Quote Originally Posted by seida View Post
Because most players (ie, as far as the devs are concerned, JP players) don't play mahjong for the mgp. It's just a bonus. They play it because they love mahjong and would be playing it on a different site anyway if not FF.
I think if they removed the penalties for losing, or just made a whole other competitive mode so people could have their high rankings and/or bragging rights, people would be more apt to try it and learn it. Coming from someone who never played mahjong in this form before, I tried it and found it interesting. But making little to no meaningful progress was a bit of a turn off. I wanted to learn, but I didn't want to send my ranking backwards either. And a music roll isn't much incentive to try atm.