Maple Story 3D and Maple Story 2. Does not seem like a hoax.

This is a pretty good idea. And having it so far in the future would make it so that the origional Maple could be expanded.

You could also make the monsters in Victoria and Ossyria much stronger than they are now. It could be that the Black Magician's power made all the monsters much stronger, so now Vic could become the new Ossy and Ossy could become something much stronger. Also, bosses that are weak compared to Maplers now (Jr. Balrog) could be made into a new Zakum.

Good idea, and make Vic and Ossy kind of ruins-like. For example, Orbis would no longer be floating in air, and would have a bunch or crumbled buildings, etc.

Hell, maybe a few monsters will become good if they don't like the Black Magician. Also, implement a possible pq where you have a fighting cpu (if possible) that is one of the monsters.

Man, we're just rolling out ideas like crazy.

To be perfectly honest, I love Maple Story, but I would not give Maple Story 2 a chance. Diablo 3 has been announced, and if I switch games at all, I'll go from Maple Story to D3. I am sure Maple 2 will be a great game, but some of the things Nexon does seriously bother me. I know this is not the "Nexon sucks" topic, but I also do not think we can discuss transferring from Maple to Maple 2 without mentioning the widespread concerns people have about Nexon as a company.

I played Warcraft 2, Starcraft, Diablo and Diablo 2. After that I went to Maple Story because a friend recommended it to me. The standards Blizzard holds itself to seem to me much greater than those practiced by Nexon. Nexon's customer service is almost universally considered inadequate, and I would never have come on Maple if I knew that it was this money-intensive. The GMs are overworked and understaffed, the players are pretty much on their own as far as hacking, scamming and KSing goes, and there has been no incentive for Nexon to change any of that that because they've successfully made every aspect of the game connected to the spending of money, and they pretty much got away with it. I do not see why they would change this basic company philosophy in Maple 2; that's why I do not think I want to get hooked on another Nexon game. A $15 monthly subscription to a good game is not as bad as the quantities of Nexon Cash competitive players expend, even if they do spend Nexon Cash on a good game. Some people here are talking about Nexon transferring Maple 1 inventories to Maple 2. I personally doubt they will do that because people starting over from scratch will make them waste more money than people transferring inventories.

I still think it's too early to be making assumptions. We don't know anything about this besides the fact that it exists. Right now you think Nexon will make it craptacular, but who knows, it could be the best thing to ever hit Maple.

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Looks more like kartrider 2 to me lol. if ms2 in 3d require a mouse to move, it'd lose some audience lots of people enjoy the keyboard aspect of ms over other mmo's. also makes you wonder if theyre gonna have the same classes, completely new jobs or a mix of both.

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Looks more like kartrider 2 to me lol. if ms2 in 3d require a mouse to move, it'd lose some audience lots of people enjoy the keyboard aspect of ms over other mmo's. also makes you wonder if theyre gonna have the same classes, completely new jobs or a mix of both.

The article says <Project Neo> is the sequel to Kart Rider. That pic is from Project Neo.

I'm not sure I would give MS2 a chance. The 2d gamplay is one of my favorite things about Maple. Its gives it a SNES-esqe retro feel that alot of other MMOs dont have.

However if they keep it side scrolling with 3d graphics, that would be awesome.

However if they keep it side scrolling with 3d graphics, that would be awesome.

Like New Super Mario Bros, same gameplay feeling better graphics.

I'm not sure I would give MS2 a chance. The 2d gamplay is one of my favorite things about Maple. Its gives it a SNES-esqe retro feel that alot of other MMOs dont have.

However if they keep it side scrolling with 3d graphics, that would be awesome.

MS2 and maplestory 3D are TWO DIFFERENT THINGS if you've been paying any attention to the thread... which you apparently aren't.

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F/P->? (sorry f/p's i have no idea who of the 31 lv.200s are f/p)

Sorry this is OT, but highest FP in GMS is level 189. TakaxSan.


And yeah, I will not migrate to MS2. If they ever make one, I'll either continue playing regular MS or move on. I think a sequel would just kil the entire game. (lots of reasons but I'm too disorientated to compile a decent post ATM)

I still think it's too early to be making assumptions. We don't know anything about this besides the fact that it exists. Right now you think Nexon will make it craptacular, but who knows, it could be the best thing to ever hit Maple.

I didn't say I think they will make it a crappy game. I am sure it will be great, and I will freely admit that. I am saying I am sick of Nexon's corporate bastardism and poor customer service. I'd rather play a fun game that's about wasting time, than a fun game that's about wasting money. People should not have to spend a lot of real money to FULLY enjoy a game; and I do not think anyone will seriously dispute that money is what Nexon's games are about. In defending Maple and Nexon people often argue that you don't "have" to spend money, and some get to like lvl 14x never having spent a dime. The truth is, though, Maple is MUCH MORE FUN with 2x cards, gachopon, double drop, store permits, safety charms, pets, NX clothes, teleport rocks, AP resets, etc. etc. etc. until you're broke.

I didn't say I think they will make it a crappy game. I am sure it will be great, and I will freely admit that. I am saying I am sick of Nexon's corporate bastardism and poor customer service. I'd rather play a fun game that's about wasting time, than a fun game that's about wasting money. People should not have to spend a lot of real money to FULLY enjoy a game; and I do not think anyone will seriously dispute that money is what Nexon's games are about.

I was going to say, you should post that on Nexon's forum...but it would prolly get you banned for "promoting false assumptions" or some such nonsense.

Good information, thanks you.

However if they keep it side scrolling with 3d graphics, that would be awesome.

You mean like Super Mario for the DS? In that case, it WOULD be awesome.

This showed up on MMOSite on the 29th.... it reads somewhat familiar, no? read&compare

Yea. I find it kind of amusing that they would bother to include the video of that, considering how old it is. :X

Depending on how they handle this game, it has the potential to be a huge hit or a major failure. The things that drew me to MS were the 2D Graphics, Creative Towns and the fact that it was just plain fun. Sadly those days are behind us in Maplestory. I used to play so often but things have changed. It's now about being elite, grinding for hours on end and being rich rather than having fun.

Maybe the fact that I'm Lv.186 is what took most of my pleasure from the game (too much playing, nothing else to do, no PQs, slow training, etc) but I think it's more than just that. I remember having so much fun doing Ludibrium PQ and exploring Ludibrium, trying to get to the end and dying at the buffys. It's that sense of challenge and exploration that makes the game stay interesting.

Unfortunately the high level community is pretty small compared to the low level community, so nexon doesn't bother releasing much end game content. Other than Horntail and Pink Been, there's really nothing else to do. The highest level and best training monsters are Lv.108 which is why it takes people forever to get to level 200 (I get 3% an hour at Skelegons on double EXP and I 100% 1 Hit Kill them with Genesis 30, that's ridiculously slow. So slow I don't even bother trying to level anymore) and there's really no sense of challenge because you can and have already done everything, been everywhere and fought everything.

Maplestory 2 could recapture all of that if the developers do it properly. I could imagine this game in 3D, it would be epic...

I didn't say I think they will make it a crappy game. I am sure it will be great, and I will freely admit that. I am saying I am sick of Nexon's corporate bastardism and poor customer service. I'd rather play a fun game that's about wasting time, than a fun game that's about wasting money. People should not have to spend a lot of real money to FULLY enjoy a game; and I do not think anyone will seriously dispute that money is what Nexon's games are about. In defending Maple and Nexon people often argue that you don't "have" to spend money, and some get to like lvl 14x never having spent a dime. The truth is, though, Maple is MUCH MORE FUN with 2x cards, gachopon, double drop, store permits, safety charms, pets, NX clothes, teleport rocks, AP resets, etc. etc. etc. until you're broke.

I'll keep this short but let me just say that if you think Nexon is bad, you really should try some of the other Free MMO's out there. I used to think the same thing, but trust me, they are amazing compared to the alternatives. Yes people with money get a huge advantage, but you don't need to spend real money to catch up. I never spent a cent of real money and I bought all of my NX with Mesos through the MTS. I did all of the following with the MTS:

- Reset 86 AP.
- Bought Pet, Pet Loot, Meso Magnet, Item Pouch and Water of Life.
- Bought 2 or 3 complete NX Clothes Outfits to cover up my lukless character.
- Bought about 15 30 Day 2x EXP cards to get me from Lv.146 to Lv.186.
- Bought 3 or 4 months of 30 Day 2x Drop Cards to fund myself.
- Bought Megaphones, Hair Coupons and Various other Cosmetic Items.

So yes, it's a lot more work to enjoy the game if you don't pay real money, but at least it's still possible. Look at games such as Trickster. You can't get Cash Shop items in that game unless you spend real money. You could do an under the counter trade with other players for in game currency but you risk getting scammed and if the user chargebacks your account will get banned. Also the cash items in trickster give crazy stats. It'd be the equivalent of Nexon selling Zakum Helmets and Horntail Pendants in the Cash Shop. So count your blessings that it's at least possible to compete in this game without spending money.

Exactly... If you think Nexon is bad, you haven't checked out enough other games yet.

Personally I love the idea of MapleStory 2/3D. If enough people migrate over to those though, I would much like a quieter environment on the current version and probobly just stay here.

Too early to speculate too far though, we'll have to wait and see.

I found a few images of Maple 2: Click Here

I found a few images of Maple 2: Click Here

That's defenitely Maple 3D, NOT Maple 2. If that's Maple 2 I'd never play it. It looks too much like the other 3D 'free' games.

I hope that's not Maple 3D. If it looks like that I'm definitely not playing it. >_>

I added a few more pics that are hopefully real.