2017-10-30, 10:00 AM
Justin Wrote:Read my post again... no contradiction took place. I said NEXON will never do this. It simply will not happen. And yes, there is SOME interest still out there for a pre big bang server, but... it doesn't really amount to much. Maple is old, dude. Maple was around during the golden time of MMOs, where they were still fairly new in the Western market, and we were all young and grew up playing them. The golden years of Maple just simply won't happen again.
Ok that is an opinion and I can acknowledge that but it doesn't mean that an opinion can speak on behalf of Nexon. (most players don't know what Nexon will or won't do)
Bringing back the good times of Maple is not quite what I am aiming for. I'm actually more interested in (A) there being a platform where thoughts can be freely expressed and (B) the discussion about potential servers. If everything comes together and a Pre Big bang server gets made then that is great but its not technically my goal. I would like it if that happened but it is something that Nexon needs to decide on its own terms. I like talking about it either way.
I'm sure that MMO's have a long history and all of that but this particular idea is only for Maple and only in this specific instance. Placing a price tag on something that used to be free is not something that just any game can do. If I believed that the system had no chance of being successful then I would not have mentioned it but I did and I do think that it could be a success.
In Free to play games, the general order of operations is for people to come in, try out gameplay and then maybe spend x amount of money in micro transactions. If someone tried to ask players to spend up front for an average game in this genre it would probably bomb because a lot of Free to play MMO's are generic reskins, etc, etc, etc. and usually not very good "games". (except for maybe one or two gimmicks here and there)
What distinguishes Pre Big bang Maplestory is that it already had (still has?) an established fan base and proven market value. Obviously it is not the perfect game, if there is such a thing but there was plenty to like about it just as it was. Questions about content? Does anybody know how long it really took to clear all 200 levels of Pre big bang? You would need to ask Tiger or someone but for the standard person there was easily one year or more of play time involved depending on what version is being referred to. (not all at once, this is just a ballpark estimate) Maybe even longer for a first time player. Additionally it was not a requirement to hit the maximum level in order for it to feel like an accomplishment. At level 70 or even level 10, a player could leave the game and still feel like they had achieved something.
Under normal circumstances a pay wall is not a great idea but I think if it were done in a reasonable way for Pre big bang then it could be a big hit. Its not so much about trying to show if Old or New Maple can beat the other one, it is simply about trying to give the audience as many options as possible.
People that would like to play Pre Big bang do exist, whether its returning veterans or total novices.