Jump to content

Mabinogi (video game)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 63.249.96.218 (talk) at 19:25, 9 January 2010 (→‎Dragon=: typo in header, end of ch 2). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Mabinogi
Developer(s)devCAT (Nexon)
Publisher(s)Nexon
EnginePleione Engine, Sahara Engine
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
(Win 98 or later)
Release
  • KOR: June 22, 2004

  • JAP: April 26, 2005

  • CHN: May 6, 2005

  • HKG: May 6, 2005

  • TWN: May 6, 2005

  • NA: March 27, 2008

  • AUS: June 20, 2008

  • EUR: December 2, 2009
(CB Only)
Xbox 360 version: Cancelled [1]
Genre(s)Fantasy MMORPG
Mode(s)MMORPG

Mabinogi (Korean: 마비노기) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game released by South Korean Game Distributing Company Nexon, and developed by devCAT studio, one of several development teams in Nexon Inc. The Welsh word mabinogi is found in the original manuscripts of the Mabinogion.

The game engine features hand-painted textures stylized with edge detection outlining. The game world is developed continuously, through the release of important patches (referred to as "Generations" and "Seasons") that introduce new areas, additional features such as pets and new skills, and advancement of the storyline. The user interface is simple and designed in the likeness of Microsoft Windows' task bar.

Mabinogi was built on a hybrid Value Added Services model (which varies slightly for each game localization) that allows free play and the subscription of paid packages, purchased through the game shop.[2] In South Korea, beginning with the Chapter 3 patch, Mabinogi changed to micro-transactions. It now allows 24-hour free play and the Item Shop only offers items, and subscriptions for added options.

The game service is currently available in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, North America and most recently New Zealand and Australia. There are plans to launch the game in Europe in early 2010, and the Mabinogi teaser website for Europe was launched on 18 November 2009 [3]

The North American closed beta test began on January 30, 2008, at 2pm PST.[4] The pre-open beta only available to Fileplanet users was released on March 5, 2008.[5] The full open beta was released on March 6, 2008, at 3PM PST. The North American localization of Mabinogi was officially released on March 27, 2008. [6]

During the 2007 Gstar game show in Seoul, South Korea, Nexon announced an Xbox 360 version of Mabinogi.[7][8][9]

Gameplay

The player is not limited by any class other than the character's race, and is free to level up any of the different skills available. The combination of skill choices, age, items, physical constitution, and other variables such as user titles, is what makes up the character. The gameplay is largely skill-based. To learn and improve skills, Ability Points (AP) are required.

There are also various social aspects, like sitting around a campfire, playing music, having a friendly chat, sharing food, as well as making use of different facial expressions to make user interaction more colorful.

There are currently two continents, Uladh and Iria. If you start as a human you will begin your game in the Uladh village of Tir Chonaill. If you are an elf, you begin your game in Iria at Filia, in the region Connous. If you start as a Giant you will begin your game at Vales, in the region Physis, which is located far north in the continent of Iria.

Character creation and development

Characters are created by using Character Cards. There are two kinds of cards: basic and premium. One basic card (called a free card) is given free of charge when there are no characters in the account (such as when an account is newly created). Free Cards can use premium looks. Premium cards allows more customization options, but are not required. Note: As of June 18 2009 when you make a new account you will be able to choose premium looks, but for only the free starter card. But when you make an assistant Giant/Elf Card you can't use premium.

Currently there are three races: human, elf and giant. When creating a character, one may choose an age between ten and seventeen. The character will advance one year in age every (real) Saturday. Different ages yield different initial stats and affect the amount of stats raised when leveling up. AP is also granted when aging; the younger you are the more AP you get when you age. For example when a character is ten it gets five AP when it ages to eleven but when it is 16 or older it only gets two AP when it ages. After twenty-five it receives none.

Rebirth is an important feature in Mabinogi. Rebirth allows the player to change the character's age, gender, appearance, and reset the character's level back to 1, while keeping all previously learned skills. As of the North American release of "Pioneers of Iria" players may now rebirth for free upon reaching age 20. The free rebirth option allows you to reset your level and age, and will not allow you to change your character's appearance. Also, when using the free rebirth, you automatically return to your character's last location. If you do not wish to wait until age 20 to rebirth, you can rebirth using a "basic" or "premium" character card purchased from the "Premium Shop" once each week. Rebirthing by use of a character card will allow you to change your character's appearance as well as reset age and level.

After the age of 25, characters will not gain Ability Points from aging, which is required to advance skill ranks, and leveling becomes increasingly harder and slower. Therefore, to accelerate character advancement, players must use the rebirth system.

The player's eating habits affect the character's build. Eating certain foods in large quantities will increase their weight and may also raise/lower some stats. For example, berries have a slimming effect. These transformations happen over time.

Each (real world) day of the week grants players specific bonuses, such as getting a higher experience rate for certain skills, higher item creation success rate, aging, gaining AP, etc.

Combat system

In manual combat, predicting the enemy's next move and making use of your skills is important. However, there is also an automatic combat mode. Automatic combat mode basically times normal attacks. Skills, when used, are incorporated into the automatic combat. It is dangerous to use, however, since often the time it takes to cancel an automatic command is long enough for an enemy to attack you.

Some monsters are aggressive and will attack and pursue on sight, while others attack in a pack or ignore the player. The sophisticated combat, based heavily on anticipating your opponent's actions, makes combat more engaging and botting more difficult. Bots have nevertheless been designed which farm low-level monsters for in-game gold.

Dying causes loss of experience points, and sometimes equipment (lost items can be retrieved at an NPC at a cost). Fallen players can be revived by other players, or by the in-game NPC, Nao, if the player has bought the Nao's Support or Fantasy Life Club services (or Nao's Soul Stone in some versions). If the character has zero experience points and suffers a death penalty, negative experience points will accumulate. If the player reaches negative 100% experience, they will no longer be able to revive by themselves and must wait for another player to revive them.

Fantasy Life

There is a wide range of Life skills which give the player the chance to experience a different side of the “fantasy life”. Players can perform tasks such as tending to the wheat and potato fields, making flour, gathering wool from sheep and eggs from hens, weaving and making garments, mining for minerals and crafting weapons, playing and composing music, cooking dishes, etc.

Using a system called Music Markup Language (actually a variation of Music Macro Language, which is completely distinct from the notation format usually referred to as Music Markup Language), players may compose their own arrangements or use music scrolls created by other players. In the North American version, these are known as the "Compose" and "Play Music" skills. Different musical instruments, such as lutes, ukuleles, flutes, and others can be used to play. There are legal implications of playing copyrighted music, and Nexon officially discourages such actions.[citation needed]

NPC interaction is important. As the player talks to different non-player characters, more dialog keywords will become available. These will reveal plot points and NPC backgrounds, unlock quests or skills, etc. NPCs also offer a variety of services such as shops, item repair and upgrade, skill apprenticeships and more. Players can also request part-time jobs from some of the NPCs, which can be completed in a quest-like fashion.

Mainstream plots

Mabinogi has mainstream story campaigns. These campaigns have connected story lines that reveal the background story of Erinn and several important characters. The North American version of the game made mainstream services free at the Pioneers of Iria update.

There are campaigns in sequential order, each implemented at their corresponding Generation updates.

Chapter 1

  • Generation 1: Advent of the Goddess (여신강림)
  • Generation 2: Paladin (팔라딘)
  • Generation 3: Dark Knight (다크나이트)

Chapter 2

  • Generation 4: Pioneers of Iria(이리아의 개척자)
  • Generation 5: Elves in the Desert)(사막의 엘프)
  • Generation 6: The Giants(설원의 자이언트)
  • Generation 7: Ancient Secrets of Irinid (열대의 강)
  • Generation 8: Dragon (드래곤)

Chapter 3

  • Generation 9: Alchemist (The Shadow World)(연금술사)
  • Generation 10: The Goddess of Light (빛의 여신)
  • Generation 11: Sword of the Gods (신들의 검)
  • Generation 12: Return of the Hero (영웅의 귀환)

Quests, Exploration Quests and Part-Time Jobs

There are many different quests that players can complete throughout the game. Different types of quests exist, some are party quests, others involve monster hunting, item collecting or other tasks, for instance, skill-based quests like cooking or tailoring.

Some of them are received by the player at specific points or after certain quests are completed, others are given by the NPCs, some can be purchased as quest scrolls and, finally, there are also exploration quests that the player can enroll in through the Quest Boards found throughout Erinn.

Quest rewards may consist of experience points, Ability Points, gold, items or a combination of these rewards. Quests help the player to discover the game's regions and to find out about the many available NPCs, as they involve traveling to different parts of the game world and talking to all the different non-player characters.

Exploration quests typically involve finding certain hidden objects using a pair of L-shaped rods or by finding landmarks or animals and making a sketch of these. Different exploration quests are available according to the player's exploration level. There is also a player rank for the completion of each quest. When a character completes exploration quests or simply comes across these hidden landmarks, the character's exploration level will increase, and as they level up, the character will gain Ability Points, and access to new exploration quests. when a player's exploration reaches landmark levels, the player must complete a mandatory quest to continue gaining exploration levels. The highest exploration level one can attain is 60.

Another type of special quests are part-time jobs, which are given by the NPCs. Part-time jobs (called Arbeits in all regions but North America) are only available at a specific time of the day for each NPC and have a time limit to be completed. The player must complete the requested tasks (i.e.: delivering an item to another NPC, crafting a certain number of items, collecting objects, doing farming chores, etc.) and report back to the NPC to choose their reward. As you increase in successful jobs, NPCs will give you harder and more rewarding quests.

Repeating these part-time jobs helps to raise the intimacy level between the player and the NPC (giving certain items to the NPC may also help). When a "friendship" has been established between them, certain merchant NPCs will reveal a secret store to the player with special items to purchase.

Time and weather

The game has its own internal clock, with thirty-six minutes of real time corresponding to one in-game day. The sun and moon move visibly across the sky with the hours, with objects casting shadows that move accordingly, and the moon undergoes phases. A second moon, always rising and setting opposite the sun, is described as the source of magic energy, and players recharge mana faster while it is in the sky.

Each real time day of the week offers players the opportunity to take advantage of specific gameplay bonuses, such as increased skill success or lowered NPC store prices and also go to the other world. Weekday names used in-game reflect the Celtic mythology that the game evokes. In Mabinogi, actual days of the week represent seasons and are named for the traditional Welsh and Irish quarter days and cross-quarter days.

A dynamic weather system is also in place, with effects such as heavier or lighter cloud cover, rain, and thunder. The weather affects the outcomes of certain player skills and work done by NPCs.

Titles

Achieving certain conditions will reward the character with a title. These conditions can range from participating in the closed beta to completing quests. Titles, when applied to a character, can change the character's stats, for the better or for the worse. An easy title to get is (player-name) the Reborn.

Some titles are unique in the server, with each server having only one character who holds that specific title.

Other game features

Players can set up stores to sell their items. Items cannot be looted since any item dropped from a monster cannot, as a rule, be picked up by another player for an amount of time proportional to an item's value. Items can be safely traded through the trading panels. As another safeguard to item loss, items dropped by a player as a result of the player's death are automatically recovered by an NPC nearby, where they can be retrieved.

Generation 3, in later updates, added housing areas between Tir Chonaill and Dunbarton in an area splitting off of Dugald Isle, and also between Bangor and Emain Macha in an area splitting off of Sen Mag Plateau. Through this housing system, players can bid for a house and pay rent for it afterwards, in order to keep it. Houses may be used as stores, and players are able to purchase items to decorate their homes.

As in many other MMORPG's, player characters can get married in-game, by requesting this to a marriage NPC. A pet system is also available. Players may purchase Pet Cards from the game store and summon them in-game. Pets can help in combat or, in some cases, even be used as transportation, allowing the player to travel at a greater speed than on foot. Each pet has a fully customizable AI system, allowing the owner to give it preset actions he or she desires. Pets can even be played by themselves. Like the player characters, pets also grow as they age. Unlike player characters, however, pets automatically learn skills based on their level.

Other features worth mentioning are the friend, party and guild systems. Guild creation requires the purchase of an extended play package from the game store. Guilds can expand/level up by meeting an increasing quota of points (called Guild Points, or GP), which are earned by the guild's members by staying in-game. The party system is similar to other games, and allows sharing of experience points between players. PvP combat is also possible in special arenas, as well as between Paladins and Dark Knights at any location, as well as "pet duels", where characters arrange combat for their pets. As of the Pioneers of Iria release, elves and giants can also engage in PvP combat at any location, as can those humans aligned with elves or giants. More recently, a dueling system was launched, allowing PvP between any characters, within a range of customizable conditions.

Skills

Each character can develop a large number of skills, although some can only be learned if the character is of a certain race (Human, Elf, Giant). Skills are divided into four categories: Life, Combat, Magic and Alchemy. Life refers to crafting and performing skills, such as fishing, cooking, composing, tailoring, smithing or potion making. Some of the Life skills available are also mini-games. Combat refers to melee and ranged attack skills, as well as defensive moves. Magic comprises three kinds of elemental magic (ice, fire and lightning) and non-elemental magic, such as healing and recovery skills. In G9 Alchemy was introduced to the game world. Alchemy is used with a cylinder and a crystal, and can be used to create temporary walls, summon golems and a number of spells resembling magic according to the crystal used.

Alchemy is not available in the North American version.

Ability Points (obtained when the player levels up, ages or has completed important quests) are required to take each skill up a level. Each skill is ranked from F to A and then from 9 to 1 (F being the lowest and 1 being the highest possible rank of a given skill). By practicing different skills, the experience for these skills (and also for character level) will go up. If the player performs a certain skill until it reaches "perfect skill" training (before advancing that skill to the next rank), they will also receive special bonuses. Skill levels cannot be lowered once they are advanced, unless a Skill Reset Capsule is used (only available on the Item Shop and can be bought using Nexon Cash, or from the Advanced Play Premium Service). Additionally, the AP required for ranking up may differ between Humans, Elves, and Giants in certain skills. Ability Points are also gained from leveling up your Exploration Level.

Paladin and Dark Knight Skills

Human Players can acquire special Paladin skills, which allow their character to transform into a Paladin and use power-up skills, after completing the Generation 2 mainstream plot. They can also convert their Paladin to a Dark Knight by solving the quests available in Generation 3, Season 4. Dark Knights and Paladins strongly oppose each other. Dark Knights have an additional skill, not available to Paladins, which gives them the ability to control fomors. The player can only transform into a Paladin or a Dark Knight once a day (in-game time). The Paladin or Dark Knight timer resets at 6:00 AM each morning (game time). This transformation used to require a premium service but with the Pioneers of Iria update, the mainstream quests and the skill is free to use. To save time in dungeons, transform shortly before 6:00 AM (e.g. at 5:40 or 5:50 AM) so you can transform again later in the day if needed. Dark Knights and Paladins each have different ranks and different title within the rank. A paladin's rank 1 form is called a Paladin Champion. A rank 1 Dark Knight is called InfraBlack

Falcon(Elf) and Beast(Giant) Skills (Beast Transformation)

With the addition of Pioneers of Iria, elves and giants can undergo a series of lengthy sidequests to attain their own transformation skills. Giants use Beast skills, while Elves use Falcon skills. Elves attain a skill called Elven Magic Missile which can be used during the transformation. It has a spinning wheel of 3 different elements and whatever you arrows lands on is which element your arrow is infused with. Giants can also use their respective skill named, Giant Full Swing, which allows the player to do a number of spinning swings (which depends on the skill's rank.) As with Paladin and Dark Knight skills, players may only transform once per day (in-game time). The timer is reset at 6:00 AM each morning (in-game time). As with Paladin and Dark Knights these skills are free to use.

Alchemy Skills

Available in G9, in the town of Tailteann you can purchase cylinders(weapons to activate alchemy skills), skill books and crystals you need to learn alchemy. Because the skills are excluded as a brand-new category, alchemy sees fit to every players. With the mastery of alchemy, players can attack monsters with cylinders (or "tower cylinders" available in G12) powered up with crystals, produce special crystals that are needed when using some skills and cannot be bought in NPC shops. The four basic elements of chemistry are wind, water, fire and earth. Be sure to learn it because alchemy is important throughout the Chapter 3 plots. Some skills can only learned from the G9 mainstream, while some skills are only available in later generations. (The American client has not yet progressed to G9)

Demigod Skills

Available for all races. During the last mission "The Goddess of Light" of G10 mainstream, players have to run the additional shadow mission "Light and Dark". There, players can fight with the boss of G10: Doppelgänger and try the power of demigod skills. Once the mission is completed, you can use the demigod transformation skill "Awakening of Light", attack skills (attributed to the goddess Neamhain)"Fury of Light", "Spear of Light" wherever and whenever you want. Players can train the skills by leveling up or being reborn, but one transformation activation causes 6 points penalty, while other demigod attacks causes less training points penalty. In the story of G11, another demigod skill "Shadow of Spirit" can be learned, and soon after the skill is learned, players must use the skill to defeat the boss of one of the "shadow mission", or else no damage can be caused. (The American client has not yet progressed to G10) Recently, two more demigod skills (attributed to the goddess Morrighan)"Wage of Wings", "Eclipse of Wings" will be released in the last generation of Chapter 3, G12.

The Mabinogi World

File:Mabinogi worldmap generation 5.jpg
Mabinogi World Map, as of Generation 5 (Japanese Version).

In the Mabinogi world, there are Four beginning towns in Generation 1, named:

  • Tir Chonaill (A beginner area)
  • Dunbarton
  • Bangor
  • Emain Macha

There are areas in the Uldah area that are known to be for more experienced characters. Such Are:

  • Port Ceann
  • Sidhe Sneatcha
  • Tir Na Nog (Tir Chonail; Another world)

There is also a wide variety of other maps, such as the fields which connect the towns, dungeons and quest maps, the "Soulstream" (where Nao appears) and "the Gate".

The game world is expanded continuously through subsequent major patches. Generation 2 introduces a new town to the world of Erinn, Emain Macha, and two new dungeons named Rundal and Coill.

With the Pioneers of Iria update (which had content from Generations 4 - 6), a new continent was added. Named Iria, three regions were added including: Rano, humans start at Qilla Base Camp, has many new areas and also introduces Exploration quests which are done in Iria. Connous, a desert region, includes the oasis town, Filia, where elves start at and do most of their quests. Physis, a northern snowy region, includes the town of Vales located in the middle of Physis, is where giants start at and do most of their quests.

Generation 7 introduces a jungle region of Iria named Courcle. Many new skills are introduced and received in Courcle.

Generation 8 adds another extension to the continent of Iria, Zardin, where a new mainstream quest takes place for the human characters. This area features active volcanoes and sulfur geysers, and is "not a part of Erinn," according to the game.

Generation 9 adds some new regions and a new town, Taillteann. Taillteann is a town of Alchemy, where most of Chapter 3's mainstream takes place. Taillteann is on Uladh mainland, next to Dunbarton.

Generation 10 adds more new regions connecting Tara (a new town) to other towns & fields. Tara is connected to Taillteann and Emain Macha.

Generation 11 opens the Castle Rath in Tara and it's only available to players who has certain titles. Rath is a great source of information of the mainstream.

Generation 12 introduces Falias, the city of the gods, but no gods now dwell in Falias. To access the entrance to Falias, the activation of "Brionac" is needed, and the gate can be opened wherever you are.

Moon gates and Mana tunnels

"Moon gates" in Uladh connect remote areas and allow players to teleport through them. The destination of moon gates changes every (in-game) day. They are periodic and can be mapped and predicted (as many Korean and Japanese fan sites already do). At a particular night, all moon gates teleport to one place.(Sadly, duting G11S1 extra season in Korea, all the moon gates which located at fields or by dungeons are deleted, which means only the ones standing for a "town" are remained) "Mana tunnels" in Iria connect different points across the continent. These, however, work differently from Moon gates. Mana tunnels can only teleport players to a mana tunnel that the character has used before. The light cycles are important to these portals: Moon gates are active only at night, while mana tunnels can only be used during the day. Mana tunnels, when active, replenish the players' mana if they are standing close to it. Players can also move from one continent to another by boat or by selecting "Continent warp" from the main menu.

Dungeons

File:Mabinogi giant spider boss.jpg
The giant spider in Alby dungeon is one of the weakest dungeon bosses in the game.

Mabinogi uses an instanced dungeon system, with random map generation, that allows dungeon exploration by multiple players at the same time. When a player enters a dungeon, they will find a lobby with a statue of a goddess, and a platform before it. A separate dungeon instance is created for every unique type of item thrown on the platform. Depending on what the player drops, they might end up in a dungeon instance with players already in it.

Dungeons maps consist of connecting rooms and corridors. As they explore the map, the player will encounter chests or other devices which will, if opened or activated, summon monsters that must be defeated in order to progress in the dungeon path. At the end of each dungeon, there is a large room, which will usually have the boss enemy of the dungeon (sometimes escorted by a number of other enemies). Once the boss and its minions are defeated, a treasury room is opened, with the rewards for clearing the dungeon. The number of treasure chests inside the treasury will be equal to the number of characters in the dungeon (at the time of opening the door). Players can thus explore the dungeons in teams. Some dungeons have special items called passes which allow harder and easier versions to be done. Passes can limit from 1 to 8 players per dungeon.

Keys are tradeble once received. At the end of the dungeon if you are felling generous you can give away your key. Remember they are permanent items until they are used.

North America Version Updates

Generation 1

Generation 1 began on March 27, 2008. Season 1 began on March 27, 2008. Season 2 began on May 1, 2008. Notable features released were the Generation 1 mainstream quests, premium services, and guild functions.

Generation 2

Generation 2 was released on May 15, 2008. Season 1 began on May 15, 2008. Season 2 began on June 5, 2008. Season 3 began on June 25. Season 4 began on July 31. Notable features released were Generation 2 mainstream quests, pets, pet AI customization, the Paladin skill, and the new area, Emain Macha.

Generation 3

Generation 3 was released on August 22, 2008. Season 1 began on August 22, 2008. Season 2 began on September 24, 2008. Season 3 began on October 16, 2008. Season 4 began on November 2, 2008. Season 5 began on December 17, 2008. Notable content included was Generation 3 mainstream quest, Dark Knight skills, Marriage system, and the rank 6-1 skill releases, and mastery titles for skills.

Pioneers of Iria

On February 26, 2009, a new expansion to the game labeled Pioneers of Iria was released, providing the content of Generations 4 through 6 from other editions. It introduced the continent of Iria and 2 new races, the Giants and Elves, With addition of transformations for each race. Nexon also made mainstream quests, spirit weapons, and transformations free, as well as added a new rebirth system that allows players to rebirth at age 20 without purchasing a new character card.[10] [11]Additionally new characters with total levels under 30 receive free premium services and free character cards allow for the same effects as buying a premium character card for character customization.

No new mainstream quests came with "Pioneers of Iria".

Ancient Secrets of Irind

"Ancient Secrets of Irind", delivering the storyline and feature content marketed as Generation 7 in other editions, was released on July 16, 2009. Notable content included was a new series of mainstream quests, metallurgy, charge, and magic shield skills, rafting, flying pets, the Courcle region, and video recording.

There has also been an update in which more flying pets have been added (Eagle, Pelican).

Dragon

"Dragon", delivering the storyline and feature content of Generation 8, Season 2 from other editions, was released on October 14, 2009. A volcanic area north of the Giant hometown Physis, Zardine, was released, with many new features, including Fossil Restoration, Hot Air Ballooning, Gem Weapon modification, Two-handed Sword Improvements and rebalancing, and Hardmode Dungeons. A new pet has been added (Flying Star Broom). "Dragon" also features the new mainstream quests which continue from "Ancient Secrets of Irind".

The shields for the Giants and final shot skill for elves was just released.

With "Dragon", Chapter 2 of Mabinogi comes to a close.

European Release

Mabinogi is going to Europe through Nexon. The closed beta test keys are being given out for free. The official Mabinogi closed beta website can be found at Mabinogi Europe.

As of December 30th Mabinogi Europe, Closed Beta, has come to a close. Nexon Europe have announced that they are planning to release the Open Beta of Mabinogi in early 2010. The actual date has yet to be mentioned. Details on upcoming release contents may be found on the main site.

Franchise

A spin-off of Mabinogi, known as Mabinogi Heroes is currently in Korea and will be released in North America in 2010 through Nexon.[12]

A sequel to Mabinogi called Mabinogi 2 is under development.

Controversy

On January 28, 2008, it was reported that a 16-year-old boy from Japan hacked the website of Nexon Japan and accrued 36 million yen (325,000 USD) worth of game points used in Mabinogi. It sparked discussions among the public about the security of an online game's billing system.[13][14]

On the 9th of April, 2009, Nexon America banned approximately 2700 accounts in one day following the misuse of a glitch allowing players to freely duplicate in-game currency. A number of those banned complained that they had not been guilty of abusing the glitch, and had not even taken advantage of the in-game features that enabled it.[15] Most of the accounts wrongfully banned have been reimbursed by Nexon with two free months of the Fantasy Life package.[16] Nexon America has asserted that those users for whom the bans were allowed to stand, but who had not abused the glitch, had been discovered to be guilty of other abuses and would not be compensated.

References

  1. ^ http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=284319&category=102
  2. ^ "Nexon Company page description of Mabinogi".
  3. ^ "Teaser Site Revealed". 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  4. ^ Leigh Alexander (2008-01-16). "Nexon Announces Mabinogi". Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  5. ^ Earnest Cavalli (2008-02-29). "Mabinogi Open Beta Lands March 5". Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  6. ^ Keith Cross (2008-02-24). "Commercial Launch Announced". Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  7. ^ Brandon Sheffield, Seoul (2007-08-11). "G*: Nexon Reveals Xbox 360 MMO Mabinogi, Talks Maple Story DS". Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  8. ^ "First Screenshots of xbox360 Mabinogi Revealed". 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  9. ^ "KR: 08/14/2008 - Thisisgame Interview". 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  10. ^ "Pioneers of Iria Updates".
  11. ^ "More Mabinogi Free Features".
  12. ^ http://news.mmosite.com/content/2009-09-07/20090907023346550.shtml
  13. ^ meteo (2008-01-28). "Mabinogi Was Hacked by A 16-year-old Boy".
  14. ^ "Boy hacker scams 36 mil yen for virtual dress". 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  15. ^ http://www.mabinogiplayer.com/forums/mabinogi-announcements/7753-account-banned.html
  16. ^ http://mabinogi.nexon.net/Notice/View.aspx?boardNo=100&contentNo=005Ee&pageIndex=2

Worldwide official game sites