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Should I come back to the game?
It was a little over 5 years ago when my Nexon account was hacked and I lost access to my old Mabi account. Since then I never really made a comback to the game, yet I always thought maybe I should do it. Now here I am asking the same question. Is it time to come back to the game? Is it worth it?
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There have been a good number of changes and updates, I think would be good to at least consider coming back to see if it suits you.
There is also good incentives to start anew if you want to.
Also plenty of storyline additions in these past 5 years I think would be worth your time.
One of the main issues that persists is the player market hyperinflation that makes acquiring certain items quite difficult if you don't have an in game source of income, but usually everyone has a way to build their coffers legally.
Forgot to mention there is a way to get better gear for people who don't spend money or buy from other players but the gear I brought up can be obtained VERY VERY easily
Made a new account. Played for 1 week. Completed G1. Notice that nostalgia went away. There are no newbies to mingle with. Some end players are nice, but most of them are afk. It is not the same as before. People waiting at shadow mission altar, or waiting at dungeon altar to run is not as common.
Give it a shot. If you like to play solo you might stick back. But the social aspect seems a little bit more challenging don't expect people to help you out the first few times you ask. The new player system is nice tho.
So...yeah, check things out right now. It's a good time to do it! (Just make sure to stock up on Corn Tea, because one of the current events' daily quest requirements is murder on your waistline!!)
I haven't met TOO many of those kinds of peoples lately?...then again I've also been hiding in a corner afking cause of classes so...
Let us inject more toxicity into your soul hsssss
1st of all its same old mabinogi but you may notice some stuff is harder than it used to be mainly dungeons.
2nd as ppl say and few deny the game does have massive gold REAL world trading going on if you want cute costumes or new stuff it will cost bloody amount of gold
but note this game is not Pay to Win as some say sure there are some op cash armour and few weapons but no its still much better than most other mmos out there.
3rd new chars now can lvl up really fast up to total lvl 5000 it may be even way bit to fast.
4th Nao is result of 3 server merge so you may notice bit latency or little longer loading times and some places may be much more crowded than they used to be
but as i was saing this died out a bit and yes majority of the ppl are always AFK (trading or just showing of their expensive stuff )
6th there is huge chunk of story to do after that long time and the story it self is pretty good but dont rush some G storys have really nasty and (broken) mechanics but they are all still good.
beyond all that there is nothing much else to talk about there are some updates new combat weapons and skills
its still sadly same MMO that you still have to do everything alone as nearly everything major (or story vise) is solo.
If you ask if its worth playing in 2019 than i have to say:
YES if you can find some friends in the game or have some friends to join you
but NO if you plan to play this totally alone there are better online games.
No it really is. Let me break it down for you
ALL best in slot enchants are from a gacha minus divine weapon exclusives
Over half your damage, and probably a good 75% of utility comes from reforges, which is cash shop exclusive
If you're human or giant BiS gear is from gacha (Saint guardian) and the best chain outfit, gacha only too. Best shoes are gacha only as well (Fleet feet)
Homestead items that give stats like crit damage and music buff, gacha only. Sure we got free ones but those stack with the gacha versions, making the gacha versions even more important to have.
Step 7 protective upgrade stones, cash shop only.
Skill training seals in the bundles letting you skip any and all training methods, as well as training pots themselves cash shop only
Enchant protections so you don't blow up gear worth hundreds of millions cash shop only
Combo Card time extenders, and revives cash shop only
There's more too. Don't kid yourself about this game being not p2w, with how time gated a lot of progression in mabi is, that you can skip with $$$ I'd even argue it's worse than most other p2w games. All we're missing is stats and reforges in the style tab.
you know play as many mmos as me and than cry about mabinogi being so much pay to win as you say here...
everything you post here only looks more like you just simply jelly on anyone having these things and in reality you dont really need them for pretty much anything unless you just want the extra edge in the game i so far did everything i wanted and didnt needed any +7 stuff any enchants/reforges or tons of items in homestead.
i state my word this game is not pay to win SURE there are cash stuff (there will always be that no mather what) i dont deny that but its not as bad as you make it sound to be.
You know an anecdote in a debate isn't a point right? I've played a ton of varying MMO's and just because you clearly do not understand endgame in mabi, doesn't mean it's not p2w. You can clear phantasm with npc weapons, it'll take a couple hours but you can, this doesn't mean that gear isn't valuable. The difference in p2w gear and the best in slot free gear is an insane amount, it's not even comparable. I'm really not jelly, as I already a few weapons at erg 40 setup, I don't need anything else really meanwhile you're over there with crap gear saying you don't need good gear, sounds like a bit of projection to me.
No point talking to you dense as you can be
what you say is not pay to win to me PAY to get the edge or easy time yes but its you clearly you who do not understand what pay to win is really about but have it your way im tired of your salt and wont reply here anymore if you ARE THAT bothered just leave the game all i can say.
Anyway, back to the point.
Mabi had a lot of improvements over the years, many of these are indeed locked behind a paywall, but if you just want to have fun, they are not necessary.
So you have zero points to stand on, and instead choose to fling insults and talk down to me. I'll hit you with some more info too
Right now the best setup for human is and for the sake of argument, we'll assume everything is the max roll even though without enchant protections you most likely wouldn't even enchant things.
Ult Geas Devastation circlet (Brainstorm +17/Chorus +13)
Saint Guardian chest (Pure +20 max/ Whisper +22 max)
Ult Geas Devastation gloves (Resolution +17 max/ Backbreaking +15)
Fleet feet (Resolution +17 max/ Symbolic +10)
Grandmaster festia wings +10 max, attack speed delay set
Horned ring/rabbit feet (Creepy +20max /Haunted +48) x2
Totaling 277 max Attack speed +20, attack delay +10, movement speed +10, reaper proc +10
Compared to our "free" user who wouldn't ever get this without enchant protections, which are cash shop only, granted you get free ones once in a while but it's not nearly enough to cover all this.
Ult geas circlet ( amnesia +13/ Chorus +13)
Langu chest ( long lasting +18/ heroic +20)
Langu gloves ( Marquis +10 / backbreaking +15)
Ult geas boots (amnesia +13/ symbolic +10)
Any robe, destruction robe not counted as it's not realistic even for paying players
Horned ring/rabbit feet ( amnesia +13/ Successor +6)
Totaling 140 max, attack speed 10, reaper proc 10
This isn't counting all the reforges that a "free" user couldn't have, the lack of movespeed boost, the cut def/prot and the insane amounts of luck you'd need to actually get amnesia 4 times. This doesn't count the different music buff that gacha only gives, the 2nd titles that are gacha only, the homestead stat items that are gacha only the list goes on. Before it's mentioned as well, it'd take YEARS worth of free reforges to even chip at what you'd need. Without the cash shop, assuming you have almost impossible luck you'd end up having 150+ less max, and no reforges resulting in maybe being about 1/3rd that of a paying player.
Defamation.