Just a heads up, all of these suggestions are appearance based because as a game that's super virtual lifey and social, I thought of cool things that could be added so we can further customize our looks and be totally cute.
Kemonomimi That Works For Male Elves
As an elf, I am envious of the other races and even the opposite gender (Elf F), that can pull off the cute Kemonomimi look because they don't have big ears.
For elven females, the "Small Ear Face" actually has small elf ears and is hidden by most hair and does not look off when they wear animal ear headbands.
However, for elven males, the "Small Ear Face" [on left] not only shows no ear size difference, but has an odd face shape as well. When wearing animal headbands, the four-eared look is downright strange and bothersome. I'm so envious of human and giant players that can totally rock the Kemonimimi look, but I'd never change races due to my racial bonuses and how much I love the Elves.
I highly suggest a male Elf face shape that has the attractive head shape as the droopy ears, but with smaller ears similar to what Elven females have.
More Female Beauty Coupons
I'd love for these wigs to be made into beauty coupons:
Patissier Wig
The males have this as a beauty coupon, I don't know why they didn't give the females it as well.
Steamy Hot Springs Wig
*Paris Hilton voice* ..This hair is HOT.
Majestic Knight Wig
This is the cutest hair I've ever seen.
Feel free to leave suggestion below on wigs you'd love to see below, I didn't leave any male suggestions because the Patissier Hair M is literally my fav hair ever so I don't usually wear M wigs and I'm at a loss, sorry. xD
Also, Eluned Beauty Coupons would be great! I'd love to wear the Patissier M on a female character, or a Sweet Childhood Hair on a male.
Eluned Clothing Coupon
Basically a one-time use coupon that makes a BODY CLOTHING item (NOT ARMOR, WEAPS, GEAR, SHOES, GLOVES, ETC) wearable by the opposite sex until it is traded or put up for sale. A lot of us who like to switch genders depending on the look we feel would pay top dollar for these. I know a lot of people argue that the boobs on F outfits are modeled into the actual outfit itself but a guy with boobs isn't the weirdest thing most of you have seen on the internet, I'm sure.
Direct Hair Dye Ampoules
I COULD HAVE SWORN THIS EXISTED 2 YEARS AGO WHEN I LAST PLAYED, but it must have been a dream or something because the wiki turned up with nothing. Not only would direct dye amps for hair bring a new level of customization and style to people's looks, but it's totally something myself and others would pay NX for if it was in its own Box or a Gacha.
More Robes: More Mascot-Like Animal Costumes
I've seen these in other MMOs like Tera, where they have adorable animal costumes that cover the full body.
More cute animal robes that don't have face holes, but full on mascot heads would be totally cute.
An Issue I Wanted to Point Out, But Unsure What To Suggest To Fix It: Marketplace Manipulation
EVERYTHING I SAY BELOW ONLY PERTAINS TO ITEMS THAT ARE PURELY FASHION.
Clearly, this shouldn't apply to armor or accessories because a lot of them really are worth the enchants, reforges, and upgraded put into them. I'm only talking about fashion items.
I really feel like the number one thing that is holding this game back from being a bigger more popular game is how impossible it is, especially for new players, to get their hands on clothing or appearance items due to Market Manipulation.
A small 10% of the Mabi population buys clothing, wings, etc (that serve no other purpose than fashion) for reasonable prices from other players and then turns around and sells them for 100M+ and keeps them away from most players purely out of greed.
Nothing discourages new and existing players from playing a social virtual life game than being unable to obtain anything or look the way you want. I have had many people I introduce this game to end up being turned off by it merely because they couldn't look the way they wanted to or didn't have the money to spend.
In turn, this also encourages behaviors that go against Mabinogi's terms of services like buying gold directly from other players or withholding game items for Paypal money, etc. In most cases, 100M is $100 paypal. Players are literally charging other players $100 for an appearance item. Not many of us poor people living paycheck to paycheck can do that and it's downright ridiculous to even consider it.
In most cases I WOULD say that a free Marketplace System is the best, but in Mabi where the player count is pretty small and seemingly gated to veteran players, seeing items bought for 40M and then placed right back up for 100M just to keep them from other players unless they want to pay up, it SHOWS
the AH System is totally broken and somebody higher needs to step in and fix it before the game dies further.
BEAUTY SHOULD NOT BE WITHHELD TO THE 1%.
Buuut.. I don't know the solution for this. All I know is it's pissing many of us off and driving away potential players.
