2013-05-21, 01:08 AM
It's already too late to nerf potential. Nerfing it now will balance the game, but at the same time, cause many players to quit. That's definitely not something Nexon wants to happen.
What they can do though, is making cubes more accessible (example: boss monsters can also drop untradable cubes that raise tier to Legendary) to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor.
Anyway, here are some of the things that I wish would be implemented to MapleStory:
1. Skill system changes
- Add a MAX button for each skill, so you don't have to click over 500 times whenever you SP Reset - especially considering the lag.
- Remove Mastery Books.
- Allow SP Reset with mesos (similar to Hyper Skills, price starts at 100k and raises every time you reset, caps at 100m or something), so players aren't screwed up when they accidentally add points to the wrong skills.
2. Quest changes
- Adjust the rewards for quests. Some quests are just not worth doing because of the low rewards.
- Add more trait rewards for questing, especially Empathy since it's really fitting and the Empathy trait itself adds to Quest EXP... and also because it's the most difficult trait to get unless you're a herbalist.
3. Scroll changes
- Get rid of DEF scrolls (except maybe Shield DEF). Just make it so the STR/DEX/INT/LUK scrolls also add to DEF.
- Get rid of Accuracy scrolls.
- Combine all of the currently existing types of scrolls into a few, like in the event shops:
+ Scroll for Weapon for ATT/M.ATT
+ Scroll for Armor for ATT/M.ATT/STR/DEX/INT/LUK
+ Scroll for Accessory ATT/M.ATT/STR/DEX/INT/LUK
+ Scroll for Shoes for Speed/Jump
+ Scroll for Gloves for ATT/M.ATT
It's quite tedious when your inventory is flooded with scrolls you can't use.
4. Potential system changes
- Get rid of useless potentials (like 3% chance to ignore 20 damage) to make it easier to get useful ones.
- Make more useful types of cubes drop from monsters.
- Increase chance of epic on reveal for equips dropped from monsters.
- Make equips dropped from bosses unique or legendary on reveal.
- Make it easier to obtain Bonus Potential and Nebulites.
5. Other changes
- Adjust party EXP bonus.
- Adjust some Familiars, as well as Crusader Codex set bonuses.
- Make Gallant Emblems more easily obtainable.
- Make the anti-bot system for killing low level monsters affect meso only. Equips should still drop.
What they can do though, is making cubes more accessible (example: boss monsters can also drop untradable cubes that raise tier to Legendary) to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor.
Anyway, here are some of the things that I wish would be implemented to MapleStory:
1. Skill system changes
- Add a MAX button for each skill, so you don't have to click over 500 times whenever you SP Reset - especially considering the lag.
- Remove Mastery Books.
- Allow SP Reset with mesos (similar to Hyper Skills, price starts at 100k and raises every time you reset, caps at 100m or something), so players aren't screwed up when they accidentally add points to the wrong skills.
2. Quest changes
- Adjust the rewards for quests. Some quests are just not worth doing because of the low rewards.
- Add more trait rewards for questing, especially Empathy since it's really fitting and the Empathy trait itself adds to Quest EXP... and also because it's the most difficult trait to get unless you're a herbalist.
3. Scroll changes
- Get rid of DEF scrolls (except maybe Shield DEF). Just make it so the STR/DEX/INT/LUK scrolls also add to DEF.
- Get rid of Accuracy scrolls.
- Combine all of the currently existing types of scrolls into a few, like in the event shops:
+ Scroll for Weapon for ATT/M.ATT
+ Scroll for Armor for ATT/M.ATT/STR/DEX/INT/LUK
+ Scroll for Accessory ATT/M.ATT/STR/DEX/INT/LUK
+ Scroll for Shoes for Speed/Jump
+ Scroll for Gloves for ATT/M.ATT
It's quite tedious when your inventory is flooded with scrolls you can't use.
4. Potential system changes
- Get rid of useless potentials (like 3% chance to ignore 20 damage) to make it easier to get useful ones.
- Make more useful types of cubes drop from monsters.
- Increase chance of epic on reveal for equips dropped from monsters.
- Make equips dropped from bosses unique or legendary on reveal.
- Make it easier to obtain Bonus Potential and Nebulites.
5. Other changes
- Adjust party EXP bonus.
- Adjust some Familiars, as well as Crusader Codex set bonuses.
- Make Gallant Emblems more easily obtainable.
- Make the anti-bot system for killing low level monsters affect meso only. Equips should still drop.