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 generally, 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 evening, 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 evening 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 possibly can 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 every one you personally seize, you get 10 occasion tickets to spend at a stall of particular chapaa-themed decor.
It’s kind of 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 evening had been slim. However I just like the course: public occasions within the type of Guild Wars 2 or Fallout 76 are precisely what I stated I needed in my unique impressions of Palia.
The Maji Market questline took me about three in-game nights to finish however there are some long term targets and stamp playing cards to finish within the “occasions” part of the menu with rewards like pageant 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 to this point—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 further particulars in regards to the occasion itself and different updates in yesterday’s Palia patch notes.
