Chocobo companion timer.

[Ransu]

Is there a point to this being a thing anymore? I question to reasoning of a companion still being locked to being a 30 minute summon. I mean you can make the argument of greens being some kind of gil sync.....but they cost next to nothing so outside of that and maybe being a coding issue I can't understand why its still a thing.

[Krokov]

The timer can be extended to 60min with greens.

[Ransu]

Sure, but my point is why is it even necessary to have a timer anymore? Not even really sure why it existed to begin with honestly, especially back in the day when the timer would get shorter as your chocobo leveled. The whole thing is weird.

[Duskane]

pretty sure Yoshi answered a question like this
"Your buddy gotta eat too"
something like that

[Ransu]

pretty sure Yoshi answered a question like this
"Your buddy gotta eat too"
something like that

A reply like that kinda tells me its spaghettis code that they don't want to mess with.

[Deceptus]

pretty sure Yoshi answered a question like this
"Your buddy gotta eat too"
something like that

It's nothing more than a low level gil sink.

[Wasselin]

Well you don't expect your chocobo to fight with you without getting anything to eat do you?

[Nabril]

Well you don't expect your chocobo to fight with you without getting anything to eat do you?

I think that since my character never ever eats and is able to fight, my chocobo should be able to do the same.

After all, do you feed all of your mounts that fly you around? Obviously there's a line somewhere.
Now that I think about it, I never feed my 5 retainers either... or my housing merchants... or my fish.

Should feeding be added for everything? Maybe...

Though we should probably just call it what it is- a tax on the chocobo just like crystals are a tax on crafting.

[ItMe]

Though we should probably just call it what it is- a tax on the chocobo just like crystals are a tax on crafting.

Yeah, that's a good summation of it.
Though the tax def made more sense back when the game was experimenting more with open world content.

[Shougun]

Personally I'd prefer a more WoW hunter concept, can keep your pet out indefinitely but feeding them improves their mood and therefore their stats. Add some food to each zone that the birb can eat, some generic some potent. I have some fond memories taking care of my pet like that. Although if I recall correctly WoW killed pet food stuff, which imo is kind of sad.