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Freestyle Jam killed my motivation for Jams
So, I don't have my old jam buddies anymore. They don't feel like playing.
I tried jamming with random people and when I asked for the jam session action, they keep insisting on freestyle jam..aand they like it because it gives exp. To me, it's like people playing the same scroll with different instruments. 100% of the people I tried jamming with preferred freestyle jam. To be honest, I don't get what's so good about it.
You know that thread where I was so excited about doing jams when I came back to Mabinogi? Of course not. Here you go:
http://forums.mabinogi.nexon.net/discussion/3975/overused-but-yes-im-back-returning-player
Here's one of the jams from that thread:
Jam 7
Well that motivation is dead now. I'm dead. Bye.
Edit: Okay wait no. I didn't explain that so well. The summary is: I LOVE JAM SESSIONS USING "Jam Session" action, BUT EVERYBODY'S LIKE "Why don't you just use Freestyle Jam", and I'm like "BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYONE IS PLAYING THE SAME SCROLL.
I'm frustrated that this keeps happening, and even though I just got my long awaited r1 composing, there's no one around that loves jamming the old way. And so, this is draining my motivation to play music which I was so excited for. So I feel dead. *dead eyes*
Comments
Also the music can come out really nice too if people have a good ear and know what instruments can suit for music that others are playing.
I love Freestyle Jam. It gave some towns more life and it is also a good way to find some friends.
But I have to say that each person with their own instrument and their own part in the song to play, sounds better.
The buffs do sound nice, but I personally play because it's fun and sounds good, and not because of any benefits.
If you hand out the separate track scrolls to the others, as if it were a proper jam, it should sound just about the same as a traditional Jam Session.
Unless all the players joining in don't have a scroll of their own, in which case yeah they'll just copy the Freestyle Jam's creator's scroll.
Freestyle Jam's also nice in that the song is always played correctly. I really wish they had changed Jam Sessions to always be a perfect performance, but it's still random.
Jam Session's got its own perks, like Pure Music Mode which blocks out the noise from sound effects, BGM, and bards outside of the party, but it's got to compete with Freestyle Jam's convenience and ease of use.
Yes Freestyle Jam is nice in how it brings people together more. ... However it killed my motivation for jam sessions because everyone loves it more than the old way, so I bear a small bit of hatred for it now... T_T
Oh, I didn't know. I don't know much about Freestyle Jam at all, other from the few that I've heard people play/I've joined in.
Pffffffffffft. I still like Jam Session action more! *flails* *runs away* Q_Q
I actually don't wish that the music always played perfectly. I mean playing music in the first place is supposed to either be played correctly, perfectly(critical), or wrong. I like that it's by chance.
Also your name reminds me of Ieyasu. Ya know, like Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga.
Iyas
enuthat sound effect can probably be muted by turning off sound effects in the game settings.
the shrinking or growing only looks really bad with the piano or harp mostly. it is good encouragement to not mess up the combos. personally I think free style jam makes jamming easier and more fun in a lot of ways. the normal jam session action was improved with the Music Q update so if you want to jam the old way go ahead. just have to find a group that wants to that way which you might have more luck doing if you create a jam session party in a public area like Tir or Dunbarton.
TIL I can grief other people's Freestyle Jams by joining in with my nyancat scroll
If anything the only way you are gonna jam is with people genuinely interested in music and want to do so.
Cause freestyle just makes so much easy to play and is faster.
RIP the features that they added to regular jams never to be used.
Also if people don't press they're start button the songs still runs without them. So if you wanna play with anyone who's lagging or having a bad day.
You're gonna miss half the song.
Did they ever combine music jam with singing?
It has been so long since I've heard anyone even try to use the music system correctly that I gave up.
Which is sad, because it was my very most favorite thing in Mabinogi and I found so much joy in it.
I had some good times, even tho no one ever listened to them because they had muted music already.
If someone were to ask me to join in their session, I think I would. I have not really used Freestyle. I think the last time was for a quest? Event? I don't remember.
People don't use freestyle for the purpose of jamming, only to get the buffs for lvling up renown and other bonuses.
Default music training spam is annoying, even though I've done it a few times and forgot to move to an isolated area. I'll never do that in an open public area again.
I haven't even finished reading your post or finished listening to the song you posted, I mean video, but it sounds soooooo good. *cries* *slams fists into ground continuously*
Edit: Too late, I'm already watching your other songs on YouTube. Although I'd still want you to post another, since other people will see it too. And it's so good.