Chocobos and Airships (09/22/2011)

[Ropeydonkey]

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Chocobos and Airships (09/22/2011)
Patch 1.19 will see the implementation of two long-awaited series mainstays: chocobos and airships!
Chocobos
We are pleased to announce that chocobos, those trusty flightless birds, will finally be coming to Eorzea! While upon chocoback, adventurers will be able to freely traverse the land with far greater celerity than is possible with their own two feet.



Personal Mounts
The chocobo whistle item will be introduced, allowing adventurers to call forth their personal mounts while out in the field. These chocobos will boast a speed advantage over their rental counterparts, and all adventurers are wholeheartedly encouraged to aspire to a bird that they can call their own.

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Acquiring Your Steed
In order to acquire a personal chocobo, adventurers must:

1) Officially enlist in a Grand Company (achieve a rank higher than recruit).
2) Acquire a chocobo issuance for 3,000 company seals (price subject to change)

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3) Speak with the stablemaster NPC representing your Grand Company at one of the locations below to be issued a chocobo and a summoning whistle.

- Isleen: Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (7, 5)

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- Fruhdhem: Gridania (6, 5)

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- Rururaji: Ul'dah Merchant Strip (6, 3)

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At the time you acquire your chocobo, you will be given the opportunity to name your new adventuring companion.
* All company chocobos are male.

Calling Your Steed
Your chocobo can be called by using the chocobo whistle via the micro menu.

However, you cannot call your chocobo when:
- Inside a city-state or dungeon.
- Incurring enmity from an enemy.
* No recast time is imposed upon the chocobo whistle.

Future patches will usher in customizable barding along with a system for developing your chocobo. A host of other content is also in the works, including those designed to nurture the bond between man and bird, and adventurers can look forward to a fulfilling and lasting companionship with their chocobos.


Rental Chocobos
Those who haven't quite gotten around to acquiring a personal mount, fear not! By paying a fee in gil, you can still avail yourself of rental chocobos for a predetermined duration. Upon confirming payment, you will be taken to an area immediately outside the bounds of the city-state to commence your journey. As mentioned earlier, rental chocobos will not be as swift as personal mounts; however, they will still be a considerable improvement over your own two feet.

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Renting a Chocobo
To rent a chocobo, simply speak to one of the NPCs listed below and pay the fee in gil.

- Isleen: Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (7, 5)
- Fruhdhem: Gridania (6, 5)
- Rururaji: Ul'dah Merchant Strip (6, 3)

Requirement: Attaining level 10 in any one class.
Fee: 800 gil (subject to change)
Rental duration: 10 minutes (Earth time) (subject to change)
* At the end of ten minutes, you will automatically dismount the chocobo, and the bird will then make its own way back to the stable.
* Both rental fee and duration may change as a result of fine-tuning.


Airships
Airships will be introduced as a new mode of transport between the three city-states. To ride an airship, simply make your way to the airship landing in each nation and pay for your passage in gil. Departure and arrival cutscenes will accompany each flight; the voyage itself, however, will be over in a matter of seconds. In the future, we will make it possible for adventurers to fully savor the experience of flying, taking in the sights and sounds while roaming the decks of their vessels.

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Airship Landing Locations
- Limsa Lominsa
Via the Crow's Lift on both upper and lower deck (7, 5). Select airship landing when prompted.

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- Gridania
Below the Adventurers' Guild (6, 6).

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- Ul’dah
Via the Wellhead Lift on either the Merchant or Hustings Strip (6, 4). Select airship landing when prompted.

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* The following threads located under "Updates" in the Official FINAL FANTASY XIV Forums have been updated:
[dev1082] Rental and Personal Chocobos
[dev1082] Airships

[Ropeydonkey]

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At the time you acquire your chocobo, you will be given the opportunity to name your new adventuring companion.
* All company chocobos are male.

And gogo Chocobo breeding / racing / quests...

[Patriarch]

Gettin my golden chocobo first

1st NA knights of round, yes we can

[Hyan]

Can't wait to get my Fuchs Uranus.

[Balb]

inb4 million renditions of Boco across ALL servers.

[Kurokikaze]

Aww yeah. Glad I didn't spend my Company Seals.

[shidobu]

mad disappointed at the miss on epic comedic opportunity missed here.

Whistle and a magic chocobo appears under your ass no fuck that

Whistle and start running after your choco till you catch it.
Whistle and have it knock you over
Whistle and watch the Lala's struggle to climb up it
Whistle and have it come peck you in the head till you give it a green

im glad we gottem and i hope they do more than just let us fucking ride them. Give them personality and shit when/if we get to breed them. Wait a whole year for them to just "pop up" under us with no animation or anything. I cant be the only one let down just a little

[Kaisha]

im glad we gottem and i hope they do more than just let us fucking ride them. Give them personality and shit when/if we get to breed them. Wait a whole year for them to just "pop up" under us with no animation or anything. I cant be the only one let down just a little

I'll take that over the bullshit of 30 RL days before having to ride your choco from FFXI and having it be slower than rental choco.

[shidobu]

lol i remember that... holy shit that was annoying too

[Balb]

I haven't done any of the Grand Company quests yet, is there any structure to how someone ranks up? Is it number of seals or GC quests completed?

[Corrderio]

IIRC they said you buy tank ups with seals.

[Meko]

Looks like the game is finally turning into FFXI-2.

[Hyan]

Chocobos out of all things made you think that? Okay.

[Kurokikaze]

I don't normally agree with Hyan... But seriously. lol

[Meko]

It's not just the Chocobos but also the Airships and Rental Chocobos. Those things are directly from FFXI, are they not? And the Races too!

[Hyan]

Humans, elves, humanoids, small race, huge race.

Rental and personal mounts, flying transportation

Yes, obviously FFXI-based features all around!

[Meko]

I'll never doubt your strength when defending, Hyan. I guess your stance is that this is new? I'm not sure but you can generalize it how you want but they are adding FFXI features to this game, period.

[Kaylia]

I'll never doubt your strength when defending, Hyan. I guess your stance is that this is new? I'm not sure but you can generalize it how you want but they are adding FFXI features to this game, period.

It's a fucking final fantasy game for god sake. Airship, chocobo and crystal is what you would expect to see in this series, it has nothing to do with what FFXI did.

[Hyan]

Basically

no matter which MMO we're talking about, you can be pretty damn sure it's going to have both personal and rentable mounts and a form of flying transportation. This isn't some FFXI thing. At all.

Whether this game was FFXI-2 or TheCompleteOppositeOfAnythingXI, it's an MMO and an MMO has mounts and flying transportation by almost default.

As for the mounts being Chocobos, what else were you thinking? Or do you consider FFXIII FFX-2 because the chocobos are around?

[Meko]

EDIT: Eh, it doesn't matter.