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.

[Jinko]

I duno why people are so worried about getting multiple bardings anyway, just have it so only a Tank chocobo can equip Tank armour etc.

I doubt many people will consider levelling a chocobo more than once anyway.

The best way they can do it, is have a quest unlock when you reach lvl 10 on your chocobo regardless of where you put the points which rewards you with 1 of the 3 bardings. (this solves all problems including people who have put points into more than 1 tree)