Mercedes

NEVER! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

But seriously, Elven does tend to overreact to things involving Mercedes, no matter how miniscule / insignificant it is.

Ehhh, I see your point. Still, Nexon failed in regards to giving MapleStory a coherent and believable story. Let's hope they FIX that when Phantom's story is launched at the end of the year. Because a Legend without a serious, game-spanning storyline is not only wrong, it eliminates the significance of them being Legendary Heroes in the first place.

Not to mention, when this is all over, they need to make Legend characters an unlockable deal. I mean, kMS has one thing right regarding restriction of the Legends (though I assume this only applies to Evan, Mercedes, and POSSIBLY Phantom) - Legends are supposed to feel special. What use is there to adding Legends to the game if they're just more powerful versions of Explorers? Doesn't that sorta defeat the purpose of Explorers?

IMO, make mini-questlines that result in you being able to create a Legend character in-game (in much the same way that Cygnus Knights used to be when they debuted) - these Legends have no restriction on your basic character limit, whilst Explorers, Expanded Explorers, Cygnus Knights, and Resistance DO.

Matter of fact, bring back the in-game character creation for Cygnus Knights. And add it to Resistance too. This way you can choose to go out of your way to work for the coolness/OPness of Resistance/Cygnus. This would not only place Explorers back on the whole importance standings, but in addition, it makes it so that involving yourself in MapleStory's storyline is OPTIONAL, unlike how it sorta seems to be now. I mean, really, what incentive is there these days to an Explorer when Explorers lose a lot of the freedom and uniqueness that makes them so awesome? (Specifically, not having the Black Mage ruin their fun romp around Victoria Island, and losing the Masteria storyline exclusivity. - although Masteria is another issue entirely that needs its own discussion on how to retcon it without losing too much of its original value).