HOME | DD
kiragira — Who's a good boy?
Published: 2008-07-06 18:16:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 761; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 4
Redirect to original
Description
Pardon.
A long story, but I had to paste the image from photobucket, so.XD ... Just threw it into Devious Fun. It's devious... and fun.
This is one of very few/no times I've posted something that wasn't art, so I think you can forgive me. XP
Anyhow, I got Monster Farm Online to work on my mom's laptop the other night, and I've been playing it a lot. I took screenshots to show off monster growth.
This is my new Tiger pup, Sacre. The screenshot on the bottom is what he looked like yesterday, an early level six. At that point, he's already looking like a moderately petite Tiger. Newborn pups measure only about to the child character's waist or lower in height. Anyhow, he was born a nice grey-green Wolf Link color, and you can see he's already been changing to a more brown color from lack of fruit in diet.
On the top is what he looks like at the moment, nearly level eight. Slightly bigger, with a huge color change. Meat and vegetables will do that to a monster. :/ His horns are only slightly bigger from the amount of mushrooms I fed him. He also learned a new, far more useful attack, as you can see. ;D
I'm working on regulating his color and growing his horns right now, but the game is *lovely* and in Japanese only if you want to check it out.
Is anyone interested in seeing screenshots of other players? I'll put them in scraps, perhaps, so keep watching. I've seen someone with A GOLEM! News to me! Mocchi are rediculously cute. They gave them, like, little beaver tails. I love the change, personally.
All monsters are INCREDIBLY small when you first regenerate them. Pixies can grow to near-human size, from what I've seen, but at first they're hardly as tall as your wrist to your elbow. Mocchi are so short. XD Don't even make it up to your knees. Unless they stretch, at which point they can be, like, twice your height. XD
Also, anyone else played this game? I'm looking for help on quest info. @__@ I've been stuck for a little while with nothing to do but levelgrind.
(c) Tecmo
(c) Gamepot
(c) NOT me. 8D
Related content
Comments: 31
I wanna play soooo bad. D: But I'm not sure how to get past the IP block..
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I can walk you through it if you like, it's worth the tinkering. Lemme know if you want me to, and I'll note you when I'm less busy. : )
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Please, I'd really appreciate it.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
^__^ Alright. It varies from computer to computer, so I probably couldn't help you with troubleshooting, but this site here [link] has a forums section about "Monster Farm Online" and a thread "About Login Troubles..." (can't link you directly to it, sorry >_<
You're looking for Softether VPN Client 2.0, and I found my download link on a Japanese Maplestory fansite. All you have to do is follow the instructions people present in the thread at monsterrancher.com, and you ought to be good to go.
You might also have to enable Japanese characters on your computer (go to Control Panel if you're on a PC, and if you're on a Mac, I can't help you D: ).
It's a fun game, though. I made some good friends, and although we couldn't communicate well, we helped each other learn a lot. You know, in the, like, hour we played together. XD
Also, if someone says "www" and you reply with "aaa," they'll know you're a foreigner.
XD
(w is their version of lol in Japanese- I don't know if you can read, I can read pretty well)
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Ah thanks! 
Maybe you can post more pictures of your Tiger? I'd love to see his horns as they get better. XD
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
DX Unfortunately, I have too bad an understanding of the quests to progress to a higher level of training, so Sacre's stats were only worsening. I switched to a Pixie.
At the moment I quit playing until I learn some more Japanese and get a better PC for gaming. : ) Hopefully when I rejoin MFO, it will be even better.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Aw. DX
Hm, I should research this before playing. XP Im not too good with Japanese, but I better learn something, I guess. XD
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Actually, the only real help small knowledge of Japanese will give you is the ability to read katakana (sometimes hiragana). That way you can recognize the names of monsters and most items, so you know what each quest is telling you to collect.
I also know quite a bit about the game, so ask me any questions! I had friends who taught me a lot, although I still can't figure out how to initiate multiplayer training and stuff. I've been taken into their parties all the time, though. It's useful if you can ask if someone will let you tag along with them in training, but unfortunately I can't figure out how to work Japanese characters in the game window, so I never got much more than the usual gaijin ignoring. But "Paatii wo join shite ii desu ka?" will get you lots of places as long as people don't get too curious and start asking you questions thinking you know how to respond, lol. If you can figure out japanese characters, let me know. That was one of my biggest turnoffs, no one wanted to talk with a kid using roomaji.
Or "dareka no paatii to isshou ni kari wo sureba ii desu ka?" In all my experience shouting random "please take me with you" (which is extremely useful, the items are excellent and the better the food, the better your stats), however, people just get curious and a little annoyed. Then again, there are also people who are fascinated with foreigners and will take every chance to ask you about what it's like playing the game from America.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
O:
-kneels- YOU ARE MY MASTER.
Lol, I kid, I kid. XD But thank you! I'm in the process of setting up my computer to play MFO, so hopefully it'll be done by Sunday. XP
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Haha, yay. Fortunately, once you get it figured out, it's simple. I only ever played it on a crappy hand-me-down laptop, so I also quit cause I got tired of it freezing.
Yay, I remember when I first got it to work. I'd been tinkering for a week and it was the Fourth of July, and my friend and I were all sour cause we'd been bored and trying to get it to work for ages. I just grinned when it started up and didn't stop grinning until the peach pie made me sick.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I've played a little of the game, and what I've seen so far is great. Right now I'm having difficulties with the game closing on me, but it was fun while it lasted, and very pretty ^_^
(If I ever do make it back on, my username is Sanami, and my monster's name is Calernon)
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I wanna play this so bad D: (is playing Monster Rancher 4 right now) so this would be fairly decent to play if you only know a few basic sentences and can't read Japanese at all?
and is it free to play?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah, I can't understand a lot of it. I understand simple things like attacks, names of foods, and stuff like that. I have made friends though, and you need to know Japanese to communicate with people, unless you can find some foreigner buds (XD like me!). But once you learn how things work, you don't need reading experience at all.
As long as you're okay with downloading a little extra program that I can't guarantee isn't bad for your computer (although I've had no problems and have been using it for a week or two), then you're all set. I can give you instructions since you can't understand them yourself. XD
It's free to play, but many items can be bought cheaper with Moon Points (1k yen to every 100 MP- that's about ten bucks), and a ton of them are MP-exclusive. I plan on getting MP if I can in the future, though. Tecmo needs the financial support, and I want a Golem! Many monsters are unlockable via events or MP-exclusive items. Golems, Durahans, and quite a number of others.
So I've been playing free, but I'm jealous of my friends' monsters, haha. ;D So I'm gonna try to figure out how to pay yen over the internet...
Anyhow, I'd totally recommend it. The multiplayer is great.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
i found an instruction guide on how to register but since Japanese shoes up as ?? or squares i can't get past the security thing (and i had to guess the gender cause of the ?? thing)
[link] )
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
You have to download Japanese characters for your computer. If you have Windows, it should be under Control Panel's Regional and Language Settings. You might have to set your computer's settings entirely to Japanese, so pages like Google will relocate to the JP versions, but it's necessary until you know your way around.
By the way, when you log on using the launcher, I'm on the Kalaragi server (there's a setting that you probably won't be able to read, but it's the larger of the two options), so create your character there or I don't think we can play together. If you're interested, I mean.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
k i just have to find my Windows CD this may take awhile D:
lol of course i'm interested 8D i was about to ask what server you were on or if there were sepret servers at all
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah, it appears that there are only two. When you go into town, there are three channels. My friends and I go on channel 3, but I tend to prefer channel 2 when nobody else is on. It's the least-populated, IMO.
👍: 0 ⏩: 2
k this is proving to be quite a pain in the @$$ i got as far as logging in and i keep getting an error message and my computer isn't letting me take screen caps
(haven't gotten to the last picture)
[link]
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
In my experience, I've got one of two errors (assuming you enter the right user ID and password): one means you're not on the correct server (check your VPN) and the other means, I think, your computer doesn't have enough room. If the login box isn't disappearing before you get the error, it's a problem with your server. Which VPN client did you download?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
[link]
the steps shown here are what i've seen
my memory shouldn't be a problem (my computer was recently wiped) how do I check my VPN?
👍: 0 ⏩: 2
Ha! i fixed it and made my character! X3 i think i'm on the right server
your setings didn't work for some reason but this one did [link]
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
If you downloaded a VPN client like you need to, it should be wherever you saved it to on your computer.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
where did you download yours from? (i directed everything to my desktop)
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I can't look up exactly where I got mine right now, but I searched "Softether VPN server client 2.0" and downloaded it from a Rapidshare site, which I think I found in a forum about Japanese Maple Story. I couldn't find the English version, but the JP version works just fine for me.
For information on setting up a connection, this is going to be your best bet:
Set up a connection with the instructions here (pages 1, 9, and 10 should help you the most) [link]
I applied the settings here exactly: [link]
XP Hope it makes sense. Helping back-and-forth without an ability to take screenshots isn't easy.
👍: 0 ⏩: 2
ok I put in your setings now it's telling me
"Error (Error Code 1):
Connection to server failed. Check network connection, and address and port number of destination sever."
I have to go now but i'll try again tomorrow
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
yah i was looking at that sight earlier but the links were acting funny but is does this look right? [link]
it makes more sense than going solo setting this thing up XD i have to find out why I can't take screen caps D:
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
good to know i'll let you know when i'm all set up :3
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
ooohh.... sounds like a fun game. Wish it was in English. It's hard enough learning another Latin based language. I don't think I'm gonna take Japanese anytime here soon. XP It's strange though how the names are in English letters.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Oh. XD About that... the truth is, I can't figure out how to use Japanese characters in-game. o__o Weirdly enough, I can't seem to configure the language bar any differently... But yeah, a lot of people do the same thing, and a lot of stuff is in English, anyway.
The game is easily intelligible without knowing a spot of the stuff, at least. I don't know enough to know what people are saying, I just know "yes" and "no" and the names of some foods. XD
👍: 0 ⏩: 0