NPC's in Chocobo Racing. Why?

It's fairly easy to form a party for races. Especially now since it's a big thing.

My Chocobo is now in 5th generation, Cant tell you stats cause its being covered at the moment, But as i was ranking up my 4th generation, I was Racing in the R 121-160 by myself. There is no way id ever get a que for a race if there werent NPC's so It is a Absolute must. Don't know how many weeks id have to wait for casuals to catch up just to Race 1 time

even if they added the option, i see people doing one race and then never looking back. cue, wait 15-20 mins for all 8 people to finally register together, and then do a 2 min race where one OP racer kills everyone.

no thanks.

we have the option all ready its called party finder, and open race bracket.

I guess I wouldn't mind an option for "players only" races, but I like racing against the NPCS as well as players.

I really enjoy having NPCs in races. There are times where I don't know how long I'll be on, so I don't want to wait for a party which can take a while. Also I might get up and leave for a short while, and if you're in a party or waiting on one you can't just get up and go. I cannot express how much I enjoy that I have to wait no more than 30 seconds to get in a race. With as many as I want to do, longer wait times add up fast.

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Originally Posted by Ulfhade

I really enjoy having NPCs in races. There are times where I don't know how long I'll be on, so I don't want to wait for a party which can take a while. Also I might get up and leave for a short while, and if you're in a party or waiting on one you can't just get up and go. I cannot express how much I enjoy that I have to wait no more than 30 seconds to get in a race. With as many as I want to do, longer wait times add up fast.

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exactly adding npcs to the races was really smart on SE end.. if was player only it would die down fast n be unfair on those newer players

It concerns me to see people saying, "It's packed! Why are they using NPCs when it's so busy?" That's really shortsighted. What happens a month from now? Two months from now? What happens when the crowds aren't necessarily there anymore?

I think SE made a good choice filling the races with NPCs, particularly because this is the only way we can level our racing chocobo. It means faster leveling and it means a consistent experience for racers who start later than others.

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Originally Posted by Spawnie

exactly adding npcs to the races was really smart on SE end.. if was player only it would die down fast n be unfair on those newer players

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Absolutely. A lot of events that are user required are really hard to get into if you're not trying the first day.

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Originally Posted by Ulfhade

Absolutely. A lot of events that are user required are really hard to get into if you're not trying the first day.

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they should really consider doing it for pvp aswell lol dont know how they could work it since alot more npcs are needed but would drastically decrease waiting times

I don't see how the majority of you think adding a player only Q will cause issues? There is no reason as to why the current Q and a player only Q can't both be in the game.