Rank 10 Chocobo Barding

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Originally Posted by Wildsprite

it's my understanding from one of the duty commenced or a live letter that if you reallocate your points you lose the Paladin barding and gain the Dragoon barding in such a case. personally I think it's just more worth it to use the Thavnarian Onions to get the choco rank to 20 48k GC points is a lot of GC that could go toward something else

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You keep the tank barding, but can only get the DPS barding after the chocobo break the level cap. Only what not sure is if lv 11 is enough or if it need level 20

Next barding triggers when hitting level 20, but currently its not shure if you will get all 3 or just a secund one...

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Originally Posted by Yukiko

Next barding triggers when hitting level 20, but currently its not shure if you will get all 3 or just a secund one...

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If this is the case I'm seriously about to flip my s***. I just got to 10 on Attacker, ended up with the Dragoon armour (didn't read this thread before hand), purchased a pepper to reset/place my points and guess what. Nothing. Then I read that I needed to break my level cap so I figured, ok, need to open up 11.

Are you saying I seriously need to get 10 onions and do that ridiculous level process again (to 20) to get my WHM armour? W.T.F

you can get the 2nd armor with approx. lvl 15 and the third with 20

dont forget you dont get a skillpoint per lvl up, you get 7 at 7, 8 at 8, 9 at 9 and so on
with hitting lvl 11 you'll get 10 or 11 pts which allows you to unlock 4 skills at once (they require 1 pt, 2 pts, 3 pts, 4 pts)

From my understanding you need to break the lvl10 cap once, then onwards you can level up normal... (not confirmed)
Lets say the skillpoints you need stay same with 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 and you will get 11 points for each new level up to 20... that makes total 110 skillpoints!
Then you have enough to spend it on all 3 skilltrees...

2 x 55 = 110

Would be nice if a GM/Mod can confirm if we only need one choco (Thavnairian) onion to be granted access up til level 20 or one choco onion for every level after level 10. I sure hope it's the first option though,those choco onion are rather expensive.

On a side note, after hitting level 10 and using the choco onion, you will not be able to get additional set of barding if you respec straight away! Just tested that myself and wasted 40 allied seals.

It's pretty clear in the patch notes:
- Chocobo Level Cap
For chocobos that have already attained the maximum rank, rewarding them with a Thavnairian onion following training will increase this upper limit by one.
* Chocobo companions cannot exceed rank 20.

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Originally Posted by Cuervo78

It's pretty clear in the patch notes:
- Chocobo Level Cap
For chocobos that have already attained the maximum rank, rewarding them with a Thavnairian onion following training will increase this upper limit by one.
* Chocobo companions cannot exceed rank 20.

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Guess I wasn't paying attention again, this is going to hurt the wallet quite a bit.

On a side note, anyone know how to set the favorite feed? Feeding when stabled or summon it with the special food?

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Originally Posted by SokiYagami

On a side note, anyone know how to set the favorite feed? Feeding when stabled or summon it with the special food?

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I heard you have to feed him 10 times while stabled with the same food.

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Originally Posted by Cuervo78

I heard you have to feed him 10 times while stabled with the same food.

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patch notes say 2 times

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- Favorite Feed
If you reward your chocobo with the same snack after repeated training sessions, that fruit or vegetable will become the chocobo's favorite feed. Your chocobo's favorite feed can then be used to grant beneficial effects when summoned to battle. You may change your chocobo’s favorite feed if you so desire by repeatedly rewarding your chocobo with a different snack after training.

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Don't work with Krakka Root, would be too easy.

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Originally Posted by Felis

patch notes say 2 times


Don't work with Krakka Root, would be too easy.

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I already fed my choco twice while stabled, no changes observed. Going to feed more and observe, will get post back here when I get results.

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After I heard that you need to feed them when summoned, I tried feeding my chocobo ten Slykis Bud (after summoned), nothing happened either.

Going to try feeding ten while stabled, then summon and feed another one. Will update after I'm testing.

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Originally Posted by Felis

patch notes say 2 times


Don't work with Krakka Root, would be too easy.

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Well it wouldn't matter because krakka root doesn't have an effect so if you double 0 you get no beneficial effect. So it is possible that krakka root can be a favorite food and overwrite the other favorite food forcing a person to keep feeding them the same special food or loose the benefit.

I am unable to test this so it is just a theory

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Originally Posted by Felis

patch notes say 2 times

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Really? How exactly have you deducted that from that quote? It says "repeated training sessions" which would mean at least two but most likely more than that should be expected. From some (yet unconfirmed though) discussions on the server it seems to be 10 or 11. There are confirmed (temporary - e.g. till dismissed / dead) bonuses while feeding the summoned companions with bonus food. So far I've not seen the status of the favorite food changed by feeding both stabled or while summoned however patch notes would indicate former based on "If you reward your chocobo with the same snack after repeated training sessions" part.

It's 10 times of the same food to get your chocobo to get a favorite food when stabled.

You get a message on the 10th feed saying your chocobo is fond of 'x' food, and it also shows up under the favorite food category in the companion menu.

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Originally Posted by Angelusdemonus

It's 10 times of the same food to get your chocobo to get a favorite food when stabled.

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Great - thanks for confirming this. Now question is - how long will this bonus status last - e.g. do you need to feed your choco after while again with the same bonus food at least one to not loose it and also - would feeding him the Krakka in the meantime remove the bonus food status?

I confirm a couple things:

1. Feeding a special feed ten times in a row while stabled will register it as favorite feed. There will be a message after the tenth training.
2. Feeding ten carrots with a favorite feed registered doesn't affect the favorite feed
3. Using a special feed after summoning chocobo with cabbage gives it one stack of buff for the feed used, two stacks for favorite feed.
4. There doesn't seem to be a time limit for the special feed buff, I have tested it up til 20 mins and it didn't wear off. It's safe to assume it will last til chocobo withdraw.

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Originally Posted by Camate

However, to receive the second set of barding onward you will have to break the rank cap.

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Pardon Me, but I do not understand... What does it mean to "Break the rank cap" ?

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Originally Posted by Feldt

Pardon Me, but I do not understand... What does it mean to "Break the rank cap" ?

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Yes, I'm wondering as well. I "broke" the cap by using an onion and am 30k towards rank 11. I reset my choco stats after "breaking" the cap and received no 2nd barding. So does it need to be rank 11, rank 20... or what?

I am pretty sure it is rank 20

Assuming you only spec one tree after rank 10 (meaning, after you finish, say, "Healer", then finish "Attacker"), you get your next barding at rank 16.

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Originally Posted by Felis

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Originally Posted by Wildsprite

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Originally Posted by Nekani

So just to clarify - If I allocated all my points into Tank and obtained the Paladin Barding and then reallocated my points into full attacker (still rank 10), I will not obtain the Dragoon Barding until my Chocobo is rank 20?

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it's my understanding from one of the duty commenced or a live letter that if you reallocate your points you lose the Paladin barding and gain the Dragoon barding in such a case. personally I think it's just more worth it to use the Thavnarian Onions to get the choco rank to 20 48k GC points is a lot of GC that could go toward something else

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No
You keep the tank barding, but can only get the DPS barding after the chocobo break the level cap. Only what not sure is if lv 11 is enough or if it need level 20

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thank you for correcting this. as I said it was how they made it sound. you are the first to debunk it. which makes me whish they were a bit more clear on Duty Commenced