Rank 10 Chocobo Reached!

[astrobear]

for you OP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3dB6IqzVPo

[OmegaXtc]

for you OP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3dB6IqzVPo

Haha, thanks man! Looks like definitely not a world first, but a Diabolos server first and possibly non-legacy server first. YAY!

[LoLo]

Haha, thanks man! Looks like definitely not a world first, but a Diabolos server first and possibly non-legacy server first. YAY!

being non-legacy first doesn't mean anything because companions were not in 1.0 both type of servers were on even ground in leveling it.

[OmegaXtc]

being non-legacy first doesn't mean anything because companions were not in 1.0 both type of servers were on even ground in leveling it.

Except I had to level a character to get the chocobo, which I didn't get until I had the mount and grand company, plus my kills while leveling would never equal the 217xp per kill that a legacy lvl 50 would get.

[LoLo]

Except I had to level a character to get the chocobo, which I didn't get until I had the mount and grand company, plus my kills while leveling would never equal the 217xp per kill that a legacy lvl 50 would get.

you can get to level 30 in a day but ok I guess everyone wants to feel special/unique /shurg. Wouldn't it be hard to find out if you are server first?

[Vaen]

I really hope they design solo/overworld content in the future that you can ONLY survive if you have your chocobo companion aiding you. Or at least, so challenging that having your companion makes a big difference.

The chocobo companion is a really cool idea and neat new feature of ARR, but they need to do more with it. Make it more worthwhile and meaningful!

[Cairn]

I'm going to level my Chocobo, any tips?

[BlazeChronic]

I'm going to level my Chocobo, any tips?

Yes : Don't do like the Op and throw darts at the skill tree. Focus on one stance, don't gimp yourself.

[OmegaXtc]

Yes : Don't do like the Op and throw darts at the skill tree. Focus on one stance, don't gimp yourself.

Why would you waste 27 pts for the last three in any tree when you could get 7 in another tree and 3 in another tree for a lot of passive buffs? Are the aoe attacks and aoe medica worth it? Really?

[Maelwys]

Yes : Don't do like the Op and throw darts at the skill tree. Focus on one stance, don't gimp yourself.

You completely messed up the skill points ... you are supposed to put everything in one role.

If those were true, we wouldn't have any need for a Dev to post this.

Yes, there is an achievement for hitting Rank 10 in each stance.
No, your chocobo will not be as effective if you do this.

"Hybrid" builds have more abilities, greater damage potential and higher stats than "Pure Stance" builds. This is because higher rank abilities cost more SP to make them available. for the same SP cost, you can get Rank 10 in one stance, or Rank 9 in that stance plus Ranks 1-4 in a secondary stance. And gain access to ALL those abilities in "Free Stance".

If the Rank #10 abilities were jaw-droppingly good, I would agree with you. However, they are AoE abilities with mediocre Potency. You cannot trigger them manually, and the AI is notoriously bad at using AoE abilities sensibly.

Oh! and free stance yeah its work nice but i notice that i have to switch stance from free stance to healer stance for Choco Cure. Because i was ending up at half of life without he Choco Cure me until i switch him to Healer Stance. But at free Stance he only does Choco Regen.

In Free Stance, the AI starts trying to Cure whenever either of you drop below 50% HP. In Healing Stance, this threshold is higher (75-80%). The cures will be slightly less regular in Free Stance since it has Autoattacks and other abilities available and can be caught mid-animation whenever the Cure is back off cooldown. As a Paladin, I can reliably idle around 40%-50% HP and get regular Cures from my "Free Stance" Chicken.

That is not excatly how the companion system works - the passive/actives he gains is based on the specific stance he is in - unless you are in defender or attacker all those crit bonuses are pretty much in active sorry to break it to you :/

You can see very clearly that this is not the case for passives by stacking multiple +HP% passive buffs from more than one stance and observing the corresponding spike in your Chocobo's HP value.

Stances make abilities and weaponskills unavailable (and in the case of Healer Stance, autoattacks unavailable) but passives stack across stances.
There's very little reason to run in anything apart from Free Stance unless you specifically want your Chocobo to act as a "Pure Healer" and not melee attack anything.