Chocobo Dye Experimentation

[Realchucky]

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/18...661/vBZmlD.png

Fixed it up a bit with all the double colors and the issues I was having with it. Been adding some new stuff aswell. Got a bit from your spreadsheet Snootles, added your description and what we know into it, and ofcourse your name along with Gilgameshkun under special thanks .

Ok here are my experience so far with your image!

1. Goal = Lotus Pink
Feeding him lots of fruits from another spreadsheet. After 6 hours the chocobo was "snow white" (one before lotus pink).
Second feed we gave him "berries" until the message "grow new feathers" appear and stopped feeding.
Result = Lotus Pink

2. Goal = Apple Green
Feeding him lots of fruits from another spreadsheet. After 6 hours the chocobo was "meadow green" (one before apple green).
Second feed we gave him "plums" until the message "grow new feathers" appear and stpped feeding.
Result = Apple Green

3. Goal = Blood Red
Feeding him "Apples" until 4 times the message "grow new feathers" appear and stopped feeding.
Result = Milloncorn Yellow <-- the first color to blood red from your image but after 4 messages of grow new feathers...
Second feed we gave him more "apples" until 5 times the message appears and stopped feeding.
Resul = ???

So for the third chocobo with goal "blood red" your image could be wrong. The chocobo have already 4 times changed feathers and now 5 more times. We hope now after 6 hours the chocobo is blood red. Maybe there are steps where to stop feeding after 1, 2 or 3 messages?

[Alinah]

Realchucky,
I've had a few guildies having that issue with the apples as well, some doesn't change, some do, some jump, some don't, it seems very odd.
So what I think is that you can't fully count your way to a color though the feather proc, it might just be that it is a repeatable message simply stating it'll still change color from the original basically just repeating itself. And if you switch fruit (in one feed) it will start where you landed with the first fruit you fed, and it wont say the message untill you hit an other color.

Example:
start: desert yellow
1 apple - no message
2 apples - message appears, changes from desert yellow to millioncorn yellow
3 apples - message appears, changes from desert yellow to millioncorn yellow
4 apples - message appears, changes from desert yellow to millioncorn yellow
Now you'ld think you're at pumkin/bloodred and feed it berries.
1 Berry - no message
2 berries - message appears, changes from millioncorn yellow to XXXXX (Dunno which color you get by that tbh, probably like Halatali Yellow :P)
3 berries - message appears, changes from millioncorn yellow to XXXXX

You think you're a Rolanberry Red or Regal Purple but when you take your chocobo out it's XXXXX instead.

It's just what I would think.
Sometimes people get a feather proc aswell but nothing happens, which is also very odd.

[Snootles]

Realchucky,
So what I think is that you can't fully count your way to a color though the feather proc, it might just be that it is a repeatable message simply stating it'll still change color from the original basically just repeating itself. And if you switch fruit (in one feed) it will start where you landed with the first fruit you fed, and it wont say the message untill you hit an other color.
It's just what I would think.
Sometimes people get a feather proc aswell but nothing happens, which is also very odd.

I've landed at the same conclusion. Mass feeding may get to a 'cap'. Plus, it stands to reason that since there is an RNG feather proc that makes you skip ahead, that there would be an RNG bust. Maybe even an RNG feather proc that sets you back?

I also think we should let go of this RGB tweaking notion. I'm more and more leaning towards presets with RNG elements.

My theories are HERE.

[Madoka]

From what I've noticed you can either feed your chocobo a ton of apples for the next red shift, or feed it a few apples and either a few berries or something to trigger it sooner. I did that a few times where I'd be at 10+ feedings and nothing happened, gave it a berry and boom. Then checking this thread I've seen people say they took 14-18+ apples for whatever change I was on then.

I'd say it's probably easier to get to dalamud or rolanberry red through blue/purple shades since they're more straightforward

[Athalia]

Ok here are my experience so far with your image!

3. Goal = Blood Red
Feeding him "Apples" until 4 times the message "grow new feathers" appear and stopped feeding.
Result = Milloncorn Yellow <-- the first color to blood red from your image but after 4 messages of grow new feathers...
Second feed we gave him more "apples" until 5 times the message appears and stopped feeding.
Resul = ???

Same here ^^.
Gave mine more Apples until 3 message appears = Blood Red

@Alinah: Great Job! I think your chart is the best way to get the desired color atm .

If u want I can hold your color chart up to date, until you're back. I love graphic design and play around with photoshop & Co a lot. What program do you use?

[Alinah]

Same here ^^.
Gave mine more Apples until 3 message appears = Blood Red

@Alinah: Great Job! I think your chart is the best way to get the desired color atm .

If u want I can hold your color chart up to date, until you're back. I love graphic design and play around with photoshop & Co a lot. What program do you use?

I've used Illustrator, cause it's the program I prefer working with, but with all the layers and stuff it might be a bit confusing :P

[Ravenloft]

3. Goal = Blood Red
Feeding him "Apples" until 4 times the message "grow new feathers" appear and stopped feeding.
Result = Milloncorn Yellow <-- the first color to blood red from your image but after 4 messages of grow new feathers...
Second feed we gave him more "apples" until 5 times the message appears and stopped feeding.
Resul = ???

So for the third chocobo with goal "blood red" your image could be wrong. The chocobo have already 4 times changed feathers and now 5 more times. We hope now after 6 hours the chocobo is blood red. Maybe there are steps where to stop feeding after 1, 2 or 3 messages?

The chart is not wrong there. You CANNOT go by new feathers message count if you're trying to skip colors. Once that message pops, it keeps on showing until you change fruit. You either skip colors or you go 1 step at a time. With the amount you've probably fed, you're gonna land on Pumpkin Orange, maybe Sunset. The 2 times I've gone up the Apple path it took 34 and 35 Apples Total to hit Blood Red.

[Freakindon]

So no one believes me about this, but I reset my choco (been playing with a while and decided it was just easier to restart) to follow the chart that's been posted recently. Fed apples til feather proc message ("X has begun growing new feathers!"). Got Millioncorn Yellow. As expected. Fed apples again til the feathers proc, and I KNOW it happened. Went back to check on it after the plumage change should have happened, and nothing happened. There was no message, no cutscene. My choco was still just Millioncorn Yellow. I do know the difference between the original "The plumage will change in 6 hours" and the feather proc message. And I had the feather proc message with no change.

[Alinah]

So no one believes me about this, but I reset my choco (been playing with a while and decided it was just easier to restart) to follow the chart that's been posted recently. Fed apples til feather proc message ("X has begun growing new feathers!"). Got Millioncorn Yellow. As expected. Fed apples again til the feathers proc, and I KNOW it happened. Went back to check on it after the plumage change should have happened, and nothing happened. There was no message, no cutscene. My choco was still just Millioncorn Yellow. I do know the difference between the original "The plumage will change in 6 hours" and the feather proc message. And I had the feather proc message with no change.

I believe you, had it happen to several of my guildies as well. Mainly with going from ice blue and working up with apples from desert yellow.

[Freakindon]

I believe you, had it happen to several of my guildies as well. Mainly with going from ice blue and working up with apples from desert yellow.

I guess it's just a bad proc? Or something...