Some suggestions, mostly quality of life, obvious things

[Aldora]

Since this is a general "things we want to see" thread, I'll toss this in.

Mounting your Chocobo when it's already out for Companion status.

This is only for Chocobos as they can fight beside you as a physical ally. The way it is now - you use the whistle, the chocobo disappears, reappearing under you and off you go. Rather, why not, if the chocobo is already out, your character actually Jumps up on it's back instead? It's a simple thing, more of a "immersion" type of thing I suppose. The idea would suit things like the Horses as well, if they appeared beside you when called, your hand reaches up into their mane, you grab then swing yourself up on their back. Naturally this method wouldn't work for all mount types, such as the Goobbue, Behemoth, Flying Mounts, etc. But for the more "realistic" type of mounts, it would.

Teach your models at SE how to jump on horseback! lol

I think this could be implemented in a way that you will always mount your Chocobo when using the Chocobo Whistle. The Chocobo could come running towards you (for instance like you call your horse in Assassin’s Creed), stop right beside you and you swing yourself on it’s back. If the Chocobo is already out as an companion, then it can take a few steps towards you and have the same animation.

The same goes for dismounting. Right now, the Chocobo dashes off and disappears while you “fall to the ground”. You could have a dismount animation, where you give the Chocobo a slight tap on the back where it will then dash off towards town.

To make it even more “exciting” for the animators, i would love to have a little random element to the mounting/dismounting of your chocobo. For instance where you grab the reins, pat it on the head and then mount it or send it off to the stables.

[Akujin]

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Or..or..or..

Get your foot stuck in a stirrup and fall to the ground, face first into the terrain. Chocobo turns, looks at you, warks, then runs away. It could be random, but comical regardless. Allowing the player to retain control, if they actually move themselves (button/joystick) you get on your feet instantly if it's a moment you really have to respond quickly. If it's not a big deal, enjoy the slowly picking yourself up animation, dusting yourself off and a 'sulk' type of emote to follow it. They could certainly have some fun with it.

[Aldora]

Or..or..or..

Get your foot stuck in a stirrup and fall to the ground, face first into the terrain. Chocobo turns, looks at you, warks, then runs away. It could be random, but comical regardless. Allowing the player to retain control, if they actually move themselves (button/joystick) you get on your feet instantly if it's a moment you really have to respond quickly. If it's not a big deal, enjoy the slowly picking yourself up animation, dusting yourself off and a 'sulk' type of emote to follow it. They could certainly have some fun with it.

That would work really well as a mini-game in the Golden Saucer. “Choco-rodeo”. (^_^ )-b But, to be honest, i don’t think players are waiting for a “mini-game” just for mounting their chocobo’s. hehe. Actually, i think most people would find it annoying, if they were to trying run from FATE to FATE and they would “slip” from their mount every once and a while. (^_^; )

But, just by adding “simple” things, like idle animations where the Chocobo would flap its wings and Wark every once and a while, or looks for something to eat on the ground will add a whole new “dimension” to mounts and lot of “fun & immersion” into the game.

At least, it would for me.

Hmmm… This made me think… We already have minions who interact with each other. Why not have our Companions interact with each other? “Talking” to each other, playfully chasing each other, or maybe some courting between Companions when we can have both male and female Chocobo’s? (^_^ )

What i also miss is a little more interaction with my Kwehzacotl. I mean. He does look at me every once and a while, but i like to see him do more then just that. Walking around a little bit like the Minions, wark every once and a while, look for food, etc.

I would also love to be able to move him out of danger, if he’s being attacked with a AoE/Cone attack (like we can do with our Arcanist/Summoner/Scholar pets). It would be perfect if the Companion AI would move outside of AoE/Cone attacks on their own (maybe with a RNG so that it won’t dodge every AoE/Cone attack like a pro (^_~ ) ).

[Roarey]

Beyond a QoL....i would like to see scholar and summoner be able to allocate the attribute points for their jobs separately and not be stuck in the singular arcanist build. Makes me nervous for the future additions to job paths stemming from a single class, we will always be gimped in one to max the other. The ability to purchase the GC attribute reset was a nice addition and eases the pain slightly, but being forced to pay out 10k seals to play a job optimally is a band-aid at best.

[DexteraDomini]

Since this is a general "things we want to see" thread, I'll toss this in.

Mounting your Chocobo when it's already out for Companion status.

This is only for Chocobos as they can fight beside you as a physical ally. The way it is now - you use the whistle, the chocobo disappears, reappearing under you and off you go. Rather, why not, if the chocobo is already out, your character actually Jumps up on it's back instead? It's a simple thing, more of a "immersion" type of thing I suppose,

They implemented this in 2.2, now you can ride your chocobo without having to disband it, also, your chocobo now stays out 30 mins regardless of it's rank.

[Akujin]

They implemented this in 2.2, now you can ride your chocobo without having to disband it, also, your chocobo now stays out 30 mins regardless of it's rank.

Not what I'm talking about. I'm referring to actually mounting the chocobo While it's out, in an actual animation, rather than having it disappear and reappear under you. I realize a lot of people probably don't really care about that and there's probably a reason they cant do it anyways, but if possible, it would at put a little more of a 'realistic' effect on it if you were able to get on your Chocobo saddle as if it were a true physical object in the world while it's already out. It partially stems from the mounting animation I was watching in Archeage, though even before that I had pondered this after switching on/off the chocobo a few times during fates.

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

any word on if we will ever be able to go completely barefooted? lol xD

[Litre]

Just let me press the "Enter" button for OK/yes on dialogs for now -__-

[chocomaid]

Not sure if it has been mentioned but:

Make Chocobos not count as a party member.

[juniglee]

Not sure if it has been mentioned but:

Can we have Truth of Forests/Mountains usable while on a mount? Or can we give Miners/Botanists some trait that allows us to have those skills be automatically turned on, similar to Prospect/Triangulate?