Dat Chocobo theme

[Ingolf]

I'm hoping that in ARR either:

A) We'll be able to turn off the Chocobo theme
B) The Chocobo theme will fade out after a while ala FFXI

and my personal favourite:

C) The Chocobo theme will change depending on the area we're in.

If we're on the beaches of La Noscea we get something tropical.

If we're in the forests of the Black Shroud we'll get something calm (maybe something a bit more fast paced).

If we're in an empire controlled area, we'd get something a bit electronic.

If we're cruising around the Deserts of Thanalan we could get something a bit desolate.

I love the Chocobo theme, but I really think that the XIV version is tired. I'd enjoy hearing different iterations of the theme, it's a pretty traditional FF trope to change the Chocobo theme subtly to suit the games theme.

[Orophin]

I like how in FFXI after riding your chocobo for so long that the music will eventually fade out and the background music for whatever area you're in would start playing. Of course with aetheryte teleports and stuff, people typically aren't on chocoback for more than 5 minutes at a time, so it kind of defeats the purpose unless it's intended for us to go longer distances on our chocobos.

[Dragonheart]

I hope we will able to turn it off.
Anyway i like the idea of theme variotions when it is ON

[Leonesaurus]

and my personal favourite:

C) The Chocobo theme will change depending on the area we're in.

If we're on the beaches of La Noscea we get something tropical.

If we're in the forests of the Black Shroud we'll get something calm (maybe something a bit more fast paced).

If we're in an empire controlled area, we'd get something a bit electronic.

If we're cruising around the Deserts of Thanalan we could get something a bit desolate.

That's actually a really good idea! I would love to have the Chocobo theme have different themes depending on the region!

I think it's possible for them to implement sometime down the road if they consider it, it's not going to happen over night or by launch time, but it's something interesting to keep in mind and switch things up.

[Jacien]

I second wanting to turn it off. As nice as it is, it'd be a shame to miss out how this new ambient soundtrack works in the field if the music is blaring constantly.

[Akira_Tenshi]

I just don't want it to loop, like FF XI. I do want normal environment music to loop though, so I really hope I don't have to keep disabling the music every time I mount my chocobo.

[Dhalmel]

Hairy lalafell playing with a harp or bass guitar

[Lirion]

Best thread in a long time! Fully agree with this.

[Ingolf]

I'm glad to see that people are interested in shifting musical themes.

[Altena]

Shifting themes would be nice yes... however my vote goes to the OFF button. orrr a single playthrough then back to the environment theme pleasssse! I want to enjoy the environment music, but also end up muting my volume (XI included) as soon as the Chocobo Fanfare gets old.