Big Bang ruined the game.
Now I don't mean that as in - 'they made the gameplay bad', I mean it as in - 'They need to hire programmers that actually know how to optimize their code well'.
Perion is a bloody slideshow now, and it's not that much has changed. Now thanks to that I'm stuck.
EDIT: In fact it's slideshow everywhere now. Might be my PC, but then again I can run SC2, which is way demanding than maplestory will ever be, easily. Really, those guys need to l2code properly.

sylverfyre

United States8298 Posts

December 08 2010 17:05 GMT

#808

ingame name sylvafyre on Demethos (wtf sylverfyre taken? it's never taken :< )
rerolling on this server, though I've never reeeally been high level before (mostly lack of people to play with) >.>;

Demoninja

United States1190 Posts

December 08 2010 18:43 GMT

#809

im pretty sure its only a slideshow for you because i was playing the whole time you were talking about it but i didnt experience any lag outside of the usual.

Gao Xi

Hong Kong5178 Posts

December 08 2010 21:47 GMT

#810

Heres like the general gist of it, Truckers from 4x-8x, then mp3 till like 9x, then gallos onward. All of them at singapore so its just a bunch of grinding, unless of course they fixed the coding.

Humbug

United States264 Posts

December 08 2010 21:50 GMT

#811

Well, at least good news is that we have a lot of new 70+ people now

ezdez

Australia28 Posts

December 08 2010 22:10 GMT

#812

On December 09 2010 00:04 zingmars wrote:
Big Bang ruined the game.
Now I don't mean that as in - 'they made the gameplay bad', I mean it as in - 'They need to hire programmers that actually know how to optimize their code well'.
Perion is a bloody slideshow now, and it's not that much has changed. Now thanks to that I'm stuck.
EDIT: In fact it's slideshow everywhere now. Might be my PC, but then again I can run SC2, which is way demanding than maplestory will ever be, easily. Really, those guys need to l2code properly.

i think this was just yesterday - a lot of people were logged on and the server was not liking it.
also, if you load maple from the browser rather than the client, make sure to close your browser before the game loads. i find that whatever the flash player is doing lags the game.

on another note; yes and no on BB ruining the game.
1) why are pots dropping EVERYWHERE?! before grinding use to cost money over time, making those expensive drops important to find for selling and doing some more grinding.. otherwise forcing you to PQ.. now i'm not even taking much damage, health pots have become almost entirely redundant to keep in your inventory and MP pots are all over the place..

2) this isn't a bad thing, with my brawler and bandit, i've found that all my attacks have greater reach now. i can special melee attack 2-3 character lengths away and still hit something

3) another "good" but maybe "bad" is that i'm doing a lot more consistent damage. my bandit was hitting 300-400 x 6 for savage blow but is now doing consistent 500+ x 6.

4) most quests are reset........ i'd say this is bad. i for one cbf killing 33/333/666/999 horny/green/zombie mushrooms again.. though collecting things seems a lot easier as it seems everything drops even more frequently.. or at least quest drops do.. kinoko's bento quest for example, grinding on mush for 1 hour before BB got me nothing.. now bentos are dropping all over the place and i got my 2 after killing 10 blue mush..

5) rings are going to be extremely broken

i feel like everyone will rush to 120/200 now.. then what? it's not like there will be level cap ranked raids like or MMOs..

Demoninja

United States1190 Posts

December 08 2010 22:13 GMT

#813

I honestly doubt the majority of people will reach 120. Leveling actually got easier only for levels 1-70. 71-110 is probably about the same and 120+ may be even harder than pre BB because there's no 4x and exp gain per monster is almost halved.

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

December 08 2010 22:42 GMT

#814

On December 09 2010 07:13 Demoninja wrote:
I honestly doubt the majority of people will reach 120. Leveling actually got easier only for levels 1-70. 71-110 is probably about the same and 120+ may be even harder than pre BB because there's no 4x and exp gain per monster is almost halved.

Gallos is hella good, but it's impossible to get a map ther

Demoninja

United States1190 Posts

December 08 2010 22:45 GMT

#815

It's all up to you to get strong enough to completely rape Gallos so I can call on you when I get ksed out of my map

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

December 08 2010 23:44 GMT

#816

I'm a noob priest. You're the imba race.

XinRan

United States530 Posts

December 09 2010 02:50 GMT

#817

What we should do with gallos maps is have ks wars with the people there. If we get everyone in the guild who is training there to ks 1 person, that person will definitely cc.

l10f

United States3241 Posts

December 09 2010 04:18 GMT

#818

http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=113255&db=issue&cate=&page=1&field=&kwrd=

KMS New Update "CHAOS" a follow up of BIG BANG

Summary:
1. 12/16 Balance patches, DB's available for limited time with buffs, magicians get buff, arans get buff, evans get huge buff. Accuracy/Avoidability changes, item stat changes.

2. 12/30 5 specialized technique system. "creator" can make weapons you otherwise can't find, "alchemist" can make potions, such as a potion that makes your character huge and gives buffs, "jewelist" can make accessories etc.

3. 1/13 PvP Arena, level 140 item sets, ToT released only level 160+ can enter.