My Choco is a Spoiled Brat - Help!

[Herrisa]

Well.. the cs was kinda funny. Nothing like seeing a taru having a fit with a obnoxious choco watching, but now I'm having a problem.

My choco is a spoiled brat.

Has anybody else had this problem? I scolded the choco once last night hoping that was all that was needed, but today it was still acting spoiled. Tonight I proceeded to scold it three times dropping its affection down a level. I'm pushing my choco pretty hard in care plans and dropping its affection less than "Regards you as a parent" doesn't really make me the happiest camper. Any advice from people who have had this problem?

[Sabaron]

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I don't have any advice on fixing it as such, but I would like to know what you think you might've done to get him/her to behave like that. I've heard it suggested that too much "Watching Over" does it. What care plans do you do besides scolding, if any?

[Jei]

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I think only scold it once if it doesn't go through with care plan should be enough. Then feed 2 greens to bring affection back up. It might be just like bored or sick status where you only need to race it once. Just a guess.

[DieselBoy09]

Re: My Choco is a Spoiled Brat - Help!

Well.. the cs was kinda funny. Nothing like seeing a taru having a fit with a obnoxious choco watching, but now I'm having a problem.
My choco is a spoiled brat.
Has anybody else had this problem? I scolded the choco once last night hoping that was all that was needed, but today it was still acting spoiled. Tonight I proceeded to scold it three times dropping its affection down a level. I'm pushing my choco pretty hard in care plans and dropping its affection less than "Regards you as a parent" doesn't really make me the happiest camper. Any advice from people who have had this problem?

If its anything like real life, you just beat its butt till it goes from golden/yellow to red or black and blue.

[Lilani]

Re: My Choco is a Spoiled Brat - Help!

Well.. the cs was kinda funny. Nothing like seeing a taru having a fit with a obnoxious choco watching, but now I'm having a problem.

My choco is a spoiled brat.

Has anybody else had this problem? I scolded the choco once last night hoping that was all that was needed, but today it was still acting spoiled. Tonight I proceeded to scold it three times dropping its affection down a level. I'm pushing my choco pretty hard in care plans and dropping its affection less than "Regards you as a parent" doesn't really make me the happiest camper. Any advice from people who have had this problem?

My question: Why did you scold it? Mine is nearly 70 days old and I've never had to scold it. The worst behavior it's ever had was being bored from not competing, and even then I never scolded it. When I check in, I typically feed her til she's full, take her for a walk or compete (definately compete if she is bored), watch over her a couple of times, and maybe read her a story or chitchat.

Also, be sure to renue your plans every time you check in. And make sure they are balanced, don't do a bunch of physical activities over and over again, you'll have a stressed and mentally retarded chocobo before you know it. Relatively, if you let it rest all the time or don't give it any plans at all, it'll get bored and, well, spoiled. Not to mention it's physical condition out the window. If you want a both physically and mentally sound chocobo, alternate between receptivity/patience/mental excersizes and physical excersizes. And go on a long walk every once in a while, it will help your relationship as well.

[Sabaron]

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And make sure they are balanced, don't do a bunch of physical activities over and over again, you'll have a stressed and mentally retarded chocobo before you know it.

Boredom happens randomly even on chocobos with mixed care plans (My first one was mixed). It is not necessary to waste care plan days on Mental if your chocobo is physical--SolarWind does just fine with his physical only careplans and yes, he is, in fact, a complete retard, but I still love him because he'll be incredibly fast. He hasn't dropped a package and he's only been bored twice which is far less than DuchesseRose . She was bored almost every other day!

[Nakti]

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I have a theory developing regarding "spoiled", "bored", and "lovesick"...

Are you working on maximizing STR on your "spoiled" chocobo? Is your chocobo Ill-tempered? Try using the Care Plan which increases both STR and END, take your chocobo on Long Walks (no Competing) and Scold it once per day until cured. "Spoiled" may be an indication STR is exceeding END too much.

Just a thought. It may be that our chocobos need a balance between STR+END or DIS+REC depending on what we're focusing on.

My chocobo gets "bored" when my END gets too far ahead of STR. And my husband cured his chocobo's "lovesick" status by improving REC (Act in a Play) so that DIS wasn't too high above it.

[Taskmage]

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My chocobo is a patient type. I recently got the "spoiled" cutscene with her, as did a friend of mine who is raising a str/end focused chocobo. Hanteleon told me the chocobo needed discipline, so I scolded it once and it was back to normal the next day, albeit two levels of affection down. My friend did the same thing and it fixed her problem as well, only her chocobo dropped more like five levels of affection to "tolerates your company" or possibly the one above that from parent level affection. She was bummed out.

Anyway, scolding seems to be the correct way to cure this status. If it still hasn't returned to normal after having scolded it three times in one day, I'd suggest putting it down for a day of rest. That seems to pretty much be a panacea for chocobo status ailments.

[Herrisa]

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Hi all, just to update -

My choco is on a str/end care plan. For a few days before it got spoiled the trainer told me my choco was in excellent health and extremly happy (or something similiar to that tone). About two days before the brat stage, it became receptive and I fed it a cupid worm which shot its affection level sky-high. Even two days of straight Carrying Packages wouldn't drop it, even with minimal care from me. That's when it became a spoiled brat.

1st day I scolded it (pretty much told to by the trainer) once, then upped the care a little by taking walks and watching over it. Next day it was still acting spoiled, so I scolded it three times dropping it actually 2 levels of affection. The next day it became receptive to commands and was over it.


BTW... here is a picture of my choco.

Now, I just need ranger AF.

[Taskmage]

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Ooh you got a green one huh? Nice. It actually took me a while to even see the chocobo in that picture. ^^ Guess that line about "blending into the jungle" was no bs.

[Nukapai]

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BEAUTIFUL!

It's like a optical illusion poster. :D

[Takira]

Re: My Choco is a Spoiled Brat - Help!

Cool, what color were its feathers at juvenile stage? My baby, CrystalMirage, became an adolescent yesterday, I have a feeling she will be yellow like her folks were but if there is hope, I want to cling to it.

Congrats on the green chocobo!

[Nakti]

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Congrats on getting your choco past its spoiledness!

And wow! the green chocobos really do blend in. It took me a minute to figure out the character wasn't just sitting in an odd position. ^^

[Herrisa]

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Cool, what color were its feathers at juvenile stage? My baby, CrystalMirage, became an adolescent yesterday, I have a feeling she will be yellow like her folks were but if there is hope, I want to cling to it.

Congrats on the green chocobo!

The feather tips on the tail and head plume where a bright, lime green. Can't mistake it for anything else but green. ^^

Now I'm struggling to get its affection back up. I think I would almost rather have it sick than spoiled.

[Sabaron]

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Yes, it is a very pretty chocobo. I had a real hard time seeing him/her in the bushes. Very neat. ^^ Have you done strength-only care plans or have you kept it on the even ones (e.g. Packages)? I'm just wondering if Jennets have an inclination toward Strength on the physical side... SolarWind has an inclination toward Endurance (but flirted with Strength as a baby).