31/1 - Characters' max level is increased to 250!

Alright, that's enough about the rankings. Everyone's said their piece, multiple times, now let it rest.

If anyone has anything else to say, on topic of the level cap being raised, go ahead.
If you keep arguing about the rankings I'll lock the thread.

So the level 180 "Hunting Ground" being released (Hunting ground makes me think of the old Henesys hunting ground), do you guys think it will be a whole new area (like say Minar Forest or Ant Tunnel) or do you think it will be a theme dungeon kinda deal?

So the level 180 "Hunting Ground" being released (Hunting ground makes me think of the old Henesys hunting ground), do you guys think it will be a whole new area (like say Minar Forest or Ant Tunnel) or do you think it will be a theme dungeon kinda deal?

I think it's likely to be a training area since Nexon did say that they were releasing content for high-levelled Maplers and while this wouldn't help much for people already at the maxed level it's still something worth visiting.

Oh god guys, I just had a brilliant idea.

the ant tunnel used to be a major training place pre-big bang, and since this new Training Area is in Sleepywood, just imagine if they brought back the Ant Tunnel again, with the actual ants who made the tunnels!

Would you want the Ant Tunnel to make a glorious return? same old map designs and everything?

They could even say that the Ant Tunnel was sealed by earthquakes during the big bang, and your fight with Chaos Vellum re-opened it. Hngghhhh

Oh god guys, I just had a brilliant idea.

the ant tunnel used to be a major training place pre-big bang, and since this new Training Area is in Sleepywood, just imagine if they brought back the Ant Tunnel again, with the actual ants who made the tunnels!

Would you want the Ant Tunnel to make a glorious return? same old map designs and everything?

I would approve only if the ants are also extremely deadly, had poison attacks that did lots of DoT and they're the fastest big buggers you'd ever seen. Reason? I just want to be able to say "Go Team Ant!"

They should do a rip off of bleach for the next continent. Hollows, arrancar bosses, then someone like aizen where he uses illusions and confuses the pineapple out of you.

he reward for hitting level 200 is a pat on the back and a small sense of personal achievement.

In my opinion, that only comes to these days. After... hmm, maybe the first 100 people reached level 200 in a server (and I'm probably stretching it) hitting the level cap lost any purpose, but before that it can be argued that its reward was in being among that group of 100 people that reached it first. Here is where I agree with KhainiWest, what made that anything special was that it was supposed to be set in stone, so even if you quit the game, the players coming and going through it would see you among that group, regardless if they thought of it in a derogatory way or not.

In a way I could say reaching level 200 has never had a reward, the reward was in reaching it first/among the first ones. For example in a race, noone cares about anyone below 3rd place, even if there are 1000 people running I bet you no one cares about anybody above the first 100. I agree there's nothing else to reaching lvl 200 than a personal achievement reward, which could also be found each time you level up

Now with this change, what is being taken away is not the reward of reaching level 200. but the acknowledgment of being the first ones to reach it. This is why I said earlier that the only thing to discuss about this change is how those that reached it first get screwed over all their work, and those with motivation to go for it get another chance.

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I just hope they introduce more training areas. Even at level 16x-17x, I find it a massive chore (and bore) to go to ToT/Future Hen every time I'm hunting for event drops that only drop within specific monster levels.

I heard the Stronghold maps are normal mobs in KMS, but in GMS, there are no other normal mob alternatives apart from ToT/Future Hen.

Oh god guys, I just had a brilliant idea.

the ant tunnel used to be a major training place pre-big bang, and since this new Training Area is in Sleepywood, just imagine if they brought back the Ant Tunnel again, with the actual ants who made the tunnels!

Would you want the Ant Tunnel to make a glorious return? same old map designs and everything?

They could even say that the Ant Tunnel was sealed by earthquakes during the big bang, and your fight with Chaos Vellum re-opened it. Hngghhhh

I wouldn't mind pre-BB Ant Tunnel again as a high level training area. It was an actual adventure just to get from the start (with Horny Mushrooms) to the middle (where Evil Eyes and Zombie Mushmom were), and then to the end (where Jr. Rog was). That was an actual dungeon, in my opinion.

I heard the Stronghold maps are normal mobs in KMS, but in GMS, there are no other normal mob alternatives apart from ToT/Future Hen.

They reverted Stronghold into a party play zone long ago.

I half wish they had some pre-BB type challenges.

I mean, my nightlord back then barely grinded, it was pure bossing till late 17x with anegos, GBs and whatnot. To this day i still miss the 6k touch and 18k anego slaps. It was a fun challenge trying to stay alive AND kill it. Same goes for gb, I remember taking 50mins to duo one with a bowmaster but it was hecka fun. =(

I stagnated as BB hit as i hated grinding, and the latter 20 levels were just almost pure Castellan, but they've removed that joy too.

Enough bambling, B> bosses w/ decent exp, or make worthwhile training ground for higher levels please

I was hoping the cap would have really been about tree fiddy.

They should do a rip off of bleach for the next continent. Hollows, arrancar bosses, then someone like aizen where he uses illusions and confuses the pineapple out of you.

That would easily give Nexon enough ideas for potential content. "Oh you beat Aizen already? Here is the next boss that looks EXACTLY like him, but is a different villain."

How long were you under the impression that the level cap was only 250? mug: mug: mug:

future maps expansion

and past victoria island?

I really hope the leveling area is full of those imps, and they drop coins like the ones before the bosses.

It would be my new home =)

I look forward to this greatly, especially because I didn't play pre-bigbang for a long time..
I feel as if it will help me get closer with my current allies/guildies who are already 200 and aren't starting another class.

It will definitely be fun to see all those afk 200's up and training again

The interesting part is that there's no more SP and AP gain after level 200 so that means any possible additional skills would have to be gained from quests and it should use up the rest of the free SP.

I guess certain people can now rejoice if they read what else is in the blog entry.