FFXIV mounts

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We had this discussion back when the Goobbues were released. I want to see a 'Mounts-with-a-purpose' approach in FFXIV

FFXIV should have special rental/limited-use mounts but only for special zones/terrain. (i.e. where choco's can't go)

Some examples

Goobbues >> Swamps
Drakes >> Lava Flows
Magitek Armor > Tundra/Wasteland
Hippogryphs > Mountain Peaks/Canyons
Great Buffalo > Rivers

The neat thing about this is that the devs could make impassable terrain areas in the 2.0 maps with empty 'rental shacks' nearby. In the future, when adding expansions, all they need to do is to add the NPC that will rent you the appropriate mount to cross over. Its a much more stylish solution then "Oh look, a new cave/canyon/etc. that wasn't here yesterday"


But our regular mounts should all be chocobos and we should have access to many different breeds and customization options for them.