Expanding Non-Raid Content Discussion

[Knahli]

Chocobo Racing:
-They seriously need to add new maps to chocobo races. I can't imagine it would be terribly hard to do since there is nothing special about them other than the borders running along the track.
-They should allow you to queue as a pre-made party and without the NPCs if you are less than eight participants.
-They should allow you to place MGP bets on your own races, despite the issue that may present with Gil->MGP trading.
-They should consider adding a simple storyline similar to those you have with DoH and DoL quests where you rise through the ranks, just for a bit of fun.

-They should add additional race modes and just outright rip of some ideas from racing games to make it both humorous and fun. For instance, imagine the following:

[Circuit Mode]
A simple closed circuit route that has a minimum of two laps to complete.

[Drag Mode]
A race where you essentially run along a straight course as top speed. Included are obstacles to avoid and you can shift "gears" by offering a gentle nudge with your feet like when riding a horse.

[Chocobo Tuning]
A mode where you can fine tune your racing performance to perform better in specific races. These settings are adjustable at the cost of some consumables and presets can be saved.
Eg. Use shears or potions to cut/grow chocobo plumage for aerodynamic purposes, use special saddles that shift weight more to the front or back to adjust posture and make either accelerating or braking easier.

[Chocobo Shop]
Here, you can add custom paint, body kits and spoilers to your....- no, not really.




In any case, as ridiculous and far-fetched as all of that sounds, I would find those updates to be absolutely awesome.

[Khalithar]

A revamp of the FATE system would be nice, I would strongly suggest the devs take a look at what GW2 does with their open world content. The thing I'm referring to specifically (for those that didn't play Guild Wars 2) is that the game does have a FATE system of it's own with level synch. However, the rewards (which also has a bronze/silver/gold ranking system) scales upwards dependent on your level. So for example, if you are level 70 and go do a level 10 FATE, you get increased rewards for being so much higher in level.

Now I know what you're thinking, "but Khalithar you charismatic stallion, won't that cause all the high levels to just sit in low level areas all the time?" The answer to that question is yes and that's a good thing. In GW2 you see huge crowds of players running through some zones in a circuit, killing monsters and chatting with each other while also coordinating the kill order for a lot of the FATEs. I personally think it's a very good design.

For PVP, I'd be happy to see a drastic increase in the number of mounts and minions available through PVP and a lot more PVP specific glamours that people can work towards. This event and it's rewards have revitalized PVP, I hope the devs take it to heart and see they can cultivate an active PVP community by actively adding more rewards and more maps to keep things fresh.

For gold saucer, let's get a battle square, more minigames, more chocobo racing maps, more chocobo racing modes such as time trials (fastest time completing unique course) and mirror match (race against a duplicate of your bird) or dare I say it? A chocobo racing battle mode!?