2013-06-22, 11:27 PM
I never used Jesters and Aliens to train, because those maps were always crowded and filled with the worst of Maple's community, but I'm starting to dislike the nerfs to those areas. It doesn't fix the real problem: grinding is a boring pain in the ass and quests give crappy rewards and experience. It's not a good thing when players often talk about listening to music or watching TV while they're playing a game. I even hear people talk about zoning out while grinding. Last time I checked, people zoning out while playing a game is kind of a bad thing.
The only interesting content are the party quests and boss runs, and you need to grind to a fairly high level in order to enjoy all of those. And I hate how many of the bosses were buffed, especially since it's now making people hate the new damage cap. I love the new damage cap. The old one severely limited certain classes' damage potential, even when we barely funded our characters. Before Unleashed I was ignoring Mist Eruption, my major 4th job bossing skill, because I killed bosses faster by just spamming Paralyze. What GMS should have done is increase the damage cap but leave the bosses alone.
Anyway the more I play Maple, the less enthusiastic I am about Unleashed. I love the new damage cap and a few other nice little changes, but there are also a few major changes that annoy me as well. It's a "meh" patch at best.
The only interesting content are the party quests and boss runs, and you need to grind to a fairly high level in order to enjoy all of those. And I hate how many of the bosses were buffed, especially since it's now making people hate the new damage cap. I love the new damage cap. The old one severely limited certain classes' damage potential, even when we barely funded our characters. Before Unleashed I was ignoring Mist Eruption, my major 4th job bossing skill, because I killed bosses faster by just spamming Paralyze. What GMS should have done is increase the damage cap but leave the bosses alone.
Anyway the more I play Maple, the less enthusiastic I am about Unleashed. I love the new damage cap and a few other nice little changes, but there are also a few major changes that annoy me as well. It's a "meh" patch at best.