2013-12-13, 10:51 PM
I think it's a much better game in pretty much every aspect, except for the standards Potential and Cubes have created.
Old Maple had it's charm, but it was very slow. And very monotonous. I see the "higher" value given to 3rd job+ in ye olden times as artificial. There wasn't anything difficult about it, nothing that challenged any level of skill, nothing 'special'... it was just a matter of who poured more time in. There isn't anything particularly "challenging" about Maple now either, but I really don't think that's why anyone ever played it.
There is no longer vicious competition to get into PQs, and I think that's a very good thing.
People make the argument that the structure of the old game encouraged more social interaction... but that hasn't been my experience at all. I make conversation and friends now just as well as I ever had.
As is, the game has WAAAAY more creative content compared to what it used to have, it is all much more diverse, and it is all much more accessible. It's head and shoulders above Pre-BB Maple.
Old Maple had it's charm, but it was very slow. And very monotonous. I see the "higher" value given to 3rd job+ in ye olden times as artificial. There wasn't anything difficult about it, nothing that challenged any level of skill, nothing 'special'... it was just a matter of who poured more time in. There isn't anything particularly "challenging" about Maple now either, but I really don't think that's why anyone ever played it.
There is no longer vicious competition to get into PQs, and I think that's a very good thing.
People make the argument that the structure of the old game encouraged more social interaction... but that hasn't been my experience at all. I make conversation and friends now just as well as I ever had.
As is, the game has WAAAAY more creative content compared to what it used to have, it is all much more diverse, and it is all much more accessible. It's head and shoulders above Pre-BB Maple.