In Regards to dev1304 tag

[Shirai]

The thirty day wait to raise a chocobo right now hurts people just getting into the game (including myself, still waiting on the thirty days to be up). What you used to do in your first 30 days on FFXI you can now do in less than a day, so you're stuck without a chocobo for basic endgame 75+/99+ stuff.

I'm sorry if I don't really follow this, but having a personal Chocobo is anything but necessary. Heck, I hardly ride Chocobos at all these days.
Home Points, Survival Guides and waypoints bring you virtually everywhere and most zones you go to around those levels to exp or do basic endgame stuff don't even allow Chocobos, not even your personal Chocobo.

Chocobo raising was never implemented as necessary progression content but as something to do on the side, for fun.

[machini]

I'm sorry if I don't really follow this, but having a personal Chocobo is anything but necessary. Heck, I hardly ride Chocobos at all these days.
Home Points, Survival Guides and waypoints bring you virtually everywhere and most zones you go to around those levels to exp or do basic endgame stuff don't even allow Chocobos, not even your personal Chocobo.

Chocobo raising was never implemented as necessary progression content but as something to do on the side, for fun.

The point is, I think, at least from my view point, is that we already had mounts. We're getting reskinned chocobos. It's a waste of time and resources.