Fighting alongside Chocobos in 2.0?

[SirOleas]

I don't know, personally I like the idea.
In XI Chocobos were mounts, ways to dig for money items, and gambling tools.

Why not allow your trusty steed fight along side you? It only makes sense that an animal companion protect you if your bond is strong enough.

Besides that, from what I understand, Chocobos can be bread for other purposes as well, I think they are keeping the traveling pack mule idea for 2.0, one can only assume racing Chocobos will be a thing too.

As for Chocobos not being a companion in many other titles:
FFXIII-2 had it. (I can't remember if FFXIII had it).
Chocobos have also been defeatable mobs in previous FF titles. FF Tactics had a lot of that.
Pretty sure in other FF titles they were summons which is really no different.

So it's not a far fetched idea and it's been part of FF before. I don't really see the problem.