Legacy Chocobo

[Keramory]

This thread has been eye opening. I had no idea there was a single human being out there that liked that chocobo. I disliked the gear on it so much when I first got it in 1.0. Can safely say I've never summoned it by choice in all my years playing. What do you guys like about it vs a regular chocobo?

That 1.0 goobie on the other hand. That's my bae.

As for the subject itself, my opinion has been the same on anything 1.0 item related. Release it to the masses. Was a nice treat for the... what 10 years now? Seems bizarre to keep it to the 5 legacy players still active in this game. There's a similar crown item they did for Ballista in FFXI many, many years back. A one time thing. Most awesome award to get... but I'm sure not a single person from that team still plays. So why keep the item locked from the rest of the game? Doesn't make sense at a certain point.

[Enkidoh]

This thread has been eye opening. I had no idea there was a single human being out there that liked that chocobo. I disliked the gear on it so much when I first got it in 1.0. Can safely say I've never summoned it by choice in all my years playing. What do you guys like about it vs a regular chocobo?

That 1.0 goobie on the other hand. That's my bae.

The Legacy Chocobo was actually never available in 1.0 though - we had to wait til ARR launched (and went into full service, it wasn't even available in Beta phase 4, ala early access) before those with Legacy membership attaintment gained it.

It's also a completely different mount to your Company Chocobo, even the 1.0 Company Chocobo, so exactly where the Legacy one came from, is anyone's guess (but the singed feathers all but scream "it was at Cartenau and barely made it out alive").

As for why to keep it special? Because it was a specific thank you to players sticking with 1.0 right when they needed it the most (as in, paying for subscription when they finally turned 1.0 subscriptions on as so many players abandoned the game at that point). It was part of a bigger package that Legacy status gave - day 1 access to Phase 1 of the ARR Beta Test (I still remember all the vitriol on this very forum about that), permanent reduced subscription fees for ARR (Legacy fee sub tier has all the benefits of the 'standard' fee sub tier but only costs the same as the 'Entry' tier), and, we got our names in the end credits (under 'Meteor Survivors').

The Legacy Chocobo thus is specifically associated with this attainment, and so SE making it available again would go against everything Yoshi has said in the past about the principles he abides by in helming the development of this game. He simply is not going to throw Legacy players under the bus again like that.

[Keramory]

The Legacy Chocobo was actually never available in 1.0 though - we had to wait til ARR launched (and went into full service, it wasn't even available in Beta phase 4, ala early access) before those with Legacy membership attaintment gained it.

It's also a completely different mount to your Company Chocobo, even the 1.0 Company Chocobo, so exactly where the Legacy one came from, is anyone's guess (but the singed feathers all but scream "it was at Cartenau and barely made it out alive").

Ty for the correction. How I got it was completely forgotten to be honest. Just never liked the darn thing. My dressup chocobo is better >.>
I only remember the 1.0 goober was a limited time quest... because I somewhat recall it was a tiny annoyance to do it but I had to or else I'd never have the chance again. Seems like they eventually released another Goooooobs without the weeds on the head that newer players can get. That was a smart way to rehash this stuff so people dont feel left out.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

The Legacy Chocobo was actually never available in 1.0 though - we had to wait til ARR launched (and went into full service, it wasn't even available in Beta phase 4, ala early access) before those with Legacy membership attaintment gained it.

It's also a completely different mount to your Company Chocobo, even the 1.0 Company Chocobo, so exactly where the Legacy one came from, is anyone's guess (but the singed feathers all but scream "it was at Cartenau and barely made it out alive").

As for why to keep it special? Because it was a specific thank you to players sticking with 1.0 right when they needed it the most (as in, paying for subscription when they finally turned 1.0 subscriptions on as so many players abandoned the game at that point). It was part of a bigger package that Legacy status gave - day 1 access to Phase 1 of the ARR Beta Test (I still remember all the vitriol on this very forum about that), permanent reduced subscription fees for ARR (Legacy fee sub tier has all the benefits of the 'standard' fee sub tier but only costs the same as the 'Entry' tier), and, we got our names in the end credits (under 'Meteor Survivors').

The Legacy Chocobo thus is specifically associated with this attainment, and so SE making it available again would go against everything Yoshi has said in the past about the principles he abides by in helming the development of this game. He simply is not going to throw Legacy players under the bus again like that.

If I had to guess, your 1.0 company chocobo becomes the legacy Chocobo, and you get a new company chocobo later on. Your company chocobo would have been with you on the day, which also explains why you received a new one, and the old one has the features it does. The armor looks kinda melty if you think about it.

[Shougun]

If I had to guess, your 1.0 company chocobo becomes the legacy Chocobo, and you get a new company chocobo later on.

/table flip.



(yours would certainly make it have sense why it's not a barding option, but I'd rather it not be the case lol, my buddy has been with me for so long XD)

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

/table flip.



(yours would certainly make it have sense why it's not a barding option, but I'd rather it not be the case lol, my buddy has been with me for so long XD)

That's the thing tho, I'm not opposed to them adding the armor itself as a barding. As long as it doesn't change the wing colors and add the tattoo to the beak.


The armor itself isn't what the legacy Chocobo is. It's the whole of it.

But that's not the request here. The request is for the legacy Chocobo.

[Shougun]

That's the thing tho, I'm not opposed to them adding the armor itself as a barding. As long as it doesn't change the wing colors and add the tattoo to the beak.


The armor itself isn't what the legacy Chocobo is. It's the whole of it.

But that's not the request here. The request is for the legacy Chocobo.

Might have melded two concepts together (I was replying to you specifically on the legacy chocobo is company chocobo, less on the sharing topic itself), the Legacy Chocobo, imo, is our company chocobo separated because of some coding issue FFXIV had at the time and this was easy solution (because dang-it it's the same dang bird lol!). I'd prefer the black wing tips and tattoo then were a toggle, just like our own, and then the barding be barding (rather than a whole separate mount).

Then onto the whole selling it on the shop thing, on a personal level I don't really care, it's been a long time and I feel well thanked credits, mount, price discount, etc (losing, like the price discount being revoked, would be upsetting, but sharing the chocobo doesn't really bother me given that it's been so long, that's just a personal statement). Though I would certainly see this being about, if not more, unpopular than when the white raven thing happened. I was surprised they did that one. My general horse (chocobo?) in this race being do what you said to players, but don't say you'll make things permanently exclusive (timed exclusivity is okay, but ideally I don't really like seeing permanent exclusivity). The impression I had of white ravens were they were a once in a life time thing, which added to my surprise when they were made available.

[FoxThunder]

But that's not the request here. The request is for the legacy Chocobo.

Not particularly true. I amended my statement to wanting the overall look of it, not the thing itself. I don't want the tattoo on the beak, I don't even really care for the colours but I love the more traditional barding and longer tail feathers and I was hoping to get that sort of thing and the legacy chocobo ticks those boxes for me.

I 100% agree and love the sentiment that is a thank you to the long time veterans and i wouldnt want to take that away from them but my original request for it is because i want something LIKE it, not IT itself.

[Shougun]

Not particularly true. I amended my statement to wanting the overall look of it, not the thing itself. I don't want the tattoo on the beak, I don't even really care for the colours but I love the more traditional barding and longer tail feathers and I was hoping to get that sort of thing and the legacy chocobo ticks those boxes for me.

I 100% agree and love the sentiment that is a thank you to the long time veterans and i wouldnt want to take that away from them but my original request for it is because i want something LIKE it, not IT itself.

Something "in the vein" of X, seems like a reasonable request. Like the Gobbuee happened.

They clearly like making bardings, so requesting that seems fair. As for the feathers that one would be a bit more challenge, but I, personally hope they do a chocobo update where in then chocobo feathers (among other things) could become a sort of content. Like in FFXIII there are these big fluffy chocobos, that could be a cool type to add. Etc.