2010-06-19, 09:51 PM
GameMX Wrote:People want to do those type of high enders, but your worry is already a problem. People do elimiate others by classes. The fact there is an oversaturation of classes, and that the balance in GMS' current state is complete bullpomegranate. Some classes overlap others, and the uniqueness between one another is not great at all. So they'll pick the top DPM class, maybe use two support classes as mules, and scrap the rest.
As for limitations of content within a game... that's strictly on the designers. Game design is about using your immatination. In MMOs, it's also suppose to make ideas and things to keep us going. So if they can't think of much to add, the game is pretty much screwed.
I know all too well of that sort of playstyle is a downer on the community; I don't really find it as something to go out and preach about, by what i heard the industry knows americans looove being competitive in games/being better than the other.In the end its' them missing out on enjoyable aspects to cater to their e-peen.
Its just, seeing an alll out reorganization of existing content to be used more efficiently.and an attempt at balancing of long-broken formulas and skills as "nothing much" is a bit extreme due to the lack of reason to level up. I understand the point that its the developer's job to try and be the 1st to innovate; but when a game is doing almost everything the other top games are the task isn't simple, yet far from impossible though: but it doesn't invalidate this monumental change for a 5 year old game. Seeing Nexon working on issues that frustrated me since the day i 1st played such as the formulas and remixing all the content has me interested in beginning anew from scratch; the new maps, new skill balance,new classes i have yet to touch, and new look are already giving me perfect mixture of nostalgia and novelty feelings. I hope it lives up to expectations.
Rather than seeing these basic changes as the outside of a chicken sandwich: it would make more sense to me to see it as the inside of the chicken sandwich, after all, these are the basic mechanics of the game here. Just imagine if we were getting Black Mage content, epic endgame quest lines and all with imaginative boss encounters: but the hp formulas had not been tweaked, Arch Mages still haven't been properly balanced and lagging far behind all other classes and only 3 classes were worth taking to it? Now that seems more like a perfectly decorated sandwich on the outside... that was cold with imbalances, old with bugs, and hard in the middle... I prefer to see all of this as laying down the foundation for greater things.
That is, if they actually have done a good job of it. We'll see.