Dragoon Poll (Should DRG have a Wyvern?)

[grandm]

this argument of a wyvern being a companion that the beastmaster can't suply, is a little rubbish, your chocobo is the faithful companion you are describing. your chocobo will have a much bigger role than just transport in the future. and whats more every1 can access it. its not just locked to one job

[grandm]

this argument of a wyvern being a companion that the beastmaster can't suply, is a little rubbish, your chocobo is the faithful companion you are describing. your chocobo will have a much bigger role than just transport in the future. and whats more every1 can access it. its not just locked to one job

this was not a troll

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/2011/10...-is-out-there/

Gamer Escape: With these pets and summons.. and I believe with Chocobos it was mentioned there would be some type of growth or a way to level them up. Would this be a long term thing where the pet would gradually level over time or a short term thing where the stats of the pet would reset each time you call it?

Yoshida: Actually it was kind of all put into one thing on that document but there are three different ways to think about this. There’s a buddy system for a companion and then you have a pet system and then the summons. The beast pet would be kind of like in FFXI, where you tame it, use it and then it’s done. So there is no growth with the pet. With Summoner, what we’re thinking of is maybe when you summon for example like Carbuncle… that’s not saying that Carbuncle is coming. It’s just an example! But when you summon it at maybe level 20 there will be certain abilities that it can use and then when the Summoner is level 50, that list will be extended with level 50 abilities. Carbuncle won’t change, it will just be the abilities that it can use. Then you get the buddy system which will be with your Chocobo and your Chocobo will be yours forever. It will have a level and it will power up and grow as you feed it and use it. So yeah there are those three systems. So the confusion there where pets can level up, that’s currently not the case. They’re just a one time thing. It’s Chocobos that will have the levels.