Quote Originally Posted by Velox View Post
The barding is not just a perk, but also a punishment. You guys have to look at this in 4 dimensions. You make your chocobo more versatile by skilling it up using multiple skill trees. That is a reward in of itself. By "specializing" your chocobo, you are severely limiting its functionality. To balance this, the barding becomes a consolation prize.

If you're skilling up your chocobo just for barding, you're doing it wrong.
The chocobos already have next to no utility. You can't be serious.

If they had such utility why would this thread exist?