Chocobo races

[Taskmage]

Re: Chocobo races

What's your record to SSG?

[Aeni]

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I can guarantee there is no faster way than the route I take from Kazham to SSG. I spent a week mapping it out cuz I thought I could get the exp scroll. lol

Oh trust me. There's ways of getting there even faster ... just don't know if the ways that were discovered by some players are a bug or ... if they were just enterprising.

Also ... 70% of the time, this race occurs when it's peak leveling outside of Kazham. The lag will automatically kill you by 10 seconds ... so you're already late.

[Protes]

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How do you know when the Chocobo races are held?

[Caspian]

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I've never been able to do Windy-Bastok. I always get kicked off in South Gusta. I have to assume the major hangup is Meriphitaud because that place is just a mess, but there might also be a shorter way through Sauromugue or Rolanberry I haven't found.

Rolanberry, its faster to just run straight through the middle, there's not a lot to keep it a fairly straight run (or as straight as it can be). Sauromogue has a few places you can cut corners, but not many. You can cut a fair bit of time off of Meriphataud if you hit the exact right spots and avoid the actual road as much as possible. How is it everywhere else but the Bastok regions have the most jacked up paths to zones? All our stuff is pretty straightforward.

[PotentPotables]

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It's cuz they have to cut out the most straight-forward path for you Bastokians. You know, K. I. S. S.?

Same as your connect the dot coloring books, right?

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[AgentBrownEye]

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here ya guys go, thought this might be a bit useful for your chocobo race results search ^^

http://www.mithrapride.org/vana_time...racetable.html

[fastcart]

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Cool. thanks.

[Kittyneko]

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Define "Win" if you will. Does winning entail beating the current record holder or just arriving under a set time?

Being faster than others? Not solo I think. Look at the trailer.

[Taskmage]

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We're not talking about the expansion yet.

I need to do one of these for a Bastok Mines Glyph. Stupid Bastok way out in the boonies an extra zone away from any crag or outpost *grumble grumble*

If you can beat the time consistently, this is really a pretty good use of your time. Average of 750 exp in under 20 minutes doing Bastok<->Sandy or 1000 exp in under 30 minutes for going to or from Windy works out to about a little better than 2000 exp/hour. Not bad for solo.

[Darkhound]

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Just out of curiosity... what is the xp you get off the scrolls?

[Taskmage]

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Somepage lists 500-1000 experience for Dragon Chronicles and 500-1500 for Miratete's Memoirs.

[Protes]

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Thanks AgentBrownEye for posting the link

[Ninnin]

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Not to forget Kazham->Norg, time should be < 3 minutes for exp scroll; my friend and I lagged a little, so we got there 4 minutes ish, got ticket; I believe reward is Dragon Chronicle.

Yeah, the zoning time is put into the timer too. If you are on WM8-1, do remember the off-chocobo time that the doll is talking is also counted to the timer.

Easiest is to do Sando <-> Bastok, get to the other side in around 19 minutes should get you the exp scroll. I have heard people done Bastok -> Windurst under 30 minutes too.

[Caspian]

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How does the Kazham > Norg work? Is it just to SSG or do you have to hoof it to Norg?

[DakAttack]

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You dismount the chocobo at the entrance of the cave that leads to the zone.