Post by Rovec on Aug 7, 2006 10:44:18 GMT -5
A message from the FFXI development team regarding Chocobo Racing has been posted on the Premier Sites!
Please check the sites below.
- ffo.warcry.com/
- ffxi.allakhazam.com/
- ffvault.ign.com/
- ffxi.stratics.com/
- www.ffxionline.com/
The message-
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!
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This is very interesting, SE has never out right asked us what we want regarding part of the game (tho they do read the suggestion forums on the community sites). So what we suggest now will undoubtable have a major impact on what ends up in the game!
So get out there and post your ideas on one of those sites!EDIT: It's also interesting to note that they say "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."
For some reason, that seems to suggest chocobo raising/breeding/racing will be a BIG thing. Notice that almost everything you do in game deals with battling. Quests, missions, events, almost everything aside from crafting (which you'd still have to kill things to get items
) deals with bringing out the sword and slashing something. But now, they say Chocobo racing is not going to be like the rest of the game and with all the time it takes to raise a chicken (1-3 months) and all the time you'll spend raising, breeding, equiping, etc your Chocobo, I'm guessing that Chocobo raising could become a huge facet of the game. No instead of being a well known adventurer or crafter, you could also be a high lvl Chocobo Raiser ^_^; Like adding a third huge section to the game. Only my thoughts tho...carry on.
