Thoughts on nightmare event?

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Jake wrote on 2014-05-23 21:39

Well they aren't that fun anymore now that they have been plagued by mob lag
jimpatrick wrote on 2014-05-24 01:45

not just mob lag/stucked this happened to me earlier,at first i was like ok but after the mobs spawned gg

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EphraDaMan wrote on 2014-05-24 02:06

...what the? That's a crazy graphical glitch,from Baol Final's boss room to Rath Castle's ball room,Shadow realm version.

Ruairi in the Shadow Realm!
Username wrote on 2014-05-24 02:19

If i could trade the seals between alts id feel more inclined to do the event. (Knowing how obsurdly broken that is)
But it feels with a 90k gold a day, an hour almost wasted and maybe 300-400k exp.

I just dont feel so happy about how much grind for minor rewards.
truefire wrote on 2014-05-24 06:24

Quote from Username;1221725:
If i could trade the seals between alts id feel more inclined to do the event. (Knowing how obsurdly broken that is)
But it feels with a 90k gold a day, an hour almost wasted and maybe 300-400k exp.

I just dont feel so happy about how much grind for minor rewards.

You consider 30 minutes (heck, even an hour the way you describe it but it really is only 30 minutes) for 5 AP and 10% of any rank of any skill you want a minor reward?

Also, it's 520k exp. Since I'm sure you do Taillteann Defensive Battle whenever it's the daily, and elite whenever that's available, I'm having a hard time understanding how a 30-minute solo mission that gives a 10% skill training seal, 520k exp, 90k gold and 5 default AP is underwhelming compared to a mission that at best gives 42k gold, needs to be the daily to give 1.5 default AP, 560k exp (+75k from the daily quest itself), a very small chance for Cressida Gloves that can have very varied stats, 1/70th of a 15-point skill training seal (or 4% of a 5-point skill training skill) and takes the same amount of time.

Even without the seals being tradeable, you're essentially getting the equivalent of 2.1 Any-Skill Training Potions throughout the course of this event. People pay 2-3 mil for Enchant Training Potions on my server. This is 2 training potions worth of seals that have virtually no skill restrictions whatsoever.

Sorry if it feels like I'm attacking you, but your 'meh'ness on this event's rewards is so hyperbolic to me that it would be akin to saying 3x AP every weekend sucks if it's not going to be 3x AP everyday for a month.
Racky wrote on 2014-05-24 12:23

Quote from Bankai231;1221609:
What are you talking about? Its an rp its not stripping people of anything. You play as a stupidly underleveled/underskilled character 6 different times.
Truth.

There's a difference between decently prepared RP character without access to petspam and an underprepared RP character without access to pet spam

Also part of my problem with the event is the annoying-ness of it.
Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2014-05-24 12:33

But.. This event is super easy. After the first day I had all the nightmares figured out, so the only time I die is if I lag. :fail3:
Aubog007 wrote on 2014-05-24 12:59

It was a nightmare.
ZeroPantz wrote on 2014-05-24 17:55

Quote from EphraDaMan;1221724:
...what the? That's a crazy graphical glitch,from Baol Final's boss room to Rath Castle's ball room,Shadow realm version.

Ruairi in the Shadow Realm!

They got mixed up with someone else in the shadow ream who was supposed to actually be there,and I guess they ended up fighting Shadow Alchemist in Baol's room LOL. At least this is what I have been told, when I ended up in the middle of lake Calida killing the giants underwater, what was supposed to be in Vales for Saga episode 7 as Cessair's heart.

Anyway, to get back on the subject. For me this is event is really worth it. The gold, experience, AP and seals, are all very useful things. Sure the event is a bit repetitive but it's something that comes with MMORPG's in general, and I rather have something repetetive to do for great rewards than just having nothing to do.

I am someone that also does the special reward episode of the saga everyday and those rewards are not as great compared to this.

And even if the dreams are the same everyday, for some reason I am having fun while I am doing them. Time goes by quickly, it honestly does not feel like I spend around an hour on it.
Bankai231 wrote on 2014-05-24 20:20

Quote from truefire;1221752:
You consider 30 minutes (heck, even an hour the way you describe it but it really is only 30 minutes) for 5 AP and 10% of any rank of any skill you want a minor reward?

Also, it's 520k exp. Since I'm sure you do Taillteann Defensive Battle whenever it's the daily, and elite whenever that's available, I'm having a hard time understanding how a 30-minute solo mission that gives a 10% skill training seal, 520k exp, 90k gold and 5 default AP is underwhelming compared to a mission that at best gives 42k gold, needs to be the daily to give 1.5 default AP, 560k exp (+75k from the daily quest itself), a very small chance for Cressida Gloves that can have very varied stats, 1/70th of a 15-point skill training seal (or 4% of a 5-point skill training skill) and takes the same amount of time.

Even without the seals being tradeable, you're essentially getting the equivalent of 2.1 Any-Skill Training Potions throughout the course of this event. People pay 2-3 mil for Enchant Training Potions on my server. This is 2 training potions worth of seals that have virtually no skill restrictions whatsoever.

Sorry if it feels like I'm attacking you, but your 'meh'ness on this event's rewards is so hyperbolic to me that it would be akin to saying 3x AP every weekend sucks if it's not going to be 3x AP everyday for a month.

You forgot the whole point where the event is boring as fuck. The rewards are great but it is literally too boring to not complain about, everyone is still going to do it but its a pain in the ass.
truefire wrote on 2014-05-24 20:58

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You forgot the whole point where the event is boring as fuck. The rewards are great but it is literally too boring to not complain about, everyone is still going to do it but its a pain in the ass.

What was being discussed is the rewards. I consider NPC spam boring as fuck but I'll be doing that for the next 60 hours. So, what's your point again?
BecomeMeguca wrote on 2014-05-24 23:36

I think lorraine needs to stop having so many nightmares. Not sure why she is so happy in the 2012 one though.

http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/view/Lorraine%27s_Nightmare_Event_%282012%29

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vs the one now:

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Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2014-05-25 00:11

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[Image: http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/images/5/55/Lorraine%27s_Nightmare_Event_Banner.png]

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She's happy in the first one because there's a cash shop update so Nexon can squeeze more money out of people. She's sad in the second one because there's no cash shop update, see her desperately reaching out for your money?
Second wrote on 2014-05-25 05:39

Is Uroboros broken? All 4 heads spam their attacks non-stop to the point where the npc dies. It's impossible to avoid them all because 3 of the attacks are invisible and the only thing I can do is 1 charge waterball. I can still kill it, but it's a really annoying and slow fight.
Bunny wrote on 2014-05-25 06:42

Quote from Second;1221882:
Is Uroboros broken? All 4 heads spam their attacks non-stop to the point where the npc dies. It's impossible to avoid them all because 3 of the attacks are invisible and the only thing I can do is 1 charge waterball. I can still kill it, but it's a really annoying and slow fight.

[FONT="Arial"]I just spam smash instead. Cai can crit up to 1.2k smashes, I believe. Much faster that way.

It also helps to go behind each uroboros one at a time while smashing. The point isn't to dodge all the attacks though, as you'll get hit no matter what. Kill them one by one.[/FONT]

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