Here is a list of Nexon's recent events for Mabinogi. Majority of the events have just been login events, or semi-interactive.
List of Most Recent ACTUAL Interactive Events (Open all the time, interactive):
Imp Dreamland Event [Jun. 22, 2016] (Returned)
Dragon Boat Race Event [May. 25, 2016] (Returned)
List of Most Recent Semi-Interactive (Login, complete a quest-line, once a day/few hours, Little to no interaction with community) events:
Enchanted Music Box [Jan. 4, 2017]
Music Appreciation Campaign [Dec. 15, 2016]
Return of Samhain [Dec. 15, 2016] (Returned)
Mission Point Event [Nov. 22, 2016] (Returned)
2016 Treasure Box Event [Nov. 02, 2016] (Returned)
Find Halloween Joe [Oct. 18, 2016] (Returned with Modifications to Title)
The Tale of the Scariest Little Ghost [Oct. 13, 2016]
Catch the Gingerbread Man Event [Sep. 28, 2016] (Returned with Modifications)
Whack-A-Watermelon Event [Aug. 21, 2016] (Returned)
List of Most Recent Non-interactive (Login and do nothing for free rewards) events:
Mabinogi Master Plan Event [Jan. 18, 2017]
Phoenix Egg Hatching Event [Jan. 12, 2017] (Returned)
Hot Weekend Events
Timed Rebirth Event [Dec. 01, 2016]
October Fishing Event [Oct. 21, 2016]
October Attendance Event [Oct. 05, 2016]
Maplestory + Mabinogi Event [Sep. 15, 2016] (Returned)
Notice how the only two actual interactive events are both returned events. I've also noticed that (on my server) when these two events were first released there were so many people participating in them, and now that they have been re-released (after so many years) there was almost no one participating in them. I assume this is a side-effect of mostly having non-interactive events all the time and potentially because it's a re-release.
On a final note, this game has been real boring for a long time now.
Comments
Mission Point Event
2016 Treasure Box Event
Catch the Gingerbread Man Event
Whack-A-Watermelon Event
All these events could be done in a party and with friends. So I see nothing wrong with them at all. All of those were decent to high interactive events.
I am sorry but I am laughing at anyone who calls Mabinogi Master Plan Event an AFK/Log in event. You log in for 11 hours each week, while you can work on skills, enjoying a double exp event. Along side in a few weeks a free 100% repair week. The logging in for free items is just extra. I think the events we have been having recently are fine just the way they are. I prefer AFK events sometimes because then that means I dont need to grind for hours and hours a day tiring myself down. As for fishing events, those are always welcomed because the end game players who spam Elite/Lords/Phantasm, always need pot's for upkeep, while using the gems to cap egos. And for those who have capped ego, can sell the diamonds off and make bank (as a bonus Tin pots so cute) but overall the events have been decent.
>Imp Dreamland Event [Jun. 22, 2016] (Returned)
>Dragon Boat Race Event [May. 25, 2016] (Returned)
I didn't do either of these. And with good reason. Their rewards were garbage. Simply put. They may have been good when they first came out, but it's not close to enough today.
Trust me, I would've LOVED to do these events, if it wasn't for the fact that the rewards were a complete crapchute.
Every basic dungeon reward 1 ap. Int give 2. Avd 3 hardmode 4 and adv hardmode 5.
I'd be running all day
I've heard some people referring to the aforementioned event as an AFK one, which seems odd to me since we have training bonuses, and we get issued prizes every hour.
@Marianthi Yeah, I don't like the Phoenix Event whenever it comes around since nothing new gets done with it. =(
Now good thing about rewards they are always containing items for training, for fighting and something for collectors which is balanced for new, older players, and the ones who already have and trained everything. My extremely unpopular opinion would be the game is overdoing with skill seals in the rewards a bit, probably as a substitute to new collector's pieces? Old gear returning in the package of old events isn't bad at all as well, better than it's placed in fishing event droplist to suffocate the market, like with Trinity parts. Look how many people skipped Dragon Boat event, and then there were multiple fishing events which could use that sweet fishing gear, and now the dress is popular as well, thanks to cutie Ailla. Or glasses from Imp's Dream event. You can't really put such a thing in the newer event, that would be even more sad, right?
Alright, my actual complain would be wording. Well, clumsy article wording, like with the current event, but sometimes game cheapens itself with the luck of teasers like in Sweets Witch/Cookie Island event. Some people were too late to complete the storyline, hinted poorly. Some people were too late to discover there were tons of completely new interesting things in the boxes as well, besides the listed. Bad advertising work? I don't remember another such occurrences though, so there's that.