Why must chocobos be our companions

[sharazisspecial]

We already have to ride them as mounts , we already see them everywhere people riding them and showing of their armor. There are already in tons of cutscenes and are the paid mounts but now they fill the role of path companion , pet and battle ally. We will also have chocobo farms where we will raise them and perhaps chocobo racing may even come.

I feel like theres a thing as too much chocobo.
I really dont like the idea of my battle companion options being only chocobos with artifact armor on.

Since we get other mount types too. Ahriman , Dragons , Goobue and magitek armor . How bout we could bond choose which one we want as our path companion/battle pet. Have diverse and fun quests with them and summon them in battle.
A Quest where we upgrade our magitek armor
A Quest where we see the goobues family/comic relief quest
A Quest where we help our dragon prove itself to its clan(cliche but cool)
A Quest where we help our ahriman find forbidden curse magicks

Our battle pets dont have to be our mounts. Perhaps we could have a beastmen companion. Perhaps a moogle.

If people want chocobos with artifact gear and little hats and helmets o_O then they can choose them as their battle pets but others who want to use their other mount as a pet then they can choose those.
I dont like the idea of chocobos being everywhere in 2.0. Anyone else feel the same way?

[Medura]

I hear you aren't a final fantasy fan at all then. Something which have followed every final fantasy game is chocobos, and breeding them and battling with them is something most players have dreamed of from final fantasy vii and xi. In the tactics series you can catch different chocobo classes even, so its not really a "new" concept actually, theire just adding what the fans wanted from day one :P (search forum for old posts on chcobo breeding and battling, its LOTS)

[Seirra_Lanzce]

nope... not me.

[sharazisspecial]

I dont mind them being an option just not our only option .

[Seirra_Lanzce]

They will add path companion when it's ready to be deliver since they want to redo it with a better version.

[sharazisspecial]

So will we get a breeding farm for our path companions too?

[Ruisu]

Because Chocobos are Final Fantasy, and since this game wasn't Final Fantasy enough at launch they're shoving it down our throats.

I don't mind though, I loved chocobos being used for combat in FFT.

[Neomarl]

Here's a better idea: kill and eat your chocobos.
Since you'll be able to make a choco farm in 2.0, why not make it so you can mass produce chocobo meat? I bet they taste delicious and would give good stats.

It would ruin my immersion if you can't kill your own companion.

[Arkine]

A Chocobo will never be as heroic and brave as the Skyrim horse.

[Lum]

Would much rather have a cool looking chocobo than a normal looking npc like we got in XI.