Chocobo Dash III bug?

[Welsper59]

Based on the action notes, there should be a boost, by design, regardless of what your current stats are. Sorry, but nothing indicates that it is "designed" to be potent at ratings 1-299, and yet inept at 300. That is more than likely an oversight and should be seriously considered.

Technically that can still be argued as the case though, in that it does simply boost you to the 500 stat (or some other preset max for your rating/pedigree). Like anything that doesn't reveal all of its secrets, the coding or math behind something is up for debate without any real evidence. Obviously, the effectiveness of Dash is reduced dramatically at max stats, but that's not exactly surprising.

Dash does serve some purpose though, such as reducing some damage from debuffs, evading, or getting to your temporary max speed during the first 3/4 of the race in Sagolii (maybe the other tracks too?). It's especially useful if you run into the unfortunate case of bad luck and/or being ganged up on by NPCs, as it'll give you that boost you need when your stamina is depleted near the finish line. Maybe it could use some love, but given how some of the less used/liked abilities and traits see a boost in usefulness as you get better stats, so too would the opposite happen (better earlier, mediocre later). At least, that's the way I look at it.

[Duuude007]

Obviously, the effectiveness of Dash is reduced dramatically at max stats, but that's not exactly surprising.

What's surprising is that without the boost that any of the dashes normally provide, at rating 300 you CANNOT outpace these aoe debuffs by hitting it. Even if it only set you one bird length ahead it could maybe help, but the difference is now so much that you continue to run ear to ear with the saboteur.

And those debuffs remain extremely potent at R-300, unlike some buffs.

If its really meant to be 'fair', then all debuffs, buffs, everything, would be proportionally docked. As that is clearly not the case, I refer back to the initial argument, that stat caps are rendering multiple 'buffs' ineffective, creating an unfair disadvantage.