Fighting alongside Chocobos in 2.0?
Here's a link to the full interview
Quote:
GE: We know chocobo raising is coming with 2.0, any more details you can share?
Yoshida: With chocobo raising you will be raising your chocobo not only to ride, but as a partner in battle. You can raise a chocobo in four directions – to become a tank, a healer, an attacker or a caster. This is chosen through a skill tree. Also, there will be chocobo specific barding/armor that will effect the chocobo’s skills – so it will not just be for looks.
http://xivpads.com/files/char1296014...4awfafwawf.png
So my initial thoughts on the subjects were, "Maybe this is their way of adding something like the Adventuring Fellow's from FFXI that no one really bothered to use."
If that's the case then they will be able to be called into battle mostly for the purpose of solo play, and probably only outside of dungeons considering they're Chocobo's. They may be able to be used groups, but maybe only one at a time as the picture shows the I linked above.
What do you think about fighting alongside Chocobos? Personally I don't like it at all. I think it cheapens the experience of the game. There are very few FF games where chocobos were used in battle. The idea seems very whimsical to me.