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2009-01-22, 04:54 PM
Combattente

The next patch could even be sooner. Like next 3 weeks. February 18.

EDIT: Nvm, I read that one of the events end on February 24.
2009-01-24, 04:21 AM
Sn1perJohnE

new activity in the CWK Q&A thread http://forum.nexon.net/MAPLESTORY/fo...howThread.aspx

and its still unlocked!!!!!

EDIT: eh, ill just say its unlocked at least

should questions be asked?
2009-01-24, 09:11 AM
Fan_Base

I love how he totally ignored the question "i heard that its some character class balances in kms....are you going to implement them soon?"
2009-01-24, 09:17 AM
Roads

Quote:

Originally Posted by IsaacGS

Here's what I say:
Crimsonwood Keep part 2, February 25.

gogo isaac! :glitter:

for some reason, the forum of nexon is crashing all the time.. i can't enter it..

can someone bring the Q&A that the NXProse gave before?
2009-01-24, 09:42 AM
Slip

Lol, I can't connect to the Nexon Forums for some reason.

Can someone copy and paste the Q/As so I can post them here?
2009-01-24, 09:56 AM
MaxHudson

Eh, I just checked it out and there are no new posts by prose?..

Last post he said can be seen one page back on this topic here.
2009-01-24, 10:06 AM
Kirov

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slip

Lol, I can't connect to the Nexon Forums for some reason.

Can someone copy and paste the Q/As so I can post them here?

I can never connect either so I second that if there is any new information.
2009-01-24, 10:28 AM
Fan_Base

For those who can't see.

Spoiler

Quote:

NxProse wrote the following post at 01-21-2009 10:25 PM:
Well, it's been a while and I actually have some time.

Fire away.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NxProse

oh im curious what time is your business hours?
Normal Business hours: 9am -6pm. Of course, we have to stay late for patches, work etc, so it can vary.

Are you going to release anymore new leaf city content?
Yep.

In Maple whats your favorite weapon and why?
White Fangz and the Crimson Arcannon. Both are nice to me, though I have a soft spot for the bow.

will you guys ever fix the aqua road glitch?
We've actually addressed this one before, just tricky to eliminate once and for all. Believe me, we can't wait to get rid of it either.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NxProse

Heh, I'm fairly sure no one actually knows its open...[:P]

nethescania made a fun appearance will that gm come to play with us again?^^
Keep your fingers crossed, you never know. =)

how come nexon decided to push back the FREE BAN!! day? it seemed really nice.
Just some more stuff to prepare, we're still doing it, and will announce details when everything is ready to go.

does the gm's monitor things that goes on normal gameplay? like the super megaphone battles.
Yes. Keep in mind that we have a very, very large community. =)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NxProse

Last time I checked (which was like a couple of months ago), it wasn't updated. Will you or have you updated the list again?
That would be a long list. I know we've talked about it in the past, but I'm not sure if we're goig to update it in the near future.

Will you ever allow weekend volunteer moderators on the forums?
Again, talked about, but nothing concrete at this time.

Can you give me some tips on how to talk to girls in real life, and not be a nerd that plays maple story all day?
Be yourself and find someone who likes you and games.

Can we have a super awesome ask a GM thread like this one on the Combat Arms forums?
Wouldn't hurt. We're got some stuff in the works in terms of being more open, but I'm not sure how that will materialize yet.

Do you know the meaning of life?
Heh, this is a more interesting question, as it varies from person to person. For me, I believe the meaning of life is to do what makes you happy so long as it doesn't cause harm to someone else. I also believe in the constant pursuit of knowledge. Also, life would not be complete without pie.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NxProse

Heh. Hime's at the other end of the office, and I'm sure you can ask her yourself one day. =)

Well, before I go, I'll make a few notes about tonight patch:

Pirates - You now have rewards for Cleaning the Streets quests, as well as the quests in Amoria.

Valentine Day will have some nice changes for Amoria.

Finish your Masteria quests. Soon.[;)]
2009-01-24, 10:28 AM
Roads

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaxHudson

Eh, I just checked it out and there are no new posts by prose?..

Last post he said can be seen one page back on this topic here.

Quote:

Quote:

Heh. Hime's at the other end of the office, and I'm sure you can ask her yourself one day. =)

Well, before I go, I'll make a few notes about tonight patch:

Pirates - You now have rewards for Cleaning the Streets quests, as well as the quests in Amoria.

Valentine Day will have some nice changes for Amoria.

Finish your Masteria quests. Soon.

He's just done some Q&A (all questions are dum <_< so just posted his last reply.)

there's something new.. he didn't bring all the Q&A..

EDIT:
yay, the forum is working!
here's the Q&A:

Spoiler
oh im curious what time is your business hours?

Normal Business hours: 9am -6pm. Of course, we have to stay late for patches, work etc, so it can vary.

Are you going to release anymore new leaf city content?

Yep.

In Maple whats your favorite weapon and why?

White Fangz and the Crimson Arcannon. Both are nice to me, though I have a soft spot for the bow.

will you guys ever fix the aqua road glitch?

We've actually addressed this one before, just tricky to eliminate once and for all. Believe me, we can't wait to get rid of it either.

Spoiler
Heh, I'm fairly sure no one actually knows its open...Stick out tongue

nethescania made a fun appearance will that gm come to play with us again?^^

Keep your fingers crossed, you never know. =)

how come nexon decided to push back the FREE BAN!! day? it seemed really nice.

Just some more stuff to prepare, we're still doing it, and will announce details when everything is ready to go.

does the gm's monitor things that goes on normal gameplay? like the super megaphone battles.

Yes. Keep in mind that we have a very, very large community. =)

Spoiler
Last time I checked (which was like a couple of months ago), it wasn't updated. Will you or have you updated the list again?

That would be a long list. I know we've talked about it in the past, but I'm not sure if we're goig to update it in the near future.

Will you ever allow weekend volunteer moderators on the forums?

Again, talked about, but nothing concrete at this time.

Can you give me some tips on how to talk to girls in real life, and not be a nerd that plays maple story all day?

Be yourself and find someone who likes you and games.

Can we have a super awesome ask a GM thread like this one on the Combat Arms forums?

Wouldn't hurt. We're got some stuff in the works in terms of being more open, but I'm not sure how that will materialize yet.

Do you know the meaning of life?

Heh, this is a more interesting question, as it varies from person to person. For me, I believe the meaning of life is to do what makes you happy so long as it doesn't cause harm to someone else. I also believe in the constant pursuit of knowledge. Also, life would not be complete without pie.

Spoiler
Heh. Hime's at the other end of the office, and I'm sure you can ask her yourself one day. =)

Well, before I go, I'll make a few notes about tonight patch:

Pirates - You now have rewards for Cleaning the Streets quests, as well as the quests in Amoria.

Valentine Day will have some nice changes for Amoria.

Finish your Masteria quests. Soon.Wink

That's it.

wtp is that pomegranate? "meaning of life"? "tip to on how to talk to girls in rl"? -______-'

seriously, someone need to ban the users who waste our questions on stupid things like this.
2009-01-24, 06:13 PM
Slip

kk.

Updated to newest info provided. Please post all Q&A here! I can't access the forums. :(
2009-01-25, 05:07 AM
Sn1perJohnE

more answers!!!

Spoiler
*returns*

Ok, give me a moment to get caught up, and we'll get some answers...

Firstly, I was curious as to some of the process that goes into making Maple Story. What programs do you use to create the backgrounds and characters, and the programming behind it. I can understand if it's a trade secret.^^

Actually, I think Min (aka best boss ever), has an interview on Gamasutra where he talks about some of that. I can say that on our end, whenever we design something for a new area, we use a lot of common tools, quest scripts in word, that sort of thing.

Second, I have a quest from Maple Island that is uncompleteable under my "In Progress" tab on the quest log, is there any way that it can be removed? I'm a bit of a completionist and it's really bugging me to have it on there, especially since the quest no longer exists. xD

I'm fairly sure I know which one you're talking about. We're doing some more work in terms of both bugs and hackers, so we can get down to the more fun stuff.

Thirdly...ah yes! Captain Latanica. I'm sure you hear thousands of questions about the guy, but is what's currently happening with the portal intentional or accidential? You know, the portal basically "locking" after entry until a server check.

See above. We know it exists, and we're working on it. Sit tight, all that waiting won't be in vain.

Will this change and the classes be more balanced when it comes to making areas and designing and/or translating content?

Well, I'm sticking to what I said, essentially, some of the classes that didn't see as much of a benefit will be needed in the future.

Does "reporting" actually work?

Yes. Our GM's investigate them, just realize that its thousands of requests. =)

I am from New Zealand but find it very hard to relate to many things in the game due to timing. I heard there will be Maple story released for New Zealand and Australia coming soon but I have been playing since beta - will there be a way to transfer your account when this is released as I don't want to start all over again.

Can't say anything about what region is getting what version, as that's not my area.

So many people in NZ play Maple story but we dont have the itcg cards and other products that you sell - will we ever see these in NZ?

Not my area, although I personally want to see our games and products everywhere.

As you can see, my questions are to the prevention of hacking, and to the banning of hackers. Hackers are ruining MapleStory, and it's frusterating to see this.

Completely understandable. While I can't say anything about a timeline, we are looking into a few different solutions.

As a quester my ETC inventory is pretty much full, are we going to need the Omni Key or Sand Bandit Badge down the road at all, or am I safe chucking them xD?

You can toss the Omni Key.

What happened to Content Testing? Many people are wondering about it. Why did you close Tespia, and will it open again anytime soon? Testing contents before they were released on the Main Servers not only was funny, but it was also useful because we could report bugs and let you guys fix them before patching the official servers. I know you're hiring testers right now, but why doing it when you could've opened Tespia again for the latest patches and let users test the contents for you, and for free? Please reply to my question, because I'm asking myself that for a long time now. You can see I also made some posts about the question.

Well, here's the deal with Tespia. When we opened it, our original thinking was that we'd be able to catch a lot more with the community involved and reporting things. So, typically, we'd get a few thousand reports. However, when we actually went through them individually, we got stuff like:

"OMG. I got selected."
"How do I become GM?"
"fix it"
"My ticket didn't get answered."

So, for every useful bug that we did get, we'd get around 40-50 bugs like above. So, we looked into it more, and found that only a handful of people were actually testing. So when you're dealing with thousands of potential reports, the return has to be enough for you to keep maintaining it. It takes manpower to maintain essentially 2 servers every test period, and the bottom-line is we didn't get enough legit reports for us to continue--at that point, we already knew that CWK would be experienced by everyone at once, so we made a decision to close it for the time being. Will it ever come back? Don't know for sure, but that's why its closed for now. Hope that clears things up.

Are you guys going to put The Knights of Cygnus into Global MapleStory THIS year?

No comment. =)

Q: Why did Nexon release a Lunar Event(mind of maple) that would require NX use in order to upgrade an item(Mind of maple necklace) which expires after what I think is a short time...I thought the events were meant to offer players WITH or WITHOUT NX to join in the fun of the event??

You still can do the quests, etc so far as I know.

Q: When can we expect to see the expansion of Masteria's CWK?

Soon. I'll say this now, past the actual madness we have planned for the adventure within, there's plenty of other stuff there, both overt and covert. And its not as big as the first expansion, but it is more intense.

1) Don't want to be mean but what was up with the animation "gltiches" with just about every monster in Crimsonwood Mountain/Phantom Forest? I'm mean look at it, Firebrand, Windraider, Strombreaker, Nightshadow, Elderwriath, Bigfoot, Crimsonwood Guardian all had (and still have....) animiation errors. But were some of them intentional? I mean it's annoying at times, like Elderwrith, Hit it, takes a long time to respond(compared to just about any monster outside the area) and is invincible when getting knocked back. The Curupted soilders (E.X Windraider) all react to knockback later than they should.

Well, let's just say we wanted to try something different, and obviously, it hasn't worked quite the way we envisioned it, so these will be addressed shortly. =)

2) Have you taken trainning spots into concideration when it comes to making content? I mean, Crimsonwood Mountain/Phantom forest does have some spots (Notable Crimsonwood Gaurdian, Leps, Windraider after exp buff and Typhon) but there really isn't much after that, especially with the mixed spawns with the monsters having different experience and hp. Heck, does Crimsonwood guardian drop equips? (never heard of this that's why I'm asking) Your doing a nice job adding the platforming element to Maplestory but don't forget about trainning spots too (which are lacking as a player approaches the Newtie/Skelegon level).

Of course =). Now that there's been some time, I've seen guides pop up (like SimplyBowman's) that explain how to train for the different monsters there to get the best exp. The two main things we wanted in that area were more fun training/gameplay, and being able to both solo and group for exp. Looking back on it, we accomplished that with some areas, while others might need a tweak or two to make them more functional.

1) In regards to Pirates, can we expect to see GMS made equips (weapons at least)? If so, how far off could it be before we set eyes on them?

Heh, you'll see.

2) With many of the equips being released through iTCG, with some being non-weapon (Face Stomper is not a weapon D:) Could we be seeing newer non-weapon equips later on as well?

There's some items that were never released that are pretty nice, and will be out soon enough.

3) In the CWK II expansion, many things and stories we have come to learn from the CWK I expansion should be coming to a close, but will there be any over-arching story points that will not be finished completely with this expansion? Such as the story behind Christopher Crimsonheart.

Yes. You can already learn quite a bit via the quests, but there's two threads in particular that will be wrapped up. Also, I'd say to do some of the Magatia quests, they'll help explain parts of it. The world is built to encourage speculation, and sometimes, we like to let you put 2 and 2 together. I've seen plenty of other threads that have some speculation right, and other speculation wrong, but that's all part of the fun. That said, you'll get some more answers soon enough.

Before I go... How are we getting into that 7th day market? a NPC pops out of nowhere on Sunday?

Mimi will be to the left of the Free Market. Also, I saw all of your questions about the Monster Book, just not answering for the time being. =)

I just hope that as a 12x archer I'll actually be able to take damage from the monsters inside (unlike Crimson Guardians)

You'll be fine to a point--the deeper you go, the harder it gets. The amount of friends you'll have to bring will make sure you're fine. =)

I'm having a really hard time getting the Ancient Storybook to obtain the Concentrate skill. The book is really rare, and the only monster it comes from is Sharks...Is there any chance that Storybooks might drop from Crimsonwood Keep monsters, or we could have an event like the chest one which so greatly helped in lowering the prices of skill Mastery Books?

Well, I'll say that we know there are Mastery/Storybooks that are simply hard to get, and we'll be addressing some of that.

So here's a question for you guys, what kind of prizes do you like? We've given out a lot over the past few years, but does stuff like concept art appeal to you guys and gals?

this batch is 10 times better than the last one, lots of good things.

concept art :f6: yay or nay?
2009-01-25, 05:12 AM
Combattente

Spoiler

Quote:

Originally Posted by NxJoeW

*returns*

Ok, give me a moment to get caught up, and we'll get some answers...

Firstly, I was curious as to some of the process that goes into making Maple Story. What programs do you use to create the backgrounds and characters, and the programming behind it. I can understand if it's a trade secret.^^

Actually, I think Min (aka best boss ever), has an interview on Gamasutra where he talks about some of that. I can say that on our end, whenever we design something for a new area, we use a lot of common tools, quest scripts in word, that sort of thing.

Second, I have a quest from Maple Island that is uncompleteable under my "In Progress" tab on the quest log, is there any way that it can be removed? I'm a bit of a completionist and it's really bugging me to have it on there, especially since the quest no longer exists. xD

I'm fairly sure I know which one you're talking about. We're doing some more work in terms of both bugs and hackers, so we can get down to the more fun stuff.

Thirdly...ah yes! Captain Latanica. I'm sure you hear thousands of questions about the guy, but is what's currently happening with the portal intentional or accidential? You know, the portal basically "locking" after entry until a server check.

See above. We know it exists, and we're working on it. Sit tight, all that waiting won't be in vain.

Will this change and the classes be more balanced when it comes to making areas and designing and/or translating content?

Well, I'm sticking to what I said, essentially, some of the classes that didn't see as much of a benefit will be needed in the future.

Does "reporting" actually work?

Yes. Our GM's investigate them, just realize that its thousands of requests. =)

I am from New Zealand but find it very hard to relate to many things in the game due to timing. I heard there will be Maple story released for New Zealand and Australia coming soon but I have been playing since beta - will there be a way to transfer your account when this is released as I don't want to start all over again.

Can't say anything about what region is getting what version, as that's not my area.

So many people in NZ play Maple story but we dont have the itcg cards and other products that you sell - will we ever see these in NZ?

Not my area, although I personally want to see our games and products everywhere.

As you can see, my questions are to the prevention of hacking, and to the banning of hackers. Hackers are ruining MapleStory, and it's frusterating to see this.

Completely understandable. While I can't say anything about a timeline, we are looking into a few different solutions.

As a quester my ETC inventory is pretty much full, are we going to need the Omni Key or Sand Bandit Badge down the road at all, or am I safe chucking them xD?

You can toss the Omni Key.

What happened to Content Testing? Many people are wondering about it. Why did you close Tespia, and will it open again anytime soon? Testing contents before they were released on the Main Servers not only was funny, but it was also useful because we could report bugs and let you guys fix them before patching the official servers. I know you're hiring testers right now, but why doing it when you could've opened Tespia again for the latest patches and let users test the contents for you, and for free? Please reply to my question, because I'm asking myself that for a long time now. You can see I also made some posts about the question. <<< My question

Well, here's the deal with Tespia. When we opened it, our original thinking was that we'd be able to catch a lot more with the community involved and reporting things. So, typically, we'd get a few thousand reports. However, when we actually went through them individually, we got stuff like:

"OMG. I got selected."
"How do I become GM?"
"fix it"
"My ticket didn't get answered."

So, for every useful bug that we did get, we'd get around 40-50 bugs like above. So, we looked into it more, and found that only a handful of people were actually testing. So when you're dealing with thousands of potential reports, the return has to be enough for you to keep maintaining it. It takes manpower to maintain essentially 2 servers every test period, and the bottom-line is we didn't get enough legit reports for us to continue--at that point, we already knew that CWK would be experienced by everyone at once, so we made a decision to close it for the time being. Will it ever come back? Don't know for sure, but that's why its closed for now. Hope that clears things up.

Are you guys going to put The Knights of Cygnus into Global MapleStory THIS year?

No comment. =)

Q: Why did Nexon release a Lunar Event(mind of maple) that would require NX use in order to upgrade an item(Mind of maple necklace) which expires after what I think is a short time...I thought the events were meant to offer players WITH or WITHOUT NX to join in the fun of the event??

You still can do the quests, etc so far as I know.

Q: When can we expect to see the expansion of Masteria's CWK?

Soon. I'll say this now, past the actual madness we have planned for the adventure within, there's plenty of other stuff there, both overt and covert. And its not as big as the first expansion, but it is more intense.

1) Don't want to be mean but what was up with the animation "gltiches" with just about every monster in Crimsonwood Mountain/Phantom Forest? I'm mean look at it, Firebrand, Windraider, Strombreaker, Nightshadow, Elderwriath, Bigfoot, Crimsonwood Guardian all had (and still have....) animiation errors. But were some of them intentional? I mean it's annoying at times, like Elderwrith, Hit it, takes a long time to respond(compared to just about any monster outside the area) and is invincible when getting knocked back. The Curupted soilders (E.X Windraider) all react to knockback later than they should.

Well, let's just say we wanted to try something different, and obviously, it hasn't worked quite the way we envisioned it, so these will be addressed shortly. =)

2) Have you taken trainning spots into concideration when it comes to making content? I mean, Crimsonwood Mountain/Phantom forest does have some spots (Notable Crimsonwood Gaurdian, Leps, Windraider after exp buff and Typhon) but there really isn't much after that, especially with the mixed spawns with the monsters having different experience and hp. Heck, does Crimsonwood guardian drop equips? (never heard of this that's why I'm asking) Your doing a nice job adding the platforming element to Maplestory but don't forget about trainning spots too (which are lacking as a player approaches the Newtie/Skelegon level).

Of course =). Now that there's been some time, I've seen guides pop up (like SimplyBowman's) that explain how to train for the different monsters there to get the best exp. The two main things we wanted in that area were more fun training/gameplay, and being able to both solo and group for exp. Looking back on it, we accomplished that with some areas, while others might need a tweak or two to make them more functional.

1) In regards to Pirates, can we expect to see GMS made equips (weapons at least)? If so, how far off could it be before we set eyes on them?

Heh, you'll see.

2) With many of the equips being released through iTCG, with some being non-weapon (Face Stomper is not a weapon D:) Could we be seeing newer non-weapon equips later on as well?

There's some items that were never released that are pretty nice, and will be out soon enough.

3) In the CWK II expansion, many things and stories we have come to learn from the CWK I expansion should be coming to a close, but will there be any over-arching story points that will not be finished completely with this expansion? Such as the story behind Christopher Crimsonheart.

Yes. You can already learn quite a bit via the quests, but there's two threads in particular that will be wrapped up. Also, I'd say to do some of the Magatia quests, they'll help explain parts of it. The world is built to encourage speculation, and sometimes, we like to let you put 2 and 2 together. I've seen plenty of other threads that have some speculation right, and other speculation wrong, but that's all part of the fun. That said, you'll get some more answers soon enough.

Before I go... How are we getting into that 7th day market? a NPC pops out of nowhere on Sunday?

Mimi will be to the left of the Free Market. Also, I saw all of your questions about the Monster Book, just not answering for the time being. =)

I just hope that as a 12x archer I'll actually be able to take damage from the monsters inside (unlike Crimson Guardians)

You'll be fine to a point--the deeper you go, the harder it gets. The amount of friends you'll have to bring will make sure you're fine. =)

I'm having a really hard time getting the Ancient Storybook to obtain the Concentrate skill. The book is really rare, and the only monster it comes from is Sharks...Is there any chance that Storybooks might drop from Crimsonwood Keep monsters, or we could have an event like the chest one which so greatly helped in lowering the prices of skill Mastery Books?

Well, I'll say that we know there are Mastery/Storybooks that are simply hard to get, and we'll be addressing some of that.
So here's a question for you guys, what kind of prizes do you like? We've given out a lot over the past few years, but does stuff like concept art appeal to you guys and gals?

Here's the last NxJoeW's Q&A. Wow, I'm surprised he replied on Sunday.

EDIT: Hah, you beat me on it.
2009-01-25, 05:14 AM
Sn1perJohnE

hehe probly decided to check it at the same time too D:
2009-01-25, 05:15 AM
Werguild

I can never get a yes or no answer from 'em...
2009-01-25, 05:19 AM
Sn1perJohnE

Starks im guessing D:

it boils down to this: would you think its an intelligent conversations if all he/she was saying was yes, no, maybe for all the replys?

though i will agree the "we'll see" wears after a while :f3:
2009-01-25, 05:38 AM
Takebacker

At least he aknowledges some things we've been wondering. Capt latanica, for one.
2009-01-25, 05:41 AM
Combattente

I agree. Maybe this is one of the more interesting Q&A's, at least for me.
2009-01-25, 05:44 AM
Takebacker

Oh right. Pinnapple yeah @ fixing missing animation frames & new weapons & high level CWK training.
2009-01-25, 06:50 AM
SuperMario64

"And its not as big as the first expansion, but it is more intense."

......O.O...I wonder just how intense it will be! <3

When he answered my question a while back...he said "No Mercy" which seems like a significant message...could be wrong but we'll see. :3
2009-01-25, 07:10 AM
Alloy

NOOOOOO...

He didn't answer monster book stuff! D: AND ON PURPOSE!

I hope that means it's NEAR.
2009-01-25, 08:49 AM
Slip

Updated. Keep 'em coming Nexon!

I wonder what the Sand Member Badge is for. I've had that for almost a year now. >_>

Looks like CWK and Monster Book may come next!
2009-01-25, 08:53 AM
Kirov

Quote:

Well, let's just say we wanted to try something different, and obviously, it hasn't worked quite the way we envisioned it, so these will be addressed shortly. =)

I like how Nexon America are always willing to try out new things. Sadly they never seem to work out all that well.. *Loses all hope for CWK 2*
2009-01-25, 08:59 AM
Deviant

Yay he answered my question =D

*tosses Omni Key*

Looks like we'll need the sand bandit bade though, hahah.
2009-01-25, 09:03 AM
Combattente

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deviant

Yay he answered my question =D

*tosses Omni Key*

Looks like we'll need the sand bandit bade though, hahah.

Nuuu! I hoped they would add the Omni Key event back one day! But apparently I was wrong..

Well, whatever.. I just hope they will make better events.. seriously, last Halloween's one sucked.. no Halloween's Basket Quest (I better they forgot it), no Mansion quests like 2 years ago.. just two sucky party quest.. gah. At least the Pumpkin Hat was decent. :f3:
2009-01-25, 09:05 AM
Kirov

Quote:

Originally Posted by Combattente

Nuuu! I hoped they would add the Omni Key event back one day! But apparently I was wrong..

Well, whatever.. I just hope they will make better events.. seriously, last Halloween's one sucked.. no Halloween's Basket Quest (I better they forgot it), no Mansion quests like 2 years ago.. just two sucky party quest.. gah. At least the Pumpkin Hat was decent. :f3:

The pumpkin vault was a lot of fun, even if it could 1 hit ko me.
2009-01-25, 09:06 AM
Combattente

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirov

The pumpkin vault was a lot of fun, even if it could 1 hit ko me.

Yeah, I agree. That's what I was trying to say. :f2:

Also, I don't know why they wouldn't remove the maps from the data (or at least "close" them in-game) if they won't add that event back anymore..
2009-01-25, 09:49 AM
Shidoshi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deviant

Yay he answered my question =D

*tosses Omni Key*

Looks like we'll need the sand bandit bade though, hahah.

oh no! i dropped the sand bandit badge =P. I hope they make a "reaquiring quest" when they release a continuation...
2009-01-25, 09:52 AM
Chameleonic

I dont know what to think of NxJoe's answers.

I dont like the sound of his "CWKII will be more intense" comment. lol
2009-01-25, 01:15 PM
Loose

Hot diggity, bring on the concept art!

It's good to see that they're aware about the animation / invulnerability frames on monsters, using them as tests. I wonder if Typhon Eggs are also a part of this testing.
2009-01-25, 01:32 PM
Cyanne

Anyone wanna ask him whether or not he enjoys time travel and temples? =p
2009-01-25, 01:42 PM
IsaacGS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chameleonic

I dont know what to think of NxJoe's answers.

I dont like the sound of his "CWKII will be more intense" comment. lol

yeah really :( Well, I guess I better scare someone into making a DK because it sounds like I won't be able to do the new quests without hyperbody. >_> my hopes of actually being able to survive the boss are quickly fading. (IMO nothing in the game should deal over 3.5k X_X)

But, at least he indicated the Ancient storybook might be more common. Really I just want something to hunt besides sharks. They're a horrible monster to be stuck with.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shidoshi

oh no! i dropped the sand bandit badge =P. I hope they make a "reaquiring quest" when they release a continuation...

I can tell you that right now in KMS, there are more Ariant quests we don't have yet, but they don't require the badge to do. Basically he didn't want to say "Yeah you can drop that" and then have Nexon Korea pop out a quest that needs it. He can't answer for sure on that, while the Omni Key is something Nexon America made and can determine its usefulness.

I'm keeping the key anyway, I like to go to the pumpkin vault even if there's nothing there.
2009-01-25, 01:54 PM
y0y0y0y0shi0

well it looks like CWK2 is coming soon enough "That said, you'll get more answers soon enough"

i have to say though, NxProse is so....mysterious and he hints at so many things that its hard to keep track of, I.E. "Will we get GMS made equips for Pirates. A: Heh, you'll see" D=

and it looks like CWK monsters will be fixed soon <3

"Q: When can we expect to see the expansion of Masteria's CWK?

Soon. I'll say this now, past the actual madness we have planned for the adventure within, there's plenty of other stuff there, both overt and covert. And its not as big as the first expansion, but it is more intense."
<3.

"Are you guys going to put The Knights of Cygnus into Global MapleStory THIS year?

No comment. =)"
it looks like Cygnus is coming soon too. <3

"As a quester my ETC inventory is pretty much full, are we going to need the Omni Key or Sand Bandit Badge down the road at all, or am I safe chucking them xD?

You can toss the Omni Key."
WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?!?!?! NEW ARIANT QUESTS! GAH! YOU MAKE ME SO MAD NXPROSE!

lol@someone asking about the meaning of life and how to get girls. XD

NxProse...ihy. </3, so yes, i agree with you Chameleonic. lol

AND LOL CYANNE -rushes to ask- maybe i should ask if he likes Asia too....(other parts of World Tour)
2009-01-25, 02:08 PM
Combattente

Nono, I don't think we're going to get The Knights of Cygnus anytime soon; he just said "No Comment. =)" because he can't talk about it, being one of the latest KMS updates. Probably he doesn't even know when we will get it yet ;P

I bet NEXON still has to start translating them.
2009-01-25, 02:22 PM
Deviant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Combattente

Nono, I don't think we're going to get The Knights of Cygnus anytime soon; he just said "No Comment. =)" because he can't talk about it, being one of the latest KMS updates. Probably he doesn't even know when we will get it yet ;P

I bet NEXON still has to start translating them.

If I may, he opted to skip over Monster book, time temple, and ellin forest questions regarding when we get them, the fact that he acknowledged KoC with a "No Comment =)" may be a good sign, not definite, but good.
2009-01-25, 02:28 PM
Takebacker

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deviant

If I may, he opted to skip over Monster book, time temple, and ellin forest questions regarding when we get them, the fact that he acknowledged KoC with a "No Comment =)" may be a good sign, not definite, but good.

When he skips questions, it means they're coming really soon. (few months from now) If he says no comment...it's a fairly bad sign. When the CWK Q&A was released late summer he skipped pretty much every single pirate question...and they came out 2 patches later? No comments are usually half a year to a year from now.
2009-01-25, 02:29 PM
Deviant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takebacker

When he skips questions, it means they're coming really soon. (few months from now) If he says no comment...it's a fairly bad sign. When the CWK Q&A was released late summer he skipped pretty much every single pirate question...and they came out 2 patches later? No comments are usually half a year to a year from now.

Oh.

Well then, yay time temple and monster book?

Edit: its probably not safe to read into it too much either way, keep in mind this is all baseless speculation.
2009-01-25, 02:37 PM
Takebacker

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deviant

Oh.

Well then, yay time temple and monster book?

Edit: its probably not safe to read into it too much either way, keep in mind this is all baseless speculation.

Long as there's more to look forward to in the later levels, woot.

Baseless speculation is fun. </3
2009-01-25, 04:18 PM
Xiyuuna

Guardians and the Keep are perfect...12x only plz lol.

and NUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuUuuuuuuu NOT MY OMNI KEY!
:[ you can still go in that map.

*clings to her key* they should move such items to set up.
2009-01-26, 06:58 PM
Combattente

The thread is now locked, so I guess we won't be seeing more Q&A for a while.

Luckily I was able to clarify that Tespia thing that was bothering me for a while now.
2009-01-26, 10:55 PM
Cactuar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Combattente

The thread is now locked, so I guess we won't be seeing more Q&A for a while.

Luckily I was able to clarify that Tespia thing that was bothering me for a while now.

Actually, last time he did that was so it didn't stack up all over one day. I think we'll be seeing more Q&A in a bit.
2009-01-27, 01:56 AM
Sn1perJohnE

or it could have been closed because of the 2 or so people badgering back and forth @-a

but we should see it back soon no matter what.
2009-02-13, 05:46 PM
randompeep

News Flash: As of 7 minutes ago...

Quote:

Originally Posted by NxProse

Ok, so by a stroke of good luck, I actually do have some time.

Fire away.

Nothing yet, but here we go...
2009-02-13, 05:58 PM
Combattente

Pineapple, I can't access NEXON Forums now. That's just bad luck. Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't. Too bad, I wanted to ask him some questions.. =(

EDIT: Nvm, after some mess, I was able to access NEXON forums and to ask my questions. Yay!

P.s.: This time I won't say it wrong, it's NXPROSE, not NXJOEW. Reading all my previous posts, I always wrote NxJoeW instead than NxProse, I don't know why. Maybe because NxJoeW made a Q&A thread some years ago?
2009-02-13, 06:50 PM
randompeep

First Set:

Quote:

Originally Posted by NxProse

Can you say what level range the new party quest will be.

90-200. However, while you can go in at 90, the bosses there are all 4th Job and up status.

Will any of the new boss/s will be nice to mages ;)

Well, let's say that elementals will be handy. Also, the only class that actually can't go are like, Beginners. If you exist, and are within the level range, you are needed. We're aiming so each class will have their moments during the PQ.

Whats going on with the hacker situation?

Basically, we never address with specifics because we're working on it. That's all I'll say.

What is going on with the forum error message message in correlation to people with high post counts?

Still working on this as well.

Will CWK2 ONLY be the PQ? I'm not a fan of playing with others, and it would be a real bummer if it were pure party quest. Besides, it's tiring training in leafre.

No, there's other maps there, but the main focus is the PQ.

When will Bob The Snail's quest be finished?

Ah, old Bob. Eventually is about the best I can do with this one. (tongue out)

Speaking of which, will the alchemy drops in magatia be removed or is the Maker skill to be released soon enough that removing them would be pointless?

While nothing will be divulged in regards to any future release, you're always better off keeping what you may find there.

Will we ever be getting Mu Lung Raid?

Hmm. Let's just say that part of our plan involves giving more content to the folks that can conceivably Boss Rush with the best of them. Stay tuned.

How much do you love time travelling?

Depends on the ship. (wink)

How many maps are there going to be in CWK 2?

We actually haven't counted. Less that the first expansion, it's 10+, but we don't count, say stages within a stage.

Any new weapons?

Yes. Capes too. Also, The Arclancer is being adjusted slightly.

What about monsters?

Mainly the bosses. None of which have been seen in any form, anywhere.

Why do some bosses have HP bars but others don't? For example, Zakum has an HP bar but Anego (female boss) doesn't. Even some/most area bosses have HP bars. I think it would be really helpful if bosses such as Anego & Horseman had HP bars.

Mainly just development time. Our aim is for them all to have it, it just takes a second to actually add them all, and do other stuff.

Have you guys thought about upgrading the GUI? I think a better looking interface would be cool (HP Bars, Level, etc)

Yep. We've done stuff internally, but none of that is really ready for live. Maybe down the road.

will the world ever know how many licks it takes 2 get to the center of a TOOTSIE POP?!

3 if you're a cartoon owl, 0 for me because gummy bears are made of win.

Is Big Bang 30 a glitched drop in GMS?

Just rare. We know it drops.

It is said Christopher Crimsonheart mastered all four classes, so I thought the statue was / represented him, but then I saw a gun. Two questions about that. Question in a question.. isn't it funny? Anyway, first one is: did you add the gun in the statue AFTER the release of pirates or was the sketch plan already like that? It looks like you added the gun after some time because you forgot to add something that represented the pirate job on it.

Not exactly. They weren't necessarily called Pirates at that time. If you're concerned about how exactly Pirates fit into the Keep, don't be. You'll know fairly soon.

Will there be new monsters that appear outside the PQ in these regular maps? Or will these maps be mostly populated by the current monsters?

Current. One of the things we noticed was people wanted more pure spawn maps aside from the caves, so think of the seperate maps as enemy guild halls.

Couldn't help but notice that giant statue had a pistol. I'm interested in how exactly have you guys worked Pirates into the crimsonwood lore. Any clues for this?

If you look at some of the other questions I've answered, yes. There's a fairly large connection that's been overlooked. Its logical, and doesn't require a massive leap. But relax, you'll know more when the time comes.

How much will we learn about Krakia, or some of the other potential Masteria areas, from this patch? will the gain of knowledge be comparable to Crimsonwood's initial release?

I'll say that you'll know a lot more after you beat the bosses, because it's not exactly the last stage. As for more, we're aiming for at least one big reveal, and several minor ones, but all that quest text might be added shortly after (it's purely dependent on time, but it will be there eventually). One of the features about Masteria is the big reward at the end of each, so all I can say is aim high, the reward and payoff is worth if you've followed the storyline.

First, are you planning on making Balanced Fury Throwing Stars rechargeable outside of NLC?

Nope. That's intended.

Thirdly, any chance you will give an easier method of obtaining Crimsonwood, i mena, there are 3 or 4 maps, with Crimson trees, and with the low droprate, and low spawnrate, collecting the hundreds it takes to make the weapons is really difficult.

We upped the drop rate last patch, and we know how long it actually takes. We're still evaluating if there need to be more trees, so if something is adjusted, we'll announce it.
2009-02-13, 06:59 PM
Mickey

Quote:

Can you say what level range the new party quest will be.

90-200. However, while you can go in at 90, the bosses there are all 4th Job and up status.

Will any of the new boss/s will be nice to mages ;)

Well, let's say that elementals will be handy. Also, the only class that actually can't go are like, Beginners. If you exist, and are within the level range, you are needed. We're aiming so each class will have their moments during the PQ.

AKA Mine. Manged to get basic standed questions in before everyone else. Seems no comment on my other questions (monster book and about area boss's/mini dugeons)
2009-02-13, 06:59 PM
Cyanne

Awesome, 90-200, I can go there with my sniper and be useless :D

Also, I wonder what "Depends on the ship" means. Time temple doesn't involve any time travel, so I don't think he's talking about the baby dragon transform, unless he thought it involved time travel. Ludibrium -> Elin forest is just a portal. Maybe he's talking about travel to past masteria?
2009-02-13, 07:03 PM
IsaacGS

good answers. So the new keep interior maps will be like Windraider Barracks, Stormbreaker, etc. big rooms where lots of *just* them are.
2009-02-13, 07:05 PM
Mickey

Well in the update post he did the other day Isacc he did say "deicated spawn maps" so yea I'd guess so ?

Ask more questions guys he's still online =D

Also.. says about BB30.. I HIGHLY DOUT IT. <_< Someone ask if they can increase the drop rate for it..
2009-02-13, 07:14 PM
Slip

Hmmm... interesting replies. Updated first post.

I'm curious about this answer.

"How much do you love time travelling?

Depends on the ship. (wink)"

Does he mean Elin, or the Future/Past of Masteria? :O
2009-02-13, 07:16 PM
IsaacGS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mickey

Well in the update post he did the other day Isacc he did say "deicated spawn maps" so yea I'd guess so ?

Ask more questions guys he's still online =D

Also.. says about BB30.. I HIGHLY DOUT IT. <_< Someone ask if they can increase the drop rate for it..

I posted my first set of questions. My cable went out for ~5 minutes. When it came back, I couldn't connect to nexon forums any more. I'm guessing they have a bunch of random IP bans and my new one just happens to be one of them. >_>
2009-02-13, 07:19 PM
Deviant

Quote:

Originally Posted by IsaacGS

I posted my first set of questions. My cable went out for ~5 minutes. When it came back, I couldn't connect to nexon forums any more. I'm guessing they have a bunch of random IP bans and my new one just happens to be one of them. >_>

I can connect to the forums, but not the maplestory one -_-
2009-02-13, 07:21 PM
DrRusty

LoL I WAS RIGHT!! XD. LvL 90 minimum req with monsters inside being harder.

I love doing this next part

I told ya so
2009-02-13, 07:23 PM
MrWheelson

Quote:

Is this "automatic defense system" just as lethal as the Menhirs surrounding the keep?

Heh. Well, I'm not sure if I've ever heard of a friendly defense system.

Are any etc. items that are available now needed for quests in the keep? (Has done all the CK quests! xD)

If you've done them all, then I wouldn't worry. There is one rather obvious thing, but I wouldn't worry too much about that.

Is the Jump Quest in the keep more difficult to overcome than the Valley of Heroes?

One would have to consider that JQ difficult. I'll say its more intense, but you'll be able to tell.
For reference, I consider Battletoads' Orb Race to be maddeningly impossible. So for ours, yes, it is hard, but it is not unfair.

There is a problem many players have with their accounts and trying to get married.

We know. We're working on a broad solution now, and we apologize that it's taken a while, but we are working on it.

Nexon's Vancouver department was closed, according to an article i read. Since that was based on "development" for new games, i was wondering if that also dealt with new content for existing games. CWK II has been in the works for a while, but would the closing of nexon vancouver affect future GMS developed content?

Yes, that was a sad day for us. However, all of the Masteria content is and was built here, so that won't affect future GMS updates.

Also, any chance that the Ticket system will be refined?

I know that our GM/CS manager looks at ways to improve that system all the time, and if something changes, you'll know.

I was wondering for a while what "No Mercy" meant exactly since you mentioned it in a question I asked you before. I have my ideas as to what it is but...is it related to the jump quest in the keep?

Nope, it's related to the entire PQ. For instance, puzzles. Twisted Switcher is around a 5 on a scale of 10. This one is harder. By the time you reach that level, you should be used to some stuff as well as be able to figure it out on the fly.
This PQ will put these skills to the test. Improvisation and Skill Utilization for Total Devastation.

I try to put 10 rules on my Guild BBS, but it gets cut off at the end of the 9th one. Will you be fixing that glitch?

Yes. Not this patch, but soon enough.

What is the point in having a Q&A if you're just going to dodge questions?

There are some questions that I can't answer directly, so that's part of it. I know it can be a tad frustrating sometimes, but some things, you just have to wait and see for. Hope that helps.

I expect we will have more "NLC" after CWK Update during this year, any clues as to whats next in the pipe line, that portal has been inactive on Pharoh Yeti since NLC came out.

Everyone wants to know what's in old Yetinx. We'll see.

Is it intentional that only Lith Harbor/Omega Sector has the Nautilus Port travel system (I.E. Taxi and the Portal)? Or will that be addressed "in due time"?

Due time. If we know its coming down the line, then we won't add a temproary one, as that would removed upon the other system coming. We can only get so much finished every 4-6 weeks, so a big part of that is Dev time.

Can we expect to see some skill book drops in the new expansion? Big Bang 30 and Genesis30 is a big problem right now. Neither drop as often or hackers ruin it for everyone to get. Your options are: You'll see =), Yes, No, or "Interesting...I cannot say, but I'm hinting for something big".

I'll say that we know that there are storybooks, skillbooks and mastery books that are exceedingly rare, and that we're going to address some of that.

And I plan to go to college and hopefully train to my dream of working at NEXON (Seriously! Flame me all you want people. I LOVE IT!). Any tips for me (and you can't say look at the website!)?

Be willing to learn and have a sense of humor.

o_o
2009-02-13, 07:28 PM
DrRusty

wow no one fking asked if the hitboxes for CWK monsters will be fixed :f7:
2009-02-13, 07:30 PM
IsaacGS

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrRusty

wow no one fking asked if the hitboxes for CWK monsters will be fixed :f7:

He answered that last time and said yes.
2009-02-13, 07:31 PM
Roads

Spoiler

And I plan to go to college and hopefully train to my dream of working at NEXON (Seriously! Flame me all you want people. I LOVE IT!). Any tips for me (and you can't say look at the website!)?

Be willing to learn and have a sense of humor.

..
....

........

nexon? humor?
anyone get the joke? :|

btw

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slip

Hmmm... interesting replies. Updated first post.

I'm curious about this answer.

"How much do you love time travelling?

Depends on the ship. (wink)"

Does he mean Elin, or the Future/Past of Masteria? :O

Ellin doesn't have any ship. the enter to ellin is through Helios Tower in Ludi..

I guess this is actually something new. I hope this is the Masteria's Past =D
2009-02-13, 07:37 PM
DrRusty

Quote:

Originally Posted by IsaacGS

He answered that last time and said yes.

I think im blind cause I just read through Jan 08' and I didn't see where they asked that :f6:.
2009-02-13, 07:39 PM
Roads

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrRusty

I think im blind cause I just read through Jan 08' and I didn't see where they asked that :f6:.

Quote:

1) Don't want to be mean but what was up with the animation "gltiches" with just about every monster in Crimsonwood Mountain/Phantom Forest? I'm mean look at it, Firebrand, Windraider, Strombreaker, Nightshadow, Elderwriath, Bigfoot, Crimsonwood Guardian all had (and still have....) animiation errors. But were some of them intentional? I mean it's annoying at times, like Elderwrith, Hit it, takes a long time to respond(compared to just about any monster outside the area) and is invincible when getting knocked back. The Curupted soilders (E.X Windraider) all react to knockback later than they should.

Well, let's just say we wanted to try something different, and obviously, it hasn't worked quite the way we envisioned it, so these will be addressed shortly. =)

look deeper :x
2009-02-13, 07:39 PM
Slip

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrRusty

I think im blind cause I just read through Jan 08' and I didn't see where they asked that :f6:.

Is it possible that it's not categorized in the post?

If you find any Q&As missing, please let me know. I'll add it right away.

Also, updated with the other set of Q&As posted by MrWheelson.
2009-02-13, 07:40 PM
DrRusty

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roads

look deeper :x

thanks for that. I think the long ass question didn't help me catch it very easily
2009-02-13, 07:42 PM
Roads

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slip

Is it possible that it's not categorized in the post?

If you find any Q&As missing, please let me know. I'll add it right away.

Also, updated with the other set of Q&As posted by MrWheelson.

http://www.southperry.net/forums/sho...&postcount=111

you might have forgotten to add this. :x

EDIT:
oh wait, nevermind. it's there.
nope, nothing missing.
2009-02-13, 07:52 PM
MrWheelson

Quote:

Are there any specific class skills that will be needed in the PQ?

Each class/sub-class has a specific skill for use in the PQ. Don't worry about this too much, as the skills themselves are pretty common. For instance, for an Ice/Lightning Mage, you'd need Ice Strike. However, its not quite that simple is regards to where/when you use it. More will be revealed in time.

And are the prizes something we'll want again and again? Or is it something that once you've earned the pirze you wont need to do the PQ anymore, just for fun.

The prizes, shall we say, can vary. There's Boss Drops and a Vault, so you'll keep coming back for rewards and fun.

Could you explain more what kind of ship (time travelling)?

Nope. =)

Are there any plans for higher level content ( like 4th job+ such as an equip to further boost AM's (arcmages ) power such as elemental wands/staffs?

Yes.

How do you pronounce the name, "NxProse"?

N - X - Prose.

And...that's all for now everyone. Enjoy the 2x this weekend and have fun!

o-o
2009-02-13, 07:59 PM
Mickey

Got another question answered. OPEN THE DAM YETINX :( Seems they have tons planned still even from when nlc first opened with that portal etc, hope we get 2-3 updates this year which should be the case.
2009-02-13, 08:05 PM
CloudStrife

ouch so balanced furys was indeed an intended feature, nobody can say its not now, they are already 60 mil or so in scania so unless cwk II has some great training area to keep people there for levels they will keep going down on price
2009-02-13, 08:07 PM
Nikkey

I like how he ignored the simple question whether or not this was going to be a PQ without the need of NX to be able to get in.

Hopefully he just ignored it or something like that.
2009-02-13, 08:14 PM
Deviant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devil's Sunrise

I like how he ignored the simple question whether or not this was going to be a PQ without the need of NX to be able to get in.

Hopefully he just ignored it or something like that.

He also ignored my question of how much the time limit on the PQ was,

but he does opt to answer some questions with a "You'll see soon" or something, so I dont think he skipped these deliberately, I really doubt itll require NX...
2009-02-13, 08:15 PM
WingZero

Hooray for pure spawn maps! :f2:
2009-02-13, 08:37 PM
ElectricSix

Hmmm, if you combine the answer to his question about the ship with this question I asked back in September:

Have you considered having a jump or party quest(Heck even an alone quest.) that you can only do on one of the rides to and from a continent?

Stop looking on my hard drive. =)

I would say odds are good that they're going to do something interesting for traveling on the Time Travel ship.

Hmmm, maybe by doing a quest you end up in a different time period each time?
Or you have to do a jump quest to get from one section of the ship to the another section in order to arrive. So the speed of the trip depends on your skills rather than a set time. Or, as they seem to like PQs, perhaps a PQ that you can do with other people or by yourself.
2009-02-13, 10:56 PM
Chameleonic

I like the sound of pure spawn maps...but its pointless if the maps is designed badly. I hope we finally get some maps for lv 160+ MM to train at...

"Will CWK2 ONLY be the PQ? I'm not a fan of playing with others, and it would be a real bummer if it were pure party quest. Besides, it's tiring training in leafre.

No, there's other maps there, but the main focus is the PQ. "

Bah I knew I was going to be disappointed with CWK PtII. The PQ sounds like it will be very confusing and full of puzzles, not my idea of fun in a "kill stuff" game. lol

The JQ part of the PQ sounds like it will be a killer...literally.

Oh and new weapons and capes?!
2009-02-14, 12:01 AM
Deviant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chameleonic

I like the sound of pure spawn maps...but its pointless if the maps is designed badly. I hope we finally get some maps for lv 160+ MM to train at...

"Will CWK2 ONLY be the PQ? I'm not a fan of playing with others, and it would be a real bummer if it were pure party quest. Besides, it's tiring training in leafre.

No, there's other maps there, but the main focus is the PQ. "

Bah I knew I was going to be disappointed with CWK PtII. The PQ sounds like it will be very confusing and full of puzzles, not my idea of fun in a "kill stuff" game. lol

The JQ part of the PQ sounds like it will be a killer...literally.

Oh and new weapons and capes?!

The game isnt a "kill things" game for everyone, for a good while I just did Guild Quests and APQs, sometimes I just sat around and chatted.

I applaud them for this, theres enough killing in the game, besides, new bosses are a new thing to kill, and now better maps for windraiders stormbreakers nightshadows and firebrands, thats truly greats news to me.

Im somewhat disappointed theres nothing new as far as trainable mobs in the keep as well, but the new bosses sound like they'll be well worth it and really fun =D

This is the sort of PQ I can gather up my guild and just jump in to.
2009-02-14, 12:23 AM
Takebacker

Looks like CWK is just the catalyst for a ton of new and powerful equipments to come out instead of the high level replacement for leafre i was hoping for. Bummer.

Oh well. Pure spawn maps and hopefully godly weaponry ftw!
2009-02-14, 12:31 AM
Sn1perJohnE

i wanna know what theyre doing to the Crimson Arclancer :f4: that bow was going to be my final bow! Maybe theyre going to lower the str requirement @_@ or att boost!! Dam thing needs same str as the dragon bow but 5 less att, which isnt that great with the fast speed.
2009-02-14, 12:48 AM
Takebacker

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sn1perJohnE

i wanna know what theyre doing to the Crimson Arclancer :f4: that bow was going to be my final bow! Maybe theyre going to lower the str requirement @_@ or att boost!! Dam thing needs same str as the dragon bow but 5 less att, which isnt that great with the fast speed.

Att boost wouldn't be very possible, since it's already been released. Screwing with already scrolled and existing weapons is tricky business. All they're probably going to do is lower the str requirement or change the forging reqs. Probably lower str down to whatever the night raven xbow is.
2009-02-14, 12:54 AM
Cyanne

Can someone question NxProse about the suspicious lion statue at the top of valley of heroes 2, noting that just getting through the map is extremely easy so that there must be something up there? I can't access the maplestory forums for some reason.
2009-02-14, 01:01 AM
Russt

Aww. No elite nightshadow mobs. Oh well.

That question about class-specific skills made me think of the octopi in the Pirate 2nd job advance. Maybe a stage where each individual monster can only be damaged by a specific skill, or set of skills?
2009-02-14, 01:07 AM
MaxHudson

Something came to mind so I'm going to post it anyways, once of Prose's first Q & A's he said a vary... specific stage that he "thought" up based on Twisted Switcher. Somthing tells me from his recent interview this might be real...

:2007:
"Something like Ludi Stage 8, or the Twisted Switcher for the Amoria PQ with an added Jump Quest component, where two people can only perform the jump quest when the sequence on the ground is in the correct order, with party members on the ground getting the combo right, one person providing cover, and the party leader going for the key to get everyone to the next stage. All while being attacked at different intervals, of course =)."

:Today:
"Nope, it's related to the entire PQ. For instance, puzzles. Twisted Switcher is around a 5 on a scale of 10. This one is harder. By the time you reach that level, you should be used to some stuff as well as be able to figure it out on the fly.
This PQ will put these skills to the test. Improvisation and Skill Utilization for Total Devastation."

What does that sound like... I don't think that would be a fun stage =[ exp how dumb people are...

To Russt, yeah, thats a idea. Life if a door was burning and you needed ONLY ice strike to put it out? That would be cool. all other skills would be null.
2009-02-14, 03:06 AM
DrRusty

Well..... I guess it wasn't to far fetched for me to want to level up more after being only 14x. NXProse said the monsters inside are going to be all 4th job+ ready even though the min requirement is only lvl 90. Gotta take advantage of 2x =D. I don't think I can make it to 15x though since my normal training partner (15x bishop) is getting kinda burned out from training to much with me =X.

CMON GUYS!! LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL. Need some good attackers in scania cause Imma be going a lot :f2:.
2009-02-14, 03:10 AM
Lozmaster

Oh...only a pq (and a few maps of monsters we've already got?) D:

PQ better be treated like dungeons or this is going to be a pomegranatestorm on bera and scania <_<
2009-02-14, 03:17 AM
SuperMario64

NxProse answered 4 out of my 5 questions! (The first 3 on his 2nd last batch and the one Max just mentioned) xD

Anyway, I wonder how that statue will play a role in the keep and just how fast this "Automatic Defense System" moves...:3
2009-02-14, 04:31 AM
Sivrat

Quote:

Originally Posted by CloudStrife

ouch so balanced furys was indeed an intended feature, nobody can say its not now, they are already 60 mil or so in scania so unless cwk II has some great training area to keep people there for levels they will keep going down on price

yeah, that was one of my questions, now i wished i had worded it more specifically. I didnt doubt the legitimacy of that picture that was floating around, but i was hoping that although it was an intended feature, things could change. Now i wished i had said "Fury Stars are only chargeable in NLC, will that ever be changed in the future" instead of how i worded it.

Also, very suprised he answered my random whinings with reassurances. About half my questions were just me whining about things i think they are doing wrong, and not something that i was terribly interested in them answering, more or less just wanted to make sure they were hearing me whine. Well, the whole marriage glitch i was annoyed about. Have had that ticket logged for 5-6 months now, and no updates, just seems like while working on these fixes they could... i dunno, reset the status? Or something like that. I dont know what all they can do without affecting in game situations too much, but from my viewpoint, doesnt seem like it should be too hard to go in, and say, "This person never bought a ring"

And he didnt answer the whiny question about filtering hacker reports, but not like i was expecting him to.

Also, did anyone else lol at battletoads reference? But does anyone own an old copy of those two games, is the orb thing he mentions actually part of the NES or SNES games? I never actually played either of them(imagine that) but he may have given us a good hint of what the defense system is like, or maybe not. IDK, just throwing it out there.
2009-02-14, 06:39 AM
Combattente

Quote:

I expect we will have more "NLC" after CWK Update during this year, any clues as to whats next in the pipe line, that portal has been inactive on Pharoh Yeti since NLC came out.

Everyone wants to know what's in old Yetinx. We'll see.

Hah! Finally that unused portal in the Yetinx will be used. Looks like we already know what's coming next about Masteria, thanks to NxProse.

*better starts levelling*
2009-02-14, 08:09 AM
Kersmack

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sivrat

Also, did anyone else lol at battletoads reference? But does anyone own an old copy of those two games, is the orb thing he mentions actually part of the NES or SNES games? I never actually played either of them(imagine that) but he may have given us a good hint of what the defense system is like, or maybe not. IDK, just throwing it out there.

I think this was more in reference to the difficulty and not the actual specifics of the PQ. Battletoads is one of the hardest games like ever...so I think he's just saying while this will be difficult it won't be near impossible.
2009-02-14, 08:44 AM
ArbalistMaster

[YOUTUBE]2ZR0p-7fbFc[/YOUTUBE]

basically you need to press the D pad along with the toad to make you go faster. the orb is faster than you on straights but takes a little longer on corners. you need VERY VERY VERY good reflexes to do it. if something like this came to maple in a PQ, I doubt a party could be assembled that can pass it.... this was hard enough on 1P mode, 2P was even harder. I cant imagine a 6 players with something this difficult
2009-02-14, 09:00 AM
SuperMario64

I saw a video of that yesterday before I posted just to see what it was like. xD

Yes, it does look pretty difficult...but according to what he said, Twisted Switcher is 5/10 in terms of difficulty...I wonder what it is this time...:P
2009-02-14, 09:07 AM
Kirov

90-200. However, while you can go in at 90, the bosses there are all 4th Job and up status.

Wow I guess I can actually participate in this, even though I will just be useless.

Well, let's say that elementals will be handy.

Each class/sub-class has a specific skill for use in the PQ. Don't worry about this too much, as the skills themselves are pretty common. For instance, for an Ice/Lightning Mage, you'd need Ice Strike. However, its not quite that simple is regards to where/when you use it. More will be revealed in time.

Each Sub class has a specific skill needed for the PQ? I wonder how that is going to work if it is a 6 person party then. Perhaps you need at least one of all 5 base classes in the party?

I like that he mentioned I/L mages, at least I know I would have some use during the PQ, though it's probably something lame like killing some token monster that can only be hit by ice attacks..

The prizes, shall we say, can vary. There's Boss Drops and a Vault, so you'll keep coming back for rewards and fun.

I get the idea behind this but I am not really sure I like it. It will probably be a free for all and encourage looting and just generally bring out the worst in people. I was hoping for a system more like CPQ or MPQ where you collect an item and trade it in for a prize.

Are there any plans for higher level content ( like 4th job+ such as an equip to further boost AM's (arcmages ) power such as elemental wands/staffs?

Yes.

Is that just a yes to high level equips or a yes to more elemental weapons?
2009-02-14, 12:32 PM
Loose

I'm feeling that Haste and Dark Sight will be a must in this PQ.

[youtube]bV3iCE_MrOE[/youtube]
I want a longer Room 5 with my PQ, please. Or just add that entire Castle in MapleStory.
2009-02-14, 02:09 PM
IsaacGS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirov

Each class/sub-class has a specific skill for use in the PQ. Don't worry about this too much, as the skills themselves are pretty common. For instance, for an Ice/Lightning Mage, you'd need Ice Strike. However, its not quite that simple is regards to where/when you use it. More will be revealed in time.

Each Sub class has a specific skill needed for the PQ? I wonder how that is going to work if it is a 6 person party then. Perhaps you need at least one of all 5 base classes in the party?

I like that he mentioned I/L mages, at least I know I would have some use during the PQ, though it's probably something lame like killing some token monster that can only be hit by ice attacks..

I'm thinking it's more likely that there are several different paths you can go through the PQ, and depending on which classes you bring, different doors will be openable. (this fits the "unique each time" and the "each class is useful" criteria). For example, let's say in stage 1 there are 2 doors to 2 different stage 2's, one which can only be reached by flash jump and one that can only be reached by teleport. Both doors have an NPC which you must be really close to talk to (like in the invisible Magatia JQ) so you can't just click it from afar. Depending on which party members you have, you can take either path, and then you'll have a completely different stage 2 through the FJ door than the Teleport door. The alternate paths would converge at certain points to ensure that everyone has to go through those.
2009-02-14, 02:13 PM
Deviant

Quote:

Originally Posted by IsaacGS

I'm thinking it's more likely that there are several different paths you can go through the PQ, and depending on which classes you bring, different doors will be openable. (this fits the "unique each time" and the "each class is useful" criteria). For example, let's say in stage 1 there are 2 doors to 2 different stage 2's, one which can only be reached by flash jump and one that can only be reached by teleport. Both doors have an NPC which you must be really close to talk to (like in the invisible Magatia JQ) so you can't just click it from afar. Depending on which party members you have, you can take either path, and then you'll have a completely different stage 2 through the FJ door than the Teleport door. The alternate paths would converge at certain points to ensure that everyone has to go through those.

This fits in with what prose said about rooms being within the maps as well, which made me surprised when he said it was only 10+ maps, but if the sub-class's rooms are branched within each main class's respective room, then it'd actually be okay.
2009-02-14, 02:16 PM
IsaacGS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deviant

This fits in with what prose said about rooms being within the maps as well, which made me surprised when he said it was only 10+ maps, but if the sub-class's rooms are branched within each main class's respective room, then it'd actually be okay.

I thought he was saying it was 10+ maps *outside* the PQ. O_o
2009-02-14, 02:18 PM
Deviant

Quote:

Originally Posted by IsaacGS

I thought he was saying it was 10+ maps *outside* the PQ. O_o

Quote:

Originally Posted by NxProse

We actually haven't counted. Less that the first expansion, it's 10+, but we don't count, say stages within a stage.

Sounds like the whole expansion.

But like I said, the stage within a stage fits in with that sub-class theory.
2009-02-14, 02:22 PM
Kirov

If they did set it up like that then it would not just be interesting but it would make the PQ much more practical. There is nothing worse than hanging around waiting for a specific class to show up.
2009-02-14, 02:26 PM
Jirai

I guess this might just be the high level PQ everybody's been asking for for quite a while.
2009-02-14, 03:57 PM
Cyanne

Quote:

Originally Posted by IsaacGS

I'm thinking it's more likely that there are several different paths you can go through the PQ, and depending on which classes you bring, different doors will be openable. (this fits the "unique each time" and the "each class is useful" criteria). For example, let's say in stage 1 there are 2 doors to 2 different stage 2's, one which can only be reached by flash jump and one that can only be reached by teleport. Both doors have an NPC which you must be really close to talk to (like in the invisible Magatia JQ) so you can't just click it from afar. Depending on which party members you have, you can take either path, and then you'll have a completely different stage 2 through the FJ door than the Teleport door. The alternate paths would converge at certain points to ensure that everyone has to go through those.

Hmmm, what I was thinking from NxProse's comments was that each of the five weapons on that huge statue would represent like a seal or something that you can break by making a particular class complete a task, and the more you more seals you break, the better reward you get or the easier the rest of the pq becomes, thus fitting in with the "splitting up the party" thing and "most classes," without making every class absolutely necessary.
2009-02-14, 05:23 PM
Orit

Quote:

Speaking of which, will the alchemy drops in magatia be removed or is the Maker skill to be released soon enough that removing them would be pointless?

While nothing will be divulged in regards to any future release, you're always better off keeping what you may find there.

Are monster powders dropping in Magatia?
Or is this in reference to the "useless kms event drops" like the foods of loneliness, leaves of transformation, etc?
Or something else?
2009-02-14, 05:29 PM
y0y0y0y0shi0

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orit

Are monster powders dropping in Magatia?
Or is this in reference to the "useless kms event drops" like the foods of loneliness, leaves of transformation, etc?
Or something else?

I think he means the monster book cards. The useless items are, well, useless. Or he simply misinterpreted the question.
2009-02-14, 06:56 PM
Hazzy

Someone send "The Guy" to Nexon. I'd love to see a maze/PQ like that in Global. xD
2009-02-14, 08:36 PM
IsaacGS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orit

Are monster powders dropping in Magatia?
Or is this in reference to the "useless kms event drops" like the foods of loneliness, leaves of transformation, etc?
Or something else?

Magic Powders aren't in the data atm, so they're not dropping. I'm pretty sure the drop table is still calling for them though. Probably talking about the emo baking supplies, but the person asking the question doesn't know what they're for (I don't either, but I know it's not Maker).
2009-02-16, 11:28 AM
Cyanne

Anyone wanna ask him about the weird statue at the top of valley of heroes 2? The jump quest itself to get to lower ascent is way too easy, so there must be something up there. I can't access the maplestory forum, so I can't ask myself.
2009-02-16, 09:10 PM
Schrono

Even the masochist in me hopes it won't be as hard as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ot5h9oO1fs

Edit: Yes, I know it's impossible for MapleStory to be this hard.
2009-02-16, 09:38 PM
Stereo

Minus the deaths (maybe instead have it warp you back to earlier parts of the JQ) it would be awesome if they made an incredibly difficult jump quest. >_>

With the alternative of course being to 'bribe' the gatekeeper 50mil.

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