Suggestion: Job Mastery Mounts

[KyraWynters]

So I was looking at the different job rewards and realized tanks get their own mounts for actually putting time into those jobs, and now I kind of wish every combat job had something like that.

Not just a mount for hitting level 100, because that would be way too easy. I mean something you actually have to earn by playing the job, doing duties with it, finishing its quests, achievements, whatever would make sense.

I just think it would be really cool if each job had one mount that felt like *that job*. Something where, if you saw somebody riding it, you'd know exactly what they had to do to earn it.

For example, Dragoon could have some kind of Azure Wyvern. Reaper could have a void panther. Viper could get a fast coeurl-type mount with big fangs, and Pictomancer could have something that literally looks like it was painted into existence when you summon it.

Those are just the ones I thought of because those are the jobs I'm interested in, but I feel like there are a lot of fun possibilities for the others too.

I think it would give people another reason to really stick with and master their favorite job instead of the reward just being gear that'll eventually get replaced.

What would you give your main job?

[MrKusabi]

It would be really cool to have job mounts for playing all things. Currently, there's the tank mounts for playing duties (Panther is DRK already, PLD has Lion, WAR has Bear, and GNB has Tiger) and the CNJ unicorn which is from a quest. Plus there's the Morbol for BLU for doing a bunch of content.

Healers

• SCH - Eos's wings

• SGE - some kind of jet pack

• AST - something with the cards. Maybe the cards flying around you to lift you up so it's not too close to the Triple Triad mount? Could be like the boss from the San d'Oria raid

Melee

• MNK - a coeurl

• DRG - I like the idea of them getting a dragon (preferably one that isn't a reskin of others)

• NIN - either be the AoE frog or the bunny of shame

• RPR - some form of voidsent-esque thing (maybe a cloak or something, with the implication it is similar to enshroud?)

• VPR - a big cobra. Maybe you can crouch on its head

Ranged

• BRD - heck, ride a music note. Everyone can debate which one to choose.

• MCH - some form of mech (again, preferably not a reskin)

• DNC - something based around the green feathers for Fan Dance

Casters

• BLM - Slide around on ice on the ground, but it's just fire-splosions when flying

• SMN - a carbuncle

• PCT - a giant paint palette you ride around on

I honestly can't think of anything for RDM or SAM.

[catbuncle]

SMN: We don't have the new standard darker blue "carbuncle" color as a gift shop mount, so let's give SMN that as their mount. Or this is how we bring in the white/black carbuncle designs!


RDM: they're from Ala Mhigo and they're about balance, and we have a white and a bald eagle style griffon mount in the game... what about a griffon with red coloring?


I love your idea of doing the "float with cards spinning around you" for AST. I'd also accept floating around in a full bubble version of the Collective Unconscious bubble. I love giving MNK a couerl, too.

[Enkidoh]

SE abandoned the idea of each class getting a special mount way back at ARR's launch (the Unicorn for CNJ was the only one ever implemented) - the tank achievement mounts are unrelated, and the only reason they were added was to encourage players to actually tank, not to give each class a unique mount. That's why other roles never got their own mounts, SE want people to tank, not be red or green DPS.

Really, with the huge amount of mounts already in the game, it's not hard to set a specific mount for each class or Job you have (I mean, more mounts are not a bad thing, I just don't see SE doing it).

[MrKusabi]

SE abandoned the idea of each class getting a special mount way back at ARR's launch [...]

Really, with the huge amount of mounts already in the game, it's not hard to set a specific mount for each class or Job you have (I mean, more mounts are not a bad thing, I just don't see SE doing it).

Yeah, I already do that. My hotbars for each job already have a specific mount that ties with each job and/or glam. I'm not expecting them to ever implement any of this, but it's fun to dream, ya know? It would be neat for them to at least add a similar thing for healers as tanks since they also have less numbers than DPS, but this game really seems to hate healers, so prolly not.