2012-11-12, 08:47 PM
MorbidMagus Wrote:Pink Bean and Empress doesn't even compare to what Hard Mode Magnus is.
Nexon is going to have to come up with different methods of making bosses instead of "Make x boss a dps sand bag with such hp that only the strongest players of the strongest class can beat by spending x amount of dollars on the game". Pink Bean and even Empress can be done with a devoted party(ies) of average players, so new players don't have to come in discouraged. Making content with the assumption that everyone is going to have the ability to spend insane amounts of money to experience it will push players away.
PB and to a certain extent Empress are comparable if you were around during their release. There has been a lot of power creep (and Empress nerf/fix) that allows these devoted parties to have a chance. They sure as hell weren't being killed sans hackers at the beginning. Maple devs love to design literally impossible to kill bosses then in the next 3 months allow heavily funded players to kill them. Everyone else has to wait 6+months to kill in party.
I didn't say it was a good idea, just that it's the trend.