Another chocobo day! (FFXI, WoW)

[thistlechaser]

Alas, I spent most of the day making chocobucks. However! I finished raising him today, so from now on all racing I do will be for "fun" reasons! (Sort of.)

Luckily just one training (80 bucks) was needed to fix the stats error from last night, so he's all finished and retired! First class STR, outstanding END, average DIS and REC, gallop/canter. "Super" level bird, the best stats that can be gotten!

Then I tried the final mission race (50 bucks) and lost. Boo. It's a darned hard race and way too expensive bucks-wise. :/

And lastly I entered a C1 race (the highest level one) which cost another 80 bucks. So even with racing all day, I'm back to no bucks again. But hopefully I'll win! And get a trophy for my MH! Race should start shortly. Edit: WOO! Got first place in the hardest race!


The white chocobo is very, very pretty. (Text blurred to prevent spoilers.) If white were ever to become available to PCs, I'd raise a new digging bird for sure (wouldn't be anywhere near the work of a racing one).

Guppy and I visited Whitegate tonight as chicks. :) We got cuddles from lots of people, but nearly as many stomps, death threats, and kicks from folks. Such a reaction to cute things! I found a Corsair to cuddle with. :)

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WoW: I didn't have that much time to log on today, and much of it was frustrating. Did four quests and between that and yesterday's XPing am halfway through 38. I bet I'm the slowest leveler in the whole game! :P I don't mind if it takes a while though, if nothing else I'm making a good amount of money while I'm XPing. I was worrying if I'd have enough gold for my epic at 60, but I think maybe I will. (If I ever hit 60/stay long enough to hit it.)

Part of the frustration was that I was trying to do a quest and this big... thing... kept circling around me. Its level was listed as "39+" and somehow I missed the gold dragon around its name, so I figured I'd just kill it to get it out of the way. Instead it killed my pet and then me. c.c The add didn't help, but I don't think I could have won even without it. It was too big for a good screenshot.

And lastly, WoW really does rain better than FFXI does, plus it rains in cities! Not just "outdoor" zones. I really like that troll down, by the way. I really like trolls in general!

Edit: I should ask if any WoW people know about this: Up until this afternoon, I was able to have both 'track beasts' and 'find herbs' active. I know the pop-up info on both say that only one form of tracking can be active at a time, but I've always had both. Then by mistake I hit some random key (dropped something on my keyboard, so might have been a key combo) and now I can have only one active. The tip info says I shouldn't be able to use both at once, but I had been. (I was able to move to a yellow herb-dot and watch red mob-dots circle around me as I harvested.) Anyone have any ideas how to get both working at once? Or was it some wacky thing I had, maybe from three years ago, that can't be reproduced now? :/

Comments

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Thoroughbred Chocobo Racing, I can see the ad revenue now! How does it look in the MH? Or have you not yet found a place to actually put it yet? Also, I would like to note that I had wanted to do chocobo racing at one point but you have since scared me away o.O I don't think I have that much time and I know I don't have that much gil to spend on a bird. Although...FuchsNinja is pretty gimp and could get better...Or maybe MajestyVeloce...GAH! You re-hooked me -.-

Now I just have to figure out how to do chocobo racing and stuff like that. I spent 3 hours trying to figure it out once and talked to probably every NPC in the area, used wiki, used google, asked people, everything! I just couldn't figure it out for the life of me.

[quistie.livejournal.com]

Congrats on winning the pullus torque! Why would people give baby chocobos death threats? I don't understand.

Final Fantasy XII has a (giant) white chocobo, too. I hope they would make white chocobos available to players one of these days...

[citizenbleys.livejournal.com]

HOLY FRACKING FRACK!

There are 100k prizes on those races?

Damn, I'm gonna have to breed a new bird.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Keep in mind it cost me 3 million to get a "super" bird. It is possible it might be done for slightly cheaper, but if you try to go cheaper you could run out of time and end up having put all that time and effort (and gil) into it and not gotten a winning bird.

The birds I beat in that race were just a fraction of a tiny bit less than my birds stats-wise, so to win first place you do need a "super" level bird.

I'd have to win, what, about 30 first places to make up the money I spent, and even super-level birds only place (first, second, or third) 50% of the time. You only get 100K for first place, 50K for second, 25K for third. Also, keep in mind that it costs 80 chocobucks just to enter the race. That will cost you 26,000 gil and 3-4 hours of RL time to earn.

Race if you want a trophy, torque, or if you just enjoy it, but there are way easier ways to make money.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And I have no idea. I can't believe the number of times I've had my "little head" stomped or been kicked across the AH or whatever. (Amusingly, it's always been by male elves.)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

How does it look in the MH? Or have you not yet found a place to actually put it yet?

It looks darned nice and I have a place to put it already! The race ended after my bedtime, so I hadn't taken the time to get another screenshot. I'll try to tonight! :)

Don't let me scare you off it! It is hard, and it does cost a lot (see two comment-replies down from me on the money end of things), but once you're done you'll have a resource that will last you a "lifetime" (or however long you play the game). I look at it kind of like leveling a craft (or going to college RL) -- you put the time, effort, and money into it, but in the end you have a money-making resource.

Now I just have to figure out how to do chocobo racing and stuff like that. I spent 3 hours trying to figure it out once and talked to probably every NPC in the area, used wiki, used google, asked people, everything! I just couldn't figure it out for the life of me.

Trade your racing bird's card to the NPC where you raised it, then pick the 'documentation' option. From there get a racing form. Go to the NPCs standing outside the racing circuit and trade it to him/her, they'll ask if you want to register that bird, say yes. Then talk to him/her again to race! :)

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

I think I remember that WoW monster. XD If it's the one I'm thinking of, there should've been a quest somewhere around that lake that gave you an item to shrink them and make them easier to deal with, and I believe it's a repeatable quest too.

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Then talk to him/her again to race! :)

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*facepalm*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

:D Glad to see you figured it out!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

That'd be a good quest to get! Would you believe the darned thing stalked me today, too? Not even close to the island! Inland! Arg!

[citizenbleys.livejournal.com]

Yeek, back to farming orc piercers for me.

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

D'aww. I would have cuddled you, Thistle. Chocobo!You is adorable.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oops, I was wrong. I came in second place tonight. 40K gil, not 50K. :/

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks!

[doxxxicle.livejournal.com]

A quest to kill those is on the west shore of Feralas, which is south of Desolace. It's a level 40-ish area. You talk to a goblin next to the dock for the boat which takes you to the Feathermoon Stronghold island (night elf area, taurens are not welcome ;).

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info! I'm actually in Feralas right now, XPing and fishing and such. I'll keep my eyes open for the goblin!

Feathermoon Stronghold island (night elf area, taurens are not welcome ;).

Ha. Thanks for the info! I'm so tired of getting chased out of towns. :P