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Ten Ton Hammer: In one of your other free expansions, you added the pseudo-class the "Dark Knight." Are we going to be seeing any other additional classes in the new Pioneers of Iria expansion?

Elves and Giants can transform into Falcons and Beasts.

Matthew: Elves and Giants have access to transformation which allows them a similar Paladin/Dark Knight transformation: Elves feature the Falcon mode while Giants can roar into Beast mode.

Ten Ton Hammer: How close will the US version of Mabinogi be compared to the Korean version of the game after the release of Iria? Will the game ever see only a month or two in-between releases?

Matthew: The Korean game is still a little ahead of the North American service. Ideally, we’d like to be caught up by the end of the year; perhaps a month or so into 2010. Once we do catch up, we'll look into adding exclusive content for our North American players in addition to localizing Korea’s updates as well.  

Ten Ton Hammer: One of the best traits of Mabinogi is its depth and the ability to do so many things in the game to keep a player occupied. Are you adding any more systems into the game? If so, can you describe them for the players?

Matthew: No more waiting for that lousy owl! Quest boards are quick and easy ways to pick up quests. Exploration quests are a fun way to explore the landscape and net some extra AP at the same time. Speaking of exploration, keep your L-rods handy, you’ll need them to find the dungeons of Iria. The dungeon boss system is revolutionary as well. Depending on the item you drop to create your dungeon, you’ll get a different boss. We also have a lot of exciting in-game events and web events coming down the pipe for our players.

Ten Ton Hammer: Is there anything else you'd like to tell the Ten Ton Hammer readers and Mabinogi fans?

Matthew: We’d like to thank our devoted fan base and players, as well as TTH for all their continued support for the past year. We hope you’re enjoying the pioneering of Iria. A lot of hard work went into it and at the end of it all, our players having a great time in this unexplored land is the best payoff we could hope to receive.