Chocobo Companion

[Gokulo]

Since it's related: anyone with the magitek mount yet? Does companion menu look any different, like a way to view magitek's ability trees? Working under the assumption that it's not battle-usable yet or nobody has found the quest to enable it.

It's not battle usable from what was ever said if I remember correctly.

[Seravi Edalborez]

My advice for anyone who wants to go hybrid with chocobo: If you invest in Healer tree and leave it in Free Stance, be advised that this damn thing LIKES to heal a lot as soon as anybody drops to ~80% and it might interfere with it deciding to use offensive WSs.

If a respec is possible for it, I'm planning on 9/4 Attacker/Defender (skips Attackers cone AoE capstone in favor or the damage+slow from Defender 4) but right now I'm stuck with 9/3/2 in some fashion because I'm invested 1 point in both Defender and Healer trees.

It seems like it has to be engaged for 3 hits or so before it decided to use an offensive WS. It also seems hesitant to use them on moving enemies. But this is kind of just in passing observation and not hard testing.

[Spider-Dan]

Sorry, what's a capstone?

[Seravi Edalborez]

Capstone = common term for final skill thing (Choco Blast in this case). If you give up the level 10 skill in your tree of choice you can put 1+2+3+4 in one other tree or up to 3 and 2. I don't really want to give the chocobo an AoE attack because they're not as easily controlled as ACN pets.

[chillyz]

The white mounts are mesmerising...

[Zzsark]

So I'm assuming job specific chocobo barding didn't make it into release?

[miokomioko]

So I'm assuming job specific chocobo barding didn't make it into release?

Pretty sure they did not. I think the only new barding available is the CE-bonus Behemoth Barding.

Then again, XIVDB mined both the Black Mage Barding and the Sleipnir Barding (the latter of which may have been available from Rowena & Co. for exchanging an Odin FATE drop but I don't recall.)

[Gokulo]

Yeah, Sleipnir Barding can be obtained at Rowena's

[Prothescar]

Hope they introduce a respec. Put some points into healer so I could use my choco in the easier-to-die-in boss FATEs without realizing how utterly useless its heals are. Do not want.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Hope they introduce a respec. Put some points into healer so I could use my choco in the easier-to-die-in boss FATEs without realizing how utterly useless its heals are. Do not want.

I imagine Choco Cure might be not-terrible, but it spams the terrible Choco Regen all the time thinking it's actually helping.

[Ggrab]

Anyone try there chocobo in FATES?!?

If the companion system any way similar to swtor then healer would be the best choice.

My question is if I use my healing chocobo companion to grind fates , would it heal everyone near me & earn me extra exp.



Also can we use them on leaves?!?

[Seravi Edalborez]

FATE: You can use it but since you need claim (or 30%+ damage on non-claim) to get kill EXP, chocobo probably won't get much EXP if you roll solo. It doesn't cure outside of your party and if I remember right doesn't even heal your pets as Arcanist and related jobs.

Leves: You can use chocobo. Counts as a party member.

It's also annoying that if you summon one while in Duty Finder, it cancels your registration.