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Why Do You Stick Around ? [Poll]
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Queue the film noir music.
Final Fantasy 14 A Realm Reborn? but that's not a fair comparison of course, one is a free to play game while the other is a subscription based game,
But if we are only talking free to play games, then there isn't really anything that mimics or comes close to the freedom Mabinogi offers.
I can't move on till mabi dies or me. Which ever happens first.
I just wish they would give us a remake already, this has been one of Nexons longest running games alongside Maplestory 1, it blows my mind why they haven't done that yet.
Because it will die in 1 year like Maplestory 2 did.
Keyword "remake"
"Become what ever you want" "Use everything you like"
Game is pretty original and iconic in its own way.
No class restrictions, no level restriction on gear (actually VERY rare), and clothing/gear is not locked onto a player unless personalized. A real freedom to make what you want your character to be.
You become stronger by training skills instead of just "leveling" which made having a higher number of a level means absolutely nothing but only with the bonus stats from total level from shine of eweca.
The NPCs have depth and rememberable (Just wish your relations with them stays instead of them forgetting you nearly instantly)
The combat is "unique" and decent although time shows its age when Devcat show that old times just can't fit with newer times (G22+)
There are a handful of features that make it stand out as a social MMO just wish to see more added along with some revisited patches and updates.
Fashion is good (Can't say to VERY old fashion which never been touched ever) "Look at you NPC shops with highly polygon designed clothing and gear"
So yea I only stuck around because new games so far within our reach just can't compare with this game even if they are more "fun" but lacking in what Mabinogi has. Although I will soon play this game a lot less with future upcoming games on the way. Can't say I will quit Mabinogi because I know I will return someday. xD
Yes.
Also because I sank so much money into this game I gotta stay I think I sold my soul by accidentOther than that I like what Negumiko said.
Why's that?
Asking from a purely curious point of view, as someone with very little experience in coding, engineering or marketing:
If the engine really is something they couldn't replace, would it really be difficult to potentially remake it similarly but on a better system, or is that more cost-ineffective?
They likely had thought about starting from scratch with Mabinogi for a new engine but failed due to high time and cost that came with it. Although I bet that is how they came up with the idea of Mabinogi mobile.
Only a "guess" not a fact.
Basically the engine we are using is obsolete and has been for YEARS. People tend to forget this fact every couple years and need to be reminded. They can't just change the engine without having to REMAKE the entire bloody game - from ground up. This game is so robust and integrated that in order to do what you are proposing - they might as well make an entirely new game. Which is never going to happen because making a new game obviously would take time/effort/money. Something that was toyed with in the past but ultimately dropped.
And the cute little mobile game does not count guys. Mabi mobile is purely an effigy to the real deal.
What we have right now is all we are going to get and the only thing that they can do for us is continue to explore the existing code and make innovations to an obsolete system. There is no changing the engine and transferring everyone's character's over to it.
They don't even have the original coders anymore. They were all phased out over a decade ago. There was a lot of controversy during that time too. Essentially the entire team was replaced. So now all you got are these little script kiddies putting different skins over stuff and marketing as *new* to us. smh.
Don't get me wrong I love this game. But their creativity has a limit because of the system we are stuck on and we are stuck.