As one of the top horse trainers in NA I would like to offer my suggestion on how to make Shai a fun class for trainers: Introduce a progression system for what she can ride. Beginner - Donkey Apprentice - T1 - T4 Skilled - T5 & T6 Professional - T7 & T8 Artisan - Dream The better trainer she is the better horse she can ride, ez clap. Now if you want to go the extra mile Shia could get new skills at Artisan. Just make it a Character Bound Challenge Reward Costume like the Professional Clothes we get now. Only this Costume would grant S-Instant Accel for Donkeys and Mini Elephants & Increases their speed all the way up to 150% (In line with your average T8 Courser) This would keep full immersion & give trainers something to chase after. And because you need to make money for your time make it so we can use the Equipment Tailoring coupon in it. As far as its look, it could be the costume that the "Wandering" Shai General Goods merchants wear. (The ones riding around on Donkeys throughout the game.)
No thanks why should the Shai character have limitations in riding higher level mounts when no other class does? Not everyone is interested in grinding the levels in training. I am one of these and if I want to buy a dream horse and ride it with my Shai I should be able to. It is bad enough now that she cannot but if they change it to allow her to ride horses her training level should not matter.
I just tagged to my main and use my Pure White T8 Gold. Sure I'll use my Mini Elephant if I'm staying locally but traveling from Duvencrune to the Sand Bazaar… The novelty wore off after 1 trip. *Shrugs*
Not a bad idea, but just give shai the ability to ride horses like everyone else. Why use realism as a way to disable her ability to ride horses?
I wanna see donkeys glide through the air like a Pegasus LOL Unlocked at Guru of course. Sounds entirely fair to me XD