...yes, I know that it's paying money for a vanity mount, and I know that it's common in MMOs. C'mon, guys, I'm not a derp.
What I'm saying is, something that's not common in an MMO is the ability for your mount to fight alongside you, and it's really vexing that they have a system for that in FFXIV but have arbitrarily limited that system to only Chocobos. Most of the things you can get as a mount are things that already have battle animations in the game anyway, so I can't even imagine it would be that difficult to set it up so players could use these other mounts in battle. Same exact skills as the Chocobo, just with different names and visuals, but the visuals already exist.Â
Sure, that's a vanity thing too. But it's weird to be riding along on a Magitek armor, then jump off of it to fight an enemy and the Magitek armor disappears and suddenly your Chocobo shows up because you'd had it in your party already.... so you're constantly going around flipping between Magitek and Chocobo, which... I dunno. It's jarring to me. I end up just always riding my Chocobo for that reason. I'd love to be able to use a different mount, and when I dismount, that other mount can use Magitek Regen and Magitek Cure on me or whatever.
What I'm saying is, something that's not common in an MMO is the ability for your mount to fight alongside you, and it's really vexing that they have a system for that in FFXIV but have arbitrarily limited that system to only Chocobos. Most of the things you can get as a mount are things that already have battle animations in the game anyway, so I can't even imagine it would be that difficult to set it up so players could use these other mounts in battle. Same exact skills as the Chocobo, just with different names and visuals, but the visuals already exist.Â
Sure, that's a vanity thing too. But it's weird to be riding along on a Magitek armor, then jump off of it to fight an enemy and the Magitek armor disappears and suddenly your Chocobo shows up because you'd had it in your party already.... so you're constantly going around flipping between Magitek and Chocobo, which... I dunno. It's jarring to me. I end up just always riding my Chocobo for that reason. I'd love to be able to use a different mount, and when I dismount, that other mount can use Magitek Regen and Magitek Cure on me or whatever.
Lydia Lightfoot ~ The Reliquarian's Guild «Relic» ~ Lavender Beds, Ward 12, #41
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