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Go to any grocery shop NPC and they should have the pepper and garlic (as well as other basic ingredients) you need for the dish.

I have not heard of other games using PMods before; only official GMs.

The only gripe I have with this idea is the thought of abuse and favoritism undermining the said system. The only thing I can think of is that PMods cannot interact with players directly or have it be known that they are PMods. This would limit the possibility of attacks on said person, especially those of the hacking variety.

This sounds like more of a thing for a contracted GM instead of player-based monitoring.

Parts of the game being solo content is due to context. I mean, you sort of said it yourself...

ArchdukeValeCortez wrote: »

"But Memory dungeons help tell the story from another point of view" I hear you say. How? How does being forced to play an under equipped, under leveled, under talented character that isn't your own, possibly help with the story? You just crawled through the dungeon. You could have done that on your own character. You would have still run the dungeon which ultimately is just a time sink. Unless there is a cut scene, you running a dungeon as anyone other than your own character is meaningless from a narrative point of view. And even then you could just put in a cut scene and bypass the dungeon all together!

Unless you understand the context of the story different points of view, it's going to be very one-sided and you won't understand why certain events happened or why certain characters are the way they are. It may sound boring, but think of it this way: it is a challenge for you to find a way to be able to fight outside your comfort zone, which is a problem for a lot of traditional "spec-locked" MMOs. You're normally a ranger? Ok, what if your bows died due to forgetting to be fixed and you only have melee weapons left while in the middle of a dungeon? Again, just think of it as minor challenge instead of plowing through everything just for the sake of getting it done.

To he honest, the solo dungeons are just fine, until you get to things like G19 and G20 (And I'm a vet player who actually had a few issues completing these two generations). That's when the solo stuff gets pretty intense, but that's under assumption that you have done the previous generations to pick up skills/items that are only obtained through generation quests. You have to bear in mind that even as an MMO, almost all stories revolve around one particular 'hero', or even a group of heroes, who do quests, thwart evil, and ultimately save the world. This is pretty much how it is for almost every MMORPG out there. Even WoW still does this for some of their quests, and no one's complaining because it's TEMPORARY, and probably only even done once, which is the general rule for almost all generation quests (Some side quests can be unlocked and done as dailies, but they are usually just "fetch quests"). There are times that there are limitations to simulation the situation for the story, which shouldn't be a problem for most players who are pretty versatile and know techniques within the game to help compensate for the lack of power/gear of the RP character you are 'forced' to play with.

To put it bluntly: NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO PLAY THE GAME SOLO OR IN A GROUP. It is only certain aspects that are solo while others may be party, but that will be based on the content and context of how it is being presented. Trust me, I played with my sister as well when I was pretty active, but both of us knew that there are some things that are solo, but I can support her in different ways, either as a remote reviver if she accidentally dies in a dungeon and I can't reach her, or even fight alongside her if it is possible (Especially during G9 to G12 since I got Royal Alchemist status to help bounce her along the storylines on her squishy elf).

Besides, while there are solo storyline aspects, the rest of the game is pretty much open to both solo and party play, whether you're running around, doing dungeons, exploring, working on life skills, or just hanging around in town.

Yes, does the same as well. As long as a gold/material pouch is in the inventory, it takes precedence over the bag tags and the order of the bags in the main inventory.

BeyondDeath wrote: »

I think I speak for a large portion of the players when I say the game is Dead. The server channels are empty and there arent enough players to fill them. I believe it is time that nexon does us a favor and merges the servers!

If you think the game is dead, you're probably not looking on the right channels for the different servers. Honestly, I'm very against a merge due to the whole name thing being a huge issue, and let's not forget all the giant issues that will arise with banks and especially the wardrobe system. And please, don't say that you think you 'speak for a large portion of players." It is possible it's a majority and there may be different reasons, most likely not the same as yours, but don't lump everyone together. Making such generalized remarks is, I'm sorry to say, leaves a very sour taste in my mouth.

Now, if Nexon did something similar to what Blizzard did with their low-population servers for WoW while also addressing over-population of certain areas (Cross-Realming and Sharding, both of which are temporary and would have to have special rules written for them when it came to loot sharing... Oh, the mess that would be on its own. Think you can comparing the Sharding system to that of channels but without actually changing channels), then maybe we won't have such an issue with population, but with how the Nexon did Mabi's system, I'm not even sure if the idea of Cross-Realming would even be possible...