[GMS] GMS v107 - I'm not saying it's aliens...

[Kirov]

Really disappointed with all of this. So many glitches...

It’s a Masteria patch tradition.

NLC quest chain is really poorly done imo.

Yeah I found it very bland, quick and easy compared to past Masteria stuff. The bugs well that goes without saying.

[MuscleWizard]

New exploit.

Emergency server check forthcoming.

what was it?
i like to keep aprised of people pineapplein with my gameplay
that emergency check blasted me out of dojo

[Leaves]

It’s a Masteria patch tradition.

You are putting this patch on the same level as the original NLC, or Crimsonwood Keep?

This is nowhere close to that level of new content. These kinds of glitches (quests, NPC dcing) are BASIC and they should NOT exist if testing was properly done. There isn't even any major fresh content (from a coding standpoint) that was implemented. Glitches in things like CWKPQ are understandable because that employed some brand-new PQ systems which are bound to have issues. The same does not apply to this patch.

[PirateIzzy]

what was it?
i like to keep aprised of people pineapplein with my gameplay
that emergency check blasted me out of dojo

There was a repeatable quest in the alien's HQ where you could infinitely get 70k exp (if you keep going to the map).

[MuscleWizard]

There was a repeatable quest in the alien's HQ where you could infinitely get 70k exp (if you keep going to the map).

Well pineapple, way to screw that one up, nexon.
This is why testing should be a thing.

[Leaves]

On another note - the CWK revamp is literally horrible. They cut out pretty much all the maps, no more crossroads or ANYTHING, no bigfoot, no jump quest, no mountain...

It's almost like they purposely did it to remove any ounce of creativity that existed there in the first place. It's a slap in the face to everyone who worked on CWK (especially Prose). I'm beyond disappointed.

[PirateIzzy]

The only thing I enjoy from this update is the music. Everything else sucks.

[ultimax21]

There was a repeatable quest in the alien's HQ where you could infinitely get 70k exp (if you keep going to the map).

The boss? Because I could only enter 5 times a day, it even gave me the notice. You gotta kill the driller boss 300 times anyways for a B rank nebula. Don't quite see how that is a exp exploit.

edit: Oh nevermind, I guess I rushed to complete too fast w/o caring. I already completed all NLC new quests.

[Combattente]

New quests are practically a self-parody. You know your reuse of old graphics is getting over the top when you're making fun of yourself for it... They took all of 30 minutes to complete and largely consisted of talking to NPCs scattered around the new maps. They didn't explain anything about what was going on, really. The alien monsters are extremely unbalanced (6000 EXP on a level 95 monster?) but the maps are pretty low spawn. Also, Bigger Ben is closed and Crimsonwood is a straight line, and much, much smaller, with no JQ or maze. Doesn't look like they spent a lot of time on it, since there are floating trees and other graphical mistakes.

Unless there's an absolutely amazing second part, I'm calling this a bust. At least it won't be much of a distraction.

Wow.........

It's almost like they purposely did it to remove any ounce of creativity that existed there in the first place. It's a slap in the face to everyone who worked on CWK (especially Prose). I'm beyond disappointed.

Guess I was wrong for getting my hopes up.

I should have never thought that an expansion not made by Prose would've been even just close as good.

This was a lose-lose for both Prose and Nexon. I'm sure he would hate it to see all his hard work ruined like that.

[PirateIzzy]

The boss? Because I could only enter 5 times a day, it even gave me the notice. You gotta kill the driller boss 300 times anyways for a B rank nebula. Don't quite see how that is a exp exploit.

Not the boss. The quest where you have to get the Lianium Ores, and where you avoid the guards. If you get caught by the guards, you get sent to the jail room, and the only way out is to convince Glorg the Guard to let you out, the quest giving 70k exp.

[Leaves]

Maybe the point of this is for GMS to be the guinea pig, and then once everything's working nicely it'll be ported over to everyt single other version.

Also, the re-use of Zakum JQ keys made me literally laugh out loud.

[ultimax21]

Not the boss. The quest where you have to get the Lianium Ores, and where you avoid the guards. If you get caught by the guards, you get sent to the jail room, and the only way out is to convince Glorg the Guard to let you out, the quest giving 70k exp.

Yeah, just noticed and edited my post, forgot about that part but when I did the quest, none of the aliens were even around to stop me. Stupid bug? I would say so...

[Justin]

Did anyone else notice the bit during the questline where the alien got "hacked" by the mapler (you), and you then say "a completely preventable hacking job!" or something to that degree? It's like Nexon is cock slapping the pineapple out of all the hacking victims out there. This Nexon guy, I tell ya.

[Kaasoljoyyx]

is the sports day event comming to gms? cause i just sold my stirge pants and ill be mad if they arnt.....

Nebulite HB on unisex level 11/13 common pants are the best hb pants in the game now. Lowest level, can works for all classes and genders.

@Above:

[donovan]

That one kind of ticked me off as someone who was hacked, but most likely due to a DB leak. I'm just not going to bother with NLC, the quest seems pretty dull, it honestly looks like something someone pulled out of their asses to appease people and their wining about Masteria.

They should have just revamped the maps and expanded upon the currently story line. It's also really glitchy.

[Viaje]

But then, if destroyed NLC isn't going to be permanent.. will they just replace it with the old NLC map or will they make it more realistic and rebuild it from scratch with some changes here and there? Afterall, you can't exactly rebuild a whole town as it was before. It wouldn't make much sense.

I clearly can't answer your question, but I would remind you that, being a game, things don't need to be totally reasonable.
If it's an event, people will stop caring months later anyway.

Also, what do you guys think they're going to do with the old quests? If they removed them there must be a reason, and it might as well be that the hints Prose gave when he wrote them aren't coherent with their current plans for Masteria anymore. They might as well have discarded several expansion possibilities which were initially hinted by Prose's quests. This would explain the whole idea of destroyed NLC as an expedient to "start from scratch" as someone already guessed.

I'll take an excerpt from Swordstaker to express my feelings:

I think Prose wanted a little bit TOO much. Am I saying it's bad? No. But the way Masteria was laid out in his plans it would have probably taken years to finish.

NLC was an amazing addition, but it was a mess. In a world in which the main plot of Maplestory was never expanded on, it made sense that Prose would create Masteria to supply some real story to the game.
But, really, it was super convoluted with everything from ancient demons to sci-fi time travel to alternate realities. Basically, it tried to shove all genres in existence into one area because the rest of Maple didn't really have them.

Maple has evolved a lot since Prose's plans, so a lot of his plots (at least as they've been laid out so far) are seemingly kind of redundant.
Really, the only part of Masteria that I'd actually like seeing expanded is the who CWK/Versal thing; that's the main reason I'm upset about the quests they removed.
Based on what they removed, CWK has absolutely zero context or explanation for being there.

Basically, anyone who was still hoping for a legitimate expansion to Masteria was crazy because the arrival of Cygnus Knights signaled that the Black Mage story was going to get all of KMS' focus.

[Tristan]

Wow, Nexon doing something good. Hopefully this stays exclusive, unlike CTF which got to MapleSEA somehow. I thought that was supposed to be exclusive? Anyways, props to Nexon! Tomorrow will be an exciting yet boring day of school...

Can we still get Warrior's Throne?

Only Nexon...



Anyone know if the Alliance Ring is tradeable within the account?

Stats?

[SwordStaker]

I clearly can't answer your question, but I would remind you that, being a game, things don't need to be totally reasonable.
If it's an event, people will stop caring months later anyway.


I'll take an excerpt from Swordstaker to express my feelings:

NLC was an amazing addition, but it was a mess. In a world in which the main plot of Maplestory was never expanded on, it made sense that Prose would create Masteria to supply some real story to the game.
But, really, it was super convoluted with everything from ancient demons to sci-fi time travel to alternate realities. Basically, it tried to shove all genres in existence into one area because the rest of Maple didn't really have them.

Maple has evolved a lot since Prose's plans, so a lot of his plots (at least as they've been laid out so far) are seemingly kind of redundant.
Really, the only part of Masteria that I'd actually like seeing expanded is the who CWK/Versal thing; that's the main reason I'm upset about the quests they removed.
Based on what they removed, CWK has absolutely zero context or explanation for being there.

Basically, anyone who was still hoping for a legitimate expansion to Masteria was crazy because the arrival of Cygnus Knights signaled that the Black Mage story was going to get all of KMS' focus.

Thing is. I don't find it THAT bad. Yes I love Masteria and yes the quests gone make absolutely no sense and it's still wtp. But, in all honesty it's not that bad at all..especially if this is really only part one a lot can happen and change. I'm sorry but I'm not really all that disappointed. The new maps where the Krakian jungle was isn't that bad and can be seen as a decent training opportunity. The Alien mobs that give 3k? Okay. I mean whatever. There's a new training map have fun. Broken exp? Masteria has had broken exp since the day of it's conception. Wolf Spiders, Wind Raiders, Jesters. The forest, yeah it looks like trash now but there was NOTHING great about it in the first place. NOTHING. Cept maybe Big Foot. You can't get dep star anymore. Again okay, get a mon or make one of the new pendants. The forest was nothing but a giant maze that confused and got new players lost. Yeah I got the point of it and yeah it was cool but COMPLETELY unnecessary. If five people can quote me and say "I trained in the Phantom Forest or Crimsonwood mountains POST Big Bang" then I will retract what I said. It's fine, just forget about it. Ya'll sound like me when I was hung up on the Victoria Island change. The Alien quests were more then likely meant to be taken as a joke with all the cliches from the 50's sci-fi movies and 4th wall jokes. It's not something epic like CWK, it's not Krakia. The quest dialogue is FINE for what it is. You'll get used to the changes people, if the town even stays like that forever. The Alien thing will probably stay there but in a different way. It looks incomplete and it probably is incomplete, just wait it out watch what happens in the coming months. If NEXON intended this to be part of our Alliance Unbound updates then that's what it'll be.

[Phoenix]

OT: Grandma Store Buy option is now available.

What...am I looking at here. That's not Buy-back on hired stores is it?

[Raul]

What...am I looking at here. That's not Buy-back on hired stores is it?

No.
You can put up items that you wish to buy for a price.
People can sell them to you there.