Mabinogi: G2 and beyond « Nútsjesmoar

Well, it’s been awhile since I last posted anything about Mabinogi, and seeing as a whole Generation and a half has passed since then, maybe it’s time I got back on the bandwagon.

Well, looking back, it looks like I was wild with hero-worship of that Batsu guy, but looking back, should I have been? Bangor was important, since for some reason North America’s Walter doesn’t actually sell the cooking gear that the online faq’s say he does. Nor does Glenda or anybody except the chick in Bangor. Which was why I was so frustrated that it took so long to open Bangor. But then G1 rolled along and I rebirthed and got a new outlook on life - and fished til I couldn’t fish no more!

Also, I think it was in G1 that I relocated my friend “KenichiCutie” from Maple Story, now going by Aurafey. That was cool. Heh, if by some wild chance she’s out there reading this, just want to say “congratulations!” again. Well, anyway, rebirthing is pretty awesome to the max as well, I must admit. I don’t get the two AP-per character-age-year that I used to, but there’s plenty of perks to getting a fresh start. Unfortunately, at this point in G2 I’ve already blown most of my NX cash on random stuff like my two rebirths, extra storage, a pet wolf, etc.

Arlak is my pet wolf’s name. Having a wolf pet is quite badass, if you ask me. Anyway, Extra storage is great because I’ve been able to open an in-game store. Which raises a whole bunch of other opportunities/complications.

Opportunites: money. I’ve always been short on it, but with a store it flows in like never before! I left Arlak in charge of my shop in Tir Chonaill and left on foot to Bangor to buy a Claymore for 31,000g. I sent it to the store in Tir selling at 41K and about a halfhour later, someone actually bought it - I made an instant 10K profit for almost no effort on my part! Booyah! That maybe seems shady, but honestly I’m trying to be fair in my in-world business practices - it’s just the smart thing to do to keep customer loyalty - and I don’t think the markup was too terribly unfair - they would’ve had to run half way around the continent on foot to reach Bangor, through some dangerous territory with Kobolds, etc., so I saved them a trip at a marginal markup price.

Complications: what to do after the Extra storage runs out. Unlike a lot of cash shop items in Maple Story, which last about 2-3 months, the cash shop features in Mabinogi only last a month, so in order to keep extra storage, I’ll have to keep paying the 10$ a month or whatever it is, or have all my items that are currently building up in my storage areas be deleted or have to be sold/thrown away. Blech, this is an unpleasant idea to me. This experience of owning a shop has certainly been positive, but I need to make sure I make as much profit from it as possible this month and then sell all my extra stuff and reorganize my spaces, because I don’t think I can afford to spend so much money every month on this game.

Emain Macha is open now in G2, which is frickin’ awesome. Also, I was recently invited into the Resonance guild. They seem pretty nice, but I haven’t gotten to know them all very well. Well, this turned out a lot longer than I thought it would. I think I’ll leave you with some screenshots of me and Arlak runnin’ around G1 & G2, havin’ fun.