2010-08-27, 02:00 PM
@FanaticRat: So your suggestion for keeping the game from getting "too hard for the average player" is to let it remain broken for the top tier? Whatever happened to having a game that's not broken for anyone? On top of that, I don't know how long you've played GMS, but the "tier" situation you refer to has vastly changed over the past years. Back in the spring of 2007, it took, on average, a good, 6 person, competent party of 3rd jobbers to kill Papulatus successfully. It was practically unheard of for someone to solo the boss, and was widely regarded as a major accomplishment on cross-server forums.
Now, to use your own verbiage, anyone with average funding can solo the boss easily at levels below 125. And yet you claim the game is still noticeably hard enough for average players?
Scrolling, honestly, should have ended with 30/70 Dark Scrolls, and maybe even before that. When the system had only 10/60/100s to work with, it was ridiculously difficult to create perfect gear. Fast forward to these past few weeks, where average players were pumping out perfect attack weapons thanks to 50% scrolls that gave the same ATT boost as 10%s.
This game has gotten out of control. While all MMOs need to continuously update to keep the game fresh and interesting, I'll echo what so many more have said before: MapleStory's developers have no idea what they're doing.
Now, to use your own verbiage, anyone with average funding can solo the boss easily at levels below 125. And yet you claim the game is still noticeably hard enough for average players?
Scrolling, honestly, should have ended with 30/70 Dark Scrolls, and maybe even before that. When the system had only 10/60/100s to work with, it was ridiculously difficult to create perfect gear. Fast forward to these past few weeks, where average players were pumping out perfect attack weapons thanks to 50% scrolls that gave the same ATT boost as 10%s.
This game has gotten out of control. While all MMOs need to continuously update to keep the game fresh and interesting, I'll echo what so many more have said before: MapleStory's developers have no idea what they're doing.