Policroma

My recommendation for somebody first starting out: Today's 20 mil outfit is tomorrow's 2 mil outfit. Outfits tend to get re-released a few months or even a year later in far greater numbers, making them much easier to get. Also, don't get discouraged by the versions with idle animations, which tend to reach the 100s of millions in price. You can pair non-idle outfits with certain handheld or "chair" items to have a cute idle pose.

The battle you're asking the devs to fight isn't really one they can win.

There must always be something new and shiny for players to chase or the game will die.

Mabi was created around players being able to mix and match as they please. So players do. I was running Kraken Elite with a couple guys, and as one was gathering up the golems, I found myself amused, saying something along the lines of "I don't think this is exactly what the devs had in mind when they came up with this..." My friend replied that the gamers will always figure the most efficient way.

Either way, yes, you are better off leveling up other classes, if for no other reason than increasing your stats. You don't have to be a bard or a mage. You just have to be creative. If you're lazy, just buy up every training potion you can get your hands on and brute force it with piles of AP. Or stack various double-skill-XP potions and items while training skills in cooking dungeon. There's many ways to do this without upending your playstyle for weeks at a time.

Well, they've already done a crossover with PSO2, so I figure they're probably open to it happening eventually.

Momma_Sophie wrote: »

Helsa wrote: »

Hang on folks maybe you each have a different definition of "dead"? @Crimsọn @Momma_Sophie What do you each consider a server being "dead" as meaning?

This would help reduce semantical dodging, so I'll participate.

The dictionary definition is what I use: "No longer alive."
That means as long as there's even 1 player, the server is not "dead."
The problem is that people have ridiculously high standards for a game that's existed for over a decade. It's not going to be like Fortnite or Animal Crossing. It's a relic; an antique. You appreciate relics for their history and the meaning of their existence and sometimes you can polish them to add some shine. Anything more breaks it. That's it.

And this here is the problem.

You guys want to see dead servers? Try to log into Everquest (1 or 2, doesn't matter.) Even during events you may see a player or two (and their chain of "cousins" in tow) in any town EVER. There are commands to see the number of players on a server or zone at any given time, and more often than not, it's in the single digits. On a good day, it's in the low double digits. Much as I like the lore in those games, *that* is a dying game.

I get that Alexina is not as crazy crowded as it used to be. But it is not "dead" by any understanding of the word. Just out of curiosity, popped over to Dunby channel 1 on my lunch break. There's plenty of shops open. (Not so many that you can't find a space, but yes, they're open.) And there's both active music groups (the players are chatting) and people playing the paper tile thing. And of course, there's a pile of AFKers around the event NPCs. Generally speaking, there's players scattered everywhere, and the area is active with people running in and out.

The other problem is there's reasons for having at least 2 servers open. Want to get away from an abusive player the mods won't do anything about, but don't want to quit either? If there's only one server, you're not getting out of that.

Lastly, if you remember right, they had to shut down new-character sign-ups for a *month* to prepare for Nao. Imagine them shutting the game down to *all* new players for a month. That is *not* happening.

I don't remember what Tarlach was like in the old days, as I never was on that server. But I will say this: There was always a crowd of people vehemently defending the community there, and they were always ready to say the server isn't dead.

Now, one last thing...

Player shops. You know what killed these? Auction house. Which is probably why the devs were so paranoid of giving it to us for years on end. Probably because they expected threads exactly like this.

There's still advantages to player shops. You can grab impulse buyers and window shoppers that don't know they want an item until they see it available. Which is why I occasionally do kiosks and player shops. And they still get plenty of traffic.

Negumiko wrote: »

if anyone is after the Special Sweet Academy Outfit (F) or the Special Premier Sweet Academy Outfit (F) you might want to skip this one. these outfits appear to be a super rare drop as almost none of them are on sale in the Alexina auction house and nobody wants to sell these outfits if they do get them. I got 2 of Special Sweet Academy Outfit (M) and a Special Premier Academy Outfit (M) so you likely have good luck getting a male version of these outfits. my first gacha in 3 years (not counting the pet gacha) Nexon attacked my weakness with new cat related items. so is this gacha worth it? I think it just depends on the type of player but don't count on getting those female outfits.

This is true for most, if not all gachas however.

The chances are low, very low. Never play a gacha to "win" the item you want. Your better bet is to do a couple stacks, sell what you get, and save money for the item you really want. (Even better is to hold onto the items that are somewhat rare but in low demand due to the gacha. Save them for when the demand is higher.) Avoid the "emote" outfits unless you really want the emote, as the non-emote outfits are far easier to get, and there are other ways to get idle emotes. And if you want the special emote...well, you're gonna have to fork over the gold.

I do wish the emote in this one was available without the outfit however...