Chocobo Companion Issues

[Felis]

exactly. whats stopping someone who did get 1 to rank 10 in 1 class to get barding, respect for another barding, etc. it wouldnt be right to lvl it once to 10 and just be able to respect it often to get the stuff.

A quest reward would be perfect for it.
There could be a quest that give you an item that reset the Chocobo skills and work only if a role is not already on max. This way everyone can only get a barding once and not every 3 of them. And because it is a quest reward you can only get the item once.