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abyss drag v col valiance
33 def v 29
25 prot v 17
9 m. def v 13
7 m. prot v 13
imo 4 def, 8 prot and a decrease in magic defenses + 1% movement speed isn't worth it. I sold it right back.
well, good news, this gear isn't end game at all!
Unless you count having prot as end game.
DW guys, it's balanced because its most useful aspect breaks all previous conventions and is only a 10% boost of what you'd normally get from other 'P2W' items.
BALANCED.
/s
Can't say I don't like how they did this, then;
it has a little bit of good all around, but isn't the most powerful thing that we've ever gotten, locked behind a gacha.
TBH, hearing that the AS/AD is trash actually DOES keep the set balanced. Having something ridiculously powerful behind a gacha in general is awful. I don't think having low rates has ever really balanced that.
Just to add my 2 cents on this:
1. Its pretty much one of the strongest stat wise armors with a status effect coming exclusively from a gacha. This is the very definition of P2W.
2. Shopping bags isn't a problem, they should've just released this armor at best with stats similar to that of the dark knight armor or the colossus armor. That would mean that besides the look of this, it is not inherently better than any obtainable armor in the game. Which means that someone is not paying for actual power and instead just paying to look fancy and pretty. They released this with the expectation that people will aim for this rather than any available in-game items.
3. In all honestly would you invest time and effort in obtaining a suit of armor that unless you get the highest possible quality will be inferior to a gacha item that will possibly be cheaper. It's a scummy practice, they're bashing the players over the head with "Oh you could spend months gathering the materials for a suit of armor that maaaaaaybe better, or you can hand you a couple hundred $$$ for this". It's a scummy practice, plain and simple.
Bhafel slayer is a better RKA by a pretty massive amount, but the set effect on bhafel sticks it ahead of the abyss stuff by a bit as well. Same goes for langu, max roll it's better, plus the set effect does something. I'm mostly a free player as well (I spend around $30CAD a month on mabi, mostly going to service, and equip slot) and I'd say I outgear a fairly decent amount of people. It's frustrating that the attack delay is on a gacha item, but I also think of it as more a fashion thing (or something to help people catch up and get gear) Don't get me wrong, not trying to defend gacha but people are blowing this out of proportion pretty massively.
This is a matter of perspective, out of all the games I've played mabi is one of the most generous freemium games out there. Runescape is broken amounts of pay to win, TERA has rates so low for enchanting you're probably never going to get it without cash shop protections, they're also stingy with pets/mounts as well. That's just a few examples as well, even vindictus is significantly worse than mabi in terms of pay to win. The other thing is someone with max stats average gear, and echostones will out perform someone in "max" gear with reforges and gacha stuff.
I'm generally okay with armors being in gacha, even R1 reforges sometimes, but before they were rarely inherently better than armors in-game. I would prefer it when cash items are regulated to just being a style choice rather than offering anything substantially powerful. (This this is substantially powerful because of its stats comparable to the strongest armor in game while offering a unique status effect).
Minus like 2 def and 1 prot.
And all the magic def and protI'm pretty much done after the previous enchantable wings gacha. This newest gacha just solidifies that. I used to defend that Mabi isn't that p2w, but I change my mind. They keep releasing more power creep in gacha.
You have my admiration for lasting this long. I gave up quite some time ago lol.
:^)
What game are you playing? With good armor, you can basically tank 95% of the hard hits in the game.
The worst kind of P2W.
Getting salty over something like this is just not worth it at this point, since it's just gonna keep happening all the time til the game finally dies. imo.
The typical "Oh they surprise us with a shopping bag. How lovely!!"
Then a "I am livid!! they brought a p2w gacha out! Not fair!"
You can do the same with mana shield, won't even take injury damage. Plus with high enough MA you lose less mana than hp vs 200+ def 50+ prot. Like against tagar I took 200s with ms but 900-1200 with rk and demon shield.
Also I think they're refering to end game like succubus queen and alban golem , because jolly ole biscuits those mobs hit hard.
However, there is an additional problem is P2W items being distributed in the player market, and this is the biggest problem for P2W. Once it's available in a more easily accessible market, others have a better chance at obtaining it, unless it is locked per character and cannot be unlocked.
I just think for those complaining about P2W, if you're willing to buy gachas for P2W items, don't complain because you're willing to buy the product to win. For those who don't but P2W items, there is also no need to complain because it won't concern you. The only real concern is the potential impact of the player society due to these items.
I certainly can't think of any PVE content in the game that someone has not done with a naked character. PVP? Well that one is only done by a handful of the population who are bored or want to test combos, I can't remember the last PVP event we've had.
I'm from Mabi EU and by the time our server ended, most players didn't even have armor or just got used to doing things naked cos repair became impossible for a while if memory serves proper. For people who can't throw money to try your hands at the gachas, just think of those who try and get hit by the greed sensor and only get junk. That said at least the game gets supported when we do fork over money for gachas.
I'm also from Mabi EU, everyone from my server were always aiming to get the "best" gear, the "best" enchants, the "best" stats. It's a game, and we're always trying to improve our characters.
That said, if we keep getting everything shoved in gachapons, it just becomes pointless to do any content in-game, cause you can simply buy it.
Also, highly doubt anyone had been able to do Rabbie Phantasm naked.
Yeah, I sold it for 30m and it's like 20m today.
Factually that's just wrong, a streamer on Alexina did just that.