Thread: CHOCOBOS!!!!!!! 1.19!!!!

Originally Posted by Alcide

LOOOOOOOOOOL

Then tell me what kept the devs from implementing them from release, since they always said "we just don't want to implement chocobos in a bland way, it's gonna be special blah blah blah".

This is really ridicculous.

Because the players whined and cried about them and forced the developers to implement them before they're fully ready with their plans. So you get it in little pieces rather than all at once at a future date. Nothing wrong with this.

The development team has changed and the game is failing in case you hadn't noticed. Plans have to change in both those situations.

Originally Posted by Reinheart

YoshiP talking some interesting stuff about chocobo's

And his ideas are awesome!!! Walking beside your chocobo? Yes please!! Dressing your chocobo? Yay!! Something about houses and gardening to be tested out??? OMG! It's official I'm over Tanaka and love Yoshi <3

Originally Posted by Starlord

I totally agree with ya =) Grand Companies Let the almight Yoshi-P Arise from ground and lets Praise him for his endless nights of pain and holding up strong to make all this happen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBgqv...eature=related

Everything mentioned are all great steps that Tanaka never did =)

True. Also the fact that Yoshi-P is pulling 14-16 hour shifts with a few hours travel, i dont think Tanaka would be able to apply himself in that way, not anymore. Tanaka is still a legend in my view but Yoshi-P is the right medicine needed. I think, in time, Yoshi-P should appoint a Director because being Producer&Director must be pretty stressful.

Originally Posted by Picoman

True. Also the fact that Yoshi-P is pulling 14-16 hour shifts with a few hours travel, i dont think Tanaka would be able to apply himself in that way, not anymore. Tanaka is still a legend in my view but Yoshi-P is the right medicine needed. I think, in time, Yoshi-P should appoint a Director because being Producer&Director must be pretty stressful.

I have nothing against Tanaka, I just think his era of great games are slowly diminishing but this was his first major fail game. However Yoshi-P is Young has MMO experience Recently talkative on the Forums pulls all nighters to fix this broken game, I don't care what anyone else thinks, I'm a Full believer of Yoshi-P that he will make this game great from the content of this patch its looking very promising.

This is his first major patch really and he's centering the involvement of the game around Grand Companies with the ranking system and the Storyline too boot.. sounds like to me were doing FFXI Storyline missions with your nation all over again =) I'm glad that part is back! with an all new renovating story!

Edit: Also its looking that the Delay was the right step.. The almighty Grand Companies take stage! If it wasn't for the delay we may not have gotton the Grand Companies now =)

Glad they will finally be coming soon.

As for the possibility of different mounts other than the yellow birds we have come to love, I'd prefer it if we are just given a wide array of different types of Chocobos rather than different mounts.

I think the people who think that having only Chocobos is robbing FFXIV's chance of being more diverse are forgetting that while diversity is nice, Identity and Originality is better in this particular case. Other MMO's have other mounts. XIV could have other mounts in the sheer amount of chocobo options. Not even just color or armour/clothing choices. If you go back and look at the Chocobo artwork througout the years, you will notice how different the designs were. Even if it was a longer beak, wider wings, bigger feet, longer neck, etc. It was still noticeably different. A good example are some of the chocobos in FFXIII the ones with those really long ear feather things. They looked a lot wiser, as if to say Chocobos are these mysterious knowledgeable birds who have walked the earth for thousands of years. I think thats kinda cool. Plus, there is nothing stopping Yoshida from walking into the art department and asking people there to come up with a whole bunch of new designs for chocobos.

When I played WoW and I would look at someones epic shiny dragon mount, sometimes I would think "Man! I want one of those!"

FFXIV can still provide that feeling with only Chocobos in the mix. "Woah, his chocobo is way bigger than the usual! It has glowing blue eyes, some sick ass looking armor and has a completely different running animation!"

Right now, the devs need to focus on making the game feel more like a Final Fantasy, something that has been admitted by a large part of the community. Adding in other creatures as mounts may serve to do the very opposite. Other mounts can still make it feel like a Final Fantasy game but its a very touchy and delicate matter that can't just be carelessly implemented. Maybe later down the line when the game has some years on its belt and is much more established. Maybe then, they could add some other stuff in when its already established as a great Final Fantasy game. But no, for now, all we need are Chocobos.