Chocobo Racing 2.55

[JubjubTubs]

There's a ton of variety brought into Chocobo racing and I like it.

Edit: too long -snip-

No, there is no variety. The frequency of gravi/water is so insane right now, the only real option is the 2 passive V resists. Why pluck around with being able to maybe remove with a calm/ease, or maybe time reflect right. 100% immunity, or bust.

The Sprint-pray thing... such a simple fix, make the loot table on chests very low for the 1-2nd items rng'ing buffs. But they didn't do this. They did it on every slot in chests. So how do people catch up that have been beat down by too many red items now, when they are 0.00 or nearly derpin it along? Hope their gravi/waters they 90% likely going to get works? On these NPCs? Ha, laughable. Cause it will be NPCS, real ppl don't play.

[Alexiell]

more variety is great, i also agree that its more interesting if we cant just sprint from beginning to end. however, what can i do when npcs also run with perma-sprint speed the whole race? maybe im too stupid but trying to prevent the lathered state makes me slow down so much that i might as well go afk XD. perma-sprint + hoping for good items simply worked much better for me :P but ill try it again, maybe it works better now.

[Honourlessichi]

As far as item changes/skill changes go,i'm pretty happy with it all,there is now useful attacks but also properly working counters to them,and stamina management is incredibly important.

I'm going to echo the original post though,dissapointed in the exp increase,they should have increased by 100%,i did 7 races after stopping chocobo racing about a week ago,and i've quit it again since patch,purely because it's just such a grind.

I'm grinding through relic wep,dungeons etc,and i guess the thought of another very long grind through racing is enough to cause me premature burnout.

While i went to chocobo racing in peakhours,i noticed since patch numbers of players there haven't seemed to increase at all.Shame really.

[Gallus]

Well, for good or for bad, things have changed, and pretty drastically.

Optimal pre patch 2.55:

Foul weather, 4 stars in stamina, 4 stars in max speed, choco dash III or choco cure III and head start.

Optimal 2.55:

Both weathers work now (this is good), 4 stars in stamina, 4 stars in max speed but now the optimal setup is choco cure III + Increased Stamina III given the increased stamina loss from continuous sprinting + bachus wines in 2.55.


There isn't much difference honestly. In my opinion, the only things that were necessary were fixing the weather, adding increased EXP + MGP and reducing the amount of lolmeteors. But I take post 2.55 over pre any day of the week.

[RobinRethiel]

Don't see any difference to before beside more Frenzy and Slow items.

And yeah, great, they are relevant now. Problem is, that you still got only 2 slots. So you now need more skills, but can't have more. It's not like the NPC became slower or so.

[Click]

I pretty much agree with Gallus, except I think Choco Dash III is still very viable with either Increased Stamina III or Choco Cure III if you hang back a bit and wait to use it. Head Start is pretty dead now. Also, I think I like Increased Stamina a little more than Choco Cure because as a passive I know what I'll always get with an Aether.

[Aphel]

So you basically won't stop complaining until you're able to finish 1st in every race you participate in, huh Robin?

[RobinRethiel]

I'm on one of if not the most populated server and there is almost no one doing chocobo race. Does not look like everything is great. I got my super chocobo. It's much less a problem for me than for most other players.

Of course it always "not so good", if you got gameplay, where mainly a slot machine decides if you win or not.

[DonnieD]

I'm on one of if not the most populated server and there is almost no one doing chocobo race.

No you are not, thats just something many people believe because of soul website. Thing is soul only counts registered accounts and there are simple the most on phoenix because its difficult to make accounts on the real big servers because they are full.

[RobinRethiel]

No you are not, thats just something many people believe because of soul website. Thing is soul only counts registered accounts and there are simple the most on phoenix because its difficult to make accounts on the real big servers because they are full.

Whatever, it's full.

Funny thing:
R-240 is easier than those before, because there are so many traps and monsters, that many of the NPCs are getting destroyed by them. (though got the luck to learn Increased Stamina III, which is now a massive boost, but well, pure RNG to get it).