On the Issue of Power Creep and How It Relates to Nexon

I do agree that the example was bad due to the base nature of the games, but i do believe the concept of incomparables at its core would still do maple, or any PvE game good in terms of gear.

Say the Von Leon set and empress gear had more specialized unique effects. Instead of Empress/Lionheart completely wiping out Von leon in terms of base potential, What if Von Leon was mobility focused, with a buff that allowed slipstream to be used in midair,increased mage teleport distances and so on, whereas Empress would provide more drastic survival bonuses such as HP increases, or a 10% chance to survive an attack that would have killed you with 1 hp.

Now, that was a rushed example, and even i can clearly tell that most players would prefer Empress still because of the better bossing capabilities, but VL set would still have SOME reason to be used other than 'its cheaper than Empress to get'.

As far as the heroic example, i had assumed, as someone who doesn't play it, that it meant that old maps that were being ignored/unseen by most finally got some use by creating a buffed version of it. So that all the work into initially designing those places weren't a complete waste due to power creep in dungeon usefulness. (though it comes off as a bit lazy reading it to myself as opposed to just plain making new content)

Yeah maple does need more incomparables. I was bossing on my f/p at czak recently And I found out that seduce +1/1 just plan sucks. It doesnt matter that I have 2seconds of invinciblity or 11k/44k hp/mp (with hb). a seduce + 1/1 then any other attack (including a 1/1) just kills you. And there is no way to get around this. There is like no way to upgrade your defencive capablities on any character other than the skills given. So so damage to defensive incomparables would be nice.

I could rant about how they could fix it or at least change for the better but sometimes I know when Im kicking a dead horse. But on your last note it is very lazy to do that unless they change the landscape for the heroic verson's. But that aside I think maple is built on the idea of power creep. At least in the sence of new characters. Or less (by nexon's logic) no one would play and fund the newer classes if they didnt have more potential to be stronger. and get stronger quicker.