MapleStory Evolution Discussion

1. What time period (ex. 2006-2008 or January 2008 - June 2009) do/did/will you enjoy the most of MapleStory?
   
2. Why did you choose that time period?
   
3. What, if anything, do you LIKE about the progression of the game since beta?
   
4. What, if anything, do you DISLIKE about the progression of the game since beta?
   
5. What feature of the game kept you playing the longest, during whichever period? While "friends" is an understandable answer, I'm curious what parts of the game itself people really enjoy/enjoyed/will enjoy.
   
6. In viewing GMS as a whole since its inception in the world of MapleStory, what are the lasting thoughts, memories, impressions, and emotions you will never forget?
   

1. I think that the time I enjoyed the most is 2007-2008.

2. As many others, I chose it because of memories. I think that MapleStory is one of the few games which leaves great memories. I've played several other games, but MapleStory is the only one which gave me that feeling. Back then, many other italian friends of mine were playing MapleStory (now most of them quitted) and I really had fun times. Now.. well, the feeling is just totally different. Maybe because the game grew up, or maybe because I did.

3. Well, I like how they're always finding new ways to get the most out of this game. Some of the features I liked the most are the system which makes your character be in the NPC chat window, making the conversation more "realistic", the NPCs becoming monsters (see: all the Puppeteer's quests, etc.) and the combo system. Another feature I really liked is mobs climbing ropes (the new El Nath PQ) and entering portals. They're one step away from making monsters attack other monsters and help you (one of the concepts I'd have liked to see in CWKPQ).
If we're only talking about GMS, well, I started to like their new exclusive content, as it looks like they've finally understood the game system and are using it to the fullest (unlike previous exclusive content). Hopefully, if there will ever be any more Masteria content, they'll use those new features which Nexon Korea added to the game to make things more interesting.

4. I dislike how they're totally changing the game. Those will be heavy changes and it'll be kind of hard to get used to them. I also dislike how they keep releasing jobs (they really should stop with this one..) and PQs, while I think they should focus on more new areas instead. It looks like they really don't want to release new areas, or don't have ideas for them (I doubt it's this one, though, seeing how they always come up with something new), judging by how they changed all the mobs' levels to make some of them training spots for higher leveled people.

5. Goals (such as reaching level 200, even if I know that probably will never happen), doing quests, being able to use more skills and raising their power, and yeah, obviously friends as well.

6. I will never forget the memories of me doing Ludibrium Party Quests when it was the only place where you could earn much EXP for levels 35+ and every channel was full of people tracking the other people inside (some even sold tracks). I will never forget when I was a newbie, was stuck in Omega Sector and didn't know how to go back. I will never forget all the great times spent questing, training and having fun with my friends. I will never forget the great feeling I had while playing Tespia, Global MapleStory's test server which they opened around summer 2008 but then they permanently closed because of people abusing of it. There are many nice memories of these game which will never leave my mind.