Quote Originally Posted by Big-Beach View Post
Yikes, some angry people around here. :/ If it makes you that angry why not try doing something else for a while? To me the mount is just a means of getting around faster for those who have passed a certain point in the game. Why do you think they grouped the announcement together with information about airships? As a new player I know that it takes a fair amount of time to collect a few thousand seals.
This is Final Fantasy, a Chocobo is and has always been more than a Mount. Your supposed to have a relationship with the thing that build over time. That's why they are implimenting all those features.

To simply buy a chocobo makes it A chocobo not YOUR chocobo.