Thursday, August 23, 2012

GameLight - Mabinogi Bard and Battle changes

Official Site: http://mabinogi.nexon.net/Default.aspx
Source: Youtube Channel coinoptv

Mabinogi has been around since 2004 in Korea and was launched in North America back in 2008 and still receives updates now.  I had stopped playing Mabinogi after one of the updates took away half of the entire back storage from my character and pretty much limited players to half the original size unless they pay for it.  It's typical for a free game to "add" new content and charge for specific ones, but to take away something that was already available and re-selling it just sickened me.  Still, Mabinogi was and still is a really fun casual MMORPG with light-hearted gameplay.

The latest update that launched last month that seemed to have slipped past me is a new "bard" class focus as well as changes to combat so that it's more fast paced.  The Bard focus allows the player to support their party in battle with buffs and assisting damage.  Combat has always been slower and strategic which made it feel less of a casual game in terms of fighting enemies.  It was really tough getting used to the timing and charges of certain abilities and attacks.  What they did is sped up charges and placed cool downs for abilities.  These changes, especially the new combat system, makes me want to pick up the game once more.  Mabinogi is free-to-play at Nexon.net with micro-transaction items available.

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