Possible archer hero spoiled?

Still, if you think he's going to outright tell us that new classes are in development, especially with the negative reaction that new classes are having among parts of the GMS community (not to mention the fact that we had -just- recieved three new classes then), you're equally nuts. Remember, this is a GMS PR event, in which the big topic of the day was Chaos.

The big topic of the day was Chaos? That's weird considering it was mentioned.... once.

There is also a huge difference between "outright telling us that new classes are in development" and telling us that they're holding off on new classes. This isn't a binary issue; there are many in-between statements that could have been made. (Then again, your arguments seem to rely on making everything black-and-white).

Last year was also full of leaks (MSEA contest winners visited Nexon Korea offices to bring back an image of Edelstein, patching some Resistance skills into the test server beforehand, and Nexon realizing their [censored]-up with that Mechanic image in their video but took it down too late). Did we know anything about the Knights of Cygnus before the Striker was first patched into the test server two and a half years ago? Aran before he suddenly hit the test server two years ago?

I can't say anything about Cygnus because I wasn't into the game enough to warrant following every whisper of news, but Aran definitely didn't "suddenly hit the test server".
The only thing,
that I can say,
is "suck it".

And unless you have proof that Nexon has learned their lesson, then saying so pure malarkey.
Until something new is announced, we can only assume that nothing has leaked because there is nothing to leak.

Also, it's been almost a full year since new classes were released in KMS. Anyone who thinks Nexon Korea is going to go any longer without releasing a new class is nuts too. It may not be part of the Jump update, but I'm damned sure it's going to at least be part of some big Summer update, especially what with the Jump updates suspiciously ending with the Archers (in May, no less) and absolutely no mention of the Thieves and Pirates recieving a revamp as of yet.

I'll put my money on a "Pirates versus Ninja" update over a new class.
Got a character in Khaini?

Then this elf girl shows up. I don't know how you can compare pirate girl's 'art being pulled to fill a void' and elf girl's 'new art being created to fill a void'.

Why not? It's the same amount of work.
The pirate girl in the video doesn't actually match the art she's based on (nor does her in-game sprite).

Again, until we see some more official-art, there's no reason to think she's anything more than a one-shot character.

Because all the elements related to this character are new to the game, because the only elf in MS (other than the 4th job masters) is the archer master Athena Perice and because spadow informs that Nexon has declared this is a totally new character. Given it could be anything, like a new NPC, but until something else comes up, we are free to speculate.

Another thing to say is Nexon Korea decided to take a break from making new classes, and It's been almost a year since the last class was released there (Mechanic). Going by the dates of release of all classes since Pirates, Nexon was releasing new classes every six months (pirates-cygnus-aran-evan), then they rushed up and started adding classes every 3 months(dual blade-resistance) and even 1 month if you separate mechanics from the resistance. A 1 year break sounds like enough time for a break, It also would end in summer, perfect time to release a new class.

OH MY! SHE HAS POINTY EARS! WHAT A UNIQUE THING!
Without those pointy ears, she'd be completely generic.

But, yeah, I have no problem with people speculating that she might be a new character.
I might point out flawed reasoning behind your speculation, but I don't really care.

My problem with the theory that a new character is coming after jump is that I'd like to think Nexon isn't dumb enough to rebalance 60% of the original classes and then introduce a new character.

I would like to see Nexon deviate from the five standard classes and focus on new interesting jobs. Like a fisherman originating from Lith. He uses fishing rods and small knives. His attacks mainly include reeling mobs in and slicing them up. He also carries dynamite around because he's a bit of a cheat. Final job would include a MOTORBOAT and he creates magical waves that engulf enemies and such.

This is pretty much the best thing I've ever seen you post (whether or not it was a joke).

I'd love to see Maplestory further embrace the "silly cool" aspect of some of its characters.
What happened to playfully beating up snails and mushrooms?
Why aren't there more non-NX weapons like the Frozen Tuna and the Purple Mop?
Why aren't there more attacks like Shark Wave (I'M THROWING ELECTRIC SHARKS!)?

Maplestory just has an extreme case of bipolar disorder.