Adept Rank Digging!

Today, I hit Adept Rank (A20) in chocobo digging, 6 to 8 weeks ahead of schedule. I was expecting to ding after 1600 to 2000 stacks of greens, but I dinged at just under 1190 stacks of gyshal greens. This was a very nice surprised, and supports my theory that the chocobos raised for digging purposes (ones with burrow and bore) not only increase the success rate but also increase the chance of getting a skill up. It took me around 1600 stacks to go from Craftsman to Artisan (which happened right before the digging fatigue system was introduced). I'm not a fan of burrow myself, but it has its use in trying to skill up digging.

I'm still keeping Summer 2007 and Winter 2008 as the projected times of going up to Veteran and Expert ranks, despite the good news. I still hope and pray that SE will improve digging a bit (such as being allowed to use chocobo whistle in more outdoor zones) and improve chocobo raising where both discernment and endurance could be raised.

I will be getting all the data recorded and posted in the next day or so.