honestly, the chocobo companion in it's current state feels worthless. if you have it out you can't mount it unless you dismiss it and waste a gysahl green. you can't queue for duties while it's out. it takes an absurd amount of time to level, for something that is hardly needed in the first place. i played around with the chocobo companion a bit at 30, realized it was poorly implemented and not remotely needed, and ditched it.

you don't really ever need to sit there and massacre mobs in droves in this game outside of FATES (which you'll want to RIDE your chocobo to get to before they're done), so it just feels like there's a huge disconnect there.