Thread: Chocobos in 1.18?

They never said chocobos were ready for 1.18 they are working on it.

In 1.18 we will have 2 dungeons, a better hate control, a modification on leves and some bugs fix that's all.

They said they won't add contents before battle system changed >.< i don't understand why cause chocobos, housing, pets, season event etc don't need to use this battle system so why they stop everything else than the battle system...

Chocobos need to come soon if dungeons are coming. You won't be able to set up a party for a dungeon in town and then have everyone run to the dungeon it would take way to long. We will just have to camp outside dungeons to form parties until there is a faster way to travel. We may be able to use anima of course but that is not always available.

Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

Chocobos need to come soon if dungeons are coming. You won't be able to set up a party for a dungeon in town and then have everyone run to the dungeon it would take way to long. We will just have to camp outside dungeons to form parties until there is a faster way to travel. We may be able to use anima of course but that is not always available.

I highly doubt everyone in your party will be at <6 anima

1.18 still has auto-attack. It also comes with the fundamental adjustments to the battle system, which takes a LOT of calibration. They can then build on this base, making future patches easier to turn out.

They'll also likely be expanding the story a little further, as with previous patches. There WILL be quests associated with the dungeons (to unlock them) and possibly some more grand company bits and pieces.

One of the recent letters explicitly says Ifrit is planned for 1.19.

You can see right away that article is wrong, since Ifrit is confirmed as being added on 1.19, not 1.18

I've been meaning to say this for a while, but somehow never get to: There's not enough world for Chocobos yet. We already ran out of world-lands to explore, remove the distance feel and Hydaelyn will become boring in a second. I oppose the idea of Chocobos until the map expands at least twofold. But I know that will be just me. :-(

Airships as a way to save anima, might make sense, but from the landing platforms I've seen around, they don't seem to be designed to go from city to city just yet.

I just don't want Eorzea to shrink all of a sudden.

Basically all anyone has to do for something to "be confirmed" for this patch or that is to post it. Even if they're mistaken. Two people read that thread, then they tell two people, etc. I remember reading an interview where Tanaka said the Western players were kind of notorious for rumor-mongering like that. But honestly, it can't be helped, when information is so sporadic and disjointed. We will, by default, try and fill the gaps.

The last I heard, chocobos were being looked into, but definitely not for 1.18. I believe they're trying to push airships through though, if possible. Rumors away!