Which of the 12 classes are you maining when Maplestory Classic arrives?

classic will unironically be more p2w than current maple lol

seriously. HP washing is completely fucked and all those ap resets you need are cash shop items.

That's why they rent you a pet for $10 a month.

Maybe Snipe will even be 5 sec cooldown this time instead of lagging to 7-10 seconds.

they'll ruin it like maplestory and maplestory 2, who even has faith in them doing it correctly this time?

This shit gonna die quick once people realise it's all nostalgia hype and nothing more. You want long ass grind sessions current maple still has that and more. Same with henehoe and socialising in general. Just take your head out of your ass for one second and you will realise quickly how shit of an idea this is

Hey nexon shill why wont you use new material no one is going to fall for the same bait if you keep repeating it

Seggs with Kanna

nta but I don’t doubt a lot of people will quit or go back to modern/pservers. The question is what kind of changes they make, because a literal 1:1 classic server will shit the bed and even Nexon knows that.

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Pirates were not present in the teaser footage, nor was Nautilus on the map. There's no guarantee they'll be there at launch (if at all).

He doesn't know they hired Nemi, the first lead developer of early Maplestory

He doesn't know that quality of life changes are confirmed for Classic World

He thinks it'll be a fad when shit like Oldschool Runescape and Classic WoW are still thriving

The fact that Global Maplestory became less of a dumpster fire after Inkwell took over is proof that they want to save their flagship game. Now I'm no fan of the modern game, but I've kept up with the news thanks to friends. Combine this with the fact that they're finally delivering a classic server, and it's obvious Nexon realized they need to give their global players what they want. I don't know the situation in Korean Maplestory, but the fact that they suddenly care much more about the global audience should mean something.

I’m aware of all your meme arrows and look forward to this release, but I’m still being cautiously optimistic. There’s a lot they can fuck up.

What class I play is highly dependent on if 4th job is present.
If not, Priest.
If so, Shadowed.
Cleric is my favorite class (I like support/buff classes) tarnished by knowing my eternal fate will be to spam Genesis for all eternity after 130, where the only support I'll be giving involves leeching. Not my scene.

Doubtful. Inkwell has been actively trying to steer GMS away from p2w despite Nexon Korea's insistence on making the mere privilege of breathing an NX premium. He knows that shit won't fly on Classic.
At worst, it'll be pay for convenience.

The HP values in the trailer footage does not match with the values in current OSMS builds. There likely won't be a need for washing.

The pieces are all in place for them to make it good. They just have to not fuck it up, and the crew they have gives me hope that Classic will be as popular and as explosive as 2005 Maplestory, if only for a few months at most.
Fuck, just being able to time travel back to 2005, if only for a short while, would be enough for me.

Things they need to do:

UNHIRE THE ENTIRE TEAM that designed MS as a mobile gacha with dailies

Remove all dailies
Create an alternative end game with all new assets.

Bring back fun wizet events and snowboard hunting activities but make enemies drop temporary cosmetic gacha gear instead. No cubes are paywalled.
And I MIGHT be back

won't be able to pop niggas with a gun because no pirates

Sad.

Some NX Crossbows are guns.

quality of life

The lack of qol is part of what makes the mmos of back in the day. Adding qol would just bring it more inline with modern mmos...

I haven't played this game in over 10 years and I don't think I have the patience to deal with an MMO anymore but its cool to see the old UI, skill animations, and deleted skills again.

chances are they will have old cash shop stuff like 90 day pets (idk if they're perm now), cosmetics, merchants, 2x coupons, the old fashion gacha where it was town based, wheels of destiny?, w/e else that was in the old cash shop

No, people played old MMORPGs DESPITE those flaws and jank because most people used them as virtual hangouts before Skype and later Discord took over that scene.
Very few people are going to download a 50+ gb game just to talk to people they could just as easily be talking to on Discord, so the least they could do is make it more fun to play as a game.

Myself, I wouldn't mind if they eventually went with some class balance changes. Nothing major, just do something with all the dead/trash skills, like Archer's FA or Wizard's Slow or literally everything about Page. Every class, at every stage, always seemed to have at least one skill that was the "beginner's trap", which leads everyone to max all but those skills, leaving very little build variety. I'd think it'd be cool if they did something about that.

They might start the game with only Victoria Island and 2nd job, then do monthly content updates while they slowly figure out what direction they want to take with the game. Eventually they'll have to add new content while keeping the game faithful to the classic experience. I'm also hoping they add the class changing system from GMS, where explorers can change jobs as long as the job matches their archetype.

but I’m still being cautiously optimistic.

That's fine dude, but I'm willing to give this an honest chance, come hell or high water. This game means a lot to me, and after seeing other classic servers thrive and evolve, I'm happy to finally have something that appeals to me.

I know the official announcement is later this year but any clue whether pets and cosmetics are still on a timer/subscription basis? Or do we finally get perm ones

There was also teleport rocks which were really fucking stupid. Their introduction completely ruined the boat system.

We know almost nothing yet, and won't know until October at the earliest unless someone leaks info.

How are pets/cosmetics in modern maple?

oh yea
and then there was hyper rocks that let you teleport to maps
i had a temp one and boy was that fun being able to zoom almost everywhere, but yea boats are top comfy

I remember buying a pet as a kid and not realizing I was only renting it.

Just thinking about taking a 15 minute boat ride with 30+ of you faggots brings a tear to my eye. And half of you retards will die to the Balrog outside. I can't wait.

Wizard's Slow

No fuck you, I like slow even if its use cases can be counted on one hand. Seal and Partial Resistance can go, however.

Is it confirmed to be 1x though? Even if so, there might be mechanics that gives you EXP multipliers, like 3x from quests instead. Or hunting quests (kill x100 x999) etc, so players are encouraged to get together and party up for those quests.

Just make Seal work on bosses at a % chance or something. Give Mages some utility in boss fights, fuck.

I remember post big bang I got a perm pb pet from a limited cash store gacha box (Not GMS), was hype till I remembered the pet equips were still timed

They'll probably run 2x events like the good old days
And hopefully a ton of town/GM events. Fuck jump quests though

Fuck jump quests though

Skill issue

GM event jump quests at 5fps (because shit PCs 15 years ago) was a dog shit experience

i linked based blackgoku this thread

its a physical fitness jq event

Old MMOs had quality of life updates, Anon. You just didn't notice it because games didn't modernize and lose their identity back then. Also the term "quality of life" wasn't widely used in gaming at the time.

Realistically they'll probably do what GMS does and have lootboxes full of random permanent cosmetics, which become untradeable after equipping, while everything else in the shop is a 90 day rental. You know how it is man, companies gotta make money off their assets or else they pull the plug. Personally I'd rather have a daily shop system instead, where every cosmetic is permanent but you only see a number of random items every day.

pets in modern maple

Pets are even worse in modern maple, you don't wanna know. However, I'm pretty sure that Nexon knows classic fans won't tolerate pay to win mechanics.

Bowmaster for sure, I love archers in MapleStory, even if they’re the worst class in the game
Strafe is just way too cool, it’s my favorite skill in the entire game

Jump

Hangs in mid air because early 2000s internet

Magically at the bottom of the map when the game reconnects after 5s

Here's hoping Buccaneer is more than just a Time Leap mule.

jump quests

Good news, you'll be doing nothing instead because no pirates

Pets are even worse in modern maple, you don't wanna know

Im curious now.
And yeah if there's perm gacha boxes and a rotating small shop of perm skins it'll probably be the best case already since Nexon definitely won't add buyable perms.

everyone in the classic server will be in their 30s or close to it

More for me, then.
I'll be flooding the market with Eyes of Fire the minute I can reliably kill Zombies. I have spent many, many private server rides making the Zakum JQ my bitch and now my training will finally pay off.

Good. I don't want to play with literal fucking children, especially current year children.

muh too much qol

In a long-term run, basic qol are pretty much mandatory. After all the game still has to be fun beyond its nostalgiabait. All the (self-claimed) purists won't be lasting more than 2 months anyway. As always, it's the obnoxiously loud minorities thinking they're allowed to have opinions.
As for hp-washing it obviously wouldn't be a thing since revenue from reset scrolls will be pennies in the scope of maplestory's current revenue and the downside of losing endgame retention is too large.
Cash items would likely boil down to

pets

cosmetics

tp rocks

personal shop hires

eventually owl of minerva

Fuck teleport rocks I hope they never get added.

Pirates were pre-big bang. Either you're getting them at launch or you're getting them a month after.

Im curious now.

In modern Maplestory, pets from the shop are 90 days as usual, but sometimes they bring pet lootboxes that have a chance to give permanent pets. There are also Luna pets which can pick up items at a massive radius, I'm talking like half the damn screen. You get them either through lootboxes, or direct purchases through special events. Luna pets aren't permanent and they need a special water of life to be revived. Not the normal water of life that revives normal 90 day pets, this one costs more because fuck you.

Nexon definitely won't add buyable perms.

They actually do sell permanent cosmetics as a direct purchase during events from time to time. It's usually a bundle that gives a specific outfit, or random cheap perms like a bargain bin section. Also, permanent transparent cosmetics only show up once or twice a year as a direct purchase.

Pirates were pre-big bang

So was Aran. That don't mean shit.

normal pets are pretty much free with events and such but you might want to pay like $1-3.5 just for small qol like auto potion or auto buff if it doesn't have it
but there now are vac pets that suck in everything bear it ($70-100 in heroic) that also require $10.5-15 monthly fee after the first 3 months but nowadays there's less focus on training so it's really just a luxury option

Angelic Buster is pure sex

Agreed. I want her to fart on me.

Angelic Brapper

doing mass guild attunement for Zakum

lapping shitters in the jump quest 3 times when they still haven’t done it once

teleport rocks

Honestly I don't mind the boat rides as long as they make them a little bit faster. Instead of 15 minutes, lower it to 10.

Boats arrive at every 10th minute mark

You get 3 minutes to board the ship

Ride takes 7 minutes

This way the boats do 6 trips per hour instead of 4.

How was bucc back then? Just looking at numbers and cooldowns on skill databases, it looks like a wet turd. But I also can’t find any anecdotes from people who actually played them.

They didn't have the most damage in terms of numbers, but what they had was survivability. A good number of their skills granted them iframes, allowing them to dodge attacks other classes couldn't, thus spending less on potions and had much less risk of dying. Boss fights were all about cycling your skills to keep those iframes to dodge particularly nasty hits, and then hitting with your stronger skills for damage, while also utilizing Time Leap to help your Bishops and Shadowers get their own survival skills (Resurrection/Smokescreen) off cooldown when necessary, and keeping Speed Infusion up for the Archers/Corsairs/Heroes (not Night Lord, they barely benefit because they already attack so fast).
As for training, it was as mindless as other classes. Rush with Corkscrew/Backspin (or Snatch if you're transformed) and spam Dragon Strike until they die, repeat.

Buccs have that cool super saiyan transformation too that got removed some years ago

based marksman enjoyers

you guys are so fucking sad lol

k fag

"NOOOOO STOP HAVING FUN AIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE"

Don't you have a denuvo/eceleb/twitter cap to be posting in?

Dark Knight

Maybe they'll make Pages not so useless

get real homos. whats next on your list? connecting the dots, making soap bubbles or drawing with crayons?

Yes. And you're not invited.

BUFF PAGES FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

What even happened to the holiday events? I remember stuff like Independence Day, Halloween, Lunar New Year, Valentine's, Maplemas, and so on. But by the time I quit, which must've been nearly a decade now, I don't really remember if those events were still happening.

Happyville hasn't been seen in years.

it's maplestory "classic", not maplestory "we fixed the old problems"

it will be PURE nostalgiabait

They removed that over a decade ago

Watch the reveal video, faggot.

anyone else sign up for the playtest?

I don't live in Commiefornia, so no.

If launch only has second job, I will pray for every Page main.

lol

*killsteals you out of your blood harp channel with my bishop because of my superior california ping*

nigga i cant even find it

Independence Day

Valentines

I remember these two littering the maps with garbage you can’t pick up.

LUKless Bishop, the way Nexon intended.