MapleStory: Justice! (Prediction)

is it me or nexon's trying to be more like private server? using skills and buffs from other class is like rebirths in private server....

I'm not sure if the Phantom would be related to rebirths at all, more a take on the "jack of all trades" class you see in D&D, and...wherever else that's been used in.
Either way, take inspiration from where you can get it I guess. WoW's certainly an example of that working out well in the end. Though they have gotten rather lazy about it, the Deathwing raidboss is copy-paste from a competing mmo Rift*. I really rather like when games that patch a lot and evolve over time take things from each other, provided they actually adopt it and make it their own. MS already has multiple features inspired/taken/whatever off other games, as well as things commonly found in private server environments. It's not so much "trying to be something else", more like "taking the good parts to enhance your game".


*I have a feeling somebody will call bs on me if I don't post a link proving that, so here's a source, relevant bits are 28min in.

Why this job looks like him:

And Aswan is the lost city in El Nath mines (the one is told in the 4th job advacement).

Oooo, that actually sounds like a place I'd like to explore at least just to check it out. Lost cities are always fun.

Also, can I guess it's that they both drive really nice cars? The hats seem really similar somehow to me, but I can't quite place why since the phantom hat looks like three birds in a science/fashion experiment gone awry.