How about a true commendation mount?

[Doki]

With the Fat Black Chocobo we now have multiple Fat Chocobos with pope hats. Reg Fat with hat from commendations, White Fat with hat, Black Fat with hat. Considering the devs have released like 6 PvP exclusive unique mounts that the majority of the population will never get, how about re-releasing or re-skinning some of the PvP mounts tied to commendations or other future achievement tiers?

[Noitems]

I'm sure they'll be adding another one as the Parade Chocobo was added back in 2.4

We are totally overdue for another hopefully starting at the 4000 range and going up from there.

[Gokuhan]

I think they said they didn't want to add things with requirements so high new people would feel it would take too long or be impossible to get. That's why they stopped with the Veteran rewards.

[kidalutz]

I think they said they didn't want to add things with requirements so high new people would feel it would take too long or be impossible to get. That's why they stopped with the Veteran rewards.

I wish they'd add more of those again *sigh* I was hoping for the inclusion of Terra Branford clothes or Celes Chere

[Vidu]

I think they said they didn't want to add things with requirements so high new people would feel it would take too long or be impossible to get. That's why they stopped with the Veteran rewards.

The veteran rewards are different than those kinds of mounts though: They're locked behind nothing but time. You cant speed up the process of getting them by getting invested into certain aspects of the game, you just have to wait it out. On top of that the amount of time you could pay for was (and is) limited to "only" half a year in advance so you were absolutly stuck with not getting those rewards for years if you started playing with Heavensward or Stormblood or any time after ARR release. And you had no way to influence that or speed it up.

Mounts (and other rewards) that are tied to achievments are different: You can influence that. You can influence - to a degree - how fast and how many commendations you gain, by running content (maybe even unpopular content), being nice and helpful to people and picking jobs that have a higher chance of getting commendations (hint-hint: its the jobs that are in high demand, tank and healer).
Adding another commendation-reward could actually help to encourage good behaviour and more tanks and healers in queues (since those are some of the main-factors when picking who to commend - at least going by what I've read in threads on that matter).

They've added the hunt-tiger and the mentor-pony and both are locked behind a huge amount of time and effort, so I wouldnt be surprised if a lot of people just looked at that and went "Nope, not bothering with that!" - but thats their choice then! They know they could get the mount if they'd put in that effort - veteran rewards were just a waiting game that no amount of effort on your side could shorten.

I would love to see a new reward for the commendations - I'm approaching 5k and every one I get feels a bit like its gone to waste, specially when its one that goes to me instead to my boyfriend for the simple reason that I play a tank and he plays a dps.

[Lanthalas]

It did not prevent them to add the centurio tiger mount (3000 A and 2000 S which can take years of not missing a single hunt ^^ so almost impossible if you have a work and S spawning during working hour) and mentor mount (2000) but the last one is ok since you are not limited on when you can progress on it (just depend on you).

[Doki]

Doesn't really take long to get commendations. I've played fairly casually over the years since release and have 5179 commendations.

[Misutoraru]

Doesn't really take long to get commendations. I've played fairly casually over the years since release and have 5179 commendations.

depend on the role you play
as Tank, usually get at least 2 per run even I screw up
as Heal, almost certain have at least 1 even someone die of my mistake
as DPS, oh jeez, done everything beyond exceptional standard I am lucky if I get 1

[Avatre]

depend on the role you play
as Tank, usually get at least 2 per run even I screw up
as Heal, almost certain have at least 1 even someone die of my mistake
as DPS, oh jeez, done everything beyond exceptional standard I am lucky if I get 1

I found the opposite.

Rarely did I get any as healer(nobody dies, DPS whenever I can, no close calls - still would get none)
Similar to healer with tank, possibly even less frequent - don't lose aggro, don't cleave the party, quick run with pulls that are suitable for the group
As a DPS, I would typically walk out of a dungeon with 1-2 commendations by just being a competent player who doesn't stand in AoEs, or anything that I can actually dodge, and do my job.

Over 4.5 years I have accumulated 3770 commendations, having done 5359 instanced dungeons/raids/trials. And I would say 80-90% of that, was as DPS(DRG being the majority as I didn't start leveling other classes until midway through HW)

[Rosentretter]

Doesn't really take long to get commendations. I've played fairly casually over the years since release and have 5179 commendations.

Let's not forget about that Elezen who complained a few weeks ago here, that has been playing since the beginning and only had 107 commendations. RIP.