in the lore.

Except it wouldn't have been added to "justify" the lore, it would have been a part of the class's abilities. Though SE could go the route and turn everyone into a pet class if you want to talk about justifying something.

[Altareon]

Except it wouldn't have been added to "justify" the lore, it would have been a part of the class's abilities. Though SE could go the route and turn everyone into a pet class if you want to talk about justifying something.

You have yet to properly explain why Chocobos can't be wild when that has been a well established trope in Final Fantasy and why it's completely unacceptable, in light of that, that you can't have a tamed Gobbue as a mount.
Or can I just count that as you don't have a good explanation for that and just hate it because it's a new idea in a Final Fantasy?

[Arcell]

There are domestic dogs and there are wild wolves of all kind. Dogs have been domesticated much like cats, however there's still wild breeds out there. Goobbues aren't domesticated animals or have certain "friendly" breeds, they're monsters and nothing more and what better way than to tame a monsters than having a class that does that?

If we're using this dog analogy, there has to be lore that stated Goobbues are friendly monsters and the ones that's been killing us were just black sheep of the bunch. Why people are so against new classes is beyond me.

There's no lore stating that you can't ride a Goobue, thus the possibility is there for them to add the lore that supports you being able to. Clearly there exists evidence suggesting we will be able to. They could add it in as easily as they did materia. Someone who was previously not in Eorzea is now here and knows how to tame Goobues. There we go, now it's lore.

[Jennestia]

There's no lore stating that you can't ride a Goobue, thus the possibility is there for them to add the lore that supports you being able to. Clearly there exists evidence suggesting we will be able to. They could add it in as easily as they did materia. Someone who was previously not in Eorzea is now here and knows how to tame Goobues. There we go, now it's lore.

Contrived storytelling is always frowned upon though and has been one of the biggest complaints against SE's latest works, XIII being the most popular.

Except for the fact that SE has stated numerous times that they plan on implementing pet classes. Its not necessarily because of the mount, but I'm sure the lore will have tie ins. Seriously people need to stop arguing over semantics and do a little research first.

Yeah...I don't know, seems like people suddenly forget things when something seems to be "threatening" their new found toys -- It's exactly why I said it would have worked better as part of the pet systems, yet somehow working better automatically means not being implemented at all.

[AarosLunos]

Contrived storytelling is always frowned upon though and has been one of the biggest complaints against SE's latest works, XIII being the most popular.

However the game, lore and the story arcs are being rebuilt for 2.0. So how is this contrived storytelling exactly? What does it matter if the entire foundation for the game and story will be changing in the near future?

[Jennestia]

However the game, lore and the story arcs are being rebuilt for 2.0. So how is this contrived storytelling exactly? What does it matter if the entire foundation for the game and story will be changing in the near future?

It's not though, they're only fixing the foundation of the game, they're not rewriting the entire storyline -- Only the 7th Umbral storyline is going to be done away with once 2.0 hits.

Since the whole purpose of it was to explain why the world will suddenly be different. (Maps are being redone, so a virtual apocalypse would explain that just well.)