2012-06-04, 10:45 PM
This game became more solo-orientated and thus, the balance and revamps we get are for these classes to be able to solo effectively.
In the old Maple, classes had actual roles in a party and it was unthinkable that a single party, let alone one person, could take on bosses with relative ease. Before 4th job, expeditions were serious business and it took a lot of active people fulfilling their roles in the expedition for it to actually succeed.
Now with 4th job, potential, Big Bang, and several revamps later, unique roles have vanished and the new aim of the game is to be able to solo.
Old maple videos were guilds and expeditions trying to take down a single boss and it was usually down to the wire and it took a lot of editing because the runs would take hours; new maple videos have 1 person completely slaughtering a poor boss that offers absolutely no challenge to the player: the bosses may as well be sitting there and doing nothing while we can watch an unedited 30 second, over-glorified, self-indulgent, uber-funded player that pops out streams of giant numbers in less than a second.
It's the reason why rush/mob control and mobility that was unique to a couple classes are now found in almost every class. It's the reason why surviveability is a universal standard rather than a unique thing. It's the reason why useful party skills can be found on equipment, thus eliminating the need of specific classes in a party. It's the reason why bosses are becoming instanced so that every single person can boss at will and not wait for other people. It's the reason why newer classes just seem to have everything going for them (and why older classes are becoming much like them). It's the reason why party quests require less and less people and even less class variety.
The list can go on... but almost every single patch that comes up always seems to keep that "so you can solo better" mentality behind it...
This game is getting pretty self-centered. >;/
In the old Maple, classes had actual roles in a party and it was unthinkable that a single party, let alone one person, could take on bosses with relative ease. Before 4th job, expeditions were serious business and it took a lot of active people fulfilling their roles in the expedition for it to actually succeed.
Now with 4th job, potential, Big Bang, and several revamps later, unique roles have vanished and the new aim of the game is to be able to solo.
Old maple videos were guilds and expeditions trying to take down a single boss and it was usually down to the wire and it took a lot of editing because the runs would take hours; new maple videos have 1 person completely slaughtering a poor boss that offers absolutely no challenge to the player: the bosses may as well be sitting there and doing nothing while we can watch an unedited 30 second, over-glorified, self-indulgent, uber-funded player that pops out streams of giant numbers in less than a second.
It's the reason why rush/mob control and mobility that was unique to a couple classes are now found in almost every class. It's the reason why surviveability is a universal standard rather than a unique thing. It's the reason why useful party skills can be found on equipment, thus eliminating the need of specific classes in a party. It's the reason why bosses are becoming instanced so that every single person can boss at will and not wait for other people. It's the reason why newer classes just seem to have everything going for them (and why older classes are becoming much like them). It's the reason why party quests require less and less people and even less class variety.
The list can go on... but almost every single patch that comes up always seems to keep that "so you can solo better" mentality behind it...
This game is getting pretty self-centered. >;/