Playing that other Fantasy Life made me realize all my mistakes in Mabinogi

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AsterSelene wrote on 2015-01-10 07:00

(Referring to this game, in case you don't follow console games.)

I never really cared all that much about life skills, despite it being one of Mabinogi's selling points (it's in the damn title), and focused solely on combat, but after seeing Level-5's rendition of the pleasures of idyllic crafting the same thing over and over again I finally realize the true virtue of winding down and just making stuff.

And I looked back at Mabinogi and the recently-implemented-though-still-been-around-for-a-few-years Talent system and just thought to myself, why did I never even consider taking my talent off close combat even once all these years to experience the joy of job changing flexibility that I will never hope to have in my sad, pathetic career-oriented real life...

Time to go rank refining. After stubbornly resisting it for god knows how long.
Compass wrote on 2015-01-10 10:25

Heard it's a fun game, i envy you
Iyasenu wrote on 2015-01-10 12:58

It was a lot of fun crafting stuff in that game.
I liked how your manual skill in performing the minigames had an effect on the output quality/quantity.
With the skill levels themselves coming more into play to help lessen any randomness and guarantee good results with a high skill level.
I almost wish it was more Rhythm based, like the gathering sort of was. (doing more damage if you tapped on a beat, instead of rapid-fire)

Or maybe music-rhythm based like another 3DS game, Weapon Shop de Omasse.

It makes me wish gathering and crafting were a bit more like that, in Mabinogi.
Though, it's not a good idea to combine a skill-minigame separately with a %-based skill, since it's not fun when you get a minigame right and still end up failing anyways like with Metal Conversion, since the minigame isn't for success and rather for a chance at side-materials.
Then again, Metal Conversion's minigame isn't fun anyways.

Maybe music would help, lol.
MrBluu wrote on 2015-01-10 16:08

I enjoy the life skills in Mabinogi very much, I do have a few problems with them but they are tiny.

I really want a recettear style life job though, I love that game and I think it would be so much fun.:llama_eat:
EDIT: It would also fit in very well with the style of Mabinogi.
Aubog007 wrote on 2015-01-10 17:26

Game was incredibly fun, but once you beat it, there was almost nothing left to do.
Yoorah wrote on 2015-01-11 03:55

I thought this was going to be a thread along the lines of "I tried another game and realized how bad Mabinogi has been all along." >>;