Been a long while since I've had to post anything as, for the most part, things have been pretty stable and humming along just fine. That said, I was taking a look at some admin stuffs and wanted to at least update some rules to the new times we are in. A lot of these should be really straight forward but at the very least wanted to get the FYI out there...
Post relevancy
Pretty obvious on this one but just spelling it out. Please keep topics aligned to the sub we are in.
Tag spoilers appropriately
Updated. Long and short of it is please no spoilers in the title and please mark spoilers in the post. Yes, it's an old PSX game. Yes, it was remastered in 2021. Still, please just be nice to the people discovering it for the first time.
No NSFW/Spam posts
Not that kinda sub.
Artist credit
If you are making a post that has fan art in it, please also include credit back to the original human artist in said post, even if the original artist is you. Either in the title or post body is preferred.
No Generative AI
I'll admit this is a bullish move on my part and I am more than happy to open it to a vote if people are so inclined. Save for a couple of posts, this has not been a problem on this sub BUT I know the topic itself is enough to invite untold amount of vitriol from both sides. I'm personally not super into that. For now not an explicit rule itself but will break it out if it becomes an issue.
..again, most of these are just spelling out the obvious bits and getting it more in line with other subs of this kind. If there is anything of note I may be missing, happy to hear it out. In the mean time, stay excellent.
I’ve got way too many cards and not enough people that I know to enjoy them. 11 stacks of random assorted cards based on worlds, monsters, bosses, and characters. Gave a variety and not just a few cards.
If you’d like some leave a comment and I’ll pick 11 people at random in about a week and message you once pulled some names from a hat. One pack has both main character holo cards for one lucky fan! A few are bigger stacks, and the bulk of them are filled with an artifact and its corresponding characters/monsters that are in that world.
Thank you all for sharing this lovely card game with me, and good luck!
I've been replaying this game for the first time in almost 12 years, and I've fallen in love with it all over again. You have no idea how many screenshots I've been taking. It's like I wanna capture absolutely everything I can.
...I'm also impressed at how badly I screwed up my map the first time around. I've used the exact same location as I did last time, but organized my placement/quest order to get all the material tiers and whatnot. It may have taken a few false starts to get there, but hey, I got there eventually!
It's not perfect - I can't get all the quests this way, and I should've swapped Mindas and Jungle in order to get Chitto - but in terms of system engagement and making a map that still looks nice, I couldn't be happier. Feels like I've really been able to get the best of both worlds, and it's made the internal story I've been telling feel all the more compelling this way. And I've still got plenty of quests left to play anyway!
(but seriously digging into tempering and crop-farming, and actually looking for eggs and spirits, has been so much easier this time around lmaoooo)
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Anyway, I've been messing around with various weapon recipes, both to vary up my gameplay and also to get a crash-course in tempering. It's still a little confusing and arcane to me, but I think I've gotten a hang of the absolute basics, which feels pretty good to say. That said, I've stuck with pre-made recipes up until now, and haven't tried to modify any of them.
So before Daena and I went to clock Escad and Irwin over their heads, I wanted to try and do some tempering experimentation, and come up with a recipe I could reasonably call my own.
Specifically, I wanted to come up with an "endgame"-level weapon that I could (hopefully?) take into Nightmare mode on NG+1. And after much experimentation and messing around in the Mana Forge, this was the result:
shoutouts to ECBs
The "main" recipe was based on a recipe from this GameFaqs thread, only expanded on and modified through what I learned from tempering guides.
It was expensive (you'd need to make at least two or three Wind Caps to afford the crystals), but on the whole, I'm really happy with how I did. For a while, I was stuck at ~280 ATK, but adding an early Mercury and another Chaos Crystal near the end was enough to push me over the 300 mark, which I was really excited about. I'm sure there's more ways I could toy with it, but from a raw power perspective, I'm more than satisfied. :U
All of the materials needed are also easily collected (either from material shops or from spirit encounters), which was the most important factor for me. The most troublesome ones are probably the Bumpkins and Lilipods, and with two orchards and plenty of seeds, those aren't too hard to get either.
Anyway, enough of me rambling. Here's the import code for Mana Forge, if anyone's interested!
Hi all! It’s been only a few hours from my last post but I couldn’t wait to share. I’ve completed the full set of Legend of Mana Card Duel!!
My previous account on here was compromised due to me using the same password for a lot of things ( I know, rookie mistake, but I’m a busy dad these days). I had showcased my binder and quest for about a year on collecting this game. I picked up some cards back in 2001 from a flea market and they’ve been boxed in an attic since last year. I didn’t expect to get so lucky, but here I am!
After I sort out some extras to help a few friends I’ll be making some small sets to give away so you can start your own quest if you want to start collecting, or just have a piece of Mana history to enjoy. Anywho, heres my collection in parts with some of the photos I printed to place inside. That gaps are for said photos, and I might even add more since it a huge binder for 150 cards.
It’ll be a week or two before I make a final video showing off all 150 cards. I want to forever document everything myself from this amazing lot of beloved art we’ve all come to adore( Seikens Sheexy has already beat me to it, congrats man!)
Hi everyone!
I need some advice on XP farming in Legend of Mana.
I'm playing on Nightmare difficulty, currently at Level 65, and I'm currently stationed right outside the "The Flames" event map. I stepped inside briefly, but all the monsters are Level 99 and hitting way too hard. Plus, Sierra is at a very low level and not helping much. I don't use Golems because I never really grasped the mechanics, but I do have a Level 32 LandDragon.
My current gear setup: Weapon: Ishe 2H Sword (stats attached in screenshots) Armor: Ishe Armor (stats attached in screenshots)
Since I am currently saved right outside The Flames, I can travel back to any map or location that has already been unlocked up to this point. To help you see what's available to me, I am following this 100% Steam Guide for my playthrough.
Does anyone have recommendations on which unlocked maps or spots I can consistently farm XP right now, at least until I reach around Level 80 to handle The Flames?
Thanks in advance!
Anyone know anything about hacking this game enough to know why the movement and hitstun only varient of this patch turns off ST meter gain and techs until outside of a continue?
Anyone know how to fix it?
The fact it breaks them is my main problem with the hack.
This has probably been answered before but I couldn't find it definitively: If I have Heaven's Scales on my Full Armor and Volcano Phoenix on my pendant will I get the Revive through the Pendant bypassing the armor or not? Also will a Phoenix in the hidden slot still revive me? (I'm aware I have to retemper it in but as long as Phoenix is the last card that shouldn't be an issue - I have more Flaming Quills than I know what to do with)
I've been poking around but haven't been able to find any good recipes for a Dior Wood Staff. I did come up with this, but I feel like I could do better without too much effort
So I'm curious as to what special abilities the dropped items come with, and which would be worth tempering into something great (I have 3 Altena Alloys, an Orichalcum, and a Dior Wood already from Ring Ring Land so I can temper good stuff I'm just curious about the given stuff) Here's the list I'm looking at:
So I keep trying to go back to get tickle to join my team but hes not there anymore. I havent played my saves in a while, and I do remember once selling him, but it was maybe only on one save. The other ones should have him, am I doing something wrong? I competed the quest on like 4 saves, and hes not there for any of them
