2010-06-19, 12:39 AM
Over the years, Maplestory has two different parts: One going up, the other down.
Game balance, friendliness to new players, ease of leveling, et cetera have been on the rise. This is a good thing. Maple Island use to be the same size as Victorian Cities. Now it's a nice tutorial. Getting to level 100 use to be hard. Now it's not. In kMST, it's even easier. These are good things. I want more of this. Making the game "easy mode" might bug people who got far before significant patches, but until you can breeze through the game in a month or so, it's not too much.
Then there's Nexon. Constant glitches, security leaks, just all around idiocy (bannings, failure to make balanced content, etc). Their custom or support is horrible, and I have seen no improvement over the years. They might have their moments, but consistency is what I want to see in a company running a good game. Consistently doing well.
And then there's NX Cash. Over the years it's creeped in to take more and more of the game. NX is now insta-EasyMode. I realize they need a form of income, but making the game live around NX is not a good design. MTS relieves this issue a bit, but they pineappleed that up too. The taxes on transactions there make living off of NX via ingame means more work than it's worth.
If they would stop with the NX-centered game designs, reduce the bullpomegranate spam from Smegas and this PedosRUs crap they just released, and work on customer support, MapleStory could be a half decent game.
Didn't follow your template, but I think I got my points across and within the thread's initial parameters.
Game balance, friendliness to new players, ease of leveling, et cetera have been on the rise. This is a good thing. Maple Island use to be the same size as Victorian Cities. Now it's a nice tutorial. Getting to level 100 use to be hard. Now it's not. In kMST, it's even easier. These are good things. I want more of this. Making the game "easy mode" might bug people who got far before significant patches, but until you can breeze through the game in a month or so, it's not too much.
Then there's Nexon. Constant glitches, security leaks, just all around idiocy (bannings, failure to make balanced content, etc). Their custom or support is horrible, and I have seen no improvement over the years. They might have their moments, but consistency is what I want to see in a company running a good game. Consistently doing well.
And then there's NX Cash. Over the years it's creeped in to take more and more of the game. NX is now insta-EasyMode. I realize they need a form of income, but making the game live around NX is not a good design. MTS relieves this issue a bit, but they pineappleed that up too. The taxes on transactions there make living off of NX via ingame means more work than it's worth.
If they would stop with the NX-centered game designs, reduce the bullpomegranate spam from Smegas and this PedosRUs crap they just released, and work on customer support, MapleStory could be a half decent game.
Didn't follow your template, but I think I got my points across and within the thread's initial parameters.