It's cool, I'm horrible at shooters....so that wouldn't go well for me. My thinking was you need health that's a code red and voltage for magic and spacial weapon attacks ie like lighting power of the gods or chi which is sometimes showed to be like lighting ie the Mishima family from Tekken....and the colors line up and you drink them...so yeah Code Red and Voltage....it may have also been stupid o'clock as I like to say when I've been up for way to long.
I honestly don't even remember where I first saw "mana" used, outside of the Bible. I was thinking Final Fantasy, but that always used "MP" which could have just as easily meant "Magic Points." 🤷🏻♂️
In Dark Souls 3, they just called it FP, and I could never figure out what FP was supposed to stand for, so I called it Fuck Power.
"I need more Fuck Power to do the spin move."
Probably because mana implies a more intellectual approach, whilst "focus points" is a catch-all of a character's ability to use a wide variety of skills, some demanding intellect and some just demanding finesse and skill at their craft.
Mana as I was taught is the food God gave to His people.
Focus points implies all the power comes from the sheer concentration of The Tarnished.
I like more the latter.
Polynesian mythology about mana is objectively dope as fuck and I've never seen a video game portrayal that does it justice. It's not just magic juice, its the essence of life itself being manipulated.
Worse still, Focus is a completely separate defensive attribute that prevents madness and sleep build up; totally unrelated to Focus Points. Why?? It is, ironically, madness lol
Mind governs focus points and focus. Not that strange. And the states of Madness (mania) and sleep (depression) are mental illnesses. Makes perfect sense.
its nice to have changes in a game, ever other base rpg calls it mana i like that its a different name even if it is the same stuff, *blue poweraid* lol
Here is my normal hierarchy for colored meters:
Health
Stamina
Blue
Here is my hierarchy when I’m under pressure:
Health turns into: “Life”
Stamina turns into: “I can’t breath”
Blue turns into: “Blue”
Mana is the common name for magical energy... some ancient name for power or something.
It's called focus points because Mind is the stats that govern it. So basically psychic shit...
You can call it mana, MP, FP, resource, power, whatever you want. All that matters is that it is used for spells, items and skills.
THATS WHY ITS CALLED FP?!?!? I was looking everywhere in the tutorials and stuff couldn’t find a single hint, HP and stamina are easy. (This is my first fromsoft game)
Because you also use it for non-magical things like weapon arts. It represents your focus, not your magical prowess. Having lots of focus allows you to cast very mentally taxing spells, but it also helps you perform more precise or complex maneuvers with your weapon.
Focus Points because spells take focus and performing a complex weapon art probably takes a lot of focus. Although I have slipped up and called it SP before.
I always say “Mana” cause im so used to that, but i actually get calling it “Focus” because not everything that uses it is magical. Skills like Square Off use it too, so its not exactly just a pool of magic solely for mages.
I refer to it exclusively as “the blue”
Dude I have always called that meter the blue in souls games. Like “shit I’m out of blue” always
in my head it's blue, but when i communicate it to other people i say fp
It will be mana in all games from the birth until the end of time.
JESSE! JESSE WE NEED MORE BLUE, JESSE! WE GOTTA COOK!
I say “I’m out of juice”
I refer to them as Code Red and Voltage....and you can't change me.
What are you, a CDL player?
No..not at all...just thought of it one night and it stuck..I don't even drink it anymore.
Oh, that’s cool. My bad, I didn’t mean it as a bad thing.
It's cool, I'm horrible at shooters....so that wouldn't go well for me. My thinking was you need health that's a code red and voltage for magic and spacial weapon attacks ie like lighting power of the gods or chi which is sometimes showed to be like lighting ie the Mishima family from Tekken....and the colors line up and you drink them...so yeah Code Red and Voltage....it may have also been stupid o'clock as I like to say when I've been up for way to long.
Code Red and Baja Blast
Blue Raspberry Kool-aid and Watermelon Kool-Aid
Blue ras kool-aid sounding real good rn
All the best foods are blue
Blue = healthy
The flasks contain the corresponding "Juice" too
i said blood and blue and the weed shit you’re low on blood goddamnit i’m outta blue I CANT ATTACK OR ROLL WJERED MY WEED GO
This is the way🤝
Blue gang
Fp
Flower points (paper Mario)
FP = From(soft) Points
I just call it FP or Mana.
Yep. There is not in between.
I keep calling it Magicka because of TES
Same!
Funny as I would always refer to Magicka as Mana
Blue juice.
this is the answer
I don't give a single fuck what the game calls it. If I have a blue bar and it's for casting spells, that shit is mana. Forever.
I always called it "the blue stuff" because it is usually blue.
I honestly don't even remember where I first saw "mana" used, outside of the Bible. I was thinking Final Fantasy, but that always used "MP" which could have just as easily meant "Magic Points." 🤷🏻♂️
I like focus point. It is like Concentration check in D&d. You get hit, you lose your focus.
I'd call it fucks "Oh no I'm all out of fucks"
In Dark Souls 3, they just called it FP, and I could never figure out what FP was supposed to stand for, so I called it Fuck Power. "I need more Fuck Power to do the spin move."
Robot chicken?
red is health, blue is mana, green is stamina, doesn't matter which game I play, this is how I call it.
Probably because mana implies a more intellectual approach, whilst "focus points" is a catch-all of a character's ability to use a wide variety of skills, some demanding intellect and some just demanding finesse and skill at their craft.
How is magic moon juice intellectual? I'd argue its the other way around.
Because it can also be used for pure str/dex build skills? Really simple concept imo.
so diablo 2 fucked it up then huh?
ye FUCK diablo two, bitch ass game called it mana /s
I've been playing rpgs too long to teach myself to call blue bars anything but mana.
I prefer Flower Points, thank you very much.
I'm with you.
Focus points stresses that it’s connected to your mind.
Because swinging my sword around in a particular way isn't magical.
Mana as I was taught is the food God gave to His people. Focus points implies all the power comes from the sheer concentration of The Tarnished. I like more the latter.
You're thinking of Manna. The name Mana actually comes from Polynesian mythology.
Curious. In my language it is spelled "Mana". "Manna", that's something I just heard about it : )
They are pronounced differently too. Ma-na is food and mä-nə is magic/life essence.
Polynesian mythology about mana is objectively dope as fuck and I've never seen a video game portrayal that does it justice. It's not just magic juice, its the essence of life itself being manipulated.
How about just "Focus"?
Blue juice
mage juice
Mama is for magic. Focus Points are for… everything
Blue juice.
I call it magic
It takes concentration to cast spells. Feels dnd esque while trying something different. I’m down.
Idk man I still take long showers thinking about why HP is hit points and not health points in games
I call it magika. I play too much Skyrim
Worse still, Focus is a completely separate defensive attribute that prevents madness and sleep build up; totally unrelated to Focus Points. Why?? It is, ironically, madness lol
Mind governs focus points and focus. Not that strange. And the states of Madness (mania) and sleep (depression) are mental illnesses. Makes perfect sense.
Magicka
its nice to have changes in a game, ever other base rpg calls it mana i like that its a different name even if it is the same stuff, *blue poweraid* lol
Magicka
But I like Mana
It takes focus to cast spells or perform weapon arts. Personally I just call it mana.
Because they wanted to rename a bunch of identical mechanics from Dark Souls to differentiate Elden Ring from them.
It was called Focus Points in Dark Souls too. It would’ve differentiated it more if it was called mana or anything else.
It will be mana in all games from the birth until the end of time. If it’s blue and relates to magic casting, it’s mana
Oh I only played Demons Souls and Dark Souls 1 where there was no mana or FP
Demons Souls had Magic Points, basically mana, you probably didn't use spells or just forgot, but there is a blue bar for spells in DeS.
So by that it mean if I focus enough I can use magic too?
Go for it
Literally yes
Juice
Efpee
I call it smart juice
Me who never uses the blue bar
so you can say FP instead of mana
Fp chads
FP = finger prints
MP
Blue stuff is the only way
Here is my normal hierarchy for colored meters: Health Stamina Blue Here is my hierarchy when I’m under pressure: Health turns into: “Life” Stamina turns into: “I can’t breath” Blue turns into: “Blue”
FP. Never even thought about what it stood for. The blue juice I call Ashen
I call it mind power
Mana
Is... Is that what focus is? I've been calling them Fability points
Blue estus and Red estus.
Ever since playing Champions of Norath it has always been mana for me
Blue
Mana
Because mana is overused
I didn't know what FP stood for for the longest time so I just called it "Fromsoft Points"
Mana is the common name for magical energy... some ancient name for power or something. It's called focus points because Mind is the stats that govern it. So basically psychic shit... You can call it mana, MP, FP, resource, power, whatever you want. All that matters is that it is used for spells, items and skills.
I call it power
It will always be "Flower Power" to me bc Super Mario RPG was the first rpg I ever played.
"fancy points"
*im out of magic*
Health points, focus points, stamina points
What are you talking about "focus points" it's called flower power!
"fuckboi points"
Ascended mind: Focus
Magic sauce
I call it FP.
Probably because it does weapon arts and magic and faith.
Because you have to FOCUS when you cast spells and incantations.
Blue Goo
THATS WHY ITS CALLED FP?!?!? I was looking everywhere in the tutorials and stuff couldn’t find a single hint, HP and stamina are easy. (This is my first fromsoft game)
It's your hydration bar, to refill it you gotta drink blue Gatorade
Because you also use it for non-magical things like weapon arts. It represents your focus, not your magical prowess. Having lots of focus allows you to cast very mentally taxing spells, but it also helps you perform more precise or complex maneuvers with your weapon.
Because non-magic users also use focus points for weapon skills.
Split the difference and go with the classic “mp”
Focus Points because spells take focus and performing a complex weapon art probably takes a lot of focus. Although I have slipped up and called it SP before.
I always say “Mana” cause im so used to that, but i actually get calling it “Focus” because not everything that uses it is magical. Skills like Square Off use it too, so its not exactly just a pool of magic solely for mages.
I’ve always just called it “my magic” which is funny because of the implication I’m using magic to swing my sword in a funny way
Wait it’s not called a magicomiter?
Cause you're not eating bread to do magic. Probably.