VPR Cast#70: ”Darkfall Conquer the Seas, Initial Impression”

Omg taxerdermy is a great idea
It would be sooo funny if it also said “The Head of (player)”

Well I thought of this yesterday and something occurred to me, let’s go beyond taxedermy and the following will be a complete text wall full of links of example
But why not Darkfall has something such as music and instruments? Only one game has this incorporated and it’s the best F2P game I ever experienced, the reason I quit was because it was serviced by Nexon, Which is hosting games such as Maplestory and Combat Arms and has the cash shop fest. And personally I do not like cash shops, I have played many free MMO’s and I hate how players are stronger than you or have better gear ETC just because they have more income therefore I rather stay based on a subscription based game
But here’s my point, Mabinogi is also a skilled based game like Darkfall, but its unique in the sense of its musicians. Yes musicians. There are many different instruments, Mandolin,Banjo,Guitar,Flute,Drums,Harp, and alot more in the Mabinogi universe. Everybody starts at a F rank, in Mabinogi F is the lowest while Skill Rank 9 is the highest, so as you increase the skill like Darkfall, spamming music in the towns ETC it will raise, F to E, A to 1 for example. They each have their own skill slot, bar or whatever you would like to call it. Music theory, compositing and reading sheet music is a rank by itself, and the more you create songs and play other songs the better your instrument sounds, giving a cleaner sound on the guitar or flute ETC. So you’ll play really really crappy when you start off but in the end you’ll improve and sound like god.
If we did have the ability to play instruments I swear the Darkfall subscription will increase tenfold and Darkfall will become enjoyable, this can be used as a break or such. People composited songs from their own or from references to other shows, songs, TV, Anime, Movies, Cartoons etc.
Heres and example from the Mandolin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQzqWgoStz8&feature=related
Playing final Fantasy
Whats another great factor is that if you become a fine art musician and you play while in town, players can donate money to you, a VERY LARGE NOTORIOUS band in Korea played in a newbie town and over 500 players used the emote sit to crowd around them just to listen to them play,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFm_Hqnsp7Q
This is not the korean one of course, err the song isn’t that great it sounds dreadful prob due to their low playing skill level
Here is one where many people are crowded in a dungeon to hear a band play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQu1_LMa5nM&feature=related
They get donated a large sum noteably and produce their own music, its quite delightful in Mabinogi you can make a living without killing monsters or grinding, and the most important aspect is that it’s fun. But let’s not forget Darkfall is a PvP game but even if it is, something like this cannot hurt. Skilled musicians can play around campfires, in towns, ETC
Mabinogi has its own coding of music here’s the link
http://mabinogi.nexon.net/Community/Composer.aspx?boardNo=600&pageIndex=1
It has its own code, therefore outside of the game you can create your tracks THEN import it into the game, in which ur character depending on their Music Theory skill can write into their Music Scroll, which must be held in the off-hand hand to play, so this is how you choose songs
And why not evolve this, in Mabinogi once you reach a high level of playing you and your party can get special buffs, increasing stats for a short duration of time
Why not have a warcry music before epic battles ;D
Or maybe their can be special music sheets in the world, or given as rewards from quest, that gives buffs or do something else, summon elementals or mobs for a short duration? Summon something like food that can restore health or something?
If this was here this can greatly improve Darkfall subscripton and do alot more, this would be a fun break
Hell as you said there are many ruins, wouldn’t it be kool if you could play a special song, like maybe in the Legend of Zelda and secret tomb or ruin opens and allows you to explore it?
So much potential for Darkfall, the instruments can provide another source of income if you are skilled and people donate, and yes trust me if you play a very very delightful song in Mabinogi people do donate, I’ve been given alot of money when I use to play Mabinogi
The only drawback in Mabinogi was the fact that to go past a rank you needed Skill Points (SP)
And SP was gained by levels which you needed to grind, do dungeons or quest, so that kind of turned me off or others if they wanted to be a full time musician
I couldn’t really explain all I wanted and this is like a essay of a page right now but whatever, any inquires of my idea just ask me ;P

Yeah they do need to revamp a lot of things in DFO ATM
+ Mortal Online is on it’s way
And music should atleast let the “hardcore” (lol?) roleplayers, but seriously who roleplays in DFO =.=, more of the question why would you, atleast they have something to do otherwise than stand in town and talk medieval like
And yes DFO has huge potential but requires alot of improvemnt on its core gameplay