PvP Chocobo Racing

[Raydeus]

PvP Chocobo Racing:

Why not start by organizing PvP Races across open areas in Vana for everyone to see.

For example:

Basic Race : Touch a series of checkpoints in order and in the shortest time possible to finish before your opponents.
Number of players : 8-ish (Spots not filled by players will be filled with AI)
Bonus Rewards : The more players participating in the race the better the rewards overall.

Note: In all races your next Checkpoint is tracked automatically on your compass in addition to having a very tall beam of light so it's easily visible by you. Also, going in a straight line to the next checkpoint may not be the best course of action, that is where knowledge of the area will come into play to choose the best route.

Enhanced Race : Coffers spawn randomly across the circuit that provide Sprint for a short time when touched, with a low chance of receiving Gravity instead.

Time Trial : Solo race against the clock on a randomized course that changes every RL day, better reward with lower time. Overall lowest time at the end of the day (JP midnight) wins a bonus reward sent to their Mog House by the MHMU.

Zone : Survival race, you constantly lose life and the loss rate increases as time passes. Touch checkpoints to regain life. Touch coffers that spawn and despawn randomly around the circuit to regain life. Blue coffers give the least life, Gold coffers give the most. After a player touches a coffer it opens up and disappears.

Last player standing wins.


Starter circuits (C class)

Konschtat Highlands
Buburimu Peninsula
La Theine Plateau

Intermediate Circuits (B Class)

Pashhow Marshlands
Meriphataud Mountains
Jugner Forest

Advanced Circuits (A Class)

Western Altepa Desert
Yuhtunga Jungle
Cape Teriggan

Special Circuits (S Class)

Purgonorgo Isle
Uleguerand Range


PS > I know it's very unlikely to happen, but one can dream. d(^^d)
PPS > If it sounds too WipeOut-ish is because I love that series. =P Specially the lastest 2048 on the Vita.

[Sayomi]

Can I get off Chocobo and attack my opponents?

[Raydeus]

Can I get off Chocobo and attack my opponents?

Probably not, but maybe you could attack while still mounted in some modes like Zone. Not to do damage but to stun/push your opponent and prevent them from taking a healing chest.

I was also thinking about a Battle Race mode where touching a coffer would give you a random weapon/spell that you could use against others while on your Choco. But not sure if latency would allow it to work well.

[Lithera]

This would make getting the racing silks more wanted as long as they made it easier to get them too. I have always thought Zi'Tah would make a good place to race chocobos.

[YosemiteYogorockBlondelle]

Well I like what I see in this thread thus far..

How about racing in the sky area's such as ru'aun gardens and giving the chocobo's jumping abilities to leap across broken area's or spaced out sections as part of the racing challenges? Ro'Maeve is another place that comes to mind as a good round circuit area you could race in with your chocobo.

I know at one point SE/FFXI events team used to have a system in place where you could create your own personal events with other member's or was it only with other ls members but I do not know if that still system still exists or not?

[YosemiteYogorockBlondelle]

Well I can totally bet SE would make a whole new game on FFXI chocobo racing alone along with the very few titles out on the past to do with the final fantasy story line of chocobo's. LOL

[Raydeus]

Well I like what I see in this thread thus far..

How about racing in the sky area's such as ru'aun gardens and giving the chocobo's jumping abilities to leap across broken area's or spaced out sections as part of the racing challenges? Ro'Maeve is another place that comes to mind as a good round circuit area you could race in with your chocobo.

I know at one point SE/FFXI events team used to have a system in place where you could create your own personal events with other member's or was it only with other ls members but I do not know if that still system still exists or not?

It would be great if you could race in Sky and have launch pads that you'd need to hit at the right angle to jump to the other side or something similar. Lots of fun seeing people miss the jump or getting hit before jumping and falling off the map. d(^^d)

About the story you could probably have a pretty good story the unfolds as you beat races and complete racing objectives. There could even be hidden events that you could unlock if you discovered hidden things in races.

Possibilities are endless, and since I'm thinking about pretty much reusing assets already in the game it shouldn't be too difficult to implement compared to other content.

[Aarahs]

It'll never be SE sanctioned because people use speed hacks, just like the existing chocobo races can't be player controlled.

[Camate]

Hello, everyone.

Thanks so much for the really fun sounding mini-game suggestion!
Unfortunately at the moment the development team does not have any plans to implement something like this.

It would be great if we could utilize the current chocobo circuit data for this, but it would be difficult since it was not created with the idea that players would control the chocobos. Due to this we would have to create a new chocobo racing system from the ground up, and this would require quite a bit of time to accomplish.

As the development team is still prioritizing work for the addition of Adoulin content and job adjustments, they’d like to focus on these things first.

[Raydeus]

Thanks for the reply.

Hopefully someday in the future after Adoulin is done they'll consider something like this.