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Special Upgrades, something in MUCH need of repair
Every single time I go to special upgrade an item I spend roughly 80 stones and wind up around step 3, this time around I'm trying to blue step a celtic tribolt wand, I have spent thus far 50+ stones and I am at step zero. THIS system needs to change. this happens to ME everytime, while those who I talk to every day can walk up to the anvil and hit step 5 in a matter of 15 stones or less EVERY time. which leads to a hypotheses of targeting of certain accounts, such as who to drop what when opening gacha, like drop the rates for those who buy more nx in hopes of making them buy more simply due to the fact that you can see that they purchase more. CHANGE THE SYSTEM OR THIS GAME WILL CONTINUE TO DIE AND THERE GOES YOUR CASH COW.
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It seems easier if they would just sell items in the NX shops that acted as protection or fulfilled the purpose of the Lucky and Protection stones, something they have not done. If anything, this is one of the few major systems in the game where cashgrabbing cease to exist for the most part.
As for theories on NX spending leading to better rates, that's definitely not the case. I've spent a lot less than quite a few players out there and gotta a lot better returns at times, and I know I don't get any special treatment.
Now that I have that on, I feel safe again. You're pulling data from a tiny group. Not to mention mabinogi has a weird almost karma feel to it. It is coincidence? Idk probably. But it's interesting to think it's not.
Either way though if you do the math the average number of attempt to get step 5 is something like 40ish. You're not really that unlucky and stones are cheaper than ever before it's not a big deal. That and the protective/lucky stones get spat out every other month now too if you really feel that unlucky just wait.
I hope that's a low MA roll on that, because otherwise you're... going to end up regretting using blue ups later.
but uh,
special upgrades, as much as I like to say that the % chance is complete bogus half the time, is intended as a money sink - and it's keeping the game alive by doing so. any online game with virtual currency needs several of those that are commonly used by the player base, otherwise inflation is bound to happen. just look at gaia online and neopets for that matter.
Because I have the same luck as you.
I think they are both for protection purposes, with the difference between that protections work on 5>6?
Never again.
So I just don't put too much attempt unless this happens then try it later days. And never do single attempt. Gather like 20-30 of them and try. Idk why but feels like single attempt has much lower success rate
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To clarify, my account is part of a program I don't think Nexon has anymore. I purchased enough that the account no longer has a purchase restriction through Nexon.com. All of my NX ends up in prepaid, even if purchased with PayPal or what-have-you, and it has been that way for years. I know that I used to hit the limit before they placed it on that program in like 2010. But there was a long period of time where I would spend more than $10k/year on Mabi alone.
Still takes hundreds of stones to special up something. If you know someone that has given Nexon enough money to care about giving them a higher roll rate, please provide some kind of proof of that.
I forgot the numbers but I do remember that the maximum amount it took to step 5 or something like that costs beyond what you're spending right now.
It was like 1000 trials or so.
10k a year on mabi....