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sidfu  4/25/08 8:29:11 AM

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i admit i enjoyed the game some but nexon is to money grubbing to me so i dont play this anymore.

here are my reasons

1. everything including main story/shop selling has to be bought from item mall

2. once u get to lvl 18 the time to lvl praticaly doubles.

when u see most games thats f2p u think well u know its got a cash shop but u can enjoy 90% of the game without a cash shop items but not with mabogini. by time your charcter gets to age 18 u get 0ap by ageing also ur stats for lvling are low.

to do the story line quests u have to buy one of their cash shop servces for 30 days and its more expensive than most p2p games.( if i wanna have to spend 15$ a month to play a f2p game ill just go pay for conan)

the game is enjoyable but u have to spend to much just to get what other f2p games give out for free or for way less.

looking at the game now from beta to retail the population is slowly going down. currently not even half the number of people play as when it first went retail.

my advice try it out but if u plan to spend 0$ on it u out of luck just spend your money on conan and such.

 
mike470  4/25/08 3:20:01 PM

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I don''t curse just for the hell of it.

You only need to buy the rebirth card every month or two.  As for the storyline, you don't have to do it, it's optional.  This game is much cheaper than p2p games, so stop crying.

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sidfu  4/25/08 8:50:41 PM

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Originally posted by mike470

You only need to buy the rebirth card every month or two.  As for the storyline, you don't have to do it, it's optional.  This game is much cheaper than p2p games, so stop crying.

your competely wrong.

 
wong1628  4/27/08 3:34:48 PM

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Ok, I haven't been keeping track of this scam they call a game, but what was said about the rebirth cards was right.  Now, I'm not sure about my accuracy of the costs, if one wants to play this game for all it's worth, but it is a lot. 

It costs, I think, $10 to be a premium member, a month.  Then there are rebirths, I think, $15 for each card. 

This rounds up to $25 a month, assuming one rebirths every month.  If twice every month, then $40, if thrice, then $55, and lastly, four a month, a whopping $70.

If I really want to burn a hole in my wallet, cause I have to much to spend, I'd have better outcomes just pouring sulfuric and hydrochloric acid on it, while it's in my pocket.

 Also, it is not that hard to get back to lvl 18ish, after you rebirth, so it is more likely that people will want to rebirth more than once a month.

 

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Hamburgler  4/27/08 6:31:13 PM

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You're only allowed to rebirth once every 3 weeks, and it costs 8 dollars; not 15.

 

As for everything else that is purely "extra"

 

8 dollars every 3 weeks is cheap if you ask me, and most people don't even rebirth that often

 
sidfu  4/29/08 9:20:23 AM

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when a game is advertised as competely free u know there gonna be some cash shop items and such but atleast 65% of the game is accessible. yet with mabogini u can only access about 35% the game if u dont pay anything and the prices are still redicous on any scale if i wanted to pay hat much for a f2p game i would just save for a new comp for age of conan

 
Metanite  4/30/08 11:16:57 PM

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(It costs, I think, $10 to be a premium member, a month.  Then there are rebirths, I think, $15 for each card. 

This rounds up to $25 a month, assuming one rebirths every month.  If twice every month, then $40, if thrice, then $55, and lastly, four a month, a whopping $70.)

Ummm... First off, you only need a premium card to rebirth, so that is $10, and if you want to maximize on getting all possible AP then you won't end up rebirthing for for 15 weeks which is a little less then 4 months making the game only about $2.5 a month. (Note: this is based on the fact you still get atleast 1 AP until you reach the age of 25 and then you can rebirth, another reason you might want to wait until that time is because you can only rebirth 20 times) so... if you calculate that all out over the course of 6 years, you end up spending a whole $200... but that is for 6... years...

 
AznChimp  5/02/08 9:36:05 PM

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sidfu  5/02/08 9:43:32 PM

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Originally posted by Metanite

(It costs, I think, $10 to be a premium member, a month.  Then there are rebirths, I think, $15 for each card. 

This rounds up to $25 a month, assuming one rebirths every month.  If twice every month, then $40, if thrice, then $55, and lastly, four a month, a whopping $70.)

Ummm... First off, you only need a premium card to rebirth, so that is $10, and if you want to maximize on getting all possible AP then you won't end up rebirthing for for 15 weeks which is a little less then 4 months making the game only about $2.5 a month. (Note: this is based on the fact you still get atleast 1 AP until you reach the age of 25 and then you can rebirth, another reason you might want to wait until that time is because you can only rebirth 20 times) so... if you calculate that all out over the course of 6 years, you end up spending a whole $200... but that is for 6... years...


once u get to lvl 18 and do all the quests there not many quests left if u dont get a preium service all u do is grind games not worth to even rebirth once cause if u look at it there is no conent realy if u dont p2p it

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wong1628  5/03/08 3:41:23 PM

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Some people are more impatient than others when it comes to lvl and development of their characters.

 

Anyways, it is still very devilish of Nexon to say that this game is f2p, when really you *have* to pay to get the full experience.  However, I have played those games, and the full experience is only for the most hardcore of players, specializing in their current and favorite game.

I'm sure there are other games which people say that are f2p, but must pay for cash shop items, but this game just goes overboard, pretty much forcing players to p2p, if you look closely at the game play/system.

 
UtMoon  5/03/08 7:58:01 PM

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It is sad when Devs have to trick people into playing their game by saying it is 'free', only to charge for key items later. Luckly, there are some games that truly do cost nothing to play to the max, ever. *points to his sig*

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chillsan  5/04/08 8:47:24 PM

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They are having like 20% off sale right now on the services, but even I don't think that's enough. I agree it's a bit expensive to get a full package, something only really needed by a crafter. A regular mage/fighter will be fine without full services and just a rebirth card here and there. But the price is too high for the rest, another 50%-75% drop and it might be a good deal.

 
apocalance  5/13/08 7:00:24 AM

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The game looks interesting enough to try, but this thread has convinced me to stay away. Thanks for the discussion.

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