More Diversity with Mounts

[Silvanoshi]

The ability to sprint would be interesting, especially as open world grows larger. Racing, maybe at some point, also? These certain abilities can come into play for the mini-game to slow/stop your opponent!

[Starkiller]

The ability to sprint would be interesting, especially as open world grows larger. Racing, maybe at some point, also? These certain abilities can come into play for the mini-game to slow/stop your opponent!

I don't think we will be racing mounts. I do think that we will be racing Chocobos!

Of course, that means we will need to raise the Chocobos first. Raising a Chocobo requires that you feed it. Feeding leads to choices of food and different food leads to different raised Chocobos: Red, Black, Blue and Yellow birds!

Assuming the Chocobo raising system is similar to how it was in FFXI, then suggesting some possible abilities:
Red Chocobo = Maybe longer top speed in race?
Black Chocobo = Could run over hills/mountains without loss of speed
Blue Chocobo = Could run over water
Yellow Chocobo = (Default stats and abilities)
Gold Chocobo = Would be better at digging up treasure

There have been all kinds of other ideas discussed about raising Chocobos and the birds developing different skills over here:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Want-Your-Fix