I've gotten used to turning the other way with regard to some of the stuff people have tried to RP relating to the mounts. Like a few others on this thread, I tend to favor the chocobo and if Eva is ever spotted riding something else, it's more than likely because I'm just goofing around OOC.
I'm not trying to say there aren't certain situations which might make sense. I pondered for a short while RPing the Unicorn, since there was grounds for it, albeit they're supposedly rare and that's ultimately why I let that idea go. I knew someone in 1.0 who had a very wonderful story centered on her goobbue and made it work through very compelling RP and I accept that others may be able to do similar things. It's just the being bombarded with it, or being told the EX Primal 'pony' is an IC thing, or someone is actually riding around on Garlean Magitek Armor (wouldn't that be dangerous, risking being attacked on sight?), etc. has left me a bit disenchanted by anyone RPing something 'special snowflakey'. Not saying it's wrong to RP whatever you enjoy, but at times it does force the imagination to stretch itself a bit farther than I think we're really expected to, if we're all just typical denizens of Eorzea.
Of course this is merely one RPer's opinion and shouldn't be taken for much more than that. For me I've never been a big fan of the "high fantasy" stuff, and I have always felt I fit better into this world being plain and ordinary and roaming around on my chocobo.
I'm not trying to say there aren't certain situations which might make sense. I pondered for a short while RPing the Unicorn, since there was grounds for it, albeit they're supposedly rare and that's ultimately why I let that idea go. I knew someone in 1.0 who had a very wonderful story centered on her goobbue and made it work through very compelling RP and I accept that others may be able to do similar things. It's just the being bombarded with it, or being told the EX Primal 'pony' is an IC thing, or someone is actually riding around on Garlean Magitek Armor (wouldn't that be dangerous, risking being attacked on sight?), etc. has left me a bit disenchanted by anyone RPing something 'special snowflakey'. Not saying it's wrong to RP whatever you enjoy, but at times it does force the imagination to stretch itself a bit farther than I think we're really expected to, if we're all just typical denizens of Eorzea.
Of course this is merely one RPer's opinion and shouldn't be taken for much more than that. For me I've never been a big fan of the "high fantasy" stuff, and I have always felt I fit better into this world being plain and ordinary and roaming around on my chocobo.
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