Chocobo Appearance Customisation

The new content for chocobos all sounds great! I'm really looking forward to battling alongside my feathered avian companion, especially using a gambit-like system to control it. There is, however, one problem I have with the chocobos in game. From what I've seen, they all look the same!

I know we are most likely going to have different coloured chocobos, which will allow a little bit of differentiation. But what would really make our chocobos special and more personal is being able to customise their appearance, much like our own character. Being able to add length of feathers, facial features like eye and beak shape, darker or lighter tinges, even overall size and build would be amazing. With this feature added, all of our chocobos really would feel like they were our own!

I can't be the only one who has thought of this, I'm sure many people have. Seeing all those chocobos running together in that new limit break video from PAX Prime has made me realise that we need this. If, after all, chocobos are a staple of Final Fantasy and the primary mount for FFXIV: ARR, as well as a companion, then surely we should be able to personalise them much like our own character!

Let me know what you guys think. ;)

I'd love different looking Chocobos

I want to turn my chocobo into a unicorn that craps rainbows. I also want him to fight for me by attacking the enemy with a supersoaker filled with carnosine, and then he will use his eye laser beams to set them on fire and burn them. Then I will feed their toasted remains to my unicorn, and he will get stat bonuses depending on what I killed. He will also have super magic robot repellent armor and a red mohawk and a diamond encrusted eye patch. His name will be Mr. Sprinkles Fireblades the second, but when people ask him his name he will calmly reply "Just call me Snake, Snake Plissken..."

Yes...
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i was just wondering do people who didnt get legary get to have there own chocobo to or not?

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Originally Posted by Mijin

I want to turn my chocobo into a unicorn that craps rainbows. I also want him to fight for me by attacking the enemy with a supersoaker filled with carnosine, and then he will use his eye laser beams to set them on fire and burn them. Then I will feed their toasted remains to my unicorn, and he will get stat bonuses depending on what I killed. He will also have super magic robot repellent armor and a red mohawk and a diamond encrusted eye patch. His name will be Mr. Sprinkles Fireblades the second, but when people ask him his name he will calmly reply "Just call me Snake, Snake Plissken..."

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lol wow.......

As long as I can customize my chocobo INTO a pony (Pinkie Pie) I'm down for this.

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Originally Posted by Buddhsie

The new content for chocobos all sounds great! I'm really looking forward to battling alongside my feathered avian companion, especially using a gambit-like system to control it. There is, however, one problem I have with the chocobos in game. From what I've seen, they all look the same!

I know we are most likely going to have different coloured chocobos, which will allow a little bit of differentiation. But what would really make our chocobos special and more personal is being able to customise their appearance, much like our own character. Being able to add length of feathers, facial features like eye and beak shape, darker or lighter tinges, even overall size and build would be amazing. With this feature added, all of our chocobos really would feel like they were our own!

I can't be the only one who has thought of this, I'm sure many people have. Seeing all those chocobos running together in that new limit break video from PAX Prime has made me realise that we need this. If, after all, chocobos are a staple of Final Fantasy and the primary mount for FFXIV: ARR, as well as a companion, then surely we should be able to personalise them much like our own character!

Let me know what you guys think. ;)

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Well I've read that they would have options to add different types of Chocobo armour or something like that depending on if you chose to have it as your tank/caster/healer.

As for customization, I believe they won't implement the eye, beak, feather length, size. The size is scaled to which race you're playing as.

The only thing I'd really like to see and has the opportunity to possibly be in-game is chocobo colours. And that option might be with what types of gysahls you feed it.

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Originally Posted by jewlz

i was just wondering do people who didnt get legary get to have there own chocobo to or not?

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Yes just no gobbu

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Originally Posted by jewlz

i was just wondering do people who didnt get legary get to have there own chocobo to or not?

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People who don't get Legacy Membership still get a chocobo, they just don't receive the exclusive chocobo mount Legacy Members will obtain.

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Originally Posted by jewlz

i was just wondering do people who didnt get legary get to have there own chocobo to or not?

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This is the first time I've seen someone without an avatar.
So uncanny.

But yeah, you'll get your own chocobo at level 30...probably...depending on how they're doing companies now.

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Originally Posted by Buddhsie

The new content for chocobos all sounds great! I'm really looking forward to battling alongside my feathered avian companion, especially using a gambit-like system to control it. There is, however, one problem I have with the chocobos in game. From what I've seen, they all look the same!

I know we are most likely going to have different coloured chocobos, which will allow a little bit of differentiation. But what would really make our chocobos special and more personal is being able to customise their appearance, much like our own character. Being able to add length of feathers, facial features like eye and beak shape, darker or lighter tinges, even overall size and build would be amazing. With this feature added, all of our chocobos really would feel like they were our own!

I can't be the only one who has thought of this, I'm sure many people have. Seeing all those chocobos running together in that new limit break video from PAX Prime has made me realise that we need this. If, after all, chocobos are a staple of Final Fantasy and the primary mount for FFXIV: ARR, as well as a companion, then surely we should be able to personalise them much like our own character!

Let me know what you guys think. ;)

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Just weird to me lol. The whole chocobo as a companion sounds like Star Wars the Old Republic companions. I have a feeling that each chocobo is going to have its own color like it did in FF7.

Black Choco (Tank)

Red Choco (Caster)

White Choco (Healer).

I just hope Yoshida distinguishes the companion chocos vs the choco mounts already in game. I rather have a little fat chocobo at my side then the one that looks like my mount. Meh.

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Originally Posted by Rahsch

Well I've read that they would have options to add different types of Chocobo armour or something like that depending on if you chose to have it as your tank/caster/healer.

As for customization, I believe they won't implement the eye, beak, feather length, size. The size is scaled to which race you're playing as.

The only thing I'd really like to see and has the opportunity to possibly be in-game is chocobo colours. And that option might be with what types of gysahls you feed it.

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So whatever happened to the system that they were adding that would allow for us to change the colors of all kinds of different things? I vaguely remember something about a system they were implementing that would allow for us to better amend the colors of certain things in the games as well as giving us a vaster array of colors to choose from.

I'm really interested in that aspect of customization. Anyone know anything extra? Or did that get axed?

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Originally Posted by Paddle

Just weird to me lol. The whole chocobo as a companion sounds like Star Wars the Old Republic companions. I have a feeling that each chocobo is going to have its own color like it did in FF7.

Black Choco (Tank)

Red Choco (Caster)

White Choco (Healer).

I just hope Yoshida distinguishes the companion chocos vs the choco mounts already in game. I rather have a little fat chocobo at my side then the one that looks like my mount. Meh.

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They wouldn't implement colours depending on what type of Chocobo you have, that would just throw off the fans. What if people just want the traditional yellow/golden Chocobos? It has to be the players choice to have it the colour they want it, no matter what type it is, if they decide to make the colour option available to us.

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Originally Posted by Tahldon

So whatever happened to the system that they were adding that would allow for us to change the colors of all kinds of different things? I vaguely remember something about a system they were implementing that would allow for us to better amend the colors of certain things in the games as well as giving us a vaster array of colors to choose from.

I'm really interested in that aspect of customization. Anyone know anything extra? Or did that get axed?

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I'm sorry I don't know much else, we would just have to wait and see what they plan on doing for us for that type of customization.

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Originally Posted by Rahsch

They wouldn't implement colours depending on what type of Chocobo you have, that would just throw off the fans. What if people just want the traditional yellow/golden Chocobos? It has to be the players choice to have it the colour they want it, no matter what type it is, if they decide to make the colour option available to us.

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Yeah good call. I mean, what if people want a rainbow chocobo?

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Originally Posted by Rahsch

They wouldn't implement colours depending on what type of Chocobo you have, that would just throw off the fans. What if people just want the traditional yellow/golden Chocobos? It has to be the players choice to have it the colour they want it, no matter what type it is, if they decide to make the colour option available to us.

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Well I hope I don't see pink! BLEH!!!!

I believe that there will be different coloured chocobos at some point. That's a great thing to have, but beyond that don't you agree that being able to change your chocobo's individual appearance and features would make you cherish it that much more? It would be so much more personal and enjoyable to play with a companion that looks unique, apart from its colour and name IMO.

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Originally Posted by Buddhsie

I believe that there will be different coloured chocobos at some point. That's a great thing to have, but beyond that don't you agree that being able to change your chocobo's individual appearance and features would make you cherish it that much more? It would be so much more personal and enjoyable to play with a companion that looks unique, apart from its colour and name IMO.

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Well maybe, but maybe small things like eye color and just the color of the Chocobo, but I mean, how much better can ya get, they are allowing us to name our Chocobo. :p

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Originally Posted by Paddle

Well I hope I don't see pink! BLEH!!!!

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B...but...hair.