After reading through all of these posts, I just have one thing to point out even if it doesn't directly relate to the OP.
I wouldn't care at all about guild battle if there wasn't a guild shop that had OP caters, baltane mission boxes, and a few other handy things that you can't obtain otherwise. I try to avoid getting involved in drama (that's all guild battle has ever caused from past history between guilds and people), but when you have to choose a guild, you feel obligated to support the guild you join. That way you don't feel like just a bum leecher to everyone in the guild.
Worst part that I've always hated about guilds: You can't just switch guilds or join just any guild (for guild battle) because typically they have some sort of hierarchy that are biased to who they accept. EVEN if you're a high level/knowledgeable long standing Mabi player who is willing to support the cause or become involved. If one person in a guild hates you, then chances are you're never going to be accepted.
With that said, if anything were to come of this, I just have one request of Nexon that they give EVERYONE access to the items in the guild shop. Even if it's just once a week or something, that way, if I want to stay guildless or not participate in a guild battle that is obviously unfair then I don't have to. Please.
Hey you guys want the vip update? You know that rating pop-up window that you see when you close the game? I want you to start spamming that with "GIVE US THE VIP UPDATE".
If you're talking about the one that I always get a "this program doesn't exist" pop up for when I close the game, I removed IE from my computer, so I don't have that option.
Stop hitting on final hit. I'm sorry that player was being an asshat to you.
There other skills out there that can clear rooms in seconds. Because of people who complain about final hit too much they are going to eventually nerf it here. That will be the day I stop playing and Mabinogi becomes an over-glorified chat engine. Thanks devcat, you ruined my play style of switching from final hit to way of the guns.
NA this is one update I actually do NOT want. You will lose even more players.
...eh? They don't actually intend to nerf FH...right?
Actually according to a thread somewhere around here and confirmation in the discord (multiple times), they mean to severely hamper or limit it. (Something about the after the 6th hit makes it useless). I guess they want to encourage other forms of combat within the game instead of just final hitting everything. I get it, but...a lot of us are just comfortable with our play styles and not to mention the gear we are heavily invested into (with irl CASH).
This is definitely not FUD, this is something that we as community need to voice our opinions and concerns about before we get that patch. There was already an uproar over in KR concerning this matter, and there will be an uproar over here. But maybe we can change that BEFORE it happens to US.
We have a significantly smaller community than KR has, we are also very DIFFERENT from KR. Something like this could be the nail in the coffin. This definitely needs to be considered carefully by our NA staff who also love Mabinogi irl.
Korean MMO's are failing over here. There is a multitude of reasons why, mostly financial. They need to understand that the western world is not going to receive things as well as they do out there. We are much more conservative, we play and spend much differently on games here. I think KR companies are starting to realize that and that's why their games fail here and they also don't want to conduct as much business out here as they use to.
In fact I am really worried about the campfire event that we're supposed to have. I'm worried that not enough of us are going to attend to impress them. It's basically a irl attendance event to gauge the popularity of the game.