Its only a Goobbue...chill pickle

[Zantetsuken]

It just came out, so what'd you expect? Give it a little time and they'll thin out as they're "newness" wears off. After 2.0, when they aren't even available anymore they'll thin out even more still. Eventually it'll be this rare trophy that only a small percentage of the population are even aware of, let alone own.

Ya gotta look at the big picture, not just what you see during the day one craze.

The big picture is the issue here.

This trend will likely not stop at the Goobbue. The dats already have what appears to be Drake and Wolf mounts, possibly to be given out in the next 2 patches. Then 2.0 hits and all the new players will see the mounts and start clamoring for new ones. This is the beginning of a precedent -- one that will make the entire world look like a carnival rather than a FF game.

Ideally, the Goobbue should be a one-off 'gift' and then all new mounts should be either: A) Rented by players for navigating terrain (ie. Drakes for volcanic areas), or B) Part of a Beastmaster Job that can tame a monster and ride it into battle.

The rental mounts concept has an added bonus. The 2.0 landscape could have several impassible terrain features (ie Lava, deep water, swamps, etc) which can lead to planned expansion areas with an empty NPC shack nearby. When they want to open the zone up, the devs just add in the mount-rental NPC and they are good to go.

It's much better than FFXI's approach of making caves appearing out of nowhere.

[MicahZerrshia]

After 2.0, when they aren't even available anymore they'll thin out even more still. Eventually it'll be this rare trophy that only a small percentage of the population are even aware of, let alone own.

Agreed

You know how much fun its gonna be after v2 comes out when we are running circles around all the new players on our never again attainable mounts lol and 5-6 yrs down the road when u only see a goobbue run past once in a blue moon. It may be overwhelming in the amount now but it will thin and then it will be a true trophy.

[WiiSam]

The big picture is the issue here.

This trend will likely not stop at the Goobbue. The dats already have what appears to be Drake and Wolf mounts, possibly to be given out in the next 2 patches. Then 2.0 hits and all the new players will see the mounts and start clamoring for new ones. This is the beginning of a precedent -- one that will make the entire world look like a carnival rather than a FF game.

Ideally, the Goobbue should be a one-off 'gift' and then all new mounts should be either: A) Rented by players for navigating terrain (ie. Drakes for volcanic areas), or B) Part of a Beastmaster Job that can tame a monster and ride it into battle.

The rental mounts concept has an added bonus. The 2.0 landscape could have several impassible terrain features (ie Lava, deep water, swamps, etc) which can lead to planned expansion areas with an empty NPC shack nearby. When they want to open the zone up, the devs just add in the mount-rental NPC and they are good to go.

It's much better than FFXI's approach of making caves appearing out of nowhere.

I'm with this guy on the matter.

[Raagnar]

I want to thank the devs for the FREE mount, GIFTS are always appreciated!

Agreed. There was not supposed to be content attached to this. It was announced a long time ago when someone asked if they could get a gift showing that they payed to play before 2.0 and thats all this is, a GIFT. If you dont like it then dont get it. If you cant tolerate seeing them ride around your game then i think you have bigger problems in your head.

[Dragon]

I think I am the only person in my ls who thinks the goobbue mount is hilarious. Ppl wanna moan and complain about everything but I think this little treat the devs gave us is fantastic and hilarious. There is no reason to nerd rage so hard on the goobbue mount. Its just a piece of fun the devs threw our way. But I guess when it comes to gaming for a dev its damned if you do damned if you dont.

Have fun with it, if you cant then dont use it and just chill pickle

Agreed. There was not supposed to be content attached to this. It was announced a long time ago when someone asked if they could get a gift showing that they payed to play before 2.0 and thats all this is, a GIFT. If you dont like it then dont get it. If you cant tolerate seeing them ride around your game then i think you have bigger problems in your head.

Then you won't mind someone posting the .dat information required so we can delete all goobbue mounts and replace with chocobo mounts?

[Belial]

Then you won't mind someone posting the .dat information required so we can delete all goobbue mounts and replace with chocobo mounts?

Every time a hater hates, a goobbue loses a row of teeth.

[Dragon]

Every time a hater hates, a goobbue loses a row of teeth.

Well you can hate all you want, all I want is some simple .dat information so I can just go back to playing XIV without all the lameness.

[Belial]

Well you can hate all you want, all I want is some simple .dat information so I can just go back to playing XIV without all the lameness.

I'm not the hater in said example. You must be new to the interwebz. Here ya go, even YOU can learn how to read information. But ONLY you can prevent forest fires.: http://www.google.ca/search?q=.DAT+swapping

[Dragon]

I'm not the hater in said example. You must be new to the interwebz. Here ya go, even YOU can learn how to read information. But ONLY you can prevent forest fires.: http://www.google.ca/search?q=.DAT+swapping

You are the hater because I'm not the one forcing anyone into doing anything against their will - I'm just getting hate because I'm asking for a little .dat information; my request has been very simple, and Google has not brought up any functional results.

Your brain is missing, you should look into that.

[Belial]

You are the hater because I'm not the one forcing anyone into doing anything against their will - I'm just getting hate because I'm asking for a little .dat information; my request has been very simple, and Google has not brought up any functional results.

Your brain is missing, you should look into that.

Funny, I've found plenty of information for .DAT swapping, locating specific .DAT files, etc. Seems my brain functions perfectly fine.