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Voting closed: January 14, 2012, 06:17:21 pm

[Seriyu]

So, small news, found out where giant sandworms spawn. And they're pretty easy to kill (for a field raid boss anyway) at 300k HP, and only two attacks (one of which can be dodged by sidestepping).  No minions. Likewise they drop parts which I'm sure will be showing up in future crafting recipes.

To the good stuff. They're north of the muyu in muyu desert on the minimap. The two attacks are swallow (basic attack, does a lot of wound damage, pretty sure it can be blocked and countered but don't hold me to that), and stampede, moves straight at a character, can run to the side and avoid it (he's pretty small for monsters that would normally use it so it's easy to get around).

Field raids that aren't black dragon have one role "(monster name here) hunter". Do damage to him to get contrib. Otherwise works exactly the same.

[Sonlirain]

Restart Steam?

Nope.
But linking mabi as an "outside" game seemed to work.

[Shakerag]

So, I have to say my first impression was not the best one.

Apparently Yugi was schlepping up the shadow realm last night, so I couldn't get in.
I tried to take a part time job, only to have my boss tell me work is done for the day right before I get to the jackass I needed to deliver drugs too.
Wandering outside of town, I suddenly jumped games into Fallout 3.
Also, apparently my character has a deep-seated hatred of statues of faces. 
Also also, EVERYTHING IS DEAD OUTSIDE OF TOWN.  However, there must have been life at some point, because some other jackass discovered a broken-ass bridge somewhere.
Furthermore:  Nazca lines.  PROOF OF UFO COVERUP.
Apparently elves suck at bridges, because the only one I found was in terrible shape, and all other chasms and rivers had no such things.
I found some temples ... except they were down in a chasm and bounded by rivers with no way to them >_<
I now have a flying carpet pet called VD, because carpetmuncher wouldn't fit, and rugmuncher was taken O_o
Also, it is INCREDIBLY FUSSY about where it will let me land.
Even after flying past the waterfall (shoutout to the invisible walls g-dog) THERE WAS STILL NOTHING ALIVE ANYWHERE.
So I finally said screw it and went to play FTL.

[krisslanza]

I think you were logged in during the Dragon Raid? The Dragon spawns a bunch of minions, so the monster server probably crashed. It does that sometimes, especially when you get like a 100+ people in one, small spot and monsters spawn...

[Girlinhat]

Yeah, you literally came on at exactly the wrong time.

[Ibid Straydrink]

Usually, it's best to curb your enthusiasm for exploration and experimentation until you've completed your newbie tutorials. Once you've had a shot at combat and a chance to see what Mabi generally has to offer, the things you stumble upon might have a bit more significance, and then, as subtly as the delusions of Jean-Paul's psyche, you start having fun!

Your job mishap gives me idea. How about trying to have a "career day?" If you like, you could try asking each of your guildies what they do for fun, and tagging along. Most of us do dungeon runs regularly, and won't mind showing you the ropes. What's more, even a newbie can be handy in our heated battles simply by playing an instrument or putting in a well-placed kick.

[Girlinhat]

Three great things a noob can do in even the heaviest combat situations:

1: Sit outside and play an instrument.
2: Especially elves, remain in Hide and be prepared to throw feathers at people.
3: Get a longbow (more range than shortbow) and aim a Magnum Shot at an enemy.  If this enemy is attacking a friend and it starts dealing damage, fire Magnum to disrupt it and let the friendly get back on the offensive.

Why?
1: Bardic Performances are buffs that don't depend on enemy strength,
2: Good god do we like to die.
3: Magnum will always knock back an enemy, except for Natural Shield with a shield equipped, making it PERFECT for disrupting combos, giving some breathing room, and a brief moment where they have to stand back up.

[Shakerag]

or putting in a well-placed kick.

Would that be to statues?  Specifically ones with faces?  Because I think I got that part down.

Perhaps if I'm gaming with Mr. Vodka again tonight I'll hop on and see what happens. 

[Seriyu]

Note, the dragon spawns today at 9:00 PM CST (I think that's the time for weekdays anyway), so be sure to log on.... not then.

I had never even considered the monster server might shut down for the field raid, it makes a lot of sense.

[Girlinhat]

Note, the dragon spawns today at 9:00 PM CST (I think that's the time for weekdays anyway), so be sure to log on.... not then.

I had never even considered the monster server might shut down for the field raid, it makes a lot of sense.

Chances are, the monster server temporarily becomes a game server, as it tries to hold the load of so many players interacting.

[MadMalkavian]

Ugh. Has anybody encountered the problem where you seem to repeatedly get DC'd within seconds of logging on?

I'm having that problem myself. I think it's got something to do with either the event or that new piece of software they rolled out as part of the last update. It's making the game impossible for me to play, which is fine as I kind of want to wait until I get a new machine before playing seriously once again. It should be fine once Nexon gets in touch with Devcat and tells them about this issue, and they whip of some kind of fix to stop the whole disconnection process. Just send in a support ticket and that should get the ball rolling.

[krisslanza]

The new Black Cipher thing might be getting blocked by some anti-virus things or something, so make sure you have it allowed or some such.

[MadMalkavian]

The new Black Cipher thing might be getting blocked by some anti-virus things or something, so make sure you have it allowed or some such.

I'm not getting any real alerts with Avast when I play Mabinogi but just in case I'll do that. I usually have it disabled but sometimes I get a little paranoid and turn my antivirus back on when I'm on weird parts of the internet. I think I'll do some other stuff to see if that helps, like add an exception or two to my firewall and forward the ports on my router to see if that helps with anything. If it does work I should be able to get back into Mabinogi sooner than later. I'll keep you guys posted perhaps.

[Ibid Straydrink]

Finally, at long last, I decided to start G8 tonight. Everything was going swimmingly, until I received Dorren's request; "Ibid, can you bring me 7 Ice Spear crystals?"

--> End Game

I do hope that in future installments, the folks at DEVcat have a sharper realization of their strengths and weaknesses. Let's face it: wide-spanning fetch quests worked into a sloppily translated and poorly conveyed plot are not even remotely interesting enough to justify the work. The real purpose of the Mabinogi questline (barring generations 1-3 perhaps) is to showcase new skillsets and features and present players with challenges to overcome and thereby acclimate to and earn them, all the while weaving it together with a touch of soft roleplay.

To be fair, I'm largely just bitter that I'm being asked to do something horribly tedious which I have practically done a hundred-hundred times, just for sake of progressing through the plot and gaining whatever rewards/foundations for future generations it earns, what with having no interest in alchemy whatsoever.

Bah, humbug! 


Oh well. Maybe someone can just help me synthesize the damned things tomorrow night?

[alexwazer]

You can also just buy them from that same Dorren. Yeah, not much of a fetch quest when you can just "fetch" the good from the NPC asking for them.