"Grand Company issue PERSONAL chocobo" How personal?

its def. going to be an interesting ride the bird mounts in WoW always reminded me of chocos =)

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Both types of Chocobos can be attacked by enemies while you ride them.

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^ this.

Seriously, it doesn't make sense that you can ride a Chocobo and come face to face with some high level aggressive mob or NM and it DOES NOT knock you flat on your butt. Remember Empire Strikes back with Luke and his Tonton? Abominable snowman got him good, lesson learned.

I like this feature /thumbs_up

here is a good thread i just found that has some info that was released late last month but news to me

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Originally Posted by Bayohne

Yoshida just posted a pretty epic teaser to whet everyone's appetite for more chocobo information!

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Thank you Bayohne for your response! My main concern was the "Chocobo growth system", and just knowing they are working on it is good. Just to make sure, is this truly raising a chocobo from an egg/chick or is it raising as in developing a full grown chocobo via rank & experience like a normal player character. Clarification would be greatly appreciated.

On the other points, everything is VERY good news! I'm just glad MY chocobo doesn't abandon me in the field.

amazing teaser indeed... Can't wait!!

Hmm..... If we can get attacked while on a chocobo, does that mean we can retaliate, or pre-empt an attack from a chocobo?

Good shot Yoshi-P!

You guys know what would be really good? If instead of popping a Chocobo in front of you, it would come from the back with a whistle from the character. It's a little thing that can really be liked from other players!

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Originally Posted by Renshi

Good shot Yoshi-P!

You guys know what would be really good? If instead of popping a Chocobo in front of you, it would come from the back with a whistle from the character. It's a little thing that can really be liked from other players!

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so you mean instead of the choco materializing in front of you have it come running toward you from a distance? that sounds like a good added personality and realism that one would come to expect from SE

3 words: lalafell dodo rodeo

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Originally Posted by Renshi

Good shot Yoshi-P!

You guys know what would be really good? If instead of popping a Chocobo in front of you, it would come from the back with a whistle from the character. It's a little thing that can really be liked from other players!

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Yes, having the chocobo spawn behind you and run up to you, kneeling to let you on, would be the perfect bit of realism. Definitely don't want it spawning infront of me like the Retainer System does.

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Originally Posted by Alpha_Zeon

Yes, having the chocobo spawn behind you and run up to you, kneeling to let you on, would be the perfect bit of realism. Definitely don't want it spawning infront of me like the Retainer System does.

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the retainer system i can understand because there is just so darn many of them but having a pet choco come running toward you from a distance out on the field and lovingly nudging you when you meet would be the icing on the cake =)

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Originally Posted by Darrkness

the retainer system i can understand because there is just so darn many of them but having a pet choco come running toward you from a distance out on the field and lovingly nudging you when you meet would be the icing on the cake =)

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Nice, like the "lovingly nudging" part. ^_^

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Originally Posted by Darrkness

the retainer system i can understand because there is just so darn many of them but having a pet choco come running toward you from a distance out on the field and lovingly nudging you when you meet would be the icing on the cake =)

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Omgosh!! Yes please!! :D <3

I wonder if your personal choco getting attacked enough will effect it's summon time or something. Hopefully there is some sort of consequence of neglecting your yellow friend!

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Originally Posted by Jynx

I wonder if your personal choco getting attacked enough will effect it's summon time or something. Hopefully there is some sort of consequence of neglecting your yellow friend!

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i wonder if they would do a whole animal abuse thing here if you neglect your yellow bird for so long the choco protection agency comes out to you and takes your bird to a better home where it can be loved and cherished.. lol (joke)

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Originally Posted by Jynx

I wonder if your personal choco getting attacked enough will effect it's summon time or something. Hopefully there is some sort of consequence of neglecting your yellow friend!

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"Personal Chocobos will have no recast timer. (They can be called instantly, unless you are being attacked!)"

"If you receive too much damage while you are riding a Chocobo, you will be knocked off the Chocobo."

Penalty is getting knocked off. I don't wanna think anyone would be so mean and cruel as to abuse their ownabo or rentabo by constantly ramming it into angry mobs with giant spikes!

"(We are planning on implementing some gear for Personal Chocobos in patch 1.20. )"

It's possible tho, that the armor that they are adding for it could be damageable and so would need repairs. I don't think anything more than this would be necessary. (Opinion subject to change)

Ohhhhhh, I get it now. Ok, I'm starting to understand why Yoshi P. said that while riding your Chocobo, you can get attacked by high level enemies and after several hits you can be knocked off.

The reason I'm starting to understand this decision was to give emphasis on the huge customization feature myself and many others have been asking for our birds.

With the fear of being attacked while on our speedy little feathered companions means that purchasing, crafting, and obtaining new and sexy gear for our Chocobo will give us more protection and defense against those powerful monsters out in the field.

The speed and defensive aspect of our Chocobo will safely allow us to take those hits and make it past all these aggressive mobs, almost rendering us somewhat invincible in a sense of speaking.

I didn't fully understand at first glance why they would enable you to get attacked and thrown off your bird, but now I'm really starting to understand what benefits in return the players now have at their disposal to combat this. It makes the gear customization feature more relevant and gives it a purpose to bulk up your bird's defenses, rather than being purely aesthetic.

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~Defensive Gear For Personal Chocobo ~ (IDEAS)

Protective Gear Boosts Chocobo's Defenses Against Enemies (Crafted/Bought)

Head: Iron Armored Helm
Body: Armored Iron Breastplate
Legs: Iron Leggings
Saddle: (Personal Mounts can serve as portable field retainers carry more gear with larger bags installed and crafted [+1, +2 and +3 bags = more space]

* Saddle could also serve to display not only the city emblem but your LS icon as well if you desire.

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And we may not like that fact at first, but when the 1.20 gear comes out for Chocobos, I really feel that with the new crafting features, and the personal Chocobo system installed, it will entice players to craft and obtain really cool, unique and highly defensive armored gear for our birds.

Very, very awesome idea if you really sit down and think about it for a bit, along with what they have in store for us! With that being said, I am @#$%ing super excited to get my very own Chocobo finally!!!!!!!

Its been almost a year since I've been DYING to have my own, let alone ride one, but thanks to Yoshi P. and his team..... THEY ARE FINALLY HERE!!!!!!! <3 Kweh!!! :cool:

can i have a mining chocobo? :D

If chocobo can be attacked by monsters, I want to fight while riding them.

i say use chocos as a travel/pack mule and use magitek armor for battles =) posting about possible magitek armor here at least have a few dungeons or instances that use magitek armor would be freaking awesome!

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Originally Posted by Gidonoidon_Sur

Interesting. Although small bummer I can't use my choco to reach areas I have never been before (due to dangerous mobs).

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I agree, I liked that in XI you could ride a bird and avoid a tedious waste of time fighting or avoiding mobs while trying to get to somewhere you want to be.

Yeah I'm not too fond over that either.
I'd take invulnerable over unlimited any day of the week.

@Leonesaurus

Pretty nice ideas all around, and it's good to know they are already working on this. I'm interested in this "chocobo growth system" and what exactly they mean by it tho.

I love it and was highly anticipating the idea of chocobos being attackable by mobs. Being invulnerable just doesn't feel right in my opinion. Good info there. Everything seems right to me.

And it is not the first time this makes an appearance in the series. In FFXIII it was also possible to get knocked off the chocobo after being hit three times by mobs.

I just don't see a chocobo passing by wolves or malboros w/o getting attacked. I mean, if I were a Flame Drake I'm pretty sure I'd attack that big yellow bird racing toward me! So being able to get attacked on your chocobo makes sense. IMO

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Hello, this is Yoshida, the producer/director.

Both types of Chocobos can be attacked by enemies while you ride them.
If you receive too much damage while you are riding a Chocobo, you will be knocked off the Chocobo.

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This sounds pretty interesting. I appreciate the realism. I wonder if it'll be possible to outrun certain mobs with abilities or by sheer speed difference alone.

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Rental and Personal Chocobos will have different appearances and different background music.

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Whee! More music. I wonder if it's another track on the OST or if it'll be something all new like the Grand Company themes.

Also, given that Yoshi and his crew want to implement instanced chocobo combat, I wonder if dungeons where you'd ride chocobos would work at all.

I'm glad that all of my thoughts for the basis of the mount system are there--that is, having both the FFXI rental system and the mount system you see in other MMOs in place so everyone's happy. I kind of wish that I could use chocobos to bypass the insta-pwn meat gates in front of zones like Mor Dhona at a lower level like I could in FFXI, but I'll gladly take portable mount usage as an exchange for that. This should make getting around much less of a nightmare, and I won't feel compelled to stop playing when I run out of anima.

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Originally Posted by OJtheLIONKing

I'm glad that all of my thoughts for the basis of the mount system are there--that is, having both the FFXI rental system and the mount system you see in other MMOs in place so everyone's happy. I kind of wish that I could use chocobos to bypass the insta-pwn meat gates in front of zones like Mor Dhona at a lower level like I could in FFXI, but I'll gladly take portable mount usage as an exchange for that. This should make getting around much less of a nightmare, and I won't feel compelled to stop playing when I run out of anima.

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It's to, dare I say, unrealistic, to not be attacked. Tho when I see wolves walking around antelopes with no care in the world I tend to wonder, but that's another matter.

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Originally Posted by Alpha_Zeon

It's to, dare I say, unrealistic, to not be attacked. Tho when I see wolves walking around antelopes with no care in the world I tend to wonder, but that's another matter.

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now that would be interesting to see a wolf pack take on a herd of antelopes.. TAKING ALL BETS!! 2-1 on the lvl 40 antelope vs the lvl 45 wolf!

All I know is I'm looking forward to the future implementation of different colored Chocobos. Red Chocobo for my red-haired character? Yes, please.

i think it would be nice to have a golden or really bright orange like in VII when you wanted to get the summon master materia on that island way out in the upper right conner of the map if my memory serves me correctly it was the only way to get there to get it.. i want one of those or pitch black with red saddles and gold highlights.. beautiful plumage!

Chocobo Creation anyone? Just like character creation :) .

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Originally Posted by Alpha_Zeon

Chocobo Creation anyone? Just like character creation :) .

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yes i would love to have a Black Chocobo :)

this is great news about the chocobos!

I know some people will complain that we can be attacked by monsters while riding our chocobo but they want to implement mounted battles so it wouldn't work to make us invincible while riding ^^

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Originally Posted by Gidonoidon_Sur

Interesting. Although small bummer I can't use my choco to reach areas I have never been before (due to dangerous mobs). Oh well, still happy for chocos.

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Hopefully with some diversification in mob AI and how they react to the players, we will end up with a lot of higher level mobs who won't just aggro right off the bat.

Blue or black chocobos all the way :D

Have the personal chocobos a own inventory for some of our stuff? ^^

How personal?...... *looks back as his chocobo crawls out of his bed* .......that personal ^.-

I was joking with the LS the other day and came up with the idea of raising chocobos like the tamagochis back in the day. Raise them wrong and they'll be butt ugly. Imaging running outside Ul'dah and see the stable full of "KFC" chick... chocobos XD

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Originally Posted by Kailea_Nagisa

How personal?...... *looks back as his chocobo crawls out of his bed* .......that personal ^.-

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LMAO oh thats funny... =)