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I don't give zero craps about any of my names, just merge us already. People already made Nexon to do so much unnecessary chores in order for "everyone" keep their names with some ugly broken ass server tags and now look what's happening. People can't leave/join guilds, broken (literally) marriages, blackrobed pets and pet name change cards will most likely never come here... I don't mind if i log in after the merge and was made to re-name my all pets and characters upon logging into or summoning any of them.
So I’ve been doing a bit of reading about servers. Obviously I’m in no way an expert, but it’s now my understanding that servers aren’t as simple as they seem.
The biggest thing, being cost. A server for a game like Mabi costs a LOT, we’re talkin hundreds-of-thousands to potentially even millions per month. Theoretically, the smaller the server, the cheaper it is (this is likely why there were 4 “small” servers to begin with). Upgrading to a bigger server for the merge is a big deal and was likely a huge financial decision...this is probably one of the reasons it took so long, not to mention all the testing and bug ironing to make the transition as smooth as possible.
Alexina can probably fit in the Nao server without needing to upgrade to an even bigger size, though I’m not quite sure...it’s possible they’ll need to upgrade again, which is why from a business perspective I wouldn’t blame them for dragging their feet if it means spending more money before we know how things are actually going to settle down. I’d give it at *least* 6 months before they start considering merging Alexina, but it’ll likely be longer than that.
Let’s be nicer to Nexon. They’re clearly working hard and listening to the community, but they can’t rush these sorts of things (such as fixing the name changes) even if they wanted to. Computers are complicated, and emotions run high in the community when there’s the slightest screw up...name change bugs is a small inconvenience compared to what could’ve happened had they rushed things.
They’re spending lots of time and money to keep us happy, not just server wise but staff wise as well (that server price margin wasn’t even including staff, maintenance, updates, etc. which also cost extra money). They’re always adding new content, new events (even if it’s sometimes a rehashed afk event...it’s still new stuff), new features, etc. and lets us all play for FREE regardless of those costs. I’m grateful Mabi is still around for NA/EU at all. They’re fighting hard to keep us alive and we should all appreciate Nexon’s Mabi Team for that, even when they make mistakes or leave us waiting—at least they’re trying.
That's an universal application, that's not the part that I didn't understand. :P- for the first part;I direct you to the Wikipedia article on the Subjunctive Mood, andWould that it was so, brother;
Food for thought, thanks.- for the last part;I direct you to the Wikipedia article on the Freemason equivalent to 'Amen', now being used in modern Pagan ritual practices.so mote it be.
Thanks for the suggestions! I think the servers should have been merged by now, right? Will my stuff be kept the same wherever server I choose?What would you suggest? I haven't picked anything yet.
As much as I'll hate myself for saying this, choose the Nao server; it is in ascendancy, whilst Alexina is in decline. Choose a human, as it will allow you to have an additional free elf and giant character. If you are brand new to the game but are familiar with this genre, choose close combat until you gain more familiarity with the game. You can change your talents as often as you like so don't feel like you're bound to it forever. The downside of close combat is it significantly increases your combat power rating; this makes further training of many skills significantly more difficult, however you can offset this by visiting Duncan, whom can lower all your skill rankings back to F whilst also returning your AP back to you. This means nothing to you at the moment but you'll understand soon enough. Do NOT master skills until after you have raised them all to rank 1, as this will mitigate any downside to often visiting Duncan.
