Playing with monster? greenspun.com : LUSENET : Monster Rancher 2 : One Thread -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Does playing with your monster have any effect on? Does turning down your monster when it asks to play hurt it in anyway? How about winning or loosing the gam

-- Caelyth (caelyth@aol.com), March 27, 2000 Answers i see you left the monster rancher forum and went to the monster rancher 2 forum.if you accept it becomes more spoiled and the is no evidence whether k.o.ing your monster affects its life span.

-- geric a. (gmlba@compass.com.ph), March 27, 2000.

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also, it functions as a kind of rest, at least so far as reducing fatigue is concerned. i don't know about stress reduction. when a monster wants to play, i try to say yes if it seems well, because it will usually come back from the play at well.

-- torey luvullo (dst10000@compuserve.com), March 27, 2000.

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It does indeed reduce stress, onsiderably in fact. I've found it reduces stress about as much as a battle does. It relieves fatigue about half as much as rest. It also builds loyalty, but i'm not sure if winning or losing is better for that. Just make sure you don't agree to play with it then turn it down. Big loyalty hit.

-- B Campbell (apparatus@@juno.com), March 27, 2000.

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Who else likes mudball? It kinda feels like I'm playing Quake Arena, fragging my Pixie. that's the coolest minigame. Too bad you can't play them whenever you want.

-- Bryan (xwolviex3@aol.com), March 27, 2000.

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I've also found that as a monster grows, it gets more skilled at the games. If you combine two monsters (same main breed) who have been raised up a few years until they are good at the game, the offspring will start off more skilled at play than the parents were.

-- Lisa Shock (LisaShock@quepasa.com), March 28, 2000.

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Some of the play depends on stats. If you play mudball with a monster with low speed, then one with high speed, you'll notice the difference right away. I'm sure skill plays a factor there too. Not sure about the sumo game, not that I can ever win it.

Haven't sparred my monsters lately, but I'll bet power/int affects how much you get damaged, and speed probably plays a role there too.

-- B Campbell (apparatus@@juno.com), March 28, 2000.

-- Tony (amcdaniel@riteaid.com), April 12, 2000