This isn't a HUGE deal, but honestly something that I feel would add a TON to the sense of immersion.

Right now, Collector's/Deluxe Edition mounts are just mailed to you. Sometimes with a quirky little letter, sometimes now. Now it IS true that on your Mount menu, you'll get a tiny little piece of lore or something added, and that's nice! But on the whole, it feels kind of... cheap.

I would *LOVE* if there was just a teeny, tiny little quest instead. When you mail items to players, maybe make it something that "starts a quest". Make it something super simple, but just giving things a TINY bit of lore.

For example, "Grani" the mount for Shadowbringers' Collector's Edition. It's just this wierd-looking thing that's unlike anything else in the game.

What if instead, you were given a "mote of strange light" that upon entering Lakeland, Grani flies down, sensing a strange presence, thinking it some kind of new minion of the Light. Maybe a brief fight ensues (nothing difficulty, maybe just enough to give the idea that "oh, this thing uses the power of Darkness"), and it realizes you are not a Sin Eater, it begins to wonder if you are the prophesied "Warrior of Darkness". It then says it will accompany you in this harsh new realm.

Just a tiny little thing like that I feel like would add SO much more meaning to these mounts!

I mean, just look at the Gryphon (from Heavensward) and the Syldra (from Stormblood). The former felt wildly out of place (was it teasing Ala Mhigo? is it somehow related to the nation's plight?), and the latter, I literally STILL have no idea what it is or if it's supposed to be referencing something.

And with Endwalker introducing the "Arion" mount (which almost seems to be a Light-equivalent of Grani? or is it actually a horse, but with similar armor?), it would just be cool to get a small little "introduction" to the mount.

Hell, I wouldn't even mind something similar for ALL of the Store mounts. Like, maybe Wedge designed the SDS Fenrir (FF7:AC bike) and he shows up in a getup looking like a knock-off Cloud Strife, maybe "trying to impress Nanamo", and when he sees it doesn't work, he gives you the bike instead.

Just my two cents!