Chocobo Racing Tournament?

[Tint]

New courses would be awesome, on a somewhat regular basis...but they need to focus on fixing participation as well (new courses would help with that, of course). A real DF might help, tourneys might help, new achievement rewards might help...something to give it a purpose beyond, well...what there is now...

i want new courses too but...

the problem is: nobody will use that new course if it takes longer to finish the race than a race on sagolii. they have to change the reward depending on the lenght of the course. and also we need a new system wich remembers the last course you choosed. sagolii is not only the shortest, is also the course in the top place in the list where you choose the course. but not only that: many chocobos are not even able to finish a race on the longer courses because they don't have enough stamina for it.
the new course have to be shorter or the same lenght like sagolii or it will be dead on release...

[BlatantPyre]

I'm not sure you're using your chocobo correctly if you're running out of stamina regularly, on any course. I'm not trying to insult you, it's just that as far as I'm aware, that's not a common problem. I've raced a lot, by the way, on all three courses on all the difficulties.

That said...variation in any potential courses is a must, yes. Length, obstacles, item placement (and possibly item drop rate)...anything to spice it up. But in the end, they've kind of bound their hands with how the whole system works as it is. A complete rehaul might work, but...whether that's necessary is not for me to decide, though I don't think it is necessary. I wasn't saying that providing new courses would be the only solution, just to be clear, but rather an idea for the devs to think about among others.

[Tint]

I'm not sure you're using your chocobo correctly if you're running out of stamina regularly, on any course. I'm not trying to insult you, it's just that as far as I'm aware, that's not a common problem. I've raced a lot, by the way, on all three courses on all the difficulties.

i have an R300 chocobo with Headstart, Increased Stamina 3, 455 Speed (still one training lesson left, so i can bring him to 470), 500 Acceleration, 500 Stamina, 500 Endurance and uhm... Cunning is really bad xD i have just enough speed and stamina to stay on first place against the NPC's if i sprint from start to finish and just enough stamina to reach the finish line on tranquil paths if nothing bad happens and the weather is not against me. if i ever release the sprint button someone will overtake me... so, more speed? more speed leads to more stamina consumption.... and also less of any other stat if i go for 500 speed. exchange headstart for chocobo cure 3? i am noooot sure... xD

-----

i also startet a topic on the german board about updates for the chocobo race, new courses, items, skills.... http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...m-Chocobrennen

and got an answer from one of the devs:

Hallo,

vielen Dank für dein Feedback!

Es tut mir leid für die verspätete Antwort, aber ich habe nun ein Update bekommen .

Die Entwickler arbeiten bereits daran Chocobo-Rennen und die Zucht anzupassen sowie neue Features basierend auf dem Feedback von euch Spielern hinzuzufügen.

Es wird nicht mehr allzu lange dauern, aber wir bitten noch um ein wenig Geduld.

Lallalingo said they are working on adjustments for the chocobo-race and breeding and new features based on the feedback from the community.

and it will not take a long time.

[FunkYeahDragons]

Ah, I know just enough German to get the gist of that. Looking forward to seeing what they come out with.