Colored Chocobo? Instead of monster mounts?

[Kio]

I keep seeing this argument jumping to the conclusion of having a ton of mounts cluttering up the game, or mob mounts replacing chocobos as a staple mode of transport, but it's simply not true.

Those three example mounts are things Yoshi is considering as offering for a reward for people who play before 2.0. They're a special, rare, one time deal, and they'll only get more and more rare the older they get. This isn't something that just anyone can attain, here.

Mayhaps those particular examples were the special reward mounts hinted as a possibility for those who subscribe through 2.0, but it's been made pretty clear that Yoshi-P was keen on the idea of having varied mounts available beyond that as well. So although the giant gobbue godzilla'ing around the grounds is something only a handful of people will have post 2.0, it doesn't mean that other imaginative things will also be racing around.
It's basically that idea of anything but a chocobo as a possbility of a ridden transport kinda turns people off, especially if it will become excessive.

[Anapingofness]

Little hint to Yoshi-P and the devs. They exists in pretty much all FF's. Way better then random evil mounts and brings out a "FF-esque" atmosphere.

The THM in Uldah CS has a hard time controling the Gobbue and we are gona ride em?
Ahrimans are evil as @!(*# and im gonna sit on his giant eye?

I think colored chocobos and customizable armor is more FF. Hell why not make em breedable and giving em diff appearance. (Ex: Bigger beak, more tail feathers, longer legs, smaller neck.)

Appealing to the FF fans is what is needed ~ Not copy/pasting other mmos.

(My opinion^_^)

I agree with you. They should have stuck with chocobos and other FF mounts, such as magitech armor.

The chocobos in the FF series had land, water, and air adaptation and that has a lot of versatility. Also, chocobo breeding could be a lot of fun. Not to mention, for realzies chocobo racing... unlike what they have in FFXI. I'm talking about more like chocobo racing a la FF7.

[Bayohne]

Just a heads up that we're continuing to look into whether we will introduce different colored chocobos or whether we will go a different route.

[Inaaca]

Oh... huh. I thought colored chocobos were pretty much confirmed for the future. I guess a lot of things aren't really set in stone yet. Still, I would be surprised if chocobo breeding and colors wasn't added...

[Jynx]

Just a heads up that we're continuing to look into whether we will introduce different colored chocobos or whether we will go a different route.

Would be nice to have a less cryptic response, what "Different routes" are being considered?

[Illy]

Personally I would like to see different colored chocobo's not only for the aesthetic reason but in battle. The Dev Team has already expressed plans to make Chocobo's useable in combat in the future and it would be cool to have different colors work differently in battle similar to how the different colors fought very different in Final Fantasy Tactics. That coupled with a raising system could make the Chocobo's a whole battle system unto themselves.

[Nero]

Would be nice to have a less cryptic response, what "Different routes" are being considered?

Colored Gobbues!

[Coldbrand]

Yeah, sorry but monster mounts completely shatters "the final fantasy feel" where as colored chocobos greatly enhance it.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Just a heads up that we're continuing to look into whether we will introduce different colored chocobos or whether we will go a different route.

You know very well that everyone wants the ability to raise different color Chocobos and well as them having differences.

[Forsaken]

I loved my black/white choco from FFXI, it was bada. I also loved raising him.