Chocobo raising preview!

[Kallera]

because its fun?

Is it just too much to ask for more things to do with chocobos in a group? Or more places with lvl 50+ mobs? We still have the problemwith using our chocobo with the duty finder.

[Kallera]

Different Colored Chocobo's will come in patch 2.35 as an item will be released that you can feed to your Chocobo to change the color of its plumes.

and its called Chocobo Raising because in patch 2.4 you will be able to raise Chocobo's as you will also have Chocobo Racing in Gold Saucer.

Is this for certain or is it speculation?

[Vahlnir]

Is this for certain or is it speculation?

Pretty sure it was confirmed for 2.35 to change your chocobo's color. As to how we'll do it I have no idea yet. I haven't heard anything about Gold Saucer for awhile though, unless I missed something.

[Welsper59]

Pretty sure it was confirmed for 2.35 to change your chocobo's color. As to how we'll do it I have no idea yet. I haven't heard anything about Gold Saucer for awhile though, unless I missed something.

Indeed. The Gold Saucer hasn't been mentioned much at all since the delayed notice. It's possible that it'll be out for 2.4, but because of how little is being updated on it, that still remains just as likely as it not being released until even after that. Heck, it's just as likely to be released for 2.38.

[Frisque]

FWIW...they haven't stated what the yield will be on garden items for 'bo training. Maybe SE will surprise us all and make it like 25 yield. Or better, maybe they will make "increased yield" soil relevant for something.

[Gilthas]

To be fair, it gives incentive to actually do gardening even more - Making some, even a "special" one come from an event or dungeon drop is a ridiculous bottleneck in that fashion as well, because then you potentially lose out on drops because of the choco feed people didn't want to garden droppin in a slot.

Um, where exactly did I mention making chocobo feed drop in dungeons or come from events?

Our FC is small but all 3 of our gardens are constantly being used.

[Warlyx]

let my retainers clean the stable ...im a warrior of the crystal! i saved eorzea!!!

[Tchoc]

I am less than fond of the idea that chocobo raising is gated behind gardening. This means that your ability to use the system is dependent upon your FC not once but twice over: they have to install the stables AND they have to determine who gets the items to raise their chocobos.

Solo players, arguably the people who would most desire this system, could be locked out of it entirely.

I really feel this is content that could have been better implemented at the existing chocobo farm (by individual purchase of a berth) and open to everybody.

There's lots of stuff I don't mind being gated behind FC doors, this just seems counter-intuitive.

[Kallera]

I am less than fond of the idea that chocobo raising is gated behind gardening. This means that your ability to use the system is dependent upon your FC not once but twice over: they have to install the stables AND they have to determine who gets the items to raise their chocobos.

Solo players, arguably the people who would most desire this system, could be locked out of it entirely.

I really feel this is content that could have been better implemented at the existing chocobo farm (by individual purchase of a berth) and open to everybody.

There's lots of stuff I don't mind being gated behind FC doors, this just seems counter-intuitive.

It all is just begging for a fc debacle to happen...that is a lot of power the fc leadership holds over gameplay.

[Nalien]

So... Why can't Chocobo Raising be done at one of the many stables around Eorzea? While we're at it, why do Private Rooms need to be locked behind Free Companies too? Let me pay the damned Inn Keeper to buy one of the infinite number of rooms they have.

Why is so much casual content being locked behind Free Companies? This is starting to get ridiculous... I can get something like Primal Summoning being locked behind Free Companies, but Gardening, Chocobo Raising, and Private Rooms? Seriously? I guess the developers just needed to give Free Companies some purpose, seeing as they have absolutely none outside such content...

I really don't get why so much of the casual content in this game is locked down in such a way...