Other Source: http://mabinogi.nexon.co.jp/campaign/9th-off-event/
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There will be a new skillset known as Ninja. We first learned of it from data mining the skilldb file to find mentions of a new talent tag, Ninja. All recent skills have talent tags, the most recent being Treasure Hunter until now.
The next clue came later in the animation files. We have no animations themselves but the names of them. These are some of the POSSIBLE skill names we have obtained via data mining:
- Shuriken Charging
- Ubi Abyss Recall
- Ubi Charging
- Ubi Storm
- Ubi Shadow Stealth
- Ubi ShadowBinding
- Ubi Blasting
Third, we got some ammunition appearances. Not actual models yet but we did receive some skill effects.
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And finally, it was first officially announced at Japan's Mabinogi Ninth Anniversary Event. Here we find out about the Regeneration content update. We still do not have much information on what this update entails but we will keep you updated as we get more information.
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Japan posted a date of release on their official website for when the first wave of updates/events will begin, April 17th, 2014. Note that it has been confirmed that Ninja content will not be released until sometime June. Starting the 17th, there will be weekly updates and/or events for the next 9 weeks, as a part of the 9th Anniversary Event.
On April 17th, Japan Nexon posted this video on their official website.
[video=youtube;r_jAbizH9OM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_jAbizH9OM[/video]
We then got these skill icons and names from Data Mining JP's client.
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Shuriken Mastery[Image: http://i.imgur.com/OYyQ1xD.png]
Rasenzan[Image: http://i.imgur.com/sEAp2Cv.png]
Kage Shibari[Image: http://i.imgur.com/EZYOZ0I.png]
Daichi Jin[Image: http://i.imgur.com/rZa6yvW.png]
Yamiuchi Sen[Image: http://i.imgur.com/w8cPvwm.png]
Oboro Enmaku[Image: http://i.imgur.com/5WwpcWo.png]
Midari Kunai [Image: http://i.imgur.com/GXNMRYb.png]
Arcane Sakura Rain[Image: http://i.imgur.com/fx2bZ4r.png]
Edit 6/4/14:
They updated the graphics of the Talent Selection window during character creation/rebirth. They got rid of the New Beginnings button and added a turn page left/right button, perhaps for Humans who now have more than 18 talents which would fit up the entire screen. They added a few things I'm not sure what do yet. They also did a lot of minor graphic changes to the talent selection which would be unnoticeable ingame but would make it slightly faster. Although not ingame yet, they added the selection icon for the Ninja Talent:
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They also added four new ninja animation tags, all of them NPCs' animations. But still none of these or previously received animations are actually viewable yet. They randomly updated the hero talent icons:
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There is currently an event going on in Japan. You will receive this book once a day:
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The goal of the event is to fill the book up to 100% in exchange for an Ubi. To fill the book you must kill monsters (how you kill them doesn't matter) to fill a percentage of the book, where 100% will be complete.
Weakest Monsters give 0%
Weak Monsters give 2%
Normal Monsters give 4%
Strong Monsters give 6%
Awful Monsters give 8%
Boss Monsters give 15%
You may only do this once per day and if you have 10 completions, you may redeem some weapon after the Ninja skillset comes out.
Edit 6/5/14:
Confirmed that Ninjas get Str and Will upon level up. (Note that this does not mean it gets damage from both Str and Will. It's possible it only gets damage from Will or only gets damage from Str, or possibly doesn't get damage from stats like alchemy used to be.) Edit: It is Str+Will. 4 Str or Will is 1 Max Damage.
Edit 6/19/14:
Earlier in the month Japan released new faces. I am not sure if this is part of the Regeneration update but it might be.
There are six new faces for all races and sexes. Three with moles (one under left eye, one above left side of the lip, one under left side of the lip), two with tattoos (one around the right eye, one around the left eye, the symbols are different), and 1 scrawny/malnourished face. . .
There is also some additional faces in the pack files that are not used ingame. They might be NPC only, or they might be released later, or never. Who knows.
I would like to add that these facial things are tied to your jaw/ear/face type. So only one face type per race has these markings, which doesn't matter for giants since there is only one type for them. (Sorry Elves, they used the ugly jaw/ears only NPCs use. I've only ever seen one player with those ears.)
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This content was Japan-first, not Japan-only.