Quote from Wep;565341:
I just want them to finish this quick enough, because I was fine with how messed up the game was, since it didn't affect me, and the roll back just hurt most people I know including myself.
So let me get this straight. You were fine with none of your character information saving, thus preventing rebirths/levels/item gains? Because the economy going sour was only the beginning. The issue I take with that stance is "how much stuff has to happen in Mabi from the various exploiters before people actually start feeling like it affects them?" I keep to myself more than most, so the economy was not really affecting me either, but the hacker issue was something that was only going to get worse. And even as I continued minding my business, my plans for Mabi last weekend were ruined and that had nothing to do with the economy. So, let's assume that they just fixed the problem by putting some flimsy tape over it and kissing the boo-boo. Then something worse would happen. And then something worse than that.
I would rather them keep extending the maintenances and getting it right in one day than constantly doing minor-but-ultimately-futile-fixes or completely neglecting the problem altogether. I do not believe a rollback was the best thing they could have done, but it was better than a lot of things I thought they would do. And this is the first time in a long time that I've actually seen them come out and put this much time into trying to prevent as many future problems as they can, so I'm definitely not going to give them flack for this. Hell, if they shut down the game for an entire week, I'd be all for it if that meant this game not suffering like it recently did for another year, as opposed to another week/day/hour.
Yes, it's frustrating when they give a designated time and people are looking to that time as an absolute, only for it to change suddenly. But you know what? That tells me that for once, they actually see the problem and are trying to fix it before everyone logs on just long enough to see another maintenance warning a half hour later. I am no champion of Nexon. But I am for whatever helps Mabinogi in the long run. Whether that be rollbacks, removals, or--god forbid--constant maintenance extensions. I'll wait for them to provide me with a stable game where I can enjoy the 20k NX I was promised. And if that somehow goes up in smoke, I'll simply wait for them to provide me with a stable Mabi, the game that I came to enjoy wholly.
My issue with a lot of the comments in this thread (and other threads over the past half a week) is basically while they're going "Please be patient. We're trying to save your game," a lot of people are going "Yeah, whatev. Forget all dat n gib me mah 20k naopls."
Edit: Kenero, I get that. It's a legitimate beef. But your beef isn't the one I'm flaring up at. Half the people's complaints this week haven't been about your gripe. They've more or less been self-entitled "Give me what I want now" remarks even though we've just recently seen what neglect and false promises have done to this game. It's like 20k NX has made people develop the memories of goldfish or something.