Many who could not afford World of Warcraft eventually ended up in Metin2. The Korean game was not only my first MMORPG, but I also learned there what mistakes can be made.
What is Metin2?
- Since 2006, Metin2 has been playable in Germany and was considered the alternative to WoW back then because it was free.
- There are five different classes: Sura, Shaman, Warrior, Ninja, and Lycan.
- Similar to WoW, players join one of three kingdoms and can fight against the other kingdoms.
- The name of the game comes from the Metin stones that fall from the sky like meteors and contain loot.
In the past, there were many Metin2 servers, but over time interest in the game has declined. However, Metin2 is still available today and even has more viewers on Twitch than Lost Ark and New World. The exact number of players is not known, and many players also play on private servers.
The MMORPG offers both PvE and PvP elements and is, as is common for Korean games, very grind-heavy. The game is easiest played in a group or guild.
You can see what lies behind Metin2 in the following trailer:
I did everything wrong
When I think back to my beginnings in Metin2, I am almost ashamed of how many mistakes I made back then.
When I joined the game on the Mikor server around 2008, I had no experience with MMORPGs. I had heard of Metin2 from a friend who played the game with friends, so I basically went into the game blind and fell flat on my face 5 times right away.
My 1st mistake: The wrong class
My first mistake was at the very beginning of the game. I chose the Warrior class because it looked cool. After completing the first steps (which probably took me a few days), you choose a subclass in Metin2. This cannot be easily changed afterwards. I opted for the Mental Warrior (Tank) instead of the Aura Warrior (DD).
I assumed back then that you could handle all content alone with any class without any problems and clicked on what sounded best to me.
The mistake lies in the fact that as a Mental Warrior you really couldn’t achieve anything on your own at the time. As a Tank who only deals damage with his abilities, it was very tedious for me to level up, which I eventually just stopped doing.
My 2nd mistake: Quests? No desire to read
My next mistake follows directly. The quests in Metin2 were very confusing back then, and I had no desire to read the nonsense. So I didn’t, I didn’t read the quests and I didn’t do them.
This didn’t help my difficult leveling as a tank and caused me to progress even slower. Additionally, I would have received items through the quests that would have helped me make my character stronger.
My 3rd mistake: Don’t need it, I leave it
While talking about items, I come to my next mistake. Items that I couldn’t use, I would just throw away back then. Things like the Black Blade Dagger, the Lion Sword, or the Horn Bow always ended up in the trash for me.
However, items often have a value that can be very high even for items for characters with low levels. This is related to the random values that some weapons can have. If I had sold the items, I could have made my characters much stronger with the money.
My 4th mistake: Leveling abilities without thinking
The next mistake I made concerns leveling abilities. In Metin2, there was a nasty mechanic when it came to the level of abilities. The abilities level up to level 16, and after that, they have a chance to skip the Master level. However, I didn’t know that, which caused me to lose several levels without realizing it.
Up to a certain level, you could reset the abilities, but I didn’t know that back then and thus missed the opportunity.
My 5th mistake: Too gullible
My last mistake was probably due to my gullibility. In Metin2, there was a trick where you could trigger a bug that would drop an incorrect item from the inventory. Back then, this scam was called the “duplication trick.” I remember being a victim of this twice.
Under the promise of doubling my item, I was told to follow the steps given by the perpetrator. When I did that, however, instead of the displayed item, another item was dropped. The perpetrator quickly grabbed my item and vanished with it.
Despite the mistakes, it was great!
Despite the many mistakes, I had a lot of fun in Metin2. Over time, I got better, stopped making my mistakes, and understood how MMORPGs work. The time spent in Metin2 is one of my best times in MMORPGs, and I still like to look back on it today.
Back then, mistakes were normal, and there were no guides or videos that demonstrated the game for me or lists of tasks that had to be completed every day.
I did what I wanted to do at that moment, and everyone else did too. That is part of the charm of the game, and who knows, maybe I would have never become a freelance author at Mein-MMO without Metin2. Not only do I associate many memories with Metin2, but Mein-MMO author Jasmin Beverungen also has a very special relationship with Metin2: Thanks to an MMORPG, I became a loser in school, but I would play it again
