2011-06-12, 01:42 PM
Sarah Wrote:I don't know enough about Dragon's Nest to say it's not a WoW clone, I was under the impression it was -- just cuter. And all MMORPGs are inherently the same: kill stuff, do quests, level up, beat bosses. Maple just fails horribly at this formula by focusing too much on the one aspect. I would expect Dragon's Nest to have a greater focus on story, questing and raids than the "killing stuff and level up" aspects.
Have you played DFO? Dragon Nest operates kind of like that - mostly instance based, with adjustable difficulties. That seems to be the recent trend; making the overworld simply a quest/trade/chat hub and funneling everyone into instances for actual gameplay. It definitely limits their creativity as far as questing goes.
There's hardly any story, it's like Maple (and the majority of asian MMOs) in that respect. Oh, and it doesn't require that much play time to level cap, but you're hindered by the fatigue system.