Originally posted by beauturkey

 Thanks for some clarifications Slykik, I wasn't able to cover most everything. Of course, this article was mainly about graphics. Sort of. lol

 I can see the reliance on the shop, for sure. I don't think that's anything bad, though, being that it is still cheaper than most subs, and you can spend it when and if you want. I just like the choice.

 Beau

Heh, sure thing. I still enjoy the game and pop in every once in a while. I still have advanced item services after all xP

But I know what you mean, you don't really need the shop items, in fact I know a good amount of people who are completely free now with Rebirths and such being completely free. I think it's more of a peer pressure in the game, the wanting to get stronger so you can take on your rivals or whatever challenges your friends want you to join in. So it gets annoying to see people rebirthing every week when not only is it a bit of a waste in AP (Ability Points used for ranking skills) in the end, but people shooting past you in the overall levels.

Not to mention the pets and such that are out there. There are new ones out every month or so. So everyone is rushing to get that limited time only pet. So those without the ability to get Nexon Cash (Nexon, the running company of Mabinogi, form of funds for Cash Shop items) fall short.

I'm not ranting on the shop, in fact Maplestory and Mabinogi are, as I would assume, are most of the funds and profits for upgrades Nexon America is able to get.

What kind of got my attention was the free services lasting only to level 30. Honestly, any player that has any slight experience and know what they're doing, can hit level 30 in a single day of just beginner quests alone. (And maybe some help on dungeon running for gold)

I hear people complaining about Nexon America being cheap and overpriced about things, but honestly I think they're just stingy. I haven't gotten anything besides my monthly Fantasy Pack (A special deal containing all three special services in one cheaper price) when it comes to Cash Shop items. I'd like to see the next updates for sure. (Though I'm mostly waiting for Chain Casting, the ability to charge more than one charge on a spell depending on the rank of upgrade on a wand, and Assault, a melee ability to rush at an archer without being stunned and taking minimal damage depending on ranks.)

Either way, since I've been playin' for a while, I've been able to see most of the common problems around the game and such. I can go into more depth, but I don't think this thread is really called for it. Don't take me wrong though, Mabinogi has more plus sides, in fact massively more plus sides than negative, and a very unique gameplay, as I stated before.
 

First time I played Mabinogi I enjoyed it and used to watch hens fight foxes but my internet was slow so I couldnt play. After I got faster internet...

Well, I came back to Mabinogi like a month or so ago and I've been enjoying it. I'm a level 30 human but I feel like I made a good choice.

Sometime halfway through my gaming time I get bored, so I switch and go mining, sell some ores and make some easy money.

Overall, I agree with everything that has been posted and I hope I will enjoy Mabinogi alot more!

Originally posted by beauturkey

... but you need money to do anything, and if you run out of money, so does the fun of the game run out.

 

 I completely disagree. Granted, spending a little money DOES gain you a lot of cool stuff, but it is not forced.

 Especially now with free rebirths and even free storage services (for accounts under a total age of 30) you can do it all without spending a dime. Does it help? Of course.

 Consider the game free, but with an option to spend money to take less time to do things. That's fine by me! :)

 

 Beau

 

 

I found this a great help, it's a post that's in the mmorpg.com forum, that shows how to play it for free, it's a bit dated, but still worth a read.
 

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/209783/Free-forever-play-is-possible-very-deep-guide.html

Originally posted by lildarkk

First time I played Mabinogi I enjoyed it and used to watch hens fight foxes but my internet was slow so I couldnt play. After I got faster internet...

 

Well, I came back to Mabinogi like a month or so ago and I've been enjoying it. I'm a level 30 human but I feel like I made a good choice.

Sometime halfway through my gaming time I get bored, so I switch and go mining, sell some ores and make some easy money.

 

Overall, I agree with everything that has been posted and I hope I will enjoy Mabinogi alot more!

Yeah, I know what you mean about the internet. A huge downside of the game is that, if you don't have a good internet that doesn't lag, you're goin' to have issues fighting.

Since everything is fast paced real time fighting, you have to be able to charge skills and do everything exactly as you need. If your skill takes even a fraction of a second longer than you want to charge, you get killed. This gets VERY frustrating for archers and mages alike, because they can't use their skills to the fullets, and you pretty much die in every other fight.

If you still want to play despite your internet, I'de advice being a "tank". (Someone who has masses of HP and Defence so they take close to nothing in damage when hit, and pretty much never has to heal) I'm pretty much a mage tank. Maxed out Lightning Bolt rank (Rank 1) and currently working on defence and other HP increesing skills. (Currently rank 6 defence and rank 8 combat mastery.)

All you really have to rank mainly for a tank, is to get your defence up as high as possable. It's extremely easy to train and the AP cost isn't too bad. (Compared to most higher class skills anyway)

The easiest way to train defence, is to simply spam the skill against mimics. I know if you don't have a good internet, this can be harder to do than you would think, but mimics only hit 1s to the general player, and they attack twice before they circle you to attack again. So you may get hit once, but the first one you can defend, then charge it again after gettin' hit.

You can pretty much use that tactic on any monster that has only defence skill (meaning they don't use any spells or especially smash) and deal very minimal damage.

Either way, someone who has a slow internet kinda like myself (It's not always slow, just spikes alot) will mostlikely have issues playing Mabinogi well.

 I only have time to post a wee response, or the dogs will kill me if I don't get them on their walk!

 For combat I only concentrated on Smash, and have rank uhm..8 or 7 I think? And Combat Mastery is level 9. But after my re-birth I am loving blacksmithing, so all points have been going into that. Refining is kind of hard to level, though!

 Beau