Chocobo Companion Question

[Maelwys]

As an Arcanist/Summoner, I really have no idea what to have my chocobo do. Should I have my summoned pet be an attacker, and have chocobo tank? Or have my summoned pet be a tank, and let chocobo attack? There's no way to know unless I can test it out for myself and see what works. But, if there is no way to rearrange or reset the chocobo's points, then that goes right out the window.

They already posted earlier in this very thread that they're intending to bring out a means to respec your Chocobo, but it'll take a while to get to us.

That said, for an Arcanist/Summoner you might not think that you're going to get much usage out of the chocobo's meagre healing abilities, but if you ever intend to level up other classes they will prove quite useful, and any healing used by the chocobo will help towards allowing it to hold hate.

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[LEVELLING CHOICES EDITED OUT due to later observations, see next post!]

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Also, one additional build suggests itself to me:

Build #5 - "Maximum ST Damage"
9x Attacker (45 SP), 4x Defender (10SP) = 55 SP Total
(Compared to Build #3, trades 15% Crit Rate, 5% Acc, 5% HP and any Healing capability for 10% STR, +10% Attack Speed and a fifth Weaponskill)

It loses a lot of utility, but the extra STR and Attack Speed would probably be slightly better than the Crit Rate and Acc in a damage race. This will also make the Chocobo's damage output much more consistent over time since it doesn't rely as much on Critical Hits. For someone who is never going to play a melee class and can handle their own healing, this companion setup might make sense.

Just as a tip, you can stick more than 1000 characters in a post if you type the whole thing up, cut out the excess to get under the 1000 limit then edit the post sticking it all back in afterward

Thanks, SE's posting limits seem to be a bit harsh!

The builds are based mostly on conjecture rather than hard information, so I'm not sure a 'guide' would be appropriate yet; but I've updated the Consolegames wiki page with the new information we've been given about SP and respecs.