Company Seals for your own chocobo THATS IT?!

[Reinheart]

Mmm was thinking of this but they did say it costs 3000 company seals to get it but what if they had a grand company quest (chocobo related - one time quest) that gave 3000 company seals???

They need a way for gatherer/crafter to get the chocobo's and fighting quests from grand company doesn't seem right so they must of added another way to obtain company seals for non-fighting class, and I can only think of alternate quests which doesn't involve fighting and one could just be chocobo related. Hope it's something like this then it will solve issue where crafter/gatherer without fighting class can get My Chocobo safely + at same time get the quest to get chocobo part solved.

[Sidney]

You're right though, this isn't one of those "how I earned its trust" chocobos. These are wartime steeds that are given to those who earn it. Remember, NPCs have said there aren't enough chocos to go around. The reason why is because companies are in dire need of steeds to give to their forces. When you become a member of a company, you are able to earn a chocobo through quests/missions/escorts by earning seals, the currency of the companies. This currency says, hey i'm not just some random dude who joined up for the sake of getting my own chocobo. You earned those seals, so you earned that chocobo allotment.

I can't +1 this hard enough.

From the company standpoint these particular birds are meant entirely for their utility. chocobos are being provided by the companies to members proving themselves by rank and seal. They are trained mounts meant for use in support of the company, and in support of the city states the companies are sworn to protect. It may be best to think of them like any other provision granted to a soldier based on rank and duty. These are not your pets and not your close personal friends.

Adventurers are not tied down like the more stationary members of the companies. It seems only reasonable for the companies to exploit this mobility by bolstering it further.


The situation will probably be explained when ranking up within a chosen company or specifically when purchasing a company issue chocobo. I could see a cut scene explaining the situation as your character has a conversation with the company quartermaster during the assignment of the issuance.

[Teknoman]

Mmm was thinking of this but they did say it costs 3000 company seals to get it but what if they had a grand company quest (chocobo related - one time quest) that gave 3000 company seals???

They need a way for gatherer/crafter to get the chocobo's and fighting quests from grand company doesn't seem right so they must of added another way to obtain company seals for non-fighting class, and I can only think of alternate quests which doesn't involve fighting and one could just be chocobo related. Hope it's something like this then it will solve issue where crafter/gatherer without fighting class can get My Chocobo safely + at same time get the quest to get chocobo part solved.

Got a point there.

[Rutelor]

My guess is that enough players yelled "MOUNTS NOW OR /RAGEQUIT" that reality was changed.

No large project can ever avoid the quality triangle rule.

This game was released early because SE valued time and cost over quality (completion). Oddly enough, many players are acting in exactly the same way.

We have the same choice:

Pick one to suffer:

• Cost: pay to play - get stuff faster and a better content
• Time: wait for changes - play for free [for now] and and better content
• Quality: weak content - play for free [for now], get stuff fast

I choose to be patient.

You are right! I tired myself by repeating, here and elsewhere, "The world is too small for chocobos... it will seem even smaller after they're introduced... people will get bored faster and desert even faster... stop the madness!!!" But no... Then I added... "Well, if they're adding chocobos after all, and airships, at least give them time to develop a nice, deep, layered system and the quests to get us there..." But no...

An Ancient Greek saying went something like: "Each city has the theater it deserves." Well, I paraphrase to say that many among the audience of these forums, mainly the loud, entitled, shallow ones, seem to be pushing for the sort of game they deserve, and we will all suffer the consequences.

[Teknoman]

You are right! I tired myself by repeating, here and elsewhere, "The world is too small for chocobos... it will seem even smaller after they're introduced... people will get bored faster and desert even faster... stop the madness!!!" But no... Then I added... "Well, if they're adding chocobos after all, and airships, at least give them time to develop a nice, deep, layered system and the quests to get us there..." But no...

An Ancient Greek saying went something like: "Each city has the theater it deserves." Well, I paraphrase to say that many among the audience of these forums, mainly the loud, entitled, shallow ones, seem to be pushing for the sort of game they deserve, and we will all suffer the consequences.

They've already stated mulitple times that the airships and chocobos would be constantly fleshed out as time goes by. Its not like we're going to just get this and be stuck with it, any more than us being stuck with the current classes or current class skill sets.

Eventually we'll be having airship specific content, pvp in gladiator arenas, our chocobos aiding in battle, and even jumping. The problem is, since we're playing the game right now, AND a new team is working on the game simultaneously, we're seeing things implemented and improved as they go. Also Yoshi-P and team arent implementing things at a rate that the player base is dictating. If that was the case, they would've just thrown up a job system and let us have at it.

Honestly, I dont see the big deal in getting a company issued chocobo after doing quests and paying for it...especially when we'll be breeding them sooner or later, fighting along side them, and other things you probably wouldnt ever be able to do in Vana'diel or any other FF universe in the past.

[indira]

SE keeps this up i pertty sure when they charge no one will be left.

[Teknoman]

SE keeps this up i pertty sure when they charge no one will be left.

So because they have a somewhat standard way of purchasing a Chocobo after doing quests, company issued mind you...not something you raised on your own, its that bad of a thing. Sounding like a broken record at this point, but breeding, chocobo combat among other things, and airship based content other than just instant travel (which will be fixed once they implement on deck areas) ARE in the pipeline. Some of you guys and girls are making an antlion den out of a mole burrow.

[leomike35]

The Number of Seals and the number of quests and the difficulty of the quest are not the problem.

The problem is there is no specific chocobo related content required for obtaining a personal chocobo and that is weak.

Look at it this way. Rental chocobos are like taking a bus. Grand company chocobos are like keys to the company car. Dont get caught on the word personal right now. The true personal chocobos will be when you raise your own. That said becoming a full member is like getting hired for the job. If you lookat it that way it should make more sense and take the edge off of the need for lore or a choco related quest. We waited a long year for this so lets not spoil it. Beast strongholds might be a better activity to satisfy the thirst for challenge.

[PikachuLink]

There May Be A Quest Who Knows! but if there isnt....ive got 7k seals still and am ready to turn them in oh well doesnt bother me anyway. free stuff is for me! cant complain about the free!

[Ceons]

I thought there was a shortage of chocobos and they were all sick?

Certainly a quest to talk to few people with couple cutscenes to explain what happened to them isnt too much to ask?

Its more content for the content, more lore, depth and RP. Why is everyone so anti quest?

I'm starting to thing the only type of a chocobo quest people seem to imagine is the tedious waste of time one from the unamed online prequel of ffxiv...

c'mon people vote for more content, story and depth! It's not tedious waste of time to watch a CS, it's lore and eye candy