Will there ever be an easier way to level up your chocobo?

There's so many options on how you level yourself up, yet there's only one way to level up your bird. Not only that, but the EXP your chocobo gains is damn pitiful, even against LV49 enemies.


I only recently got my bird to level 5 after raising him on and off and seeing the EXP needed for another level up makes me cringe.

I agree that leveling up chocobo is painful. I hate it and that's why I never do it. I summon my chocobo for low level solo content like hunting log but that's about it.

It's completely detached from other leveling options for us, and leveling us to max level is already hard enough

I'm not entirely sure. Given that it exists entirely as an "extra" activity and doesn't directly impact any of the core content I can imagine them using it as an excuse to keep it difficult.

At the very least though I'd love if it didn't count you as being in a group. Sometimes when I'm queuing as a DPS I like to go farm mobs while I wait and it'd be nice if I could have my chocobo out without getting knocked out of the dungeon queue.

No. I see the current chocobo system as "there for the sake of being there". Chocobos are not pets, they are stupid companions that somehow negatively impacts you in everything but one way: deal additional damage.

Chocobo cons:
1. Disables Duty Finder
2. Disables mount
3. Takes up a party slot
4. Takes up money to summon
5. Takes a very long time to level
6. Cannot be ordered to do specific skills
7. Cannot switch target until the target is no longer valid (dead or you moved out of range)
8. Robs your exp
9. Requires negligible money to summon

Chocobo pros:
1. Deals small additional damage / heal when absolutely nobody is around

As is, chocobo companion would actually be better off not implemented.

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Originally Posted by Raestloz

As is, chocobo companion would actually be better off not implemented.

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They are minor support companions. If we gave them super features, the bots that are already abusing them in their current state would love it even more.

I do not ask them to be party member replacement. I just ask them to be something like Emerald Carbuncle, something that can help you but not to the point of replacing party member. In fact, make them act just like a Topaz Carbuncle minus enmity generation and I'm very happy. Controlling chocobo is a dream I wish can come true.

If the concern is bots, simply remove chocobo altogether. It will reduce headcahe in SE's part. Allow chocobo bardings to be obtained elsewhere, such as obtaining your role's relic, for example.

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They are minor support companions. If we gave them super features, the bots that are already abusing them in their current state would love it even more.

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There are better ways to combat bots that don't negatively affect the gameplay for other players. What decisive advantage does a chocobo give a botter anyway? I have a hard time believing that it's so huge that it warrants making the system as bad as it is now.

As it is now, I don't feel like the trade-offs for having the chocobo out are worth it, therefore to me the system is useless.

Considering I'm already at level 50, there's no worry about having EXP lost to the bird. However, it's extremely silly that the chocobo's level scales to yours, whether by level sync or when you switch jobs that is not capped on levels, yet its EXP curve doesn't change.

I get that having a summoned Chocobo is good for people leveling up while solo, but the player greatly outclasses his/her pet at such a fast rate that it's like a cheap version of the Arcanist.

whats hard with pulling some mobbs and kill them together with other people

use party find, get a water elemental group at quarrymill and farm them, beside that you can make a lot of money by spiritbonding gear

getting a lvl 10 chocobo by this way takes a lesser amount of time then reaching "trusted" at any beasttribe, which gives absolutely no advantages too

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Originally Posted by Katchii

There are better ways to combat bots that don't negatively affect the gameplay for other players. What decisive advantage does a chocobo give a botter anyway? I have a hard time believing that it's so huge that it warrants making the system as bad as it is now.

As it is now, I don't feel like the trade-offs for having the chocobo out are worth it, therefore to me the system is useless.

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This.

And to be perfectly honest, what kind of bot have chocobo out? The kind that has reached level 30, that's what. And what kind of bot reaches level 30?

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Btw the last part is not rethoric. I heat about mining bots all the time, but bots that farm using chocobo I have never heard of

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Originally Posted by Xystic

If we gave them super features, the bots that are already abusing them in their current state would love it even more.

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I see this explanation thrown around a lot, for way more than just chocobos. At some point people need to realize that the best way to deal with bots is to try to fight them directly. Hamstringing your legitimate playerbase is a horrible way to try to deal with bots.

My Chocobo just got to rank 6 this morning! And while it is slow going, I don't mind. Its a long term goal with a very cool reward. On my sever I've only ever seen a chocobo rank 10 barding once, its a very rare item to have and really sets you apart. Some goals in the game should be quickly attainable and others should take awhile, this is one that takes a little longer.

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Originally Posted by Raestloz

I do not ask them to be party member replacement. I just ask them to be something like Emerald Carbuncle, something that can help you but not to the point of replacing party member. In fact, make them act just like a Topaz Carbuncle minus enmity generation and I'm very happy. Controlling chocobo is a dream I wish can come true.

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I've never leveled an arcanist so I don't have anything to compare the Chocobo to, but I find my Chocobo fits the bill exactly. He's not as good as player healer, but when I'm soloing fates he makes a world of difference keeping my health up.

The only real con I see is that the chocobo excludes duty finder, if that weren't the case, I'd have likely maxed it out by now.

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That'd be because you level your chocobo as healer. Take defender side, and you're in for a world of frustration.

And do try to level Arcanist. IIRC level 5 nets you A carbuncle. See how you control them.

I'm under the general impression, though it's hard to gather solid data on this, that if you're hunting for materials with your chocobo it boosts your drop rates as it counts as a second party member.

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I get that having a summoned Chocobo is good for people leveling up while solo, but the player greatly outclasses his/her pet at such a fast rate that it's like a cheap version of the Arcanist.

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It depends on how you build them.

I can understand specialising in a particular stance purely in order to get the barding... but from a performance point of view it's definitely better to go hybrid. My Chocobo became noticeably more decent after I got to Rank 6. The level 4 Healer Stance Cure ability and the level 4 Attacker Stance DoT are both great, and you only need the level 1 Defender Stance Ability in order for it to hold hate (albeit at a slightly lower rate than Topaz Carbuncle, and it really doesn't have that much HP). The problem is that specialising in only one stance really cuts back on the amount of passive buffs and useful abilities you can give your chicken.

I'm using my chocobo for levelling up alt classes. Since it's a fairly decent Healer/DPS Hybrid, it's decreasing the time it takes for me to run Battlecraft Leves quite drastically as well as letting me solo FATE bosses without paying much attention... though I agree that at higher ranks it takes AGES to notice the exp bar move.

(I main PLD. My chicken is quite capable at keeping my health topped up and it can do higher DPS than me whenever it's in the right stance. I'd quite happilly take one with me into a level 50 dungeon in place of a random Duty Finder party member if it let me...) ;)

I could have been dreaming, but I thought I read some where that they are implementing Chocobo Leves at some point.