CHOCOBOS!!!!!!! 1.19!!!!

[Ryndael]

Seriously? Are you scolding me for a typing mystake? >.> I just woke up from a nap, give me a break.

Check the site. I am obligated to.

[Kailok]

Yeah, yeah this is just phase 1 of chocobo goodness!! \o/ (I'm sooo excited! Can you tell?)

We all are! As well as airships! Though we've been told right now they won't have their own animations and instances, but they're adding them in the future I believe! I think they're adding the airships simply for convenience right now. And I'm glad we'll have to do quests to be able to use both!

[Alcide]

I think you need another one. I'm just trying to help out Kailok...
And I'm saying I was right about the chocobo rentals.... lol...

Ehm actually i wasn't talking about you...

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[Anima]

I'm just happy to see myself on top of a Yellow Bird! Besides, they gave us Chocobo, That's a Start. Who knows, maybe they're just releasing this for the players to have fun with it and implement the details in a not-so-distant future :P

They didn't give us Chocobos, people complain. Now they're giving us Chocobos, people complain about how it wasn't in from the beginning.

[Colino]

So they're going to be rentals and just that as far as 1.19 is concerned?

I'm sorry to say but that's just extremely dissapointing... We've been told they weren't in the game at launch because they wanted them to be "more than just mounts" and now that we just might finally get to use them they're gonna be even less than that?

And really how useful can they be as rentals? We're already allowed to teleport pretty much everywhere, so unless we can call them/rent them from somewhere other than the main cities, it will always take far less time to just warp to the nearest Aetheryte and walk the rest of the way.

[Gidonoidon_Sur]

Very excited for Chocobos. But what has my interest even more piqued is the mention in Bayhone's post of using pets in battle...Wonder if that is a hint that chocobos might be used in some type of way during battle?

[Kailok]

So they're going to be rentals and just that as far as 1.19 is concerned?

I'm sorry to say but that's just extremely dissapointing... We've been told they weren't in the game at launch because they wanted them to be "more than just mounts" and now that we just might finally get to use them they're gonna be even less than that?

We just had a conversation about this. They are giving us rentals because we NEED transportation now. We'll still be getting the good stuff but later.

And really how useful can they be as rentals? We're already allowed to teleport pretty much everywhere, so unless we can call them/rent them from somewhere other than the main cities, it will always take far less time to just warp to the nearest Aetheryte and walk the rest of the way.

Because most likely once Chocobo and Airships are implemented they will be adjusting the anima system to follow suit. Most likely, anyway. So instead of spending your precious anima just to do a couple leves, even though you might need it later for a party group in Gridania, you can just grab a chocobo instead.

[Anima]

Very excited for Chocobos. But what has my interest even more piqued is the mention in Bayhone's post of using pets in battle...Wonder if that is a hint that chocobos might be used in some type of way during battle?

Chocobo Battles would be epic! <3 Even better If it's connected to GC, like you need a Certain Rank to have your own Chocobos, {Take Care.} of them, grow them, train them and Finally when It's big enough you can Ride them and fight alongside it!(Cavalry?) Anyone remember FFXII First Cutscene in the game where there's this Chocobo Cavalry battle? :P

[CrystalWeapon]

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Hopefully when they add the personal chocobo's we'll get different colors right from the get go. I'd kind of like it to be more like FFVII's system than FFXI's but I'd be happy with whatever they decide to go with.

[Colino]

We just had a conversation about this. They are giving us rentals because we NEED transportation now. We'll still be getting the good stuff but later.

I never said we're NOT getting the good stuff later, I'm just wondering what all this talk about them being more than mounts was for if when they finally decide to ACTUALLY PUT THEM IN THE GAME... They're just mounts... LIMITED mounts at that.

Because most likely once Chocobo and Airships are implemented they will be adjusting the anima system to follow suit. Most likely, anyway. So instead of spending your precious anima just to do a couple leves, even though you might need it later for a party group in Gridania, you can just grab a chocobo instead.

Then what's the point? Leave anima as is and keep the Chocobos until they're something worth getting excited for, IMO. As they're putting it now I see myself using them twice to hear the chocobo theme and run around for half an hour, then just go back to anima (whatever anima nerf they do it can't be THAT bad).