Chocobo racing and MGP...

[RobinRethiel]

Getting nuked by 4 back-to-back meteors in a single race when you don't have any hero tonic, stamina tablet or any other items/abilities that can save your feathery ass is call bad luck. (It happened to me twice, along with ~5 double back-to-back meteors, no amount of skill can save you from that)

I don't attack other players (at least not with stamina drains), I just dodge their aggression, if possible.

I adore your luck. I got those multiple meteor hits dozens of times. Did not ruin every race, though, sometimes it even saves you, when your own stamina is low and it also crushes that of others.

It's as if it was targetting me as priority instead of the other NPC racers. They're that NASTY!

They like to work together, sometimes, yes. For example I were on third position, the one in front of me got a slow, but didn't use it on the first, instead waited for me. Did not help him, but was just this second enough to let the first guy win.

Interesting, too bad most people won't ever see this, as the breeding process at the moment is way too tedious. We badly need some stables as an alternative to gain exp similiar to our companion chocobo.

Think something like that could help many people. Also it would be nice, if there was some way to have more than one chocobo. It sucks a bit, if you have to retire yours to breed it, this breeding fails miserably and then you stay there, with no chocobo or you have to use this * * * * ** one and dismiss it (they are always so sad, when you do this ;( )

Would also be great to know before you register them, what stats and best weather they got.

TIPP for the panels:
Better jump earlier. You will get hit if you jump right before them, but won't if you land on them (in general). But of course, this may differ with your connection, have to try yourself. Normally I got zero lag (as I can see at dodging AoEs), but Chocobo Race is... different. But it's always like this, so maybe it's no real lag, just... strange.

[SokiYagami]

Here's some screenies of R180 races.

I believe the triple panels can be found as early as R100/120 (I still can't remember the number)
Personally find most of them rather easy except the breath + chest combo since you can't do a 0-100-0 instant acceleration/break maneuver. As for the cobyln combo, you can run right beside their leg so long you don't hit the crystal body. However, do take note that npcs can and will kamikaze into them sometimes just to drag you down.

Interesting, too bad most people won't ever see this, as the breeding process at the moment is way too tedious. We badly need some stables as an alternative to gain exp similiar to our companion chocobo.

Strongly agreed, the way the exp scales and forcing you to repeat the lower rating with only 3 course available is really dry and get boring really fast. I honestly hope they will consider reducing the exp scales or increase the stats earned per level so we can move on to the higher ratings at a faster pace. I can't remember where I read it, but I believe there's positive official reply to a weekly golden saucer challenge log. Hopefully it include racing chocobo's exp.

I don't attack other players (at least not with stamina drains), I just dodge their aggression, if possible.

I adore your luck. I got those multiple meteor hits dozens of times. Did not ruin every race, though, sometimes it even saves you, when your own stamina is low and it also crushes that of others.

Lol? but I'm the one getting nuked by meteors though? Unless you're implying I'm not getting nuke enough, which I would then recommend you to take a short break when you're really down on luck. And even though I mentioned a couple of times regarding multiple back-to-back meteors, anything past the second one is just for laugh at the bad luck really. ^^;

TIPP for the panels:
Better jump earlier. You will get hit if you jump right before them, but won't if you land on them (in general). But of course, this may differ with your connection, have to try yourself. Normally I got zero lag (as I can see at dodging AoEs), but Chocobo Race is... different. But it's always like this, so maybe it's no real lag, just... strange.

Always assume everything is slightly closer to you than it appears on your screen, chest, panels, other chocobo's feathery ass, you get the idea.