2013-01-20, 08:53 PM
I wasn't saying that more classes (now) is a good thing, by the way. It really isn't enough.
Still content. Of course it doesn't overshadow the issue, but it helps a little, tiny bit.
You know how you stress high-level content? That's because you're high-level. At this point, management doesn't care that much because they're busy trying to get the people who aren't high up there more things to do. Believe it or not, there are still people who exist who have not reached level 100. Or 150. (I don't have a level 200 character, but I don't count myself in that group.) I suppose their focus is over there. Make a new class, get it to even level 60. That's really why the job advancement levels were reduced, and it shows that they care a hell of a lot more about those people.
We're going to have to agree to disagree here. Technically speaking, a new class is content because it's a permanent thing that hasn't existed in the game before. It changes how the game is played, if ever so slightly (and even if it's just a mashup of different classes' skills, it's still different). It's pomegranatety content, but it's content.
Nexon Korea will answer that if/when they stop making classes. At this point, you can't dictate what should come out next.
Waltzing's reply from the reddit AMAA, which you can take as BS or however you want, is:
It's not an issue of should, it's just what happens. Life is unfair. People are greedy.
You should totally pay for some guys from ArenaNet to have lunch with the guys from NexonKR and talk about monetization. I'd watch that.
Remember when the Cash Shop came out? The official company statement was that the Cash Shop would never give an advantage to players. With that, I move on to your next quote:
Stop looking into the past. Things change.
I'm not playing the exact same game on my Angelic Buster as I did on my Phantom because I do not rely on MP, and instead have to charge skills (or, realistically, pay attention if they don't recharge). I don't have to think about switching skills if the situation necessitates or encourages it, as I do on my Phantom.
That's one comparison. It's not the exact same game. As small as the changes are, they are changes.
Look, I really don't disagree with you (except on the definition of 'content'). I'm kind of playing devil's/reality's advocate here.
Polantaris Wrote:JMS does have the most exclusive content, but that doesn't mean it doesn't suffer the same issues that KMS content does. Sengoku was nice, but it's essentially the same thing as Aswan, which has been pointed out before. It has the same flaws, and it has the same difficulty. The regular Sengoku areas were like Pantheon is, an area to start new characters and that's about it. The only exclusive content that JMS has that can qualify as high level content is Neo Tokyo, which is older than Big Bang, so it has the same problem.
Still content. Of course it doesn't overshadow the issue, but it helps a little, tiny bit.
You know how you stress high-level content? That's because you're high-level. At this point, management doesn't care that much because they're busy trying to get the people who aren't high up there more things to do. Believe it or not, there are still people who exist who have not reached level 100. Or 150. (I don't have a level 200 character, but I don't count myself in that group.) I suppose their focus is over there. Make a new class, get it to even level 60. That's really why the job advancement levels were reduced, and it shows that they care a hell of a lot more about those people.
Polantaris Wrote:I'm sorry but I do not agree that classes are content.
We're going to have to agree to disagree here. Technically speaking, a new class is content because it's a permanent thing that hasn't existed in the game before. It changes how the game is played, if ever so slightly (and even if it's just a mashup of different classes' skills, it's still different). It's pomegranatety content, but it's content.
Polantaris Wrote:You've mentioned there's 36 classes. At what point is there enough classes? I mean, seriously, when is it enough? 40? 50? 100? When can we go back to getting areas that make it worth my time to level those classes above 120?
Nexon Korea will answer that if/when they stop making classes. At this point, you can't dictate what should come out next.
Waltzing's reply from the reddit AMAA, which you can take as BS or however you want, is:
Quote:We are definitely interested in releasing more content for high level characters, but the implementation thereof is dependent upon our developers' resources amidst our schedule of releasing KMS content, seasonal events, and general events and content for a broad range of levels, amongst other things.
Polantaris Wrote:So everyone else should suffer because Nexon dug its own grave with cubes? There are other ways to get people to spend NX. Guild Wars 1+2 have great cash shops.
It's not an issue of should, it's just what happens. Life is unfair. People are greedy.
You should totally pay for some guys from ArenaNet to have lunch with the guys from NexonKR and talk about monetization. I'd watch that.
Polantaris Wrote:People spend money on those all the time, yet never get an advantage.
Remember when the Cash Shop came out? The official company statement was that the Cash Shop would never give an advantage to players. With that, I move on to your next quote:
Polantaris Wrote:MapleStory's focus was not always different.
Stop looking into the past. Things change.
Polantaris Wrote:I really do not see how it is appealing to replay the same exact game thirty six times.
I'm not playing the exact same game on my Angelic Buster as I did on my Phantom because I do not rely on MP, and instead have to charge skills (or, realistically, pay attention if they don't recharge). I don't have to think about switching skills if the situation necessitates or encourages it, as I do on my Phantom.
That's one comparison. It's not the exact same game. As small as the changes are, they are changes.
Look, I really don't disagree with you (except on the definition of 'content'). I'm kind of playing devil's/reality's advocate here.