As each a life sim enjoyer and MMO sufferer, I have been fairly invested in Palia’s present early entry interval. Enjoying it proper forward of launch gave me excessive hopes for cozy MMOs usually, however I used to be nonetheless craving for extra MMO parts on high of its crafting, gathering, and adorning chores. Palia launched its first seasonal occasion final night time, an evening market on the outskirts of city, including precisely the type of public occasion I had hoped for.
The occasion is the Maji Market, which is open every night time in sport, as soon as per hour in actual time. The market is its personal new map space on the south finish of city the place you may observe a brief questline fixing mishaps across the market and purchase particular meals and decor objects.
Crucially although, there is a nightly minigame the place a ton of its small furry “chapaa” critters escape containment and everybody within the space competes to grab them up and return them to their pen within the 5 minute timer. For each you personally seize, you get 10 occasion tickets to spend at a stall of particular chapaa-themed decor.
It is a bit hectic and maybe not fairly balanced—all 3 times I performed I used to be competing for very restricted critter spawns with a frantic bunch of 20 or extra different gamers sprinting across the space. So my ticket earnings for the night time have been slim. However I just like the route: public occasions within the model of Guild Wars 2 or Fallout 76 are precisely what I mentioned I needed in my authentic impressions of Palia.
The Maji Market questline took me about three in-game nights to finish however there are some long run objectives and stamp playing cards to finish within the “occasions” part of the menu with rewards like competition meals recipes, decor, and a few firework recipes. It is a small begin, however an honest one which mirrors how I have been viewing Palia on the entire up to now—a pleasant basis for a nonstandard MMO with room to develop.
The Maji Market will run for a month, till Tuesday, September 26. You could find extra particulars concerning the occasion itself and different updates in yesterday’s Palia patch notes.
