Chocobo Races TOO OP! Question for Ya'll though!

[Soular]

Already Rank 33 with my current chocobo and I can safely say I have not once considered really pumping stamina/endurance/cunning thanks to current track layouts. Everything has gone into speed/acceleration. I did some stam/end early on for a minor boost but since about rank 15~20 I haven't needed to raise them anymore.

The current tracks are pretty much just "you either go fast or you get screwed". Weather at least plays some factor in that it seems to slow you down/increase stamina consumption if you're lathered, but its really not a major factor (unless bad weather persists for the WHOLE race).

And what does cunning even do- I never saw it explained.

Edit: All in all, its a new system. I'm sure Heavensward will bring some changes. Right now it seems like they wanted to get a good framework down. I think its in a good spot to be expanded on.

[TetsuyaHikari]

Yeah, if you have NPCs participating, they definitely shouldn't be getting that bonus. Also, those briars are crazy OP, lol. I've been dumping most of my points into stamina (currently rank 24) and those briars can still take me down from like 70% to 50%, basically putting me out of the race just because I get hit by them once (or if someone turns towards me with them).

I understand abilities are supposed to help you, but when you've been conserving your stamina and such, then someone pops these briars on you and can basically put you out of the game, that's definitely not cool. I'm not saying they shouldn't drain stamina at all. That part is fine, but it just shouldn't be so much, ya know? Maybe each time they pop you, take 3-5% instead. That can still hurt you, but you can still recover and stay in the race too rather than being knocked out early and basically just finishing the remaining 25-30% of the course as a formality.

God help you if you're surrounded by three people that use them on you. You're pretty much dead at that point, lol.

[Honourlessichi]

I would like weekly tournaments with prizes.

You have 15mins to sign up before the first race kicks off.When the 15mins are up,player races start every 5mins until every signup has had a race.1st 2nd and 3rd of each race move into next round with a 15min lul.So it keeps going like that until it's whittled down to a final race.

Either there would have to be a max number that could sign up to make races even,or you'd have to fill some spots with npcs.

Could have a tournament board that's updated after every race so people can stare at it or...something.

I'd also like the higher ranked races with more mgp rewards,because triad blows chocobo racing out of the water in that respect with some npc opponents.

I'd like endurance races(so focusing on stam and endurance means something) with mgp scaled according to the races length.