Chocobo Companion AI is Awful

[BigPapaSmurf]

Grekumah...? Please?

[cookiecutter]

I'm glad I never bothered with chocobos but I might come to regret that once chocobo racing comes out and you need a max level chocobo to compete.

[Roris]

I swear when SE introduced the choco companion system, they mentioned that the chocobo would be controlled through "gambits"; I was hoping this would be similar to the system used in FFXII as opposed to the simplistic mess they have now.

Gambit AI is the basis for the game's entire AI system, which as shown in fights that handle transitions really poorly and some actually punish you for DPSing too fast, it probably wasn't a good idea. They seem to be getting the hang of it more lately though, and even managed to implement semi random behavior like in Stone Vigil, instead of the linear track that most fights in this game are, so they're making progress. In regards to Chocobo gambits they mentioned they didn't want to make them customizable because of RMT concerns, but yeah.

Maybe in Heavensward we will finally get that Magitek companion they mentioned since before ARR launched.

[BigPapaSmurf]

Grekumah??

[Metatronn]

Had my chococo reached healer lv 10, man how i hate him now. When he used to cast choco cure on me for a nice 600 hp heals, now he only cares about that shit choco medica that cures 120 Hpand makes me wanna kill him.

[BigPapaSmurf]

Yeah Chocobo Medica by itself is horrendous... add in the rest of the issues & it's just plain bad.

[kaynide]

What bugs me the most about chocobo AI is when doing the "Soothe" leves.. you attack a mob, soothe it and the bird continues wailing away at it...

[BigPapaSmurf]

^yeah that's irritating to no end.

Grekumah you here?