2012-09-06, 01:22 AM
AaronRawr Wrote:The best example of power creep in Maplestory that I can think of right now would be Mihile over CK. Mihile essentially made CK's dead content because Mihile has everything a CK has and more. From what I can see, there is absolutely no reason to make a CK over a Mihile.
-CK has a level cap of 120, Mihile has a level cap of 200.
-Mihile has access to more higher-end content that CK's will never reach.
-Mihile has a character link skill that gives 100% stance.
-Mihile has empress's blessing (30), just like CK.
-Mihile can create a UA at lvl 120, just like a CK.
-Mihile receives the bonus 10% exp after level up from 2-120, just like CK.
Another example of power creep in Maplestory is the ever increasing amount of stat upgrades like potential, nebulites and inner abilities. For those of you who remember 10-15 stat earrings being top-dollar, you know what I mean. Now a simple clean earring with 6% stat renders those earrings useless. Might as well toss those aside, and make room for the new. Constantly having to upgrade to the new best system of stat bonuses is power-creep. Now not only is there potential, but you also have to add nebulites to your gear and roll for inner abilities (that even give ridiculous stats like 30-40 per line) to be the best. Who knows what you will have to add in the future, it will still be adding to power creep.
Mihile is time limited. That's the point.
Constantly is a horrendous overstatement. The gap between nebulites and totems (the biggest upgrade sources we've gotten recently) being released was several MONTHS. Inner ability is hardly power creep in the negative sense, considering it's f'ucking free and the bonuses aren't even that amazing unless you get really lucky. (those 30-40 stat upgrades? yeah, potential doesn't apply to it, aka trash) Inner ability isn't even considered worth it to a lot of the higher leveled community. Power creep existing isn't new and aside from saying it exists, which we all knew, i fail to see what point you're trying to make.