Chocobo Racing and Weather Effects

[Gallus]

i never noticed the other two foul weathers, only rain so far. are they only in high rating classes?

In sagolii there's just rain, I've never encountered thunderstorms or showers (pretty sure it was always rain, never showers). I can confirm however, thunderstorms on the third circuit (tranquil paths) and shower in 2nd circuit (costa del sol). I don't know know how bad fair chocobos are affected by those 2 weathers though, as I rarely race in the 2nd and 3rd circuit, though it would be pretty reasonable to think that they both destroy fair chocobos as bad as rain.

[Gallus]

Hmm, but you don't notice a speed drop equivalent to heavy when you get hit with heatwave weather?

No, it runs just fine, nothing abnormal. Why don't you just try it and see it for yourself? Honestly, those who are skeptical about what has been repeatedly said, if you think this is all bs, just keep racing. I have more than 3500 races over my shoulders, I certainly do not need 3500 more races to notice brutally obvious effects of certain weathers on certain chocobos. I started noticing how my fair bird was badly stroke by rain weather like 2-3 weeks ago, and it pissed me off dearly, I even made a thread comparing it with a snail...then, on P4-P5 I think it was, I got a foul chocobo, and weather did not have absolutely any effect over it, and if it had, it was almost impossible to even notice, I was extremely surprised, if you think it's my own paranoia or my own personal neurosis, just ignore everybody who has experienced the same thing so far (as well as myself) and breed your chocobos without worrying about their preferred weather.

[Alexiell]

In sagolii there's just rain, I've never encountered thunderstorms or showers (pretty sure it was always rain, never showers). I can confirm however, thunderstorms on the third circuit (tranquil paths) and shower in 2nd circuit (costa del sol). I don't know know how bad fair chocobos are affected by those 2 weathers though, as I rarely race in the 2nd and 3rd circuit, though it would be pretty reasonable to think that they both destroy fair chocobos as bad as rain.

i see, but if there is only 1 type of foul weather per map (at least in sagolii) then maybe foul weather is less common than fair weather. so it would make sense that rain has a stronger negative impact on fair weather chocobos, than fair weather has on other chocobos.

Edit: ok.. since i wrote this i got ALOT of rain in sagolii lol, so maybe its not less common

[YakushiHinata]

I seem to only get rain when I use a Fair one at Sagolii so its all RNG I guess. But I do notice the speed difference, hopefully it is something they will fix with the upcoming adjustments in 2.55.
On a side note, anyone that is currently at the R300 races can tell me how much stamina you are normally left with if you get no stamina related items at all for a full race, and if weather is in your favour?
I managed to get a 4 4 4 1 4, so it's stamina would cap at 380, you think maxing endurance to 500 with G3 food would help to compensate the stamina drain vs the low cap?

[Gallus]

I managed to get a 4 4 4 1 4, so it's stamina would cap at 380, you think maxing endurance to 500 with G3 food would help to compensate the stamina drain vs the low cap?

380 stamina 500 max speed... don't think that will take you anywhere, even with 500 endurance and 500 acceleration, I'm pretty convinced you'll have big problems. But I can't confirm it 100%. The only thing I can confirm is that I have one with 460 max speed, 500 stamina and around 400 endurance, and even with the increased stamina III trait, I can sprint the entire race but I'm left with almost 0 stamina.

[RobinRethiel]

I seem to only get rain when I use a Fair one at Sagolii so its all RNG I guess. But I do notice the speed difference, hopefully it is something they will fix with the upcoming adjustments in 2.55.
On a side note, anyone that is currently at the R300 races can tell me how much stamina you are normally left with if you get no stamina related items at all for a full race, and if weather is in your favour?
I managed to get a 4 4 4 1 4, so it's stamina would cap at 380, you think maxing endurance to 500 with G3 food would help to compensate the stamina drain vs the low cap?

Ouch, 1 in stamina is brutal. 120 max stamina less and that also effects food...

[Gallus]

Ok. I can confirm weather is NOT necessarily hereditary, yay more RNG involved. After like my number one million breed, I managed a 4 star stamina and 4 star max speed chocobo out of 2 own foul chocobos... but hey, it is a fair one.
Lovely.

[YakushiHinata]

Got lucky this morning and ended up with something better, its 4 4 4 3 4 , but it ended up with preferred Fair weather, which is a small price tbh to have these stats. One parent had Foul and the other Fair so I can't say if it's hereditary or not.
So now begins the grind to rank 50 using only grade 3 food~

[Gallus]

That's actually an ok chocobo:

The way I see it (I could be wrong though). The perfect choco would be:

1 - 4 stars in Stamina, 4 stars in Max Speed (the other stats don't really matter much). Traits - 2 of these: Head Start/Increased Stamina III/Choco Cure III/Choco Dash III/Choco Ease III. Preferably 2 active skills or 1 active and 1 passive, not 2 passive skills (Increased Stamina III + Head Start will render choco aethers useless).

or if you manage 4 stars in acceleration you can do fine without head start. In any case, 4 stars in stamina, 4 stars in max speed and foul weather are imperative, with the bird you have now I'm sure you'll manage some wins in R300, but you'll be far from winning every race, and you'll suffer hell against Teioh and Star Breaker under wet weather.

[LandricFrey]

It seems to me that I get fair weather way more than foul during races. Is it possible that fair birds get dubuffed worse since their preferred weather occurs more often?