The End
I'm done. Good bye.
By that, I mean, I'm done with MMOs.
So, as some of you know, I've had an on-again, off-again relationship with Mabinogi. I still think it is a great game, but it's time to move on. The combat system is unique and the rebirth system well-developed.
But it, like all MMOs, is a trap, meant to suck in your soul and never let you go.
And the biggest thing is, we always forget that it's not just a game. It's a business. And the company will do everything they can to get your money.
Look at these potions they've made and they're planning on adding:
Combat 2x EXP potion
Specific Skill Type Train 2x Potion
Item Drop Rate Boost Potion
Refine Skill Train Potion
Appealing to the lazy person in all of us. But it pisses me off that someone with money to burn can level up twice as fast as me. So that means I have to spend even more time keeping up.
I'm an incredibly miserly person when it comes to spending money in an online game. I know people who've already spent over $1,000 on Mabinogi and I can't fathom it. Yeah, I've probably spent around $300 in a 3-year period. Think of how many other good games I'm missing out on with that money, all for some virtual pet? It's like buying crap for your sims.
I don't have a Wii, Xbox, or a PS3. I have a ton of unplayed PS2 games because I never took the time to play them. What have I done with my life?
And then Mabinogi developers devCAT come up with more bullshit updates with tons of skills so that you need to keep playing just to keep afloat and it'll never end ugh
(I'm talking about all the mastery skill they're adding in G13)
The game is no longer fun. It's a commitment.
And don't go all "Well, maybe you should get some friends. It's fun with friends!" I have friends, but it's only fun playing with them for like an hour before someone has to afk and never come back, or we're sitting in town just ... talking... and god damn that is so boring. I always end up feeling like I can do something better with my time. Like posting here! (joke)
I used to love sitting in town listening to town chat in Ragnarok Online. But, I played on the Oceania server. People there were so ... interesting. I won't say they were nicer, or smarter, or more mature (people are people everywhere) but they were more interesting. There is a charm in playing with people who are in a different country.
And Nexon is effing retarded; as Mystickskye (I think) said a long time ago, they have event diarrhea. As I'm writing this they're putting on a 2x exp event just to taunt me. Fuck them!
The Project RM event was just more nails in the coffin (I'm still very pissed off about it).
I've been having less and less fun in Mabi for the past year. It's time I moved on.
So I sound like an angry, bitter person. But honestly, after this week without Mabi, I feel as free as a bird. Soma can attest that I'm in a better mood than I have been in in a while.
Real life starts soon. There is no time for a 2nd full-time job.
By that, I mean, I'm done with MMOs.
So, as some of you know, I've had an on-again, off-again relationship with Mabinogi. I still think it is a great game, but it's time to move on. The combat system is unique and the rebirth system well-developed.
But it, like all MMOs, is a trap, meant to suck in your soul and never let you go.
And the biggest thing is, we always forget that it's not just a game. It's a business. And the company will do everything they can to get your money.
Look at these potions they've made and they're planning on adding:
Combat 2x EXP potion
Specific Skill Type Train 2x Potion
Item Drop Rate Boost Potion
Refine Skill Train Potion
Appealing to the lazy person in all of us. But it pisses me off that someone with money to burn can level up twice as fast as me. So that means I have to spend even more time keeping up.
I'm an incredibly miserly person when it comes to spending money in an online game. I know people who've already spent over $1,000 on Mabinogi and I can't fathom it. Yeah, I've probably spent around $300 in a 3-year period. Think of how many other good games I'm missing out on with that money, all for some virtual pet? It's like buying crap for your sims.
I don't have a Wii, Xbox, or a PS3. I have a ton of unplayed PS2 games because I never took the time to play them. What have I done with my life?
And then Mabinogi developers devCAT come up with more bullshit updates with tons of skills so that you need to keep playing just to keep afloat and it'll never end ugh
(I'm talking about all the mastery skill they're adding in G13)
The game is no longer fun. It's a commitment.
And don't go all "Well, maybe you should get some friends. It's fun with friends!" I have friends, but it's only fun playing with them for like an hour before someone has to afk and never come back, or we're sitting in town just ... talking... and god damn that is so boring. I always end up feeling like I can do something better with my time. Like posting here! (joke)
I used to love sitting in town listening to town chat in Ragnarok Online. But, I played on the Oceania server. People there were so ... interesting. I won't say they were nicer, or smarter, or more mature (people are people everywhere) but they were more interesting. There is a charm in playing with people who are in a different country.
And Nexon is effing retarded; as Mystickskye (I think) said a long time ago, they have event diarrhea. As I'm writing this they're putting on a 2x exp event just to taunt me. Fuck them!
The Project RM event was just more nails in the coffin (I'm still very pissed off about it).
I've been having less and less fun in Mabi for the past year. It's time I moved on.
So I sound like an angry, bitter person. But honestly, after this week without Mabi, I feel as free as a bird. Soma can attest that I'm in a better mood than I have been in in a while.
Real life starts soon. There is no time for a 2nd full-time job.
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