Please let us mount other mounts while our chocobo is summoned

[SDaemon]

Nah, no more sillier than the current gear glamour system at hand: snowman headed tanks in nightgowns, bikini clad mages, Santa Claus and reindeer headed dps...in the dungeons or fighting in the opening world...the list goes on.

Everything is silly in the appropriate philosophical light.

Glamouring gear to look like other gear isn't the same. A better comparison with your idea would be glamouring your lalafell into a miqote.

[Gallus]

What they should've done in the first place is allow any mount to be your companion and give all the mounts the same generic companion skills. That way you could choose any mount who could also serve as a companion and all would have the same skills. Right now it's pretty unfair the advantage chocobos have over other mounts because the chocobo is the only one that can be a mount and a companion at the same time. Also, having the chocobo as a companion doesn't even allow to cast other mounts. The way it is now, the system pretty much favours the chocobos over any other mount. And I freaking hate the look of chocobos.

[Kingmanath]

But chocobo is one of the big symbols of Final Fantasy license, so I feel totally normal he is our favorite companion, like in many others FF

[Gallus]

But chocobo is one of the big symbols of Final Fantasy license, so I feel totally normal he is our favorite companion, like in many others FF

I still feel it's unfair...I mean, there's a reason why all mounts have the same travel speed, if there was one mount that traveled faster than the others, it would trivialize the rest of the mounts. Well, this kinda happens with the chocobo right now, except for the fact it doesn't travel faster but has numerous advantages other mounts.

[Granyala]

Chocobos should be made what they are: PETS instead of full fledged player like party members, with the only restriction that they cannot be summoned in dungeons / cities.

Glamouring gear to look like other gear isn't the same. A better comparison with your idea would be glamouring your lalafell into a miqote.

Wouldn't that be called "cosplay"?

[SDaemon]

Chocobos should be made what they are: PETS instead of full fledged player like party members, with the only restriction that they cannot be summoned in dungeons / cities.



Wouldn't that be called "cosplay"?

If they made race costumes yeah. Otherwise it's just a cheap race change. Miqote ear for everyone yes? Oh and tails!

[KaiKatzchen]

Chocobos should be made what they are: PETS instead of full fledged player like party members, with the only restriction that they cannot be summoned in dungeons / cities.

But the lore of the game doesn't consider them pets. Even the official site says:

When a fellow adventurer's helping hand is nowhere to be found, there are still dependable comrades you may turn to. Fight side by side with your trusty chocobo

Nowhere on any official FFXIV site have I seen them refer to a chocobo as a pet, but a companion and comrade. A comrade is a fellow soldier, a partner. Coming from 1.0 and the lore as I understand it, here is an intelligent being that waited years, searching for their comrades return. When we did return in 2.0, they were there to stand by our side and fight with us once again. I don't think I could ever consider that simply a pet. Fellow warrior, an ally, a friend. Yes. But never a pet.

Now in the game there is a pet, and a pet bar to control them. Those are the summons that Arcanist, Summoner and Scholar can use.

As for the main point of this thread...

I was just happy when they finally made it to where you could mount your chocobo while you had it summoned. I also appreciate that they tossed in something extra with it. When training your chocobo you get 30 minutes per food. If you mount your chocobo during that time, it stop the counter, so you get 30 minutes of active training time that isn't shortened by travel time as well.

But the only time this issue of not being able to ride another mount comes into play is when someone is training their chocobo, the rest of the time players can use any mount they want. So one might call it the cost of having a fighting companion by one's side that fights, and heals the players character. Plus with people having two mounts out at the same time, that would add massive data to the servers because it would be rendering a lot more. SE already is crying 'technical limitations' one year in due to servers, I don't know if they are going to want to add a heavier load to that.

But if SE feels they could do it, then that would be up to them to decide.

Now if this is about wanting to use a favorite mount, wouldn't it be better to ask them to allow leveling of the mount of players choosing? Players can pick ONE mount to level, just like a chocobo. And this ONE mount would be your fighting companion. But then again, and I think people know this, favorites change at a whim. If/When SE presents a new mount, then comes the 'but why can't we change mounts and move the stats, because this one is my favorite now'.

I believe that is why they chose one mount that players can level and chose the Chocobo to be this companion. It is highly recognized and an icon of FF lore. Personally my chocobo is my favorite, and I adore him. Even if I'm not training him, he is the one I ride because he's my comrade. But that is just me.

As for the glamouring of a mount, I'd have to agree with others. Glamouring our clothes is one thing, but making a whole animal look like something else is a totally different thing. I don't know if I can agree with that one.

[AutumnLeaves]

Seems like it would be awfully crowded if they implemented something like this, riding your mount , chocobo at your flank and a pet trailing behind, hell make it so minions can be summoned too so you can have a whole freaking farm

[Kingmanath]

And now we can really customize our chocobo with lots of bardings, many colors. Before dying I used to summon my unicorn but now it's only my BlackChoc' ^^
I agree with the solution to choose which mount could be our "favorite" and so our companion. But I can't believe that a blue horse who tries to heal you would really be in the FF lore ... x)

[Granyala]

But the lore of the game doesn't consider them pets.

Gameplay >> Lore.

In this case, gameplay is a royal PITA. Change ASAP and ignore any lore in the process.