Lately, I've been extremely busy to the point where I can't even check my email daily anymore, which means no time for mabinogi. Due to this, I've been trying to make room to play mabinogi for a while now, but it just hasn't happened lately, until this week.
This week, my teachers decided not to give monstrous amounts of homework, so I had some free time this week to play a little mabinogi. I guess in return for having time to play mabinogi, I had some of the worst things happen to me on mabinogi this week.
The first of those is guild events. We haven't had guild events in the entire time i've been in this guild (8 months), and my leader finally decided to start doing them again. Of course, he had to pick every day that I have something occupying me for the whole day. Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, all of my busy days, yet he does guild events on those days. So while the guild is having fun, I haven't been able to go to any of them due to my busy schedule.
The next is the lack of people actively playing while i'm on. I only get to level 35 per rebirth at level 13xx total, but not just because I'm busy. Last month, I was just as busy with things as I am today, but people were on to do shadow missions with. Due to the exp amounts remaining the same for rewards on shadow missions, no matter how many people are in the party, doing shadow missions solo is highly inefficient. Also, due to my weak nature (Even with my total), I cannot do shadow missions by myself at all. Since no one is ever able to help me out when I can get on, I get unresonably low levels.
The next is the thing i've been complaining about for the last three months, my computer. This slow piece of s**t is the computer i'm currently using, and I can barely manage 10FPS constant in mabinogi at any given time. I don't have the money to get my new one that i've been planning for ages on yet, so this is all I have. None of the computer cleanup tools I use can bring this thing even close to another few FPS, therefore I lag to the point where the game isn't even worth playing.
All of these are just some reasons, but this was the thing that set me off and made me take the jump.
Today, I was helping a group of friends with a g12 semi final. I was having a good time, averaging my usual crappy FPS, and was looking forward to the end. When we got to the end, the golden tree, I was killed by an arat boar, and happened to drop my prized shield. One of my party mates revived me quickly, and instantly I was killed again. So i'm sitting here typing "HELP!!!", but when I click send, it never sends. Yup, the thing I've been dreading the most for the last 6 months. I d/ced while my shield was on the ground, and since I had died while trying to pick it up, it's gone forever.
Back when I first started, a hetero kiteshield was my dream. It was only a few months ago I was doing an Alby Int/4 with some friends. Everyone else d/ced, so I was left to solo the boss room. I happened to get AR8, so I sold it and was left with the money to buy my dream (I already had AR) - A 3 def 19 dura Hetero Kite Shield. I invested hours and hours to work for this particular item, only to have it lost due to my unstable connection.
I don't think I'll play mabinogi again, after I say my goodbye's. I ask for your help Mabination, to help me find something else to do in my limited free time. I don't have any money set aside for a console or any new games, i'm currently limited to flash games.
Also moderators, PLEASE do not move this to Bean Rua. I do not want my extremely long essay on what happened to end up amongst the waves of spam in there. Move this any where else, if needed, just not the spam hole.