Crafters have no right to get their own Chocobos

[Felis]

If you want to be full time gatherers or crafters you can be, no one's taking that away from you. But let me ask you this, say I wanted to 'play as I want' and I wanted to just be a Blacksmith and nothing else, could I get Blacksmith all the way to rank 50? No I couldn't

Of course you can. For this there are leves. It may cost more time, but it is possible.

I'd HAVE to learn MINING to gather ore, in some cases I'd HAVE to learn Goldsmith or Armorsmith to make brass, I'd HAVE to find some form of income to buy materials I couldn't gather, I'd HAVE to find some way to get hold of crystals and shards. So can I play as I want if I just want to be a Blacksmith? No I can't.

Just make leves. You get some shards as reward and you can buy crystals with guild marks.

So if you want your own chocobo, you're going to HAVE to learn a battle class.

Or implement some company content for crafters to join the company, like crafting cannons