Final Chocobo Fantasy - The Next Big Kweh Thing

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Greetings Final Fantasy fans! Let's discuss all possible future enhancements to the game that are Chocobo related. We currently have Chocobos available and somewhat functional in Eorzea, however the current implementation leaves quite a bit to be desired.

The Chocobo is known for being intelligent and friendly, assisting heroes and other characters on their journeys by allowing themselves to be ridden like horses. It also on occasion demonstrates an ability to communicate with other sentient creatures. They have on occasion been used for war as well, and can be ferocious in combat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocobo#Attributes

The Chocobos in FFXIV ARR right now live up to these basic attributes of the classic Final Fantasy Chocobo. However, you don’t have to read too far into the lore to discover that there is room for improvement.

While most chocobos that appear in the games are yellow, certain rare breeds are of different colors and have special abilities, including being able to fly or use magic. Chocobos are also occasionally used as lightly armored war mounts, assisting their riders in battle with their beak and claws. A comic relief variant is the Fat Chocobo (or Chubby Chocobo) character; an extremely obese yellow or white chocobo that can eat the player's items for storage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocobo#Outward_appearance

Those players who own a Collectors Edition of the game are about to have access to the Fat Chocobo mount, which will introduce an additional Chocobo mount option (for some players). We really need more variety and customization options across the board that every player can have access to.

The current Companion Rank system for our Chocobo's is rather limited and rigid. Ranking up a Chocobo to unlock new skills and attributes is very hard. At the moment it lacks the ability to even respec ranks!

We really need a better way to manage the development of our Chocobo companions. What we need is the ability to raise them.

Chocobo Raising



In this translated Game Watch pre-Patch 2.1 interview, Yoshi P talks about plans for adding Chocobo Raising to the game:

I believe the current one is too hard, in the end we are planning to add an expansion along with housing update with the chocobo stable, where you combine it with the one where you can raise from a baby.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ng#post1699373

A Chocobo raising system is the key to properly expanding both the variety and the abilities of our companion birds.

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