Maplestory E3 interview this morning-BIG INFO

[jrvillarreal]

Credits for this info go to swengw of basilmarket

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/166/feature/2068

Excerpt:

"Shaun was pleased to tell me more about the content release scheduled for early August.
...
There are three new areas that will be available to play in:

Phantom Forest is a 45+ level area which is haunted. There, players will find a Haunted House, Headless Horsemen and Elder Wraiths among other monsters, and may encounter the boss, Big Foot. Shaun described the forest as a “Forest of Illusion like Super Mario world.”

Phantom Forest leads to Crimsonwood Mountains that is a 70+ level area. The first area you must navigate is the Valley of Heroes where huge living pillars of stone known as Menhirs roam. These critters cannot be killed and players must use their timing and jumping skills in true platformer style to get through them. Players will encounter six new enemy types here, and find a number of caves which are actually solo-able dungeons. Finally, they encounter level 120 Guardians which guard the way to the next area.

Crimsonwood Keep is the ruins of what was once a great thriving Keep where the finest Masterian heroes trained and learned their trade. Another level 70+ area and a massive map.

In total, there are 31 new maps, 11 new enemies and new weapons – many which will be player created, and 12 epic quests, each with many steps and mini goals.

...

Finally, something that many players will probably appreciate, MapleStory’s “Naughty Word Filter” is being revised to be smarter so that entire words will not be “blipped” out just because they contain several letters which may be a “naughty word.” Can almost 6 million users (in the US) be wrong? It’s fun, it’s a grind, it’s a cutesy 2-D side scroller with a very distinctive art direction and it’s free to play."

ZOMG so many emotions:redface::f2::excellent::cool::heart:

[Chompy]

SO it is the Jump Quest and Unkillable monsters that killed the 180s...
:f7:
Well at least it is going to be COOL!

[PureBalance]

content release scheduled for early August.


... August... :@ No wonder their excited for patches this year, they will keep delaying them and we will only have 2-3 serious.


HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA good one

It is free to play, its just not free to enjoy.

[Moti]

Early August, huh... Whatever happened to July?
Oh well, this sounds cool. I'd love a new weapon or new monsters to kill... AND QUESTS.

[Allen]

this sounds exciting seeing as how my new character will be within the level range for this area.

[Bacon]

I can't wait for this to come out, but I'm a little hesitant about the Jump Quest.

My reactions suck. Seriously.

[Roxas]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA good one

No, actually it's quite free. NX=/=The whole game, and you have MTS. This expression is outdated.

"Finally, something that many players will probably appreciate, MapleStory’s “Naughty Word Filter” is being revised to be smarter so that entire words will not be “blipped” out just because they contain several letters which may be a “naughty word.” Can almost 6 million users (in the US) be wrong? It’s fun, it’s a grind, it’s a cutesy 2-D side scroller with a very distinctive art direction and it’s free to play."

No way. See it then believe it.

[Kigaz]

somehow i dont think the "lvl 120+ stuff" is much of anything..

[DrRusty]

didn't they say that new stuff was gonna have high lvl content -_-"

B> lvl 120+ NLC area @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

[LazyBui]

NxProse only stated that the lowest monster is level 45 and the highest is 120. He didn't say anything else regarding areas or how many monsters are in the 100+ range.

Although I'm a bit sad, I thought they'd be like bosses in an area that you go to, not OBSTACLES for noobier areas that you want to go to, like Anego.

[EchoFaith]

i wonder if the definition of high level is still 70+

i actually look forward to seeing a better curse filter. right now, it only hampers normal conversations since peopel who want to curse will bypass it anyways.

[jrvillarreal]

just had to show everyone my new siggy =D (bump)

[Moti]

^ Spam much?

And uhh, for those who complain about high level stuff:
Do the level 120 guards mentioned work like Anego? That'd be sad, really.
Also, didn't know Phantom Forest would actually get expanded. That's pretty neat. :f6:

[Xakris]

It's weird. We can't get CK in August. They realised all of cash shop items.
OMG Nexon I have vacation and a lot of time. Gimme something to explore =/

[EngelRod]

Nice information, I hope the keep isn't blocked with the lvl 120 monsters, if so I will never be able to reach it =S

[Chameleonic]

didn't they say that new stuff was gonna have high lvl content -_-"

B> lvl 120+ NLC area @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Havent you learnt anything from Nexon's history?! Lv 70+ is high leveled!!:f7::f3:

My reactions to the news is....:f7::f3::f4::hothead::f5: lol

[Raven]

Heh, I just noticed it at mmorpg.com, beat me to posting it here ;)

IMO, with the upcoming release of pirates, 120+ may be ignored for a while until Time Temple is released here with the exception of any other version original regions like singapore they choose to add which may contain 120+ bosses or even monsters...

[crazybel]

I guess we know what killed everybody. Unkillable jq monsters? So Pali's don't know how to do jq according to them. >.>

Still nice to have an idea of the new content coming.

[FallenMemory]

MapleStory’s “Naughty Word Filter” is being revised to be smarter so that entire words will not be “blipped” out just because they contain several letters which may be a “naughty word.” "

Finally?, hopefully they will fix the Screen lock glitch as well.

[DrRusty]

i wonder if the definition of high level is still 70+

i actually look forward to seeing a better curse filter. right now, it only hampers normal conversations since peopel who want to curse will bypass it anyways.

I think the reason that Nexon thinks lvl 70+ people are high lvl'd is because most of the high lvls don't even post on their forums. They post on here and SW.

[jrvillarreal]

remember that old quote about something in the forest "Stomping" every 4th job class except DKs and Bishops? Now we know it was referring to Big-Foot. lol @ BigFoot

[Darklai]

This sounds like fun. I seriously doubt it's going to be like the Forest of Illusion from Mario like they said though. Unless there's a secret area here and there that leads you to a new place only to find out you went around in circles. o.O

< Super Mario World Freak

[kleptophobia]

Well, those 11 new monsters better be pretty good EXP and on a great map... otherwise Nexon just bluffed us once again. At any rate what excites me is the new weapons. I hope they may actually be somewhat useful, such as a fast speed BW/Axe or a commonly available 1H sword around level 80-100(try finding a decent attack Fraute/Sparta).

[Rayquaza2233]

Why must they add a jump quest?

[Takebacker]

Why must they add a jump quest?

It adds a challenge, it's fun, and it's a new way of getting to an area.

[Loose]

Why must they add a jump quest?
Because this game is a platformer. They're fun, though not for everyone.

Anyways, about the "level 120" contest, I trust Prose more than Shaun. Let's hope they deliver.

[MechMike]

Imagine if the pillars do like 100000 damage LOL

Then no one could get in who doesn't know how to do a simple jump quest. :f3:

[Worthyness]

Seriously a jump questy to gain access to the new area? -___________________-

That just killed my fun >=0 (hope JQ is easy... I have a hard time just jumping onto the platforms at APQ >.>)

I also hope that people are able to use return to town scrolls in this Forest of illusion.
Otherwise, you have a bunch of "hogh level" characters in the beginning going:

"Where the Hell am I?"
-uses return to town scroll in attempt to reset-
"You cannot use this item here"
"asdfjygwlekifruyhkjsdf!!!"

[Rayquaza2233]

Because this game is a platformer. They're fun, though not for everyone.

Anyways, about the "level 120" contest, I trust Prose more than Shaun. Let's hope they deliver.

I hope it isn't ZJQ all over again. :eek:

[Loose]

Otherwise, you have a bunch of "hogh level" characters in the beginning going:

"Where the Hell am I?"
-uses return to town scroll in attempt to reset-
"You cannot use this item here"
"asdfjygwlekifruyhkjsdf!!!"
That would be awesome! The only way to return to the city is to die!

[Wiggy]

ZOMG I found a few screen shots of the new area!! I think :f6:
Here it is the screen shot section of the MapleStory information thing
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/166/view/screens

[Rayquaza2233]

That confirms the idea that Nexon has a test server at their own HQ. Yes, that is Phantom Forest, with all the extraneous stuff (fancy names and whatnot) removed. EXCELLENT find.

[Berzerk]

Wow, epic. That's all I have to say. If these new places to train are any good, we'll have an edge over some others versions. Anyways, those Screenshots look amazing. And omfg, a Boss confirmed? Hope it's like, 130 or something. >.> Can't wait to explore.

[Wiggy]

That confirms the idea that Nexon has a test server at their own HQ. Yes, that is Phantom Forest, with all the extraneous stuff (fancy names and whatnot) removed. EXCELLENT find.

YAYAYAYAY I did something good :]
I hope the "solo-able dungeons" are pretty good exp, also it sound like fun if you just bored.

Why does it have to be in August >_<
Well I guess that gives me some time to level up a bit more, and practice my Jump quest skills :cool:

[Loose]

ZOMG I found a few screen shots of the new area!! I think :f6:
Here it is the screen shot section of the MapleStory information thing
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/166/view/screens
The "monsters" in the first image look like they will kill the shit out of you. I wonder if those are the Guardians and come in the shape of each class? I see a Warrior and Magician.

The Crimsoonwood Keep looks huge and very detailed, it awesome. Oh, and anyone notice the tree attacking in one of those screenshots?

[Worthyness]

eah saw the tree 0_O
that was funny =P

But the Keep looks HUGE.
I cannot imagine what else is inside...

Kinda disappointed about that test server's bowmaster having only 4.6k hp at level 200 >.>

[Corn]

OH MY GOD NICE FIND! Nexon made a big blunder in releasing those screenshots =D.

[Rayquaza2233]

The images.

http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/072008/14020.jpg

The meso bag is BACKWARDS LOLWUT
http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/072008/14019.jpg

It's that logo!
http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/072008/14018.jpg

Meso bag status = STILL BACKWARDS
http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/072008/14017.jpg

http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/072008/14016.jpg

Phantom Forest = possessed trees?
http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/072008/14015.jpg

http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/072008/14014.jpg

[belovedblood]

I want this NOW. -whines like a two year old-

But nice find. This is freakin epic.

[Retalion]

I always expected the NLC expansion to come in August... The summer part one events end at the end of July, after all (the announcement isnt on the site anymore but it went till the 31st I think?).

As for those screenshots, they provide tonnes of information. THe first thing that interested me was the Headless Horseman on the "PkHG2" (I Guess that's Phantom Keep Hunting Ground 2? lol). Does this mean that Headless Horseman might be a more accessable boss for most? Additionally, that map is flat, making it look trainable. The question is for which group of levels. (The background of the map looks like a recolor of the current hallowed ground map except the trees attack you for 1 dmg here xD)

Another thing I noticed is a small change to the way buffs work. You'd notice in the Henesys screenshots that the potions are now transparent (the current ones have a whitish background and then the pot/pill). Doenst really effect anything but... yeah (I guess it makes those corner smegas easier to see? >_>). Then again, those could be just old screenshots of the game... I dont remember how they looked in beta/long ago before that.

[Corn]

I always expected the NLC expansion to come in August... The summer part one events end at the end of July, after all (the announcement isnt on the site anymore but it went till the 31st I think?).

As for those screenshots, they provide tonnes of information. THe first thing that interested me was the Headless Horseman on the "PkHG2" (I Guess that's Phantom Keep Hunting Ground 2? lol). Does this mean that Headless Horseman might be a more accessable boss for most? Additionally, that map is flat, making it look trainable. The question is for which group of levels. (The background of the map looks like a recolor of the current hallowed ground map except the trees attack you for 1 dmg here xD)

Another thing I noticed is a small change to the way buffs work. You'd notice in the Henesys screenshots that the potions are now transparent (the current ones have a whitish background and then the pot/pill). Doenst really effect anything but... yeah (I guess it makes those corner smegas easier to see? >_>). Then again, those could be just old screenshots of the game... I dont remember how they looked in beta/long ago before that.

Yes, I know archer's don't really have any def, but then again the person IS level 200 and wearing some decent clothes. Might not be 1....I'm guessing ~200?


Edit: (off topic) Hey Comb, noticed you were viewing this. Just joined?

[Rayquaza2233]

The Henesys SSs are from beta.

[MechMike]

The cavern looks like its huge (not just the map itself but the Depth and Dimension!)

[EngelRod]

WOW what a nice find xD the keep looks awesome, I don't see any jq there o.O

EDIT: notice the small character in the door of the keep, the keep is HUGE.

[Worthyness]

I can imagine it now. Noob NLC explorers enter the first map...
HEADLESS HORSEMAN SMASH!!!
Noob dies...

That would be great, even if i die in one hit too (-hates low hp xD-)

what if they just made Horseman spawn inth e2nd map instead of the 1st one? I mean that would give noobs a much better JR wraith map to train on right?

Still likeing the keep... It's Ginormous! xP

[Cardboardsnail]

Nice. Looking forward to crimsonwood keep

[Combattente]

Great find!!

I'm really looking forward to Crimsonwood Keep ;)

[MechMike]

I still wonder what the music will be like.

[EngelRod]

I noticed something, when you are in front of the keep you don't see the castle over the barrier, but when you are in the valley of heroes you can see the castle. That's a little weird.

[Fiel]

*expects to hear people crabbing about no pirates*

Anyway, I'm no expert on bows, but that's a Dragon Shiner Bow, right? That's not a new bow?

Also, seeing the front of the castle reminds me a LOT of the GPQ castle and the guardians there. Coincidence?

[Tamekii]

Thanks for the info!

Now i have updated my thread :D

And lol...now we have all the info about it....
@.@

[MechMike]

*expects to hear people crabbing about no pirates*

Anyway, I'm no expert on bows, but that's a Dragon Shiner Bow, right? That's not a new bow?

Also, seeing the front of the castle reminds me a LOT of the GPQ castle and the guardians there. Coincidence?


Yes, yes it is.

If you notice it has FOUR Posters of the FOUR main jobs DISCOURAGING THE FACT THAT PIRATES ARE INCLUDED IN THE MAIN SYMBOL.

[IsaacGS]

*expects to hear people crabbing about no pirates*

Anyway, I'm no expert on bows, but that's a Dragon Shiner Bow, right? That's not a new bow?

Also, seeing the front of the castle reminds me a LOT of the GPQ castle and the guardians there. Coincidence?
Yeah, it's just the regular 110 Bow.

I asked once whether Crimsonwood Keep and Sharenian had any contact, and he didn't really say much. I guess we can see now that they do!

[Chameleonic]

Seriously a jump questy to gain access to the new area? -___________________-

That just killed my fun >=0 (hope JQ is easy... I have a hard time just jumping onto the platforms at APQ >.>)



Thats how I feel.

The Keep looks HUGE, see how big the char is at the gate?! I wonder if you can get inside it yet though.:f3:


MechMike it looks like a Knuckle on the furthest right banner on the keep wall to me...or a claw and throwing star. lol

[silverquiver]

This looks truely epic. I might cry at how beautiful the Keep looks. Let's just hope that this is as good as it looks.

[jrvillarreal]

Fiel, get ready to do your prepatcher thing :shiny eyes:

[Truemark]

The fact that the level 200 archer in the picture is wearing all bosshunter gear and still doesn't have enough hp with hb to tackle horntail just sucks.

[Corn]

The fact that the level 200 archer in the picture is wearing all bosshunter gear and still doesn't have enough hp with hb to tackle horntail just sucks.

Well, since it probably is a GM test server, it seems like they didn't get any hp job advancing.

[Chameleonic]

The fact that the level 200 archer in the picture is wearing all bosshunter gear and still doesn't have enough hp with hb to tackle horntail just sucks.

lol so true. I noticed it too. Maybe it is something to bring up with NxProse in his thread yet again.:f3:

[dizzy]

The thing that I'm looking forward to most out of all this is a better curse filter.

Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised but I'm not really getting my hopes up about the new content.

[Truemark]

Well, since it probably is a GM test server, it seems like they didn't get any hp job advancing.

199 * 22.5 = 4477 hp on average (possible range 3,980~4,975). Bosshunters = 300 hp. 300 (?) from other advancements. 4767 would still fall within the lower range (roughly 4,580~5,575) of possible bowman hp with bosshunter gear.

[Rain]

Credits for this info go to swengw of basilmarket

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/166/feature/2068


In total, there are 31 new maps, 11 new enemies and new weapons – many which will be player created, and 12 epic quests, each with many steps and mini goals.


Cryptic much?

[IsaacGS]

Cryptic much?
Not really, we know there's a weapon forging NPC there, so I think that's just a poorly worded way of saying that weapons are forged by players rather than dropped by monsters.

[Chameleonic]

Hmmm ooor...Alchemy anyone? lol

[Cheez]

remember that old quote about something in the forest "Stomping" every 4th job class except DKs and Bishops? Now we know it was referring to Big-Foot. lol @ BigFoot
What makes you think it wasn't the menhirs? THEY CAN'T BE KILLED. Remember what she said? They sent EVERYTHING after them and NONE of them survived.


SO it is the Jump Quest and Unkillable monsters that killed the 180s...
:f7:
Well at least it is going to be COOL!...What "180s"?

[IsaacGS]

What makes you think it wasn't the menhirs? THEY CAN'T BE KILLED. Remember what she said? They sent EVERYTHING after them and NONE of them survived.

...What "180s"?
The quote said "Wandering the forest", while Menhir are only in the valley. I think it's pretty obvious from the context of the quote that it was talking about this Bigfoot.

[jrvillarreal]

The quote said "Wandering the forest", while Menhir are only in the valley. I think it's pretty obvious from the context of the quote that it was talking about this Bigfoot.

It also said that they were "STOMPED". Now that I know what it means I can't believe we never realized it

[Renascentia]

nice I think. I like castles somehow In MS there aren't many currently only the GPQ one I believe and Kaede castle.

[Cheez]

I guess we know what killed everybody. Unkillable jq monsters? So Pali's don't know how to do jq according to them. >.>

Still nice to have an idea of the new content coming.You're assuming that characters who are in-character, meaning not considering this a game, are going that way to avoid things, not to kill them.

[Mark]

Finally?, hopefully they will fix the Screen lock glitch as well.

There IS a fix for the screen lock glitch, though it isn't really official.

All you do is open up your Maple messenger, minimize it and throw it behind your mini-map. The screen locking comes from those goddamned Avatar Smegas, and whenever one pops up on screen, it creates its own "layer" thus "locking" your keys up. The Maple messenger fixes this for some reason.

[Kabanaw]

I think this will come out next week because of some of Nexon's consistencies. For one thing, they're out of NX items, and I can't remember the last time Nexon didn't put in any NX items in a scheduled server check. Also, Nexonhas always released a content patch every month, so unless they have a problem it'll be out in July.

[»-Chris->]

Heh, doesn't look like anything for my level...

[MiSSHaku]

Wow. This is pretty cool. And early August, my birthday. xD
Can't wait to see the new 'naughty word filter' . :glitter:

[Hazzy]

Oh my god, being able to say grape, wish it, and so forth will be so great! :D
They'll probably screw things up, or put an AB on curse words. <.<

[Truemark]

How many "Whatthe<insert word that won't be replaced by pineapple>, the curse filter's fixed!" are we going to see the first day?

[Afrobean]

Well, those 11 new monsters better be pretty good EXP and on a great map... otherwise Nexon just bluffed us once again. At any rate what excites me is the new weapons. I hope they may actually be somewhat useful, such as a fast speed BW/Axe or a commonly available 1H sword around level 80-100(try finding a decent attack Fraute/Sparta).
The point of axes and blunt weapons is that they're slower.

It's not supposed to be just a graphical choice that makes the difference. Axes and blunt weapon are SUPPOSED to hit harder, but hit slower, yet still maintain balance. While it is arguable if balance is actually struck, it'd be plainly unbalanced to have an axe/bw which is as fast or faster than a sword (this is, of course, ignoring the fact that axe heroes get pineapple'd in the ass due to poor skill design in 4th job... if you're looking for balance in the 4th job skill set, a change to the skills is what you should be looking for, NOT better weapons).

I'm just hoping they don't take this as an opportunity to release elemental weapons for Mages as a balancer, when in releasing a new area, they can fix the balance more fairly by just adding better monsters that are elementally weak. All along when I was speaking out about elemental weapons, I would repeatedly say "what we need is new monsters what we need is new monsters the problem isn't in the strength of the characters, but in the lack of good monsters". Well, this is Nexon's first shot to deliver fairness for Mages, let's hope they manage it.


*expects to hear people crabbing about no pirates*
I'm a little surprised myself. I'd bet there will be some allusion to it, or will be explained away once it comes out. Something like one of the NPCs saying "oh yeah there's another job or something right? oh well they were all off doing something else when the grandmasters were chillin' in here, so they got left out of the fun".


Yes, yes it is.

If you notice it has FOUR Posters of the FOUR main jobs DISCOURAGING THE FACT THAT PIRATES ARE INCLUDED IN THE MAIN SYMBOL.
There was no overt allusion to Pirates in the main logo. Anything you could call as a set of knuckles could just as easily be a Thief's claw or even cutter. The only thing which would be overt would be the inclusion of a gun, and there is most definitely not one.

[Luscent]

It honestly doesn't look like as big of an update as they made it seem. I'm kind of disappointed now, I was expecting a pretty epic update to Masteria and it just seems like we're getting another 70-90 hopeful training area and more platforming.

[Rayquaza2233]

There's nothing saying we won't get just CK. We could get teaser maps to somewhere else.

[Takebacker]

It honestly doesn't look like as big of an update as they made it seem. I'm kind of disappointed now, I was expecting a pretty epic update to Masteria and it just seems like we're getting another 70-90 hopeful training area and more platforming.

I'm thinking it's more of a 70-130 kind of place. The level range for the mansion is actually a lot bigger then most say it is. Most people would say the mansion is 45-7x but i say it's 3x-8x. The reason is because psycho jacks are VERY good traning for low 3x (not many people know about them though) and voodoos are good up until early 9x even. I still got 10% at voodoos late into my 8x on my CB.

[Rayquaza2233]

Nexon's good with making good monsters to train on, I doubt this area will disappoint in that aspect.

[Stereo]

The point of axes and blunt weapons is that they're slower.

It's not supposed to be just a graphical choice that makes the difference. Axes and blunt weapon are SUPPOSED to hit harder, but hit slower, yet still maintain balance. While it is arguable if balance is actually struck, it'd be plainly unbalanced to have an axe/bw which is as fast or faster than a sword (this is, of course, ignoring the fact that axe heroes get pineapple'd in the ass due to poor skill design in 4th job... if you're looking for balance in the 4th job skill set, a change to the skills is what you should be looking for, NOT better weapons).
Interestingly, in the entire game there are no Sword/BW of equal level that are balanced when clean.

The average damage of a Sword (even without taking into account weapon speed differences) is always higher, the weapon speed just makes the gap larger.

The only time there's a clean weapon advantage for axe/bw is the Maple Dragon Axe, because it has a Normal speed and there's no equivalent sword.


In 2nd job it's not so bad because most sword users can't afford to 30/60% scroll, but once the swords reach a certain point (approximately 110 w.atk) there are no Blunt Weapons in the game that are stronger. Axes can compete with up to about a 115 atk Sword, after that they're out of luck -the sword is stronger.