[Faulsey]

This was posted on the EU POL site:

Message About Chocobo Racing Posted!(03/08/2006)

A message from the FFXI development team regarding Chocobo Racing has been posted on the Premier Site, "Online Welten"
Please check here!



The site is german, though there are links to an English version, copied and pasted here:
The FINAL FANTASY XI development team would like to hear your thoughts about one of the upcoming parts of Chocobo Raising, the highly anticipated Chocobo Racing. Therefore, we’re opening discussions on the Premier Sites so the team can hear your thoughts and ideas about how to make Chocobo Racing as enjoyable as possible.


Below is a message from the person in charge of development of Chocobo Raising.


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Greetings everyone,


After the Chocobo Raising　announcement was made recently, we received many comments and requests about Chocobo Racing. This surprised us, so we decided that we’d use this space to ask for more input about Chocobo Racing from all of you, so that we can make this feature as good as possible.


Like Chocobo Raising, this is a new feature developed completely from scratch, unlike the job and battle features which have been our main focus until now. Therefore, we want to include your hopes and dreams in order to make this feature meet everyone’s vision as closely as possible.


At the same time, there are many of you who might say “We haven’t played it yet, what are we supposed to suggest?!” Therefore, we have decided to include some of the mechanics of this new feature, outlined below. Please use them as a guide to imagine what Chocobo Racing could be like.

Currently Planned Specifications:

- The ability of raised chocobos will be reflected during Chocobo Racing.

- Chocobos will not be controllable by players during Chocobo Racing.

- It is possible to give orders (i.e. sprint ahead, come from behind, etc) to riders before the race.


While posting your comments onto the forum, we would appreciate any ideas related to “gambling” for example, as well as any other opinions or concerns regarding Chocobo Racing.


We look forward to hearing from you on the forums. Let’s keep those ideas rolling!




This is from a European FFXI site, so it may not really hold too much interest for NA players. I just thought the bits in bold would interest you.

I think most of us knew that SE wern't intending on making them ridable for races, but we can hope that maybe that site, and others they post on, will pressure them into doing so, even if not right from the inception of racing.


Edit: At the time of posting, SE hadn't yet posted a message for the NA premier sites.

[Tsikuro]

lol, can't control chocobo, GG.
I wonder if you can Stamina Hack like FFVII.