2012-09-24, 10:38 PM
Stereo Wrote:Well, maps used to be a lot less "4 flat platforms with ropes between them" and more navigation oriented, take old Victoria for example. To get around quickly you had to be a lot better at the basic techniques than you do now, with every single class having an FJ or teleport skill. You couldn't even get to Kerning City from Lith unless you were good at jumping.
That's true, and I forgot about that, but those maps were complete chump change compared to even the most basic JQ. I don't remember the name off the top of my head, but take that map to get to Sleepywood from Henesys for example (hell, the area surrounding Sleepywood in general had some interesting platforming), I think it was where the bow instructor used to be? You had to do actual platforming and jumping from rope to rope to get across pits or something like that, but it still didn't compare at all to those Kerning JQs or god forbid that first Sleepywood one. Nothing really prepares a new player for how they suddenly have to take their time, learn hitboxes and how to get a much higher level of control over their character than was ever required before.
It's true that we might look at videos of people playing maple and go "jesus, that guy sucks at controlling his character why are you even using that move there no no no no auuuuugh", but even if you had someone with the familiarity of playing their character they would still get blindsided by the easiest JQ Maple has to offer. There's no warning. It's like how in a series like Sonic you have some segments where you just get to go fast and rely on twitch-reflexes, then suddenly you're chasing the president's limo down the highway in your airplane which suddenly turned into a mech that is now a car. It's the same basic premise (gotta go fast, don't run into things, collect rings) but a completely new method of control that you aren't prepared for and is never nearly as important as the normal method of controlling your character that you're used to.