Thursday, June 9, 2011
Suggestion regarding class changes
If you haven't noticed, Nexon has been trying to balance the various classes lately. But it isn't working. And it's annoying.
They need to realize when to STOP, instead of constantly remaking the classes every few months. It's getting ridiculous. Instead of balancing properly, they are overpowering one class at a time (NOTE: mage/warrior/etc Jump patches). This will lead to a cycle of endless "balancing" since each time they remake it a class it is stronger than many other classes.
The solution would be to make ONE big balancing patch... and actually BALANCE for once.
It is annoying to play a game where, if I make a character because of the skills/abilities/etc it has, I have no guarantee that my character will maintain ANY of those qualities. I made an I/L mage because mages used to be the training class. Ultimates gave the fastest leveling in the game back then. Now, Nexon made blizzard useless and turned mages into a completely useless job: bad at bossing + bad at leveling. I get more exp/hr (no, I don't mean %/hr) on a 11x hermit than on my archmage. In the future, mages will be good at bossing with the Jump patch. But did I ever WANT to boss on my mage? Is that what I was thinking about when I created my character? No.
Job advancements are now like the stock market; you have no idea on how your job will change in the next giant update.
Edit:
Yes some people are saying that this is a method of attracting new players. However, if this was the case couldn't one argue that Nexon is forgetting about the older generation of players who supported Nexon all these years?
I've personally got friends who have spent years trying to get their character up to Lvl 200 only to get trumped by a newer player.
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Interesting, have you ever contacted Nexxon and see if they will take your suggestions?
ReplyDeletenice stuff, keep it up! :D
ReplyDeleteUgh last time I played Maple story I accidentally got teleported to an island that everything was too high level, and I couldn't get out. I think I ended up giving up.
ReplyDeleteChoose the Dark Knight. That's the best class in the game =P
ReplyDeleteThanks :) THis will help a lot
ReplyDeleteseriously how can a new player trump someone who has been building a character up for years?
ReplyDeleteAgreed!
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's a bit silly that a guy who just started can beat a high level char.
ReplyDeleteBalancing is such a big issue in games, particularly MMorpgs, that you would think companies would dedicate a very large portion of their resources to make sure that it is done right.
ReplyDeleteGood read!
ReplyDeleteTBH every post you make, describes the game as complete shit...
ReplyDeleteThat really sucks to lose to a new player when you know you should win just because of experience =/
ReplyDeleteNice post!
ReplyDeleteI could never really get into Maplestory, but I might give it another try.
ReplyDeleteI have never played this story and sadly I keep hearing its golden time is over :/
ReplyDeleteI hope they fix it up back to the way it used to be so I can give it a try before Guild wars 2 comes out :)
guess ill return to play MS :D
ReplyDeleteThey want it to look as though they're doing something, lol
ReplyDeleteLol thanks for the relies guys
ReplyDeleteYeah, I agree with Recharge.
ReplyDeleteGood post btw
A whole blog about maplestory? talk about nostalgia haha. great post :)
ReplyDeleteI think the balance was needed.
ReplyDeleteI dont get it :S
ReplyDeleteWow I didn't know you could do that in Maple Story, Very nice! :)
ReplyDeleteOmg, a MapleStory blog!! This brings back memories... I played MS for like 4 years, when it first came out. Although I have been reading some of the updates recently, and I have to say it's just not very good anymore... :(
ReplyDeleteI never played MS, is too "cute" for my tastes. The truth is im a casual gamer, i guess. xD.
ReplyDeleteWow, Maplestory seems to have changed quite a bit from when I last played it, which was probably 2 years ago. It was probably the best free game that I played, I do kind of regret dropping it. Following :>
ReplyDeleteI haven't played this game in years but I've heard from other people it's a pretty big problem. It must suck dedicating so much time into a single character only to get them nerfed into an unplayable state.
ReplyDeleteIt's about attracting new players, agreed. I agree with you though.
ReplyDeleteMan this brings me back, my friends and I wanted to play Maple Story but for some reason we never got to do it.
ReplyDeletenever played this game, but it seems ok.
ReplyDeletewhy don't they test it in a closed environment?
ReplyDeleteYeah! I agree with you (and Dark knight > all)
ReplyDeleteVery good read.
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