Is it time for a pass at companions?

[Nomuno]

Look, I understand what companions are and what they were intended to be. That being said, the bird is STUPID. Literally, Im playing a tank, bird is healer and is literally up my bum the entire time. Makes no sense to stand in front of the mob I'm tanking....0

Can we at least have a place feature (like you have with pets) so we can place our companion elsewhere while playing a melee range class?

or at least upgrade their AI to match trust NPC AI (if that's even if possible) and only if they are actually dodging stuff and not moving in a script

if we cant have either of the two, can we have a different range setting for when the companion is on healer mode? at least 3-6x the current distance? An optional setting? for the love of god, I cant take it

[MitsukiKimura]

How dare you call Chocobo's stupid.

[Kobalos]

I love my chocobo thank you very much!

[Gwenorai]

For a moment I thought you were talking about a woman, since bird is slang for 'woman' where I'm from, haha. Anyway, I wouldn't mind them having a system like summons where you can place them. I do get tired of my chocobo dying when they're healing due to standing in AOEs - I'm looking at you flying stinking morbols trying to poison fish.

[WalxAtNite]

For a moment I thought you were talking about a woman, since bird is slang for 'woman' where I'm from, haha. Anyway, I wouldn't mind them having a system like summons where you can place them. I do get tired of my chocobo dying when they're healing due to standing in AOEs - I'm looking at you flying stinking morbols trying to poison fish.

Can't you get your chocobo out of the AoE with the follow command? I mean, it's a PITA but it's there. Genuine question since I've never really tried and don't use the chocobo as often as I should.

I agree it would be better if the chocobo could behave more autonomously like the trusts do, though.

[Rannie]

Hey my chocobo killed an A rank level 70 hunt when it was at .4% and I was on the ground dead. Love my Lunarchaos. He fought his little feathers off and kept himself healed. (I died due to screwing up)

[MeowingKittens]

When you engage in combat, the Chocobo will close in an attack from the direction he's coming from and parks it there until the mob is dead. Since they're usually behind you when you engage, of course they're going to go right up next to you if you stand still.

You want him out of frontal cones? YOU move and swing the mob around. That's kind of your job as a tank. It's something done in literally every dungeon trash and boss in the game where it's possible.

It might make sense to you to have him not stand in aoes, but you're a person who is intelligent enough to know to do that. A chocobo isn't.

Their eyes are on opposite sides of their heads. They LITERALLY cannot see much in front of them!

[Gwenorai]

When you engage in combat, the Chocobo will close in an attack from the direction he's coming from and parks it there until the mob is dead. Since they're usually behind you when you engage, of course they're going to go right up next to you if you stand still.

You want him out of frontal cones? YOU move and swing the mob around. That's kind of your job as a tank. It's something done in literally every dungeon trash and boss in the game where it's possible.

It might make sense to you to have him not stand in aoes, but you're a person who is intelligent enough to know to do that. A chocobo isn't.

Their eyes are on opposite sides of their heads. They LITERALLY cannot see much in front of them!

squint, except the chocobo will literally follow them around and continue to get hit because it also takes them a hot second to move. Considering those who have chocobos out tend to be doing fates; you're suggesting they run around in circles dragging the Chocobo that may move out of the aoe and clip those around them as well as aggro more mobs; thus the cycle repeats itself because there is aoe everywhere.
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Can't you get your chocobo out of the AoE with the follow command? I mean, it's a PITA but it's there. Genuine question since I've never really tried and don't use the chocobo as often as I should.

I agree it would be better if the chocobo could behave more autonomously like the trusts do, though.

You can press follow, but then they halt everything they're doing. Which is problematic if your chocobo is on heal. It's a lot of micromanaging that isn't needed. Chocobo's should be immune to damage or be able to managed properly in my opinion.

[Jandor]

It's a great big bird, how smart do you expect it to be?

The real questions IMHO are why the hell can I still spend points on accuracy traits for him, and why has buying greens not just been replaced with a summon choco button?

[Jybril]

I feel some sort of way that you insulted the birb...it has such grace!