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Combat Arms or Mabinogi

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In advance: I apologise if this is the wrong section for this thread. If so, please move it to the appropriate section of basilmarket or delete it if it has no other place in the forum.

Hello guys,

Out of the blue, I have come across 25,000 NX because my mum brought it for me because my brother got some as well (He probably badgered her to do it because he's turning into a nx freak, but not the bad nx freak).

Because I don't rely on NX to get my damage up in Maplestory and I really don't play it very much anymore, I've decided to use it on one of two games that I still play that Nexon cash works on; Combat Arms and Mabinogi.

I got back into Mabinogi only... about a month ago since I wanted to join my friend in the Mari server. I managed to finish G1 and start G2 and decided along the way to purchase a couple of pets. It wasn't hard to decide the dragon because:

a) It's OP
b) It's limited time only

Shortly after, I purchased a white polar bear (because it was on sale and its beast when pumping up with tofu) and a thoroughbred.
Just to make it clear, [b]I do currently have 3 pets on Mabinogi - two mounts and an attacking pet. [/b]

Shortly after my arrival back to Mabinogi, I decided to go back to Combat Arms and play around a bit. My brother told me they were giving out starter packages for new players (I was aware of the famas one, but this one was better) which consisted of some 7 day gear, a 7 day l96a1 and a 7 day mk16 scar h.
Enough with the back story, I have reached an intersection in the path of constant decisions. Since my arrival back to Combat arms, I am amazed with the development and the decrease in hackers (could be me being lucky...) and this blood money update looks promising.

Because I don't entirely enjoy having to constantly purchase a new weapon every time one expires, I've decided to purchase a permanent one instead.
From the list that I created, I chose I'd get the M416 CQB because I've heard it is OP, user friendly (Thanks baxstar) and it genuinely seems like a very useful gun that will save the gp I spend every day on guns.

Because of this, this prevents me from saving the Nexon cash for pets or anything useful in Mabinogi (I'm not sure if there are any new pets lined up soon anyway).
I like both games equally and yes I do have a xbox 360 (with MW2, Black Ops and BC2) so you're probably thinking - why spend nx on combat arms when you've got permanent weapons on there? Well, xbox live membership does only last a fixed period so if I don't have that, I can always go back to Combat Arms for the FPS needs
So I come to Basilmarket for help, what do you recommend; spend the NX cash on Combat arms or save/ spend it on pets for Mabinogi? I realise this is a Maplestory fan site, but I also realise Maplestory is a Nexon game so I can rely on the fact that most of you will probably play at least 2-3 of these games.

Keep in mind I do currently have 3 pets on Mabinogi; White polar bear (Working on the buffing), thoroughbred and Lightning dragon.

To summarise:
• I recently came back to Combat Arms and Mabinogi
• I have 3 pets on Mabinogi
• I can either save/ purchase pets of Mabinogi or purchase a permanent gun on Combat arms
• What do you recommend?

Thanks to any information or opinions given. I appreciate it

Another note: I don't get NX very often (maybe the odd 10k, but 25k is like 1/100) so it may seem like an unusual decision, but I like to hear opinions from others as well.

[header=0][b]Option #1[/b][/header]

> Spend it on Combat Arms
-Items: M416 CQB [24,900 NX]
-Leftover: 100 NX

[header=0][b]Option #2[/b][/header]

> Spend it on Mabinogi
-Items: Coral Cobra [5,200 NX], Borzoi [5,200 NX], Shire [9,900 NX]
-Leftover: 4,700NX

> Spend it on Mabinogi
-Items: Coral Cobra [5,200 NX], Borzoi [5,200 NX], Magic carpet [11,900 NX]
-Leftover: 2,700 NX