Thread 719049541

Can MapleStory Classic actually succeed in today's world?

define succeed

i'll wait

*enters stealth mode*

the problem with every "classic" MMO is that the entire game is solved, so you either make new stuff or change everything otherwise it isn't fun

No

No

Maple
Su
tory
MaaaAAAAaaaple

>>719049541 (OP)
yes
its basically rs with how it fucked itself over via updates no one asked for and then the old version came out and now is more popular then the original

>>719049541 (OP)
if they scrap maple story M and release maple story classic fully on mobile like OSRS and give it the love and attention OSRS has yeah

I'll try it. I liked the music, I liked the classes and combat, and I didn't mind the grinding. That said I imagine the social aspect will be dead or complete ass and that was a huge part of what gave MS it's charm.

>>719049541 (OP)
>classic
pirate or no?

>>719052786
No pirates but QoL improvements

yes but among boomers

>>719051258
From the looks of it they'll be releasing updates slowly, so by the time they get to the end of pre-bb they'll know if it's worth it making new content just for it
But honestly I don't know how much they should add, like Knights of Cygnus is technically pre-bb but it doesn't "feel" pre-bb

>>719049541 (OP)
Honestly no, this is an attempt at appealing to nostalgia that won't last very long. I've played Maplestory off and on through the years since the initial beta test. While there was a distinct charm and adventure that was borne of the slow (read: nonexistent) level progression, it was a much worse game for it, Slowly making the dangerous trek to Jr. Balrog in Sleepywood just to see it was special, sure, but you can't run a whole game around that alone. Big Bang was the best thing that ever happened to Maplestory along with Reboot.

>>719056242
No, just no

the game died when they invented gachapon lets be real

>>719057171
Yes, blind nostalgia aside OG Maplestory was glacial, nothing ever dropped, and you were unlikely to ever properly engage with much of the game's world. Not that there was a whole lot initially - the entire reason it was designed that way is because there was so little content initially and they had to stall.

>>719056242
Unironically this. Classic Maple for me was never about the grind because that shit was tedious. It was about partying and making friends and socializing and being 10-15 years old.
Cubes did suck, but the offset was MTS so we can earn NX to buy cubes. But that shit closed and we were fucking left in the dark without paying for years until they started to add f2p cubes and events that gave them.
Reboot saved the game, 5th job happened, then Destiny.
Not sure what the game is like right now since I haven't played in over a year.

>>719057623
and modern MS is better how?

>>719049541 (OP)
if it's on mobile it has a chance

>>719056242
No, Big Bang was the beginning of the end. It was the beginning of mass streamlining, the shift from steadily exploring a large and dangerous world to blazing through everything with huge attacks. The spectacle turned from reaching and navigating faraway lands to seeing how many digits your number went up by.

>>719052083
the GOAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfZOvQnsBq0

Maplestory's gameplay sucked. Unless they're rebalancing from scratch it will be a miserable experience. I'll play for a bit to relive KPQ and LPQ but after that it'll lose its appeal.

>>719056242
>>719057623
>>719057793
Zoomer reddit faggots. NuMaple is shit and has been shit for well over a decade. Old maple was pure soul, pure kino, and real fans of real MMOs before they all turned to shit circa 2010 know this to be true. You niggers probably play retail wow too. Fuck off and die
>>719060390
Based TRVKE

>>719060561
>I'll play for a bit to relive KPQ and LPQ but after that it'll lose its appeal.
Same.

>>719060561
the very little information we got so far confirms they're changing things a little bit, like archers and assassins being able to attack at close range is 100% confirmed, so there might be more balancing

>>719060561
>not redoing the crowd favorite 12 hour lmpq grind session
ngmi

Might as well post this here, the video they released somewhat recently about Classic world, you can't see much but it's something I guess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQtaOjgew5o

>>719049541 (OP)
Succeed as in have more players and make more money than current MS? Probably, yeah. Low bar to clear though. Also I'm very excited to play this and nobody can stop me.

>>719052732
Even with how gimped everything was in Artale with no friends list, can only whisper, guild, all, or local chat, there was a moment with a thriving community partying up with one another in Deep Ludi at Death Teddies and Phantom Watches.

You'll find people, but you have to put in the grind to see the die hards. You'll probably want to make a good class as well.

>>719060906
>archers and assassins being able to attack at close range is 100% confirmed
Shame. Spacing was always fun. Without spacing now 3rd job Mortal Blow doesn't mean anything, and power knock back loses a lot of its use. Also makes Hermits stupid powerful because they just flash jump anywhere and then hold down avenger or L7 without thinking about spacing. Happened in Artale. Shat all over warriors more than ever since they don't care where the enemies are and their mob attacks reach further. Have to rebalance saders and WKs if they give Hermits such a large buff.

>join a guild
>they make you join their guild discord and voice chat
>they'll urge you to reveal your first name and refer to everyone by their first name

>>719049541 (OP)
sure, if they
>remove hp washing
>soften the grind by adding more stuff to do instead of those points where there's nothing to do but grind the same two maps for like 30 levels
>delete statless builds
>remove leeching
>allow players to sync social media accounts to their nexon accounts then permanently IP ban them if they do it

So watching the trailer slowly, it seems like enemies give a little bit more EXP and you need a little bit less EXP to level up, but it's a very small difference
Quest objectives also seem to have changed a little
And warriors still miss a lot

i think private server rates are the way to go. maybe a 4x exp and meso, 8x drop rate or higher
as a Cleric I spent level 35-71 at Wraiths and didn't get a single red whip

>>719061590
I thought MapleStory was doing well

I'll be the archer for Pig Beach that can actually hit the Iron Pig and kill it.

>>719055641
I really like the cygnus knights but hate the level cap being lower, even though I'll probably never reach it pre-bb.

>>719061970
>they make you join their guild discord and voice chat
Came here to say this. People and culture changed for the worse, it's gonna be hard to find friends who are happy to just hang and chat in-game and that was at least half of the appeal.

I can't wait to get groomed by a korean man all over again

you are now manually remembering omega sector

Release was shit. The lead up to 3rd job and before 4th job was where the real SOVL was.

Depends what their plan for updates is, if they just rerelease stuff, it wont be very interesting because everyone's going to know what's meta and what's not ahead of time, leading to a very minmax fixated community.

I'm going to waste my life farming for throwing stars and scrolls all over again

>>719049541 (OP)
Classic*

>>719049541 (OP)
anyone who's actually hype for this is a dishonest nostalgia faggot

we had our fun, but 1:1 classic Maple is genuinely NOT "good"
class balance is bad
gearing is bad (lmao pan lid)
game is LITERALLY a korean MMORPG grind for 0.006% EXP
there's very little solid content (party quests are literally the most fun things in the game, and you can count the amount on your hand)

>>719064749
>tfw i fucked myself over by making an ice/light mage without knowing it was shit
>spent weeks farming fire drakes for steelies
>sold them to fund an assassin
It was a soulful level 40 gear assassin none of the dexless shit this was before maple gear even came out.
Also I'm not doing that shit again it was cool when I was 13 and the idea of a free MMORPG that ran on my potato PC was cool and I had fuckall to do all day.

>>719064892
oh and the world,while huge and aesthetic, is super tedious to travel - which isn't inherently bad - except for the fact they sell WARP ROCKS and AUTO LOOT PETS for grinding

>>719064892
I'm not going back to coolie zombies for 10% exp per hour. If you put a gun to my head and tell me to grind the fucking zombies or you'll shoot me I'll just straight up tell you to shoot me.

>>719064892
scrolls also
shit upgrades system

for all the shit new Maple gets, they actually pu some thought into class balance and gear progression

Nothing more pathetic than wasting your life on games

>>719065053
Eh, scrolls weren't that bad all things considered. It made for a nice tier system where even if you were a destitude poorfag you could still buy a 5/7 att workglove from some gambling addict that wanted an 11 att. Those were basically worthless.
If you had more money an 8 or 9 att glove was nice and wouldn't break the bank like a 10 or 11 att glove would.
This applied to most gear.
It was bad for minmaxers but most normal people settled around 8att gloves for their endgame builds

>>719065168
That one image wasn't a fucking edit holy shit.