What would you have wanted to know as a Beginner?

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Episkey wrote on 2014-08-25 21:22

Quote from Osayidan;1242789:
Assuming I were new to mabi as of today I'd like to know about dragon raids. Mainly desert and prairie since even with crap damage if you just smash it and pay attention you can earn good exp and gold for a newbie. Would not waste time trying to do anything else.

The raid system huh. I can see Desert or Prairie Dragon being a fun little thing to do as a newbie, but stuff like White/Black Dragon would be just crazy.

Thanks Osay.~

Quote from Gaby5011;1242796:
Rebirth.

I learned it soon but still, I wasted a good 2-3 weeks.

I'm glad you figured it out quickly then! Hehe ^ ^

Quote from mageisfun;1242823:
It's not quite what I would have wanted to know, but what I would have wanted to have. It's stupidly easy to level up now, I remember getting to lvl 30 per rebirth. And no, not lvl 30/x. There was no exploration.

It's ridiculously easy to level up now, not to mention ridiculously easy to make gold.

Oh yes ... the EXP gain was certainly lower. I remember that the "getting to level 50 at age 10" title was quite the big deal.

Quote from ttinchung111;1242834:
mechanics like windmill resetting aggro, and stuff. Most people I meet still don't know how the game works.

Windmill resetting aggro - that's important to note, especially for Field bosses. Thank you!

Quote from EndlessDreams;1242836:
You misunderstood.

There are a lot of features in the game that isn't mentioned in the beginner tutorial, but opens up as you go through the story and explore the world.

It would seem like that is what the developers of the game intended.

Mabinogi isn't a linear develop MMORPG like a lot of modern MMORPG nowadays.

Oh - apologies for misunderstanding.

I am aware of many game features not being mentioned in the beginner tutorial, I don't want everything to be jam packed into the beginning.

Maybe it is just me - but there are some game features that I never thought about doing until my friends showed me them. Or they convinced me that I could indeed handle it.
The first thing that comes to my mind is Commerce, I first started commercing with my friends - I never would have started that by myself. Or raids. Or even doing Exploration consistently.

Does anyone else feel this way or is it just a personal quirk of mine?
ironwoman wrote on 2014-08-26 00:22

You could include how the meta works as well.

I would assume many of the beginners want to raise their character well according to the meta.
Aubog007 wrote on 2014-08-26 07:35

Erhm. Nothing really, i like being unaware when i play a game, allows me to enjoy it more.

When i made my char for the second time, i immediately knew what to do and proceeded based on my prior experiences (although outdated somewhat)
Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-08-26 07:55

Quote from Kelvas;1242722:
[UB]Unfortunately, yes. As a pure mage with absolutely no melee skills, I did not even attempt a melee attack. Looking back from now, I feel incredibly stupid. I ended up with a 0 durability on my wand, but I kept spamming bolt after bolt.

Mabinogi was my first MMO that I played. [/UB]

No one conked you on the head and brought you to your senses? Well I can understand that.

Quote from Aubog007;1242929:
When i made my char for the second time, i immediately knew what to do and proceeded based on my prior experiences (although outdated somewhat)

Yeah? Me too.
Gaby5011 wrote on 2014-08-26 15:35

Quote from Episkey;1242850:
I'm glad you figured it out quickly then! Hehe ^ ^

I didn't. I asked my (IRL) friend (whom I still know today and whom showed me Mabi), what to do when I was high level (about 30~35) how to get more AP. He told me everything about rebirth.

Quote from ^^^^^^^^:
Oh yes ... the EXP gain was certainly lower. I remember that the "getting to level 50 at age 10" title was quite the big deal.

That friend and I were just "oh look, a no lifer".
Hehehe...
JasonHero wrote on 2014-08-28 11:32

I'm not that old of a player and i started about 5-7 months ago i believe, so i had access to a wiki and the game was somewhat beginner friendly. However, there was stuff that i didnt even think to research or things that i couldnt find out like how things were priced.

One of the things i was really confused about was heavy stander. You see, in some games, if your attacks arnt strong enough to hurt an enemy, they will be unaffected. And the popups kept saying "this attack wont do any good" against heavy stander mobs. So i instantly assumed that i needed to get stronger to be mobs with heavy stander. I thought i needed a certain amount of samage to knock them back. It was confusing at the time.

What i also wish i knew back then was CP. I had no idea that cp existed therefor i didnt look it up. Also, i ignored ranking windmill that much because i was low on ap and i had No idea that windmill increases range at rank 5 and 1 so imdidnt think it was that good based on the damage. I assumed that it would also draw agro. Therefor, i thought the skill was useless.

I also didnt know dura would permanently go down from failed repairs. I didnt even notice for weeks until one day i saw my weapon and i noticed the one in the shop had more dura. When the npcs said they failed to repair a point, i thought they ment they messed up and they needed a do iver, resulting in the repair costing more or something.

Also, keyboard shortcuts. Like ctrl clicking an item to use. Or summon a pet with the number keys.

Also, when i was new, i got my hands on some fine reforges in the 99 nx event, and used them on my battle short sword. I only used a few and my short sword got to rank 2. Anyways, i didnt know that fine reforges were important cause regular reforges were npc items so i didnt think much of the fine versions. Looking back at it now, i feel pretty stupid about it.
DennouNeko wrote on 2014-08-28 15:01

Hmm... Wish I knew back when I started how the Combat Power system works, and that strong enough Firebolt can actually defeat Golem... Made few stupid mistakes because of not knowing both of these.

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