CHOCOBOS!!!!!!! 1.19!!!!

Ok, why are so many people posting in this thread?

It's a chocobo. You ride it. It's not this endless world of possibilities where we should discuss everything about them. It's just a mount. What's so exciting?

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Originally Posted by alexi14

Ok, why are so many people posting in this thread?

It's a chocobo. You ride it. It's not this endless world of possibilities where we should discuss everything about them. It's just a mount. What's so exciting?

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The same reason you're posting in this thread.

We all have thoughts and opinions on the matter and we're sharing them here.

If they put chocobos on a timer again... people will RAGE.

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Originally Posted by giftforce

If they put chocobos on a timer again... people will RAGE.

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I'll take the timer over rails.. Unless there's something better, but it's a rental there has to be some sort of limit.

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Originally Posted by Cendres

I'll take the timer over rails.. Unless there's something better, but it's a rental there has to be some sort of limit.

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Most games just let you call your mount with a whistle and then it runs to you from off the screen. And then you mount it. And when you're done you send it away.

And there's no timer.

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Originally Posted by giftforce

Most games just let you call your mount with a whistle and then it runs to you from off the screen. And then you mount it. And when you're done you send it away.

And there's no timer.

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I'm talking about the RENTALS, what we are getting right away not the full blown mount system which we won't be getting until later. Geez.

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Originally Posted by alexi14

Ok, why are so many people posting in this thread?

It's a chocobo. You ride it. It's not this endless world of possibilities where we should discuss everything about them. It's just a mount. What's so exciting?

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I'm sorry to be so blunt and direct, but I feel like I have to leave a comment here.... I got into Final Fantasy because of Chocobos. I played FF XI (my first FF game) because of the Chocobo riding, racing, and breeding that I used to watch my friend play all the time on FF VII. I fell in love with Chocobos and everything about Final Fantasy along with it!

When I first got the beta for XIV, I immediately tracked down the stables, and when I saw them I was soooooo freakin' excited to see their new (XI inspired) models and all the possibilites they could hold for us to have fun with!!! For playing the game nearly everyday since launch, nearly 10 months or so of dreaming, and conversing, and typing up ideas for them.... THEY ARE FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!

I think of Chocobos SO much more than a mere "mount". They are an iconic, loveable character in the Final Fantasy series and not to mention I LOVE birds, which helps prove even more how much of a nut I am for them! XD I won't just appreciate the faster, safer travel, but the PURE enjoyment of controlling a Chocobo in FF XIV (my favorite version of the Chocobo thus far) around Coerthas and Limsa and everywhere else in the game while listening to the Chocobo Theme composed by Nobuo Uematsu for XIV! I've been cock(~atrice) teased by them in all the class quest cutscenes of them being mounted and ridden by the Knights of Ishgard and so much more too!! >___<;

This is just the beginning, and it's only gonna get better for us die hard Choco fans!!!!!!! KWEH~!!! ^O^ TY again to all the devs who finally made this thing happen!!

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Originally Posted by alexi14

Ok, why are so many people posting in this thread?

It's a chocobo. You ride it. It's not this endless world of possibilities where we should discuss everything about them. It's just a mount. What's so exciting?

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It's a new toy but useless at this point and there currently is no utility for it because there is no places we need to ride to.
With Anima you can get anywhere in 5 minutes so I hope with 1.19 there will be actually destinations that will give purpose to having a chocobo. Hopefully, it's something Yoshi is keeping in mind while he redesigns areas also.
He should maybe consider just leaving Aetherate camps and completely getting rid of those small beams.

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Originally Posted by Cendres

I'll take the timer over rails.. Unless there's something better, but it's a rental there has to be some sort of limit.

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Rentals were a bit of a pain, as if you didn't take full advantage by constantly moving the entire time you had available you wouldn't make it to your destination! In XI it was Home town to Jueno! Well almost, you usually timed out somewhere in Rolanberry Fields.

If I have the option to raise my own chocobo to get around this time limit of a rental chocobo, I'm okay with that. But the costs on replenishing your whistle was ridiculous!

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Originally Posted by Leonesaurus

I'm sorry to be so blunt and direct, but I feel like I have to leave a comment here.... I got into Final Fantasy because of Chocobos. I played FF XI (my first FF game) because of the Chocobo riding, racing, and breeding that I used to watch my friend play all the time on FF VII. I fell in love with Chocobos and everything about Final Fantasy along with it!

When I first got the beta for XIV, I immediately tracked down the stables, and when I saw them I was soooooo freakin' excited to see their new (XI inspired) models and all the possibilites they could hold for us to have fun with!!! For playing the game nearly everyday since launch, nearly 10 months or so of dreaming, and conversing, and typing up ideas for them.... THEY ARE FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!

I think of Chocobos SO much more than a mere "mount". They are an iconic, loveable character in the Final Fantasy series and not to mention I LOVE birds, which helps prove even more how much of a nut I am for them! XD I won't just appreciate the faster, safer travel, but the PURE enjoyment of controlling a Chocobo in FF XIV (my favorite version of the Chocobo thus far) around Coerthas and Limsa and everywhere else in the game while listening to the Chocobo Theme composed by Nobuo Uematsu for XIV! I've been cock(~atrice) teased by them in all the class quest cutscenes of them being mounted and ridden by the Knights of Ishgard and so much more too!! >___<;

This is just the beginning, and it's only gonna get better for us die hard Choco fans!!!!!!! KWEH~!!! ^O^ TY again to all the devs who finally made this thing happen!!

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^ Clasko IRL!

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Originally Posted by Shyd

^ Clasko IRL!

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HAHAHAHAHA OMG, that's AWESOME!!!!! XD That made me LOL :p

They said something about job specific mounts? So, like, CON riding a floating elemental?

I hadnt considered having a mount other than a chocobo. But i would like to see customization options for chocobos. (color, saddle, armor?)

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Originally Posted by Maeili

They said something about job specific mounts? So, like, CON riding a floating elemental?

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Job specific mount may mean Dragoon/Chocobo Knight or something... though that seems more like a class.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

If you talking about me then you forgot one thing I don't care about FFXI this is "Final Fantasy" Which always use Chocobos as mounts so using something else would feel weird.........................

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Don't forget the hovercrafts, the motorbikes, the cars, the trains, the airships and the flying schools.

I’ve come to help settle some of your speculations! The chocobos that will be implemented in 1.19 will indeed be rental chocobos that you can control yourself, but this is just the first step with our feathery friends. Bayohne did drop some hints here about things we might be seeing in the future, though....

Wark~

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

I’ve come to help settle some of your speculations! The chocobos that will be implemented in 1.19 will indeed be rental chocobos that you can control yourself, but this is just the first step with our feathery friends. Bayohne did drop some hints here about things we might be seeing in the future, though....

Wark~

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Wark indeed!

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

I’ve come to help settle some of your speculations! The chocobos that will be implemented in 1.19 will indeed be rental chocobos that you can control yourself, but this is just the first step with our feathery friends. Bayohne did drop some hints here about things we might be seeing in the future, though....

Wark~

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LOOOOOOOOOOL

Then tell me what kept the devs from implementing them from release, since they always said "we just don't want to implement chocobos in a bland way, it's gonna be special blah blah blah".

This is really ridicculous.

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Originally Posted by Alcide

LOOOOOOOOOOL

Then tell me what kept the devs from implementing them from release, since they always said "we just don't want to implement chocobos in a bland way, it's gonna be special blah blah blah".

This is really ridicculous.

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Because they were probably broken and unusable back then. I never expected any more than this for 1.19.
Thank you Rukkirii for dispelling any speculation!

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Originally Posted by Alcide

This is really ridicculous.

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http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/

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Originally Posted by Ryndael

http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/

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lmao awesome website

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Originally Posted by Kailok

Because they were probably broken and unusable back then. I never expected any more than this for 1.19.
Thank you Rukkirii for dispelling any speculation!

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Oh yeah, and you know it beacause you're Yoshida BFF or what? How can a Chocobo rental system be broken? They clearely stated they didn't implement Chocobos right away because they wanted it to be special (can't remember if it was the old or the current team, anyway if they were working on the "special" part I find it hard to belive there wasn't anything ready for a rental system).

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

I’ve come to help settle some of your speculations! The chocobos that will be implemented in 1.19 will indeed be rental chocobos that you can control yourself, but this is just the first step with our feathery friends. Bayohne did drop some hints here about things we might be seeing in the future, though....

Wark~

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Thanks!

Who was right guys hmmmmmm? *rub rub* XD
(I kid, I kid!)

I will speculate that the rental chocobos were not ready over broken, maybe that's what Kailok meant. ;)

Seriously? Are you scolding me for a typing mystake? >.> I just woke up from a nap, give me a break.

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Originally Posted by Alcide

Oh yeah, and you know it beacause you're Yoshida BFF or what? How can a Chocobo rental system be broken? They clearely stated they didn't implement Chocobos right away because they wanted it to be special (can't remember if it was the old or the current team, anyway if they were working on the "special" part I find it hard to belive there wasn't anything ready for a rental system).

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Agro issues while on mount
AOE hitting the rider while on mount.
Prices!
"Do we really want the players running on mount everywhere with impunity yet?"
Providing different mounts, mount sizes, mount animations, speed.
Prices!
Feasibility with anima system.(spare me the nostalgia bit.)
And what to do while on mount(maybe more than just FFXI's dig.)
And Prices!

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Originally Posted by Alcide

Oh yeah, and you know it beacause you're Yoshida BFF or what? How can a Chocobo rental system be broken? They clearely stated they didn't implement Chocobos right away because they wanted it to be special (can't remember if it was the old or the current team, anyway if they were working on the "special" part I find it hard to belive there wasn't anything ready for a rental system).

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Well, instead of being a snide jerk for no reason you could probably go ahead and reread my post. Not once in my reply did I imply or state that I "knew" anything about the development. I said "probably" because, even though there ARE chocobos in each city-state, they PROBABLY didn't have the mechanics for using chocobos. Just having the animation and the model aren't enough. They would need to figure out the programming for chocobo speed vs normal speed, as well as the controls for using them, countering the aggro and AoE system, as well as dispelling any bugs and probably more.

And they hopefully will be special, as they have said they will be, but it will take some time. You should be happy they are giving us the rental version BEFORE all of that so that we can at least have that while we wait for the good stuff.

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Originally Posted by Alcide

Seriously? Are you scolding me for a typing mystake? >.> I just woke up from a nap, give me a break.

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I think you need another one. I'm just trying to help out Kailok...
And I'm saying I was right about the chocobo rentals.... lol...

I'm too lazy to find the post (it was in Reinhart's translations, as well as a recent dev post) that hinted at some kind of chocobo minigame in the future. I forget the tentative name it had, but if you search some posts I'm sure you'll find it. They are probably giving us chocobos in 1.19 because they realized we NEED mounts, and we kinda need them now. They still have plans for more, though.

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Originally Posted by Cendres

I think you need another one. I'm just trying to help out Kailok...
And I'm saying I was right about the chocobo rentals.... lol...

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Hehe, thank you for the backup Cendres ^^ but I believe Alcide was referring to when someone sent him a link showing him how to spell a word. I think it was on the last page. He wasn't referring to your post!

Yeah, yeah this is just phase 1 of chocobo goodness!! \o/ (I'm sooo excited! Can you tell?)

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Originally Posted by Alcide

Seriously? Are you scolding me for a typing mystake? >.> I just woke up from a nap, give me a break.

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Check the site. I am obligated to. :)

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Originally Posted by Cendres

Yeah, yeah this is just phase 1 of chocobo goodness!! \o/ (I'm sooo excited! Can you tell?)

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We all are! As well as airships! Though we've been told right now they won't have their own animations and instances, but they're adding them in the future I believe! I think they're adding the airships simply for convenience right now. And I'm glad we'll have to do quests to be able to use both!

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Originally Posted by Cendres

I think you need another one. I'm just trying to help out Kailok...
And I'm saying I was right about the chocobo rentals.... lol...

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Ehm actually i wasn't talking about you...

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Originally Posted by Ryndael

http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/

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I'm just happy to see myself on top of a Yellow Bird! :D Besides, they gave us Chocobo, That's a Start. Who knows, maybe they're just releasing this for the players to have fun with it and implement the details in a not-so-distant future :P

They didn't give us Chocobos, people complain. Now they're giving us Chocobos, people complain about how it wasn't in from the beginning. :(

So they're going to be rentals and just that as far as 1.19 is concerned?

I'm sorry to say but that's just extremely dissapointing... We've been told they weren't in the game at launch because they wanted them to be "more than just mounts" and now that we just might finally get to use them they're gonna be even less than that?

And really how useful can they be as rentals? We're already allowed to teleport pretty much everywhere, so unless we can call them/rent them from somewhere other than the main cities, it will always take far less time to just warp to the nearest Aetheryte and walk the rest of the way.

Very excited for Chocobos. But what has my interest even more piqued is the mention in Bayhone's post of using pets in battle...Wonder if that is a hint that chocobos might be used in some type of way during battle?

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Originally Posted by Colino

So they're going to be rentals and just that as far as 1.19 is concerned?

I'm sorry to say but that's just extremely dissapointing... We've been told they weren't in the game at launch because they wanted them to be "more than just mounts" and now that we just might finally get to use them they're gonna be even less than that?

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We just had a conversation about this. They are giving us rentals because we NEED transportation now. We'll still be getting the good stuff but later.

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Originally Posted by Colino

And really how useful can they be as rentals? We're already allowed to teleport pretty much everywhere, so unless we can call them/rent them from somewhere other than the main cities, it will always take far less time to just warp to the nearest Aetheryte and walk the rest of the way.

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Because most likely once Chocobo and Airships are implemented they will be adjusting the anima system to follow suit. Most likely, anyway. So instead of spending your precious anima just to do a couple leves, even though you might need it later for a party group in Gridania, you can just grab a chocobo instead.

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Originally Posted by Gidonoidon_Sur

Very excited for Chocobos. But what has my interest even more piqued is the mention in Bayhone's post of using pets in battle...Wonder if that is a hint that chocobos might be used in some type of way during battle?

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Chocobo Battles would be epic! <3 Even better If it's connected to GC, like you need a Certain Rank to have your own Chocobos, {Take Care.} of them, grow them, train them and Finally when It's big enough you can Ride them and fight alongside it!(Cavalry?) Anyone remember FFXII First Cutscene in the game where there's this Chocobo Cavalry battle? :P

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Hopefully when they add the personal chocobo's we'll get different colors right from the get go. I'd kind of like it to be more like FFVII's system than FFXI's but I'd be happy with whatever they decide to go with.

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Originally Posted by Kailok

We just had a conversation about this. They are giving us rentals because we NEED transportation now. We'll still be getting the good stuff but later.

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I never said we're NOT getting the good stuff later, I'm just wondering what all this talk about them being more than mounts was for if when they finally decide to ACTUALLY PUT THEM IN THE GAME... They're just mounts... LIMITED mounts at that.

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Originally Posted by Kailok

Because most likely once Chocobo and Airships are implemented they will be adjusting the anima system to follow suit. Most likely, anyway. So instead of spending your precious anima just to do a couple leves, even though you might need it later for a party group in Gridania, you can just grab a chocobo instead.

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Then what's the point? Leave anima as is and keep the Chocobos until they're something worth getting excited for, IMO. As they're putting it now I see myself using them twice to hear the chocobo theme and run around for half an hour, then just go back to anima (whatever anima nerf they do it can't be THAT bad).