New (ish) player feedback

[wereotter]

Ah yes, I forgot to mention this. It would take some reworking of the storyline to allow acquiring mounts earlier.

Chocobo porters also allow renting a chocobo to ride yourself starting from level 10. Details on this seem to be scarce, but I assume you get to ride it until you dismount.

Rented chocobos have a timer to how long you can ride them before the kick you off. But if you know where you're going, you'll have more than enough time to ride a chocobo between Gridania and Ul'Dah. This was especially handy for new players starting in Ul'Dah in Heavensward and ARR since you could use the chocobo to go to Gridania, unlock Conjurer and get protect before the game expected you would have access to it.

Teleportation for newbies can get expensive if they're the type to explore everything about in an area. Hell, last night on my alt, I was restricting myself to msq and job quest only and I had about 3-5 "mandatory" teleports, each costing over 500 gil. Now, luckily for me, all my created chrs come with 100 teleport tickets so I save those for the costlier teles but I can see how this can drain a newbie's wallet, especially on a preferred world where you unlock more sidequests faster.

Teleporting is indeed a real pain for new characters (though I think they expect you to use airships and ferries more at low level) which is why I do wish they'd copy the model of ESO where teleports cost more based off how recently you did your last teleport rather than how far you're going, and for low level players, make it free to teleport from a major aethercyte crystal to another.

It would be nice to get the Chocobo sooner but it's the same amount of gameplay even if the levels are flying by.

The issue with Chocobos right now is the whistle is obtained from your Grand Company which is hard gated behind the MSQ. Maybe they could make it available in Bentbranch Meadows? But then the default barding would have to change.

It feels like doing that would disproportionally benefit players starting in Gridiania, unless you also have to complete the starting city envoy quest... in which case I can also see the issue that several new players might miss getting their chicken. It's nice that the MSQ points you toward that quest as is, and while it would be even nicer if you got it sooner, it's really not that far into the story that you get it.