Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 0:51:02 GMT -8
Hello fellow guildmembers.. if you are a seasoned Mabi player.. you have already learned the many ways to correct weight gains. If you are fairly new to this game.. you may learn something! But new or old.. you may just enjoy this tale of woe. Enjoy...
It begins when I was reading up on large meat.. and realized it produced a 2/1 increase of upper and lower body size when consumed. So.. interested in making my guy unique and individual in a game of carbon copy people... I decided to see what I could gain. (In retrospect.. perhaps I should have tested with small meats, but hind sight is always 20/20 isn't it?)
now... my guy never eats.. I level up daily and have rarely seen my food meter even drop 25%.. that's probably the first problem I ran into consuming food. and lesson one...
consuming food with a full food meter.. results in weight gain regardless of what the stats say about the food item.
so... as I waited for the "tick" to see my results.. I started to see a full range of increase... this was where I started to get concerned!
my shoulders did grow.. but my legs.. seemed to follow at each "tick" until I looked like a hockey goaly with huge leg guards!?!
so I started to worry and look into reduction techniques!
the first, since I was already looking through food items, was Tomato Basil Salad. But to create that.. I needed to learn cooking as I had not even begun that skill as of yet. (honestly.. I didn't even want to learn it prior to my inflating issue) Initially I started training by simply mixing vegetables but it became time consuming and I didn't want to remain in my state of fluff for days waiting. So I switched to making lemonade.. but as I reached my end on creating meals I was not close to leveling up... so I had to make perfect meals... and actually bake stuff! I didn't know about cooking so I simply made fires at my homestead to bake off of. And this made cooking even more time consuming! as I had to keep collecting wood... fires would go out... recipes would not be perfect... and at the end of everything.. after clearing every hurdle... I still couldn't level up until I started on my one remaining requirement...
You have to taste stuff to level up cooking from F!?! That's what got me into the mess to begin with!!!! So needless to say.. I was not happy! But.. I figured once at level E I could just consume enough Tomato Basil Salad to correct whatever I would further inflate by eating things. So down the hatch food went! until I finally saw the green button to advance! and ohh did I!
By the time I completed my requirements I was a virtual pillow of me... just big from shoulders to ankles! only my head and feet were unaltered. so I quickly started creating the ingredients and building my salads! but my food meter was 95% so eating those.. only made me bigger! HA!
so back to research I went... there had to be a solution.. there was Gild events coming up.. I didn't want to roll my fluffy butt into them and be like "hey guys... we ready to battle stuff?"
so scrolling and clicking through my source guide Mabinogi Wiki I came across a miracle cure... Diet potion!
But apparently.. this traveling salesman was a bit tough to find! thankfully I had a couple all access passes so I started my search in Ciar advanced... I ran... hmm.. rolled... through it as fast as possible.. searching for that fomor merchant... I completed the dungeon.. and he never showed! I was getting desperate.. and misread the mabiwiki and thought he would be guaranteed in Peaca basic. had never been two levels into it before.. ether by failure or crash.. but I needed that potion! so.. I just put on my big boy pants.. pulled them tight just to snap them on this fluffy frame.. and dropped that pass and ran it!
I was in a zone... I used my lighting.. my thunder.. final hit with tin rainbow swords! level one done.. level two done.. every hall searched.. no area of the map left unchecked... no sign of the merchant! level three... and a mini boss! I was afraid of crashing so I did it without a second screen of mabi info to guide me.. and the three giant bee like things.. took no damage from sword attacks!?! my only saving grace was I had leveled lighting to mastery.. and thunder as well... even shock wave! so.. yes.. I did fall several times and had to run back after re-holy watering everything.. but... in the end.. I was victorious!
and on to level 4.. still no merchant.. still no crash! and now I was on level 5. I searched every nook.. and was kind of excited I made it this far solo! but really I just wanted that stupid diet potion! HA! so I battled on... until I landed here... and this is where I had no choice but to take a pic of me.. I had just done something I needed to record... I reached Peacas BOSS DOOR!
Yup.. I laughed too.. trust me... and again... I had no clue what was behind it... and was still hoping maybe the merchant would be in the chest room.. so.. I just opened the door and took my chances!
first up were hell cats... and they went down with final hit... the boss chick... yeah.. aside from her summoned ghosts that, I might add, I hate! took no damage from swords and sent me back to my remembered statue to regroup.. re-holy.. and try again.
Boss take two! this time.. fully charged thunder... it took out all the ghosts! but she laughed at me.. advanced.. and there I was again.. at the statue.. no more holy water... juggling armor and weapons so I didn't lose any... and pondering my next attack.
then I remembered.. I had 8 ghost swords in my partner! and I recalled they were good against very specific foes.. maybe.. just maybe.. this ghost summoning crazy cat lady was on that list! (I had never used them before.. with a 1 durability I assumed they were one shot and done... so.. I was trying to figure out how to hit her... and then run away and rearm myself... and I didn't even know if they were duel wield able!)
so to the door I was yet again... her new spawn of ghosts were where I fell.. but she had returned to her original spot... unprotected.. I put one sword in my hand.. then the other.. and it worked!?! ok.. this was already looking possible... I ran to her... triggered final hit (I am a master... also master of combat.. sword master.. and lvl 1 duel wield almost at master... so.. there are a lot of multipliers!) I swear her HP bar dropped faster than my jaw! I had half a charge of final hit left.. she was dead.. her ghosts were in the corner looking mean.. and the chest room was open! I looked around.. and then just ran through it.(and I was surprised at the ghost swords too.. they remained function able through that volley.. and are still durability 1... I recommend everyone have two of these in a pet for a moment like this... it saved my life!)
I opened the chest after realizing.. no merchant... and got a cool sword I gave to my number one alt... and left the dungeon... no more passes.. so.. I was beginning to think I would be like this till rebirth... 5 days away!
So I went back to my routine.. and hit my daily rafting for adventure seal... and wouldn't you know it... yup.. another red letter moment... I beat my best solo rafting! can a fat guy get a break!?!
yup.. I really needed to fix this.. and remembered a fellow guildmember mention the hot springs.. I had no other option.. so I looked into it.. and hmm... ok.. maybe I should have looked into it earlier! after reading up on it.. I realized it would resolve everything.. even beyond re-birthing! so I hoped on my cloud (and I swear it dropped lower than normal!) and flew my pillow shape to those springs!
I found the weight loss spring.. and I swear to GOD.. I was in there for 5 minutes.. and when I stood up.. every fluff was GONE! (I can only assume Mabi adjusted the springs after my guide was written. from every five minute tick to every one minute tick... because I was anticipating being there for a half hour real time)
because it was a weight loss pool.. all my upper body never left.. and I was very pleased with how it turned out! today.. I rebirthed...so I thought I would end with a small visual of how it works from a new beginning...
as you can see... a few moment in the muscle builder pool.. and the results are quite impressive! I strongly recommend everyone visit the springs.. if you cant find them or haven't been there and need a lift to the mana tunnel.. hit me up.. Ill bring you there myself! ...and every week.. thats where you will find me fresh out of Naos little circle in the sky... reshaping the new body into the super shoulder guy we all recognize on the dragon battle fields!
until my next story... I hope you enjoyed this one... have fun out there.. and remember.. stay fit! be prepared for anything... and go bath with a monkey! HA!
It begins when I was reading up on large meat.. and realized it produced a 2/1 increase of upper and lower body size when consumed. So.. interested in making my guy unique and individual in a game of carbon copy people... I decided to see what I could gain. (In retrospect.. perhaps I should have tested with small meats, but hind sight is always 20/20 isn't it?)
now... my guy never eats.. I level up daily and have rarely seen my food meter even drop 25%.. that's probably the first problem I ran into consuming food. and lesson one...
consuming food with a full food meter.. results in weight gain regardless of what the stats say about the food item.
so... as I waited for the "tick" to see my results.. I started to see a full range of increase... this was where I started to get concerned!
my shoulders did grow.. but my legs.. seemed to follow at each "tick" until I looked like a hockey goaly with huge leg guards!?!
so I started to worry and look into reduction techniques!
the first, since I was already looking through food items, was Tomato Basil Salad. But to create that.. I needed to learn cooking as I had not even begun that skill as of yet. (honestly.. I didn't even want to learn it prior to my inflating issue) Initially I started training by simply mixing vegetables but it became time consuming and I didn't want to remain in my state of fluff for days waiting. So I switched to making lemonade.. but as I reached my end on creating meals I was not close to leveling up... so I had to make perfect meals... and actually bake stuff! I didn't know about cooking so I simply made fires at my homestead to bake off of. And this made cooking even more time consuming! as I had to keep collecting wood... fires would go out... recipes would not be perfect... and at the end of everything.. after clearing every hurdle... I still couldn't level up until I started on my one remaining requirement...
You have to taste stuff to level up cooking from F!?! That's what got me into the mess to begin with!!!! So needless to say.. I was not happy! But.. I figured once at level E I could just consume enough Tomato Basil Salad to correct whatever I would further inflate by eating things. So down the hatch food went! until I finally saw the green button to advance! and ohh did I!
By the time I completed my requirements I was a virtual pillow of me... just big from shoulders to ankles! only my head and feet were unaltered. so I quickly started creating the ingredients and building my salads! but my food meter was 95% so eating those.. only made me bigger! HA!
so back to research I went... there had to be a solution.. there was Gild events coming up.. I didn't want to roll my fluffy butt into them and be like "hey guys... we ready to battle stuff?"
so scrolling and clicking through my source guide Mabinogi Wiki I came across a miracle cure... Diet potion!
But apparently.. this traveling salesman was a bit tough to find! thankfully I had a couple all access passes so I started my search in Ciar advanced... I ran... hmm.. rolled... through it as fast as possible.. searching for that fomor merchant... I completed the dungeon.. and he never showed! I was getting desperate.. and misread the mabiwiki and thought he would be guaranteed in Peaca basic. had never been two levels into it before.. ether by failure or crash.. but I needed that potion! so.. I just put on my big boy pants.. pulled them tight just to snap them on this fluffy frame.. and dropped that pass and ran it!
I was in a zone... I used my lighting.. my thunder.. final hit with tin rainbow swords! level one done.. level two done.. every hall searched.. no area of the map left unchecked... no sign of the merchant! level three... and a mini boss! I was afraid of crashing so I did it without a second screen of mabi info to guide me.. and the three giant bee like things.. took no damage from sword attacks!?! my only saving grace was I had leveled lighting to mastery.. and thunder as well... even shock wave! so.. yes.. I did fall several times and had to run back after re-holy watering everything.. but... in the end.. I was victorious!
and on to level 4.. still no merchant.. still no crash! and now I was on level 5. I searched every nook.. and was kind of excited I made it this far solo! but really I just wanted that stupid diet potion! HA! so I battled on... until I landed here... and this is where I had no choice but to take a pic of me.. I had just done something I needed to record... I reached Peacas BOSS DOOR!
Yup.. I laughed too.. trust me... and again... I had no clue what was behind it... and was still hoping maybe the merchant would be in the chest room.. so.. I just opened the door and took my chances!
first up were hell cats... and they went down with final hit... the boss chick... yeah.. aside from her summoned ghosts that, I might add, I hate! took no damage from swords and sent me back to my remembered statue to regroup.. re-holy.. and try again.
Boss take two! this time.. fully charged thunder... it took out all the ghosts! but she laughed at me.. advanced.. and there I was again.. at the statue.. no more holy water... juggling armor and weapons so I didn't lose any... and pondering my next attack.
then I remembered.. I had 8 ghost swords in my partner! and I recalled they were good against very specific foes.. maybe.. just maybe.. this ghost summoning crazy cat lady was on that list! (I had never used them before.. with a 1 durability I assumed they were one shot and done... so.. I was trying to figure out how to hit her... and then run away and rearm myself... and I didn't even know if they were duel wield able!)
so to the door I was yet again... her new spawn of ghosts were where I fell.. but she had returned to her original spot... unprotected.. I put one sword in my hand.. then the other.. and it worked!?! ok.. this was already looking possible... I ran to her... triggered final hit (I am a master... also master of combat.. sword master.. and lvl 1 duel wield almost at master... so.. there are a lot of multipliers!) I swear her HP bar dropped faster than my jaw! I had half a charge of final hit left.. she was dead.. her ghosts were in the corner looking mean.. and the chest room was open! I looked around.. and then just ran through it.(and I was surprised at the ghost swords too.. they remained function able through that volley.. and are still durability 1... I recommend everyone have two of these in a pet for a moment like this... it saved my life!)
I opened the chest after realizing.. no merchant... and got a cool sword I gave to my number one alt... and left the dungeon... no more passes.. so.. I was beginning to think I would be like this till rebirth... 5 days away!
So I went back to my routine.. and hit my daily rafting for adventure seal... and wouldn't you know it... yup.. another red letter moment... I beat my best solo rafting! can a fat guy get a break!?!
yup.. I really needed to fix this.. and remembered a fellow guildmember mention the hot springs.. I had no other option.. so I looked into it.. and hmm... ok.. maybe I should have looked into it earlier! after reading up on it.. I realized it would resolve everything.. even beyond re-birthing! so I hoped on my cloud (and I swear it dropped lower than normal!) and flew my pillow shape to those springs!
I found the weight loss spring.. and I swear to GOD.. I was in there for 5 minutes.. and when I stood up.. every fluff was GONE! (I can only assume Mabi adjusted the springs after my guide was written. from every five minute tick to every one minute tick... because I was anticipating being there for a half hour real time)
because it was a weight loss pool.. all my upper body never left.. and I was very pleased with how it turned out! today.. I rebirthed...so I thought I would end with a small visual of how it works from a new beginning...
as you can see... a few moment in the muscle builder pool.. and the results are quite impressive! I strongly recommend everyone visit the springs.. if you cant find them or haven't been there and need a lift to the mana tunnel.. hit me up.. Ill bring you there myself! ...and every week.. thats where you will find me fresh out of Naos little circle in the sky... reshaping the new body into the super shoulder guy we all recognize on the dragon battle fields!
until my next story... I hope you enjoyed this one... have fun out there.. and remember.. stay fit! be prepared for anything... and go bath with a monkey! HA!
