Since Magitek Mount has been basically confirmed...

[Spy]

...do you think it'll be able to perform offensive abilities such as Magitek Missile? Since chocobos will be used for combative purposes, why not Magitek? It might be interesting, but I'm not sure how they'd make it balance well in an mmo.

Maybe it might be like if being in the magitek armor wasn't as strong as being your class, (Since if it was, I doubt many people would get off of theirs) and used for successful traveling purposes mostly? For example, a Magitek missile could temporarily stun an enemy that agros you when you just want to explore, allowing you to escape...but the stun would have a cool down.

What type of things do you think the armor should do? Do you think it should just be for show/travel?

Also, how would you like to obtain it? To be honest, I was a bit disappointed with how easy Goobue was to obtain. At the very least a little more lore behind how the guy came to accessing the horn, along with cutscenes, and perhaps a battle with a goobue nm or something oppressing goobue's or something would have made it more worth it and interesting to me.

A quest, or perhaps a series of quests involving Garleans or collecting parts of the magitek armor would, in my opinion, make the Magitek mount more fun to obtain. Perhaps it ends up being a piece of technology that you take from them? OR something you build yourself if Engineer becomes available?

What do you think? Has anything else been confirmed? I'm a bit behind on some of the information. But I really hope it's not just another *talk to npc, he gives it to you* type deal.

And as I said in the beginning, it might be nice to have a few perks to it as well. Though, honestly, I don't want my magitek armor to be able to jump even with jump being added to the game.

Also, it'd be cool to see variances with Magitek mounts if you're able to make them yourself. Such as gun accessories, jet packs (if jump is to be used), drill arms (Though they'd probably just be for show or offensive purposes if you're able to attack with them), etc.

Perhaps the accessories and stuff that becomes available only after achieving certain GC rank or (as I said, IF Engineer is added) Engineer level. But if you dont want to level engineer, maybe you could pay or get someone who IS leveling engineer to upgrade it for you.

But this is all just my opinion and ideas. I'd love to hear yours.

[Spy]

...Still...sorta wondering this ;p

[Akujin]

I forsee potential with implementing machinary for players to use and not just NPC based.

A new class, Engineer, as a crafter rather than a battle class - A class that focuses on making things like bullets, bombs, rifles and crossbows (Musketeer is basically confirmed, for a later date, no?) Need something to make the weapons for it afterall, it could be lumped into Blacksmith sure..

But the Engineers could be the one's who help supply the weaponry for normal use and, at a later stage, Magitek weaponry for use in the Magitek mount. Cid could infact be the one who you seek out for the AF quests in this regard, if they ever gave him a specific area to exist in after the game goes 2.0

So, weaponry would be nice, missles and such to be used against monsters you come across. Nothing too outrageous, but still something nice.

Particular areas that can only be safely traversed while mobile in the Magitek mount would be nice, give you a reason to use it, rather than just a novelty item such as the Goobbue mount is.

Though, on that same note, it would be nice if - while on the Goobbue - monsters that werent as tall as the Goobbue itself couldnt actually aggro and attack you would on it. Since they'd need to hit you ontop of it and unless they change it, what even attacks Goobbues.. nothing! Slightly derailed, my apologizes.

But yes.. Magitek weaponry would be nice.

[Mijin]

What gives you the impression that they're adding Magitek mounts?

[Akujin]

#XIVLive Q: Yoshi-P! I want to ride magitech armor!
A: In the past we had a survey on the forums and magitech armor was the number one choice from players! I’d like to add this after 2.0. (Showed off an early design sketch)

Was in earlier interviews.

[Asiaine]

"I'd like to add this after 2.0" to "Basically confirmed" is quite a big jump.

After 2.0 It might be: "I wanted to add it, but we could not find a way to do it gracefully enough so it was dropped. Maybe in the future".

[Mijin]

#XIVLive Q: Yoshi-P! I want to ride magitech armor!
A: In the past we had a survey on the forums and magitech armor was the number one choice from players! I’d like to add this after 2.0. (Showed off an early design sketch)

Was in earlier interviews.

Cool thanks for confirming for me. Sounds like an interesting idea.

[Akujin]

"I'd like to add this after 2.0" to "Basically confirmed" is quite a big jump.

After 2.0 It might be: "I wanted to add it, but we could not find a way to do it gracefully enough so it was dropped. Maybe in the future".

Why even bother saying that, really? Does it hurt to speculate, or hope, that a piece from a much beloved previous FF could make its way into our world now?

[Mijin]

I like the way Yoshida is implementing stuff directly from other FF games. I always wondered why they never really did much of this in XI.

[Akujin]

I like the way Yoshida is implementing stuff directly from other FF games. I always wondered why they never really did much of this in XI.

I think what Tanaka wanted to do with XI was create a brand new idenity out of it, within the same brand name and universe, similiar themes and such, but a stand alone as every other game was without any direct reference to a previous title specifically. Whereas Yoshida is doing something similiar, giving it a new world, new storylines and characters, but paying tribute towards certain elements of previous titles that made the title as a whole stand out. Which I'm loving, it means there is potential for a lot of things to arise in time, such as the Gold Saucer for instance.

And honestly, never really paid much attention to the producers of XI, if Tanaka was the head director in the beginning of XI or not I dont know. May have been someone else?