soo excited for this..! thank you, Devs!

wait- really? :O They're finally upgrading the graphics?
not only that, but the whole engine?!?
That's GREAT news! A new engine has huge implications for what they can do! I cant wait to see what they come up with after they set it up!

Cool beans!

POG

Blessed!

I haven't played in a decade but this might actually bring me back!

Amazing and thank you, Devs.

Take care of our Afterlife M8s <3

A new coat of paint and engine won't fix the problems of a game this old, release it as a totally new thing in small bursts, bring back the soul of mabi that was removed over the predatory updates that force you to min-max, brand new slate for all players or it will fail. Mark my words.

this is exciting, but dear god that female idle stance and walkcycle shown in the popo skirt blogpost is absolutely atrocious. who tf OK'd that LMAO. PLEASE tell me that isn't going to be in the game and it's just for testing physics

Mabinogi was my beloved many years ago, and now seeing it not only get better graphics but a whole better engine brings me immense joy. Perhaps once its released I'll be able to play the game longer than just a few days once every 5-8 months. I want to love this game again as much as I did as a kid.

I'm concerned when they say they want to port ALL existing content, like you're just going to be able to login to Mabinogi 2.0 and nothing is changed besides the game looking and running better. Does that include all the existing power creep and balance issues making early game trivial (including blanaad boost as a fast past to skip any sort of grinding)? They do say they want to remove some existing underused content. Wouldnt that be most of it? Other than being forced to play them in Generation quests, many dungeons and locations are completely irrelevant, especially Iria. A lot of design decisions devcat made when the game was first developed were reverted or overridden because it prevented players from progressing fast enough to catch up to veteran players and the newest content. For instance, you dont need to use skills on strong enemies to rank them up. Consequentially, there is no satisfaction with r1ing a skill now. The game gives you so much power early on for free, you just end up playing solo, killing the social aspect of the game that is so crucial to the game's identity. I want to see a 'Mabinogi Classic' experience rather than a '20 year old late stage MMO but the graphics are good" experience.

yippiee

Honestly this will bring me back to the game and make running dungeons/raids for a que so you can run with random players and get it done I'm looking forward to it!

The new director has been great and has already been addressing long ignored problems, so I hope he takes this chance to really rip out the weeds from the previous hands the game went through after DevCat. I'd be fine with a 1:1 transfer as a separate server, but a server with a real fresh start for everyone would be truly great. I don't see it garnering many new players otherwise--or even keeping the old ones it brings back.
Also can we get a butt slider? ;)