FFXIV mounts

[Perrin]

@Zantetsuken

Right idea, different implementation than I'd like. No impassable areas due to lack of a mount (rental or otherwise). You should be able to reach anywhere over time no matter what mount you ride...

However 3 fair(ish) options could be any of the following (In my opinion of course)

A: Certain mounts travel faster on certain terrain and all others travel at rental chocobo speed. Normal choco's get neither an increase or a decrease

B: Certain mounts have accress to shortcuts, ie: a gob could lift a branch out of the way in Grid to cut across the map slightly (no content allowed in these shortcut passes) or a winged mount could glide down a mountain side. No shortcuts from one end of a map to another, just something to shave a few more seconds off than it takes to switch rides.

C: Certain mounts move slower but are resistant to attacks or a chance to scare off level X mobs for a given radius improving your chances of getting to that hard to reach camp or whatever.

[Zantetsuken]

@Zantetsuken

Right idea, different implementation than I'd like. No impassable areas due to lack of a mount (rental or otherwise). You should be able to reach anywhere over time no matter what mount you ride...

However 3 fair(ish) options could be any of the following (In my opinion of course)

A: Certain mounts travel faster on certain terrain and all others travel at rental chocobo speed. Normal choco's get neither an increase or a decrease

B: Certain mounts have access to shortcuts, ie: a gob could lift a branch out of the way in Grid to cut across the map slightly (no content allowed in these shortcut passes) or a winged mount could glide down a mountain side. No shortcuts from one end of a map to another, just something to shave a few more seconds off than it takes to switch rides.

C: Certain mounts move slower but are resistant to attacks or a chance to scare off level X mobs for a given radius improving your chances of getting to that hard to reach camp or whatever.

Think of them more like a controllable variation on the Aht Urgan Ferry or the boats in Bibiki bay. You would use these mounts to explore a large special areas that serve as the initial gateway to new zones/dungeons/etc. (then tele using aetheryte after you've gotten there)

The mounts wouldn't be any more rare or difficult to obtain than your first couple Job quests, they just require some easy prerequisites and then talk to the rental NPC.

So the content they access is exclusive to the mount, but the mount is easy to obtain and cannot leave the area. In that way, they aren't mounts in the traditional sense, rather they are an integral part of the access and exploration of the zone in which they are rented from.

Our only universal mounts would be our choco breeds (and special Goobbue).