Current Events > I love grinding in JRPGs. Am I insane?

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I had so much fun maxing out the Sphere Grid in FFX-Int

I do, too.
I loved maxing stats in Dragon Warrior Monsters 1-2 soooo much.

Wait till you become a real adult.

R0N1N187 posted...

Wait till you become a real adult.

I'm 32 brah.

I only work 3 nights a week at the hospital so I have a lot of spare time to play games

I used to. Kinda just don't have the patience anymore.

cmiller4642 posted...

I only work 3 nights a week at the hospital so I have a lot of spare time to play games

What do you do if you dont mind me askin? And to answer your question, yes lol.
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I enjoy grinding college students that think one class makes them worldwide affionados.

MelzezDoor posted...

cmiller4642 posted...

I only work 3 nights a week at the hospital so I have a lot of spare time to play games

What do you do if you dont mind me askin? And to answer your question, yes lol.

I'm a telemetry tech. I monitor and read heart rates for the doctors on the cardiology floor, and I'll notify the nurses when something happens to the patients.

I think I'm going to go back to school to do CT or X-Ray tho

So...absurdly long shifts lol. Thanks. Def get on that CT business. I thought schooling would be longer but apparently not.
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No. I find it relaxing. Sometimes I put in s grindy jrpg and just listen to podcasts
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MelzezDoor posted...

So...absurdly long shifts lol. Thanks. Def get on that CT business. I thought schooling would be longer but apparently not.

12 hour nights from 7pm-7am

but shift diff is nice plus I only work 3 nights a week so I get long stretches off. Sometimes I work Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night then I'm off until the next Thursday to work Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night.

Only for about 15-30 minutes at most for me
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cmiller4642 posted...

MelzezDoor posted...

So...absurdly long shifts lol. Thanks. Def get on that CT business. I thought schooling would be longer but apparently not.

12 hour nights from 7pm-7am

but shift diff is nice plus I only work 3 nights a week so I get long stretches off. Sometimes I work Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night then I'm off until the next Thursday to work Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night.

I fail to understand why so many people in healthcare LIKE long shifts - coming from having worked in retail, trades, and labor jobs. Like we'd be so happy if we worked 8 hours. Yet in healthcare people FIGHT to work 10-12 hour shifts. There was a huuuuge fuss from my coworkers trying to get my boss to rework the entire department to get 10 hour shifts. Worst idea ever. Like the labor movement fought to eliminate long shifts -- and now we're fighting FOR them? seem so regressive.

I don't mind a little grinding, but I get bored of it after awhile.

bobbaaay posted...

cmiller4642 posted...

MelzezDoor posted...

So...absurdly long shifts lol. Thanks. Def get on that CT business. I thought schooling would be longer but apparently not.

12 hour nights from 7pm-7am

but shift diff is nice plus I only work 3 nights a week so I get long stretches off. Sometimes I work Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night then I'm off until the next Thursday to work Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night.

I fail to understand why so many people in healthcare LIKE long shifts - coming from having worked in retail, trades, and labor jobs. Like we'd be so happy if we worked 8 hours. Yet in healthcare people FIGHT to work 10-12 hour shifts. There was a huuuuge fuss from my coworkers trying to get my boss to rework the entire department to get 10 hour shifts. Worst idea ever. Like the labor movement fought to eliminate long shifts -- and now we're fighting FOR them? seem so regressive.

Long shifts are great if you get more days off.
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I love it in turn based jrpgs, but not action ones. But then, I don't really like ARPGs anyway.
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I enjoyed it more when I could put in the time to do it. I don't have that luxury anymore.
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Grinding is only fun if the core gameplay is fun. JRPG grinding is just mashing through menus with the occasional healing spell. Monster Hunter's core gameplay is engaging enough that people keep playing long after there's anything practical to grind for, hence Fashion Hunter.
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Grinding is fun, yeah.
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bobbaaay posted...

I fail to understand why so many people in healthcare LIKE long shifts - coming from having worked in retail, trades, and labor jobs. Like we'd be so happy if we worked 8 hours. Yet in healthcare people FIGHT to work 10-12 hour shifts. There was a huuuuge fuss from my coworkers trying to get my boss to rework the entire department to get 10 hour shifts. Worst idea ever. Like the labor movement fought to eliminate long shifts -- and now we're fighting FOR them? seem so regressive.

I'd kill for 4 10 hour shifts a week tbh. An extra day off is not to be taken for granted. 3 12,13 hour shifts is a bit much though.
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codey posted...

I love it in turn based jrpgs, but not action ones. But then, I don't really like ARPGs anyway.

Really? I'd figure it would be the other way around

Grinding is much more of a chore in turn-based jrpgs because it takes longer

You just press a though
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_PrincessZelda posted...

I don't understand how grinding in games could be considered fun.

it's number porn

Makeveli_lives posted...

bobbaaay posted...

I fail to understand why so many people in healthcare LIKE long shifts - coming from having worked in retail, trades, and labor jobs. Like we'd be so happy if we worked 8 hours. Yet in healthcare people FIGHT to work 10-12 hour shifts. There was a huuuuge fuss from my coworkers trying to get my boss to rework the entire department to get 10 hour shifts. Worst idea ever. Like the labor movement fought to eliminate long shifts -- and now we're fighting FOR them? seem so regressive.

I'd kill for 4 10 hour shifts a week tbh. An extra day off is not to be taken for granted. 3 12,13 hour shifts is a bit much though.

I work 7/14 days. 12 hours sucks, but its worth it for getting literally half the year off.
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There should be A LITTLE grinding in an RPG so you feel like you went on the adventure with them.

SaithSayer posted...

There should be A LITTLE grinding in an RPG so you feel like you went on the adventure with them.

I mastered 2 sets of KOTR materia the other night in FF7.

The speed up feature makes it better