"Grand Company issue PERSONAL chocobo" How personal?

[Alpha_Zeon]

I wanna know other ppls thoughts on this. I was hoping we'd get to raise our chocobos. I know we don't have much info atm, but is just buying/earning a full grown one good enough? It could be that we will eventually get to breed the ones we are issued.

[Cairdeas]

I have a feeling we'll earn the right to use a Grand Companies Stable and raise it ourself. It'll be another one of those "Hidden Rooms" like the Wards and current Grand Companies are.

[Reika]

I have a feeling we'll earn the right to use a Grand Companies Stable and raise it ourself. It'll be another one of those "Hidden Rooms" like the Wards and current Grand Companies are.

Hidden room, accessible through the market wards entrance >.>

[Darrkness]

its def. going to be an interesting ride the bird mounts in WoW always reminded me of chocos =)

[redmage]

I hope we get to raise them too, but at a much more accelerated rate than the experience in XI. Would be wonderful if they all came out different (not just color but perhaps some will have more prominent crown plumage, tail feathers etc.) Of course, all the little details don't matter to me in the long run as long as I finally can get to ride one.

[Cairdeas]

I hope we get to raise them too, but at a much more accelerated rate than the experience in XI. Would be wonderful if they all came out different (not just color but perhaps some will have more prominent crown plumage, tail feathers etc.) Of course, all the little details don't matter to me in the long run as long as I finally can get to ride one.

In XI every bird had a variation in Beak, Plumage, and Feet.

[redmage]

In XI every bird had a variation in Beak, Plumage, and Feet.

Oh i knoiw =) I just meant I hope that is brought over to XIV, definitely. And if possible, can name them as well. I'll be remaking Kaiser West in memory of my faithful bird in the old game.

[Alpha_Zeon]

I'm content with "rent-a-bos" but I need to raise them sooner or later!!

[KitCat]

Yeah I'd love it if we could raise them. FFXI did a good job there as far as I'm concerned.

[Malakhim]

Whatever they do, they're going to have to make them relevant to exploration as opposed to just methods of transport if they really want EVERYONE onboard with chocobos. Perhaps make certain areas only accessible through the use of paths only chocobos can access, like bogs or other bodies of water with too much flotsam for bigger ships to pass through, stuff like that.

I'm pretty much already sold with chocobo combat and caravan escorts, so whatever they do after that is fine with me, of course they've already mentioned as much as being able to raise your own bird and equip it as you want as somethings they're trying to implement.