Oh wow, that's so awesome it's still being updated!

Since the peak of my time in the MMO scene there's been so much debate in the community about "p2w"/pay-to-win, Cash Shop-heavy games. Is Mabinogi like that at all, in your experience?

And is the game pretty much soloable/expected for you to play solo? I'm finding that so much these days with MMOs and it gets frustrating, because if I wanted that I'd intentionally play something offline.