2008-07-04, 03:18 AM
IsaacGS Wrote: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.
Isaac, I guess it's really just a matter of opinion when it comes to "major" patches. The way I'm looking at things is, Horntail, Monster Carnival, Showa and Ariant aren't much of major things. For one, there's only a small majority of people who can Horntail. Monster Carnival is only level 30-50, granted it's fun but for the lower levels. Showa, Lol. Waaaaay overhyped. I really don't see anything major about that town. And Ariant just seems like a good place for like, level 30's to train. The quests were fun, but that's it. I wouldn't consider Area Bosses a major update, because they're not... It's just like adding more monsters.
My opinon of major updates are Leafre/4th Job, our UI Updates and Masteria stuff. Why? Because with Leafre, we got 4th job. That's a huge element of this game. The last patch that bought the slew of UI updates, I use the stuff added in the Patch almost every time I log on. NPC chat, Item Arrangement, Windowed Mode, Macros. I used it all. It makes the game a lot more user friendly. Now, Masteria, the reason I'd think this is a major update over all the other towns is because it's something we can call our own. It's gMS created content, and very good content at that. Something we all can get excited over, because it's new and a surprise. We haven't seen Previews of it in jMS or kMS.
Isaac, I'm not saying you're wrong on any of your points. But it really just comes down to a matter of opinion. And don't get me wrong, I always love reading what you have to say. It's all very interesting.