Thoughts on chocobo raising and breeding

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Thoughts on chocobo raising and breeding

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The stats:

- Strength: "Affects the chocobo’s running speed". Good for racing and not falling behind everyone on rental birds when just riding.

- Endurance: "Affects chocobo riding duration". With the low recast timer on the Chocobo whistle, not that important, maybe for a digger and in general riding. The only stat that does not have an adult or L 3 exercisize that buffs it.

- Discernment: "Affects the chocobo’s potential to learn abilities". THE stat for a digger. Seems to be imporatant in learning those yet to be seen abilites.

- Receptivity: "Affects the chocobo’s ability to communicate with fellow chocobos". This I have no idea at all what it could possibly be good for. Any guesses?

Riding Mount, Strength & Endurance. Digger, Discernment maybe Endurance. Racer, Strength maybe Endurance.

What else will they be good for? Again, any ideas?

Breeding:

What do you want to bet that clasic Mendelian genetics do not work here, but Lyenskoian genetics do? For those not into science history, Lyensko (sp?) was a soveit era geneticist, much favored by comarade Stalin, who had a theory of inheritably of acquired characteristics. By this system, breeding two Chocobos with one substandard stat will result in a chick or teen with that characteristic showing as substandard early.

Questions:

Tell a story: "Strengthens bonds of affection and trains mental faculties.
Telling various stories may have a beneficial effect for the chocobo." The key to learning abilites it seems. Anyone out there have a bird with an ability yet? What story(s), what training scedule, what ability? And why isn't it on the Squenix care plan chart? This last means something I am sure, something they don't want to tell us.

Scold the chocobo: "Disciplines the chocobo. Slightly weakens bonds of affection." When would you want to scold a Chocobo? What else does it do? Again, not on the Squenix care plan chart. Hmmmm.....

More later. Probably MUCH more later. :lol: :lol:
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Just a little helpful information... I raised my chocobo before I found this and got her Discernment to max (Outstanding) and taught her "Burrow" and "Auto Regen".

Here's a link you can check out:

http://www.wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Catego ... bo_Raising
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How do you actually get the bird to learn an ability? I've raised a number of them and none of them has learned anything from the stories. What am I doing wrong?
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Igihstehr wrote:How do you actually get the bird to learn an ability? I've raised a number of them and none of them has learned anything from the stories. What am I doing wrong?
To learn abilities from stories you need three things.

1, Maxed Affection, "Regards you as a parent".

2, Discernment.

3, Patience.

To finally get a bird to learn abilities, I started on a strict mental regimen from day one. With Discernment average and Receptivity a bit lacking, on day 31? 32? she learned two abilities. Now its off to the gym.
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