Chocobo Balloon Race

[Grimlord XVII]

Don't know if this will help any of you, but the arrows on the keyboard proved quite effective for me when doing this minigame.

Tap, don't hold.

[Ludus Aurea]

Yea thats the case on controller too. You need to tap the buttons to control that drunk retarded Chocobo correctly otherwise it runs off and does its own thing.

[Grimlord XVII]

Originally posted by Grenadeh:

Yea thats the case on controller too. You need to tap the buttons to control that drunk retarded Chocobo correctly otherwise it runs off and does its own thing.

Yeah, was at it for a good half hour solid using the 360Controller. Got bored so tried the arrow keys and managed it within 5 minutes.

[LostAngel1000]

Any one able to score the sun sigil with keyboard doing the last race? closet I haver gotten is 4.1 seconds so far, and while I know its part RNG due to how bloons spawn and birds spawn but I swear so far with keyboard it feels like it misses alot of bloons I shouldnt be :/

[Godeskian]

Anyone got a mod or trainer for this race? You know, something that starts your clock out on -45 seconds or something?

[LostAngel1000]

Any one have ANY advice for this on Keyboard or in general about how to complete this, I have not been able to repeat my 4.1 second time even and i am getting frustarted at how often birds will spawn on me right after I hit a bloon and with no warning or vison, how often a bird will clip me from a mile away yet right beside a bloon and I miss it....

I need some helpful well thought out advice to stop getting stuck and missing when I am what I would swear a safe distance from the bird or on top of the bloon.

[ofcthatwaslag]

You could always back a save or use a trainer. I did it legit back in the day, forget going through that again.

[benTong8]

Originally posted by LostAngel1000:

Any one have ANY advice for this on Keyboard or in general about how to complete this, I have not been able to repeat my 4.1 second time even and i am getting frustarted at how often birds will spawn on me right after I hit a bloon and with no warning or vison, how often a bird will clip me from a mile away yet right beside a bloon and I miss it....

I need some helpful well thought out advice to stop getting stuck and missing when I am what I would swear a safe distance from the bird or on top of the bloon.

When I was doing my runs on this, I focused on the first part of the race. The part after the first turn depends on skill avoiding the birds and luck with the balloon positions.

- Don't try to get ahead of the trainer, just follow your initial line and get around 3+ balloons. If I didn't get 3+ balloons at the start, I just treat the rest of the race as dodge practice. 5 balloons at start means game face on since it's a huge advantage. Don't try to go too far out of your chocobo's path just to get some balloons near the turn.
- After the first turn, there usually is a balloon free for the taking. Run it a few times with this in mind and you'll know what I mean.
- Focus on dodging on the part after the turn. If you get hit twice, treat the run as practice and reserve your strength for the next round.
- Even if the trainer gets ahead, you can use her as a shield. But don't force yourself to be behind. If you overtake, you overtake. Take what balloon you can without sacrificing mobility. Don't stray too far from the chocobo's path or you'll get some serious control issues.
- Prioritize on dodging and hope for a nice balloon line-up on the 2nd turn. At the second turn, still prioritize on dodging.
- You need roughly 13+ balloons without getting hit or 14+ if hit once usually.

[LostAngel1000]

All your advice is sound NooboftheDay expect that last one, isnt it closer to 15 minum to get 0.00 due to the length of the course?

[benTong8]

If you don't sway too far off the path (which is hard because of dodging or getting balloons), you can even finish with 12 as far as other players say. Personally, my least number of balloons when I got 0:0:0 is 13. The important part is not to get hit and tons of luck. The more balloons, the better. Just don't go too far for 1 balloon.

This guy got hit twice, finished at 36.9s. If he didn't get hit, he can probably finish at 34s or less, which is equal to 12 balloons to break 0:0:0.

[LostAngel1000]

Okay Thanks, I just have some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ luck so far then and will keep trying. RGN Gods just not been in my flavor and hopefully that will change.

I swear Tidus and LuLu have two of the stupidest hardest challanges to get Sigils for... Kimahri's is pretty annoying too but its at least reasonable compaired to Lulu's 200 dodges and Tidus's 0.00 race.

[Ludus Aurea]

Tidus's sigil isn't even awarded by the chocoshit in International Version.

[LostAngel1000]

It is but I guess it needs you to techinally get -0.01 meaing 35.59 minmiun for 13 with 1 hit

[Hinnyuu]

Correct, you need a time BELOW 0.00, if you get 0.00 exactly you won't get the Sigil.

[tofu.]

All I have to say about this discussion.

♥♥♥♥ the chocobo game. ♥♥♥♥ it hard.