MapleStory 2011: The Year in Review

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What year this has been for MapleStory! It was a year that started with a bang and is ending in legendary style and if you werent here, you missed a year filled with resistance, drama, chaos, new heroes, old grudges, and more big changes than anyone could have dreamed! MapleStory simply isnt the same game it was at the end of 2010.

We thought it might be fun to look back at 2011 and chart all the exciting additions and changes that have re-invigorated the game and made Maple World a far more interesting place to be. If you are up for a quick bit of time travel, click the links to revisit the posts from the past.

But first, let's start with a video recap of the year.

<div class="hr"/> January: Birth of the Mechanic

Maplers entering 2011 might have been forgiven for thinking that things would quiet down in the game after the launch of Big Bang. Not quite. In-game, the Resistance was fighting hard, but needed help. They found it in the last place anyone thought to look. That was when players welcomed the Mechanics to the game. This powerful new class turned out to be very popular, with thousands of Mechanics being made within the first few hours. Outside of the game, the Maple team worked out a new development philosophy that involved patching less and providing larger content updates.

<div class="hr"/> March: The March Update

March began one of the major themes that we would see again and again in 2011: revision. From a gameplay perspective, this was the month that the Cygnus Knight classes received a long overdue makeover that drastically increased their power and made them much more fun to play. We also saw the launch of the Ultimate Explorers and a reorganization of the guild system that helped players come together in much more enjoyable ways. The storyline of MapleStory was a little less happy. This was the month that we discovered the tragedy of the Cygnus Knights. They werent what they thought they were and they were going to drastically re-evaluate themselves if they were ever to become ]true heroes.

<div class="hr"/> April: Jubilation

As April rolled and spring began, it seemed like everything was coming up roses. We took this month to celebrate Global MapleStorys 6th anniversary with the ]Jubilation update. We held a whole bunch of anniversary events in game, gave away a ton of awesome items and in general had a grand ol time! This was also the month that saw the launch of Chryse, the floating island and the beginning of server alliances that would help to relieve some of the population issues on certain servers.

<div class="hr"/> May: Cake vs. Pie 2: Winner Bake All

May was a month of silliness that had surprisingly serious undertones. It saw the return of the Cake vs. Pie event. This was an event that was a high-profile disaster the year before, but the dedication of the development team and the patience of the players worked together to bring it back in a big way. This was also the month when we celebrated our MapleStory fans Down Under with some events specifically tailored for players in Australia.

<div class="hr"/> June/July/August: Chaos

Once summer arrived, everything went crazy in Maple World. In many ways, the Chaos update was as big as the Big Bang in terms of the many things that it changed. Thats why we split the update into a number of different Ages so players could come to grips with each change and really start to enjoy them before we dropped the next big thing.

The Age of Heroes saw class revamps for Dual Blades, Arans, and Evans.