About pets

[Bayohne]

Here are some additional comments that Yoshida made over the weekend regarding the upcoming chocobo-related content.

Hi, this is Yoshida, the producer/director.

First of all, chocobos will not be implemented through a single update only, but will be implemented through a gradual process of content iteration (excluding Chocobo rentals)

Here is a simplified plan:
1. Calling a personal chocobo
2. Riding a personal chocobo
3. Walking next to a personal chocobo
4. Raising and dressing up a personal chocobo
5. Fighting with the help of a personal chocobo

I created this plan myself, but some features are not possible to implement at this moment. It would take way too long to implement everything at once, so we plan on implementing this bit by bit, starting with numbers 1 and 2. This is the plan for patch 1.19. More details will be revealed later in an upcoming letter.

Regarding pet classes, from summoning pets to taming, we are still in the preliminary planning stages, so we don't know which direction we're going to start with yet. Either way would be fine. We still need to do all the battle-related adjustments, class balance adjustments, and implement the job system first before anything else, so we will be looking at any ideas you have for us.

If cultivation is implemented, I would like to have gardens implemented as well. It would be nice to have a garden in front of your house, so let’s test this out.

[Rane]

Here are some additional comments that Yoshida made over the weekend regarding the upcoming chocobo-related content.

The all sounds really cool. I can't wait to see it in game!

[Leonesaurus]

Here are some additional comments that Yoshida made over the weekend regarding the upcoming chocobo-related content.
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Hi, this is Yoshida, the producer/director.

First of all, chocobos will not be implemented through a single update only, but will be implemented through a gradual process of content iteration (excluding Chocobo rentals)

Here is a simplified plan:
1. Calling a personal chocobo
2. Riding a personal chocobo
3. Walking next to a personal chocobo
4. Raising and dressing up a personal chocobo
5. Fighting with the help of a personal chocobo

I created this plan myself, but some features are not possible to implement at this moment. It would take way too long to implement everything at once, so we plan on implementing this bit by bit, starting with numbers 1 and 2. This is the plan for patch 1.19. More details will be revealed later in an upcoming letter.

Regarding pet classes, from summoning pets to taming, we are still in the preliminary planning stages, so we don't know which direction we're going to start with yet. Either way would be fine. We still need to do all the battle-related adjustments, class balance adjustments, and implement the job system first before anything else, so we will be looking at any ideas you have for us.

If cultivation is implemented, I would like to have gardens implemented as well. It would be nice to have a garden in front of your house, so let’s test this out.

Alright.... It's official..... I just got an erection....

I can't express in words how much this has made me happy, grateful and extremely hopeful in the very near future for what I wanted in this game.

THIS POST WINS THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Bayohne and Yoshi P for the post and translations!!! You guys $@!%ing ROCK!!!

[Coombah]

Here are some additional comments that Yoshida made over the weekend regarding the upcoming chocobo-related content.

YES! I can't wait!!!!!!!

[Nakiamiie]

Now, that is awesome!! I can't wait to see this in the future!
Good plans Mr. Yoshida!!!

"Here is a simplified plan:
1. Calling a personal chocobo
2. Riding a personal chocobo
3. Walking next to a personal chocobo
4. Raising and dressing up a personal chocobo
5. Fighting with the help of a personal chocobo

If cultivation is implemented, I would like to have gardens implemented as well. It would be nice to have a garden in front of your house, so let’s test this out."

[Rhianu]

Here is a simplified plan:
1. Calling a personal chocobo
2. Riding a personal chocobo
3. Walking next to a personal chocobo
4. Raising and dressing up a personal chocobo
5. Fighting with the help of a personal chocobo

I created this plan myself

Yoshida.
He created this list all by himself.

[Airget]

Here are some additional comments that Yoshida made over the weekend regarding the upcoming chocobo-related content.

For summoning I think it would be cool to make them more dynamic. Two concepts come to mind. You can have elemetnals/pets that act as a quick summon support adding a boost to the party. The other concept is astral projection in which you project your body into the avatar you have made a pact with allowing you to control it within a certain radius. While given a unique set of commands based on the avatar you are using your body is left defenseless in which mobs are still able to do damage to you. With this concept a summoner would have to rely on allies to keep them safe and it would be interesting to see it done well in an MMO. I think it would be fun to have to protect the defenseless body of a summoner as he/she uses their abilities to take down foes with their ferocious beast. Though with that in mind I would add a astral projection fatigue for like maybe 1min after they are forced back into their body if they are slain/send their astral form back to their own body.

I am interested to see where you will be taking smn/bst though it'll be interested to see how they are implemented to be unique. I do understand that it can be hard to balance them properly but given the format of XIV it shouldn't be to difficult to make them work in the game.

[Laughlyn]

If cultivation is implemented, I would like to have gardens implemented as well. It would be nice to have a garden in front of your house, so let’s test this out.

OH MY GAWD !

I really REALLY hope he meant what he wrote ! ( ^.^)b

If this ever gets implemented i'll happily stomp on my WoW battlechest until it's completly trashed.

[CoolhandLou]

4. Raising and dressing up a personal chocobo

Are you kidding me!?!?!? This is amazing. Haters, go away. Can you not just see the collect-a-thon of hats like TF2? Everyone going nerd-beserk over some cool glasses or a feather boa?

It would be awesome.

I am still REALLY hoping for a puppetmaster job. We have the puppets already in the game, just let me enlist one as my personal slav..friend.