Why must chocobos be our companions

[Loony_BoB]

I agree with people saying that chocobo hats are just silly, and that riding Red XIII is just wrong. Personally, I don't even care for visible chocobo gear and would love it if it could be toggled off. I can understand buffing up your chocobo with certain skills or whatever, but armoured chocobo never look as cool as a simple, feathered chocobo.

Here's hoping that this game keeps it's humour without the need to resort to "LOL LOOK A CHOCOBO BLM HAT" stuff. I much prefer that kind of thing to be restricted to... say... a single NPC or something.

I have no problems with fighting with chocobos, though. Hopefully it won't get out of hand where every fight is loaded up with them, though... maybe set it so that if your chocobo KO's, there is some kind of death penalty (eg. can't be called for 30 minutes while it recouperates) so people aren't so keen to just throw them out at every battle.

EDIT: On a sidenote, I love the idea of a beastman companion. Don't know if I'd use them, as I'm quite fondly attached to my narcissistic hume female, but the option is an interesting one.

[Chardrizard]

I like the chocobos, i personally thinks it adds more flavor to the game. Will be waiting for a large scale siege that requires us to fight on a chocobos!

[Reika]

I would much rather have the option of having my path companion out there with fighting with me, or having my chocobo out there fighting with me. I've been wanting to fight along side my path companion outside of main story quests for a long while now, and now they just decide to scrap them... so weak.

[Elexia]

To be honest in a Final Fantasy game the only companions that make sense are:

Chocobos
Moogles

I would much rather have the option of having my path companion out there with fighting with me, or having my chocobo out there fighting with me. I've been wanting to fight along side my path companion outside of main story quests for a long while now, and now they just decide to scrap them... so weak.

They did if you were certain classes, otherwise they served no purpose.

[Loony_BoB]

To be honest in a Final Fantasy game the only companions that make sense are:

Chocobos
Moogles

Also: people, ogres, vampires, remotely controlled robots, talking firecats, Qu, Rohnso and Vieira.

[Inaaca]

I would much rather have the option of having my path companion out there with fighting with me, or having my chocobo out there fighting with me. I've been wanting to fight along side my path companion outside of main story quests for a long while now, and now they just decide to scrap them... so weak.

Only temporarily. They're bringing back the system later down the road, and it won't be restricted to story missions.

[Kerwin]

Chocobos have been battle compainions since Final fantasy tactics. And even then, chocobos have had magic abilities. This is my first time seeing them in AF. So I'm excited, im sure we can get other companions down the line.

[Punainen]

Chocobos rock, shut up. :B

[Nix]

I'm looking forward to a mage-bo! X3

[Firon]

Yeah now i know what game they had this armor in it was Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon, tho it was not popular i thought it was a fun game. I'm ready to party with my choco cause mine is gonna be a whm.