Didn't get Breeding pass when I retired my Chocobo

[Nexus_Limitless]

I only used grade 2 feed costing 35-40k each on the market (Which I bought purely with gil to make up for what I couldn't afford to feed him in grade 3 feed bought with mgp) and grade 3 feed costing 2750 mgp on my chocobo as well. Also even if they said he needs to be rank 40 to retire, as far as I knew he was and they were allowing me to retire him.

The terminology they use is really mixed up, if by rank they mean level and race rating has nothing to do with rank. The race rating is what people would naturally associate with rank, that they have 2 different levels, for different types of ranks and mix them up like that is bad design. The race rating is what decides your racing tier, that is rank. Rank doesn't refer to individual growth or strength, with how most would use the word. Rank is earned, which is what the race rating is. They make it incredibily easy to mix up by using mixed up terminology. Why can't they just say level 40? Nobody would mix that up with race rank or rating. This needs to be fixed.

[Duuude007]

Why can't they just say level 40? Nobody would mix that up with race rank or rating. This needs to be fixed.

Level and rank are the same thing. Both unlock potential for more stats and abilities.
Rating and "potential stats average" are the same thing. Which racess you are allowed to race in are based on how good your stats can be. Level would not make sense, considering the rating goes up to 300, but only for pedigree 9. People aren't confusing the two as much as you think.

And you... wasted your money regardless of intent. If you did even a modicum of research from other player experiences, you would know that food is worth jack squat in terms of breeding. Your bird's stats do not carry over to the next generation- the star value is intermixed with the bird you breed it with, which determines whether its potential rating will be higher for each level/rank gained. You really would have been just as successful racing with the 1.5k gil vendor food.

[Nexus_Limitless]

Level and rank are the same thing. Both unlock potential for more stats and abilities.
Rating and "potential stats average" are the same thing. Which racess you are allowed to race in are based on how good your stats can be. Level would not make sense, considering the rating goes up to 300, but only for pedigree 9. People aren't confusing the two as much as you think.

And you... wasted your money regardless of intent. If you did even a modicum of research from other player experiences, you would know that food is worth jack squat in terms of breeding. Your bird's stats do not carry over to the next generation- the star value is intermixed with the bird you breed it with, which determines whether its potential rating will be higher for each level/rank gained. You really would have been just as successful racing with the 1.5k gil vendor food.

Then I was the right rank, actually 3 ranks higher than I needed to be. I was racing rank 43, doing so I could only participate in either the open or higher level races. So if the rank they go by is the rank which decides which races you can go in, then I was high enough rank. Why I didn't get a pedigree doesn't make sense.