About pets

[Dekken]

This seems like a good spot to drop some information that we recently heard from Yoshida... He mentioned that the dev. team is currently thinking about two different approaches.

The first is pet-related content where players can raise chocobos and other mounts that anyone can ride. The second idea is centered around pets that can only be utilized by specific jobs.

However, we won't be picking just one concept to implement. Instead we will be looking into the specifications so that we can implement both. However, as we are not yet at the stage where we can disclose when the implementation timing will be. We hope that the current chocobo implementation planned for 1.19 will hold you all over in the meantime.

The fact that you said Chocobo and 1.19 in the same post made me love you.

[Dekken]

Mounts other then chocobos were implied in letter 10 fyi.

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Mount system (name tentative)
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Examination of mount system (including chocobos)
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Establishment of details for mount system

I would love to see chocobo vs monster races.

[Birry]

i wrote my ideas down in a blog on my lodestone page... Birry Williams of Wutai

[SuzakuCMX]

I would love to see chocobo vs monster races.

I want to ride a Tonberry.

[SilvertearRen]

For specific Jobs but not Classes? I'm hoping a dragon for Dragoon here. If it's coming.

Dragon Knight isn't really a Dragoon. The original term of Dragoon refers to mounted cavalry. So I imagine Dragoons in FFXIV will be chocobo-riding Lancers.

[Coldbrand]

Please don't give Dragoons wyverns again, I want to be completely centered around jump or at worst my own personal breath attacks like FFTA. I DON'T want to be weakened for the sake of a wyvern again.

[Dreadnought]

so did anyone ever come in and correct the fact that the OP meant pet classes as in SMN, BST, and PUP? not companion pets like little bunnies and chocobos.

[Misha]

so did anyone ever come in and correct the fact that the OP meant pet classes as in SMN, BST, and PUP? not companion pets like little bunnies and chocobos.

Nope, and devs refuse to answer this specifically even though smn is such a huge part of FF would be pretty pathetic not to have them(playable job) in by Ishgard/ps3 release! Haven't heard one word from Yoshi regarding SMN other than we are getting primal fights... but even as cool as that is it's pretty bland/sad without the ability to unlock said summon and use it!!! >.< Doubt we'll ever see a answer on this in the near future...

Edit: Tanaka said wouldn't fit with old system and they basically were flat out too lazy to add pets, had some really lame excuses like they couldn't get the coding done... (Goes to show how horrible they are at programming (the old team)) So no idea why we haven't/can't get a update on this.... SMN is too big of FF iconic lore to ignore :S Anyways just glad we're finally getting choco's xD

[Firon]

God i want another job like PuP was the most unique class in XI.

[Pyrix]

It's about damn time they got towards Chocobos, they should have been in the game from day 1.