Quote Originally Posted by Invalice_Vangaurd View Post
Simply being able to rent a chocobo is not exactly adequate, especially when it comes to DoL. Regardless, I still fail to see any reason why something as fundamental as a personal chocobo should be restricted to only those who choose to level a fighting class, particularly when in the past SE has specifically stressed the importance of crafting and gathering classes as potentially full-time classes.
I like to do Gathering myself, so I totally feel ya on this one.

But I think it's a little odd to play gathering and crafting ONLY, with no fighting classes at all. You certainly can't progress through the main storyline that way. It doesn't feel to me that the game is really designed right now to allow someone to achieve their top potential without having some sort of fighting class.

And it doesn't take super long, either - you could get your chocobo with only a few days work at the class. SE seems determined to make all of us play classes other than our favorites to get the best out of the game - I hit r50 GLA only to find out that without r30 MRD and PUG, you really aren't the tank you want to be at the top level. They are really big into making people accept trade-offs to get what they want.