Chocobo Lottery aka "Weather"

[Lilianne]

I originally dismissed the talk of weather being an issue; my P1 to P3 birds were all wet weather birds and I can't honestly say I really noticed a difference in the weather conditions. But my P4 bird is a fair weather bird, and wet weather is like trying to race through molasses.

I'm left scratching my head wondering if in my earlier inexperience I hadn't noticed the reverse being true, or whether there is an actual imbalance and fair weather birds are affected more strongly in wet weather, than wet weather birds are affected in fair weather.

It wasn't you not noticing, it is just as you described, foul weather birds don't get hit, almost at all in their opposite weather, while fair weather birds run with like a constant heavy on them in rain.

[Aphel]

It wasn't you not noticing, it is just as you described, foul weather birds don't get hit, almost at all in their opposite weather, while fair weather birds run with like a constant heavy on them in rain.

My foul-weather Chocobo runs slow when heatwaves or the sun is out. I have to expend much more stamina to keep up with the rest of the competition.

It becomes fairly obvious in the Sagolii races where the sun is up most of the time. Feels sluggish and I can hardly keep up with the others.

[Lilianne]

My foul-weather Chocobo runs slow when heatwaves or the sun is out. I have to expend much more stamina to keep up with the rest of the competition.

It becomes fairly obvious in the Sagolii races where the sun is up most of the time. Feels sluggish and I can hardly keep up with the others.

What pedigree bird are you on? I only race sagolii and haven't had any issues with foul birds and heat. Myself and many others have seen that foul birds work quite well in heat/sunshine compared to fair in rain. My bird right now is losing ~12-15s in time if a race is half rain in addition to the horrible stamina drain. I never recall losing that much time on a foul bird ever, even in a full heatwave race.

It seems right now in 120's my average for fog/cloudy weather is ~105s. A race in full sunshine has me finishing in 101-102s. A race in 3/4 rain is ending around 118s.