Suggestion: Vanity Pets

[Mijin]

I posted earlier that I don't like this idea but I'm going to elaborate a little bit as to why:

FFXIV and its predecessor FFXI are fantasy MMO's with a realistic style to them. Yeah, I know, there are some very unrealistic things in the game like casting magic etc. However, for the simple things they always follow the normal rules of nature.

The reason why something like vanity pets passes in WoW is because WoW is ridiculous and nothing in that game even closely follows the rules of nature, it's like a children's cartoon. In FFXIV on the other hand, it just wouldn't make sense to have a bunch of exotic pets following you around, unleashed, and with no evidence of ever existing anywhere else in Eorza. In RL the only domestic animals you would ever commonly see in public are dogs really, maybe on rare occasion some crazy person will have a cat on a leash. The only domesticated animals in the FFXIV universe are Chocobos... and moogles I guess if they count, and on rare occasions a wyrm. I don't want to see people with Cactars, bombs, caits, and what ever else chasing them around town because it doesn't make sense, and it ruins the atmosphere of the game.

I know that there are some of you pokemon generation that really get hot and bothered over this kind of stuff though... So it would be acceptable to me if they allowed it with the restriction that it can NEVER leave your inn room... What you do with your own pets in your own house in none of my own business, as long as I don't have to see it or hear about it.

[Mudd]

hmm I usually am not against adding in game content but aside from moogles and chocos it doesn't really seem to fit Final Fantasy. Maybe it can be a part of the housing system where the pet can hang out around your property.

I'd prefer it this way too. This game I fear, even in 2.0, will have its limitations on the amount of sprites rendered at once.
Players > Pets

[Sav]

I'd love to have my own little herd of choco-hatchlings.

[ToxicFox]

I posted earlier that I don't like this idea but I'm going to elaborate a little bit as to why:

FFXIV and its predecessor FFXI are fantasy MMO's with a realistic style to them. Yeah, I know, there are some very unrealistic things in the game like casting magic etc. However, for the simple things they always follow the normal rules of nature.

The reason why something like vanity pets passes in WoW is because WoW is ridiculous and nothing in that game even closely follows the rules of nature, it's like a children's cartoon. In FFXIV on the other hand, it just wouldn't make sense to have a bunch of exotic pets following you around, unleashed, and with no evidence of ever existing anywhere else in Eorza. In RL the only domestic animals you would ever commonly see in public are dogs really, maybe on rare occasion some crazy person will have a cat on a leash. The only domesticated animals in the FFXIV universe are Chocobos... and moogles I guess if they count, and on rare occasions a wyrm. I don't want to see people with Cactars, bombs, caits, and what ever else chasing them around town because it doesn't make sense, and it ruins the atmosphere of the game.

I know that there are some of you pokemon generation that really get hot and bothered over this kind of stuff though... So it would be acceptable to me if they allowed it with the restriction that it can NEVER leave your inn room... What you do with your own pets in your own house in none of my own business, as long as I don't have to see it or hear about it.

You know I don't think we'll really have inn rooms in 2.0... >.> We're getting player housing. Depending on how this is handled we may never see another inn room.

Your main complain though seems to be that you don't want to things that aren't in the FF world added as pets or things that are extreme aggressive by their nature. Do you really think they would add something that didn't fit into the lore? I don't see a reason as to why we can't have a marmot pet or a snurble as a pet other then the fact that it may turn into a behemoth and eat us. There are loads of other things that would work out as well of course.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Nothing fancy or game changing. I was thinking a very rare drop on various mobs that yields a reusable item for summoning a vanity pet to follow you around! I think it may add something fun to collect and show off a rare trinket that you happened to run across.

I'm cool with it as long as there is no stupid pets like they have in WoW. Though I really don't think that would be an issue with these guys. Mini Marlboro sounds cool and mini whatever else, hell the Japanese are king of collectible figurines.

[Mijin]

You know I don't think we'll really have inn rooms in 2.0... >.> We're getting player housing. Depending on how this is handled we may never see another inn room.

Your main complain though seems to be that you don't want to things that aren't in the FF world added as pets or things that are extreme aggressive by their nature. Do you really think they would add something that didn't fit into the lore? I don't see a reason as to why we can't have a marmot pet or a snurble as a pet other then the fact that it may turn into a behemoth and eat us. There are loads of other things that would work out as well of course.

I didn't know that about the inn rooms being taken out, I try to know as little about 2.0 as possible to prevent the impending disappointment when it comes out.

But I guess in a nutshell my complaint is just simply too unrealistic, and it doesn't fit in well with my idea of FFXIV. Regardless, that's just my opinion. I guess it wouldn't really be the end of the world if they added them.

[Caselia]

Yes let's convince SE to waste precious development resources and time for shit we don't need over something more important. New DoM please.

[ToxicFox]

Yes let's convince SE to waste precious development resources and time for shit we don't need over something more important. New DoM please.

Seems to be a lot of people with extremely low post counts showing up lately... If you payed attention you would realize that this wouldn't take much to do. The models are in game already. The following system is being added in 2.0. All that's missing is a item to call them with and maybe some special animation. Perhaps you should let SE decide how they spend their time? Seems like too many on these forums think the dev team is full of complete retards that can't make any good choices.

[Niqote]

i think that stuff will cheap content, a mini marlboro while its cute takes away the fear of those mobs, its like the adding of gobbues, those were felt fierceful and powerful mobs but now are cute things people have..just an op.

This is the reason I hate Mob mounts... An Aldgoat or sheep would make sense, but these Goobbues and Ahriman or what not are supposed to be feared!

Perhaps baby coeurl, baby moomba, moogle types, Chocobo chicks. Nothing that actually could not act in a tame fashion... and even then the coeurl would probably be biting your ankles.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Yes let's convince SE to waste precious development resources and time for shit we don't need over something more important. New DoM please.

Wouldn't be wasting anything. It would make a portion of the customer base happy and it wouldn't take much time to create a system like this. Though I guess we are getting a pet Chocobo with multiple options why would they give us vanity pets too!?