2008-07-04, 02:51 AM
Berzerk Wrote:The thing is, we're most likely getting a huge NLC update next patch. If we look at what we got last patch, it was a HUGE one. Then to be getting something Masteria Related next would also be huge. So, if July's Patch is going to be Masteria, and some of us think we're getting Pirates at a Landmark such as Ver. .60, or before. That leaves:
.58 August - Pirates/Filler Patch/Magatia(Sp?)
.59 September - Pirates
.60 October - Recycled Event/Pirates
The thing I see wrong with is is they're releasing a TON of stuff, all in a 4 month time frame (A lot of UI updates, Masteria and Pirates). I mean, maybe that's the direction they're going in now, because they have been stepping up to the plate. I mean, it all seems completely plausible.
Then there's the fact that we have 2 more months of updates left, November and December. Both major holiday months, so we could just get crappy recycled events. And maybe even something like Coka Cola Land for December?
It just seems like a lot of content could be getting released, soon.
This is silly reasoning to me. Almost every content patch this year has been a major addition. The only month that really suffered was February, and given how massive the January patch was it's understandable.. I mean, Leafre/4th job, Horntail/Monster Carnival, Showa, and now Ariant... Granted there's not that much left that's an option right now (Magatia, Masteria, or Pirates are the only realistic choices. Everything else has pre-reqs) Nexon America's style leads me to believe that they'll merge the existing Area Boss "batches" into at most 2 groups, rather than 4. Maybe even just patch them all in at once.
Monster Book is the main UI update we're missing, and my thinking on this is that they are waiting for their upcoming Masteria update to implement it. That way, they can sift out unreleased monsters (Magatia, Bot-catching, Area Bosses) and write up new book additions for NLC, Amoria, and Mansion monsters, as well as Crimsonwood monsters or whatever our new expansion turns out to be. There's no way that the lore-loving designers at Nexon will miss out on writing up monster book passages for their own creations.
tl;dr, I vote Masteria expansion and Monster Book.