Let us ride our mounts with weapons drawn out

[Antonio_Xul]

After doing the latest dungeon and floating around in that cloud, I was thinking "Why can't we ride our mounts with our weapons in our hand?" I think that would be a cool addition for new poses.

[Alestorm]

The same "technical limitations" that prevent the ladies from sitting side saddled. It's in the game, they just wont allow it for everyone.

Or we can just make the PS4 limitations meme?

[Xion136]

The same "technical limitations" that prevent the ladies from sitting side saddled. It's in the game, they just wont allow it for everyone.

Or we can just make the PS4 limitations meme?

Hyur women sit sidesaddle.

It's literally in the game.

[Brightamethyst]

Why? What are you fighting there? Personally I'm happy to keep both hands on the reins of my flying horse.

[TheMightyMollusk]

It really depends on the weapon and on the mount. A dragoon with spear drawn riding on a horse could look majestic and badass, but an astrologian riding a giant egg with their star globe out would look ridiculous.

[Kazrah]

I wouldn't mind seeing it exclusive to a particular job designed specifically to do that, but yeah, there are too many cases where it'd just look stupid.

[Dualgunner]

Why is it always an extreme? The OP asked to "let us" ride with our weapons out. Implying giving us the option, not enforcing it on everybody. I'd like the option too, personally: let me choose if I want to look like silly riding a giant egg with my astrologian weapon out (as if riding a giant egg wasn't already silly?).

[TheMightyMollusk]

What's extreme now? I assume it'd be a toggle or a /changepose if anything, so it'd be entirely optional. I'm just saying, some would look silly.

Also I'd love to have the option to pull out a chair mount and pull out my summoner tome, and just sit around reading while I wait for things.

[Dualgunner]

I used your example to bounce off of since you were the only one who really provided examples of things that would look silly. I'm not disagreeing with you, it just feels like Brightamethyst's and Kazrah's responses were "It'd look silly/stupid, so no."

Which, to be fair to them, is me reading into what possibly isn't there.

[Kazrah]

I used your example to bounce off of since you were the only one who really provided examples of things that would look silly. I'm not disagreeing with you, it just feels like Brightamethyst's and Kazrah's responses were "It'd look silly/stupid, so no."

Which, to be fair to them, is me reading into what possibly isn't there.

For me at least, it's thinking about what resources would be required for it compared to other aesthetic possibilities that may be higher priority that those resources would be taken away to make that happen, how much time would be required and what all would have to be done for each race, job and stance/position on the mount along with how much time we normally spend on our mounts.

It's not just looking silly or stupid, but doing so knowing that the resources used to make it could be better spent on something more universally appealing.

Maybe that will be the new hook for the next expansion... Flying in Heavensward, Swimming in Stormblood, and Combat on Mounts in whatever the next one is.
XD

Would be interesting to see, but I think aquatic/groundless combat would be the next step.