Maple Times - March 3, 2012

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Watch out, Black Mage goons! The Alliance is stepping up their fight, fairies are going berserk, aliens are invading, and we get to experience it all with friends weve missed and friends we dont know yet!

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The Alliance Unbound Update is Coming

Big changes are afoot! The Alliance is gaining ground on the nefarious Black Mage, visitors from across the stars are coming to New Leaf City, and Ellin Forest is under attack!

Prepare yourself!


Ellin Forest, a Peek Inside

The fairies of Ellin Forest have gone crazy! Take a journey into the past to save the people of the Altaire Camp before the darkness devours them all!

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Cash Shop: Premium Surprises, Inventory Slot Sales, and New Long-Lasting Items

Premium Cash Shop Surprises return, Inventory Slots are on sale, and new permanent and 90-day decorative items are here!

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Alliance Unbound is coming this month! Resistance revamp, Ellin Forest & PQ updates, Masteria?! and more are upcoming. What part of the update are you most excited for and why? Three selected answers will be quoted in Maple Times!



I'm excited for the PQ updates because i love doing PQ and i spend half of my time on maple doing PQ with many of my friends. - Sonia Z.

More amped for NLC. This needed a revamp badly, and with this update, i hoope to see the Mechanic class rise to its former glory. UP THE IRONS!! - Ian F.

I'm just excited about the monthly updates! A system like that will definitely keep my attention on Maplestory, which will hopefully stop me from cluttering my laptop with other inferior MMORPGs. - Jack P.

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>visitors from across the stars are coming to New Leaf City

visitors


oh dear. that wording has me worried.

I'm just excited about the monthly updates! A system like that will definitely keep my attention on Maplestory, which will hopefully stop me from cluttering my laptop with other inferior MMORPGs. - Jack P.

>MS is superior
Lmfao.

Kinda excited for this update.

Masteria?! and more are upcoming.

Masteria confirmed.

Awhh, Was hoping they'd open tespia ..

>visitors from across the stars are coming to New Leaf City

visitors


oh dear. that wording has me worried.

Visitors

The event that made it impossible to train for 3 months, what fun. I'm hoping the wording is not significant and we get Giant Slugs instead.

Definitely CWKPQ part 2.
Makes so much sense.
:S
The Visitors weren't from across the stars, they were from the exact same stars.

Awhh, Was hoping they'd open tespia ..

It'd probably be too late to test anything anyways.

Definitely CWKPQ part 2.
Makes so much sense.
:S
The Visitors weren't from across the stars, they were from the exact same stars.

but THE FUTURE!

but THE FUTURE!

Sorry honeybun.
It just couldn't be that way.

visitors from across the stars are coming to New Leaf City

VPQ copy/pasta confirmed. Just edit in that they're actually aliens.

VPQ copy/pasta confirmed. Just edit in that they're actually aliens.

If that's true, then that's lazy is shiz

Looks like everyone is leaning towards the VPQ assumption now.

 Spoiler

REALLY hope it isn't.

It's not visitor... Or at least not a copy-pasta of it... Here's why:
1. From across the stars is NOT from the future.
2. They are coming to NEW LEAF CITY. Not to the whole world. It means Masteria is getting updated.
3. VPQ just wouldn't work the way it is now, because of big bang and all that. It needs at least some updates.
4. From a storyline point of view, we can't have the visitor event. It just wouldn't work, seeing as our characters already found out the truth about the "aliens".
5. The alien guy in NLC hints at an alien civilisation.
6. The famous "mysterious mob", which looks like it could be an alien.

From using the word "visitor", it seems like Nexon want to make us believe VPQ is coming back, but they're going to release an updated version of it, or a completely different thing.

Or maybe I'm just daydreaming and they're going to copypasta the old visitor event...

[MENTION=3755]Raph589[/MENTION] never underestimate how little Nexon knows about their own game. How many of them do you think know that the VPQ wasn't aliens but time travelers? Hint: It's a lot less than 100%. These are the people who think garbage rewards are godly and have no concept of scale within their own economies.

Looking for subtle meanings is dangerous all around because you can never tell when Nexon is trying to be clever, and when they're putting their foot in their mouth trying to be clever.

[MENTION=3755]Raph589[/MENTION] never underestimate how little Nexon knows about their own game. How many of them do you think know that the VPQ wasn't aliens but time travelers? Hint: It's a lot less than 100%. These are the people who think garbage rewards are godly and have no concept of scale within their own economies.

Looking for subtle meanings is dangerous all around because you can never tell when Nexon is trying to be clever, and when they're putting their foot in their mouth trying to be clever.

Looking for subtle meanings is dangerous all around because you can never tell when Nexon is trying to be clever, and when they're putting their foot in their mouth trying to be clever.

And for that reason, it's always safer to assume the latter. I always wonder how people remain so optimistic, given Nexon's track record.

I won't get my hopes up for something new. If it comes, it comes.

And for that reason, it's always safer to assume the latter. I always wonder how people remain so optimistic, given Nexon's track record.

I won't get my hopes up for something new. If it comes, it comes.

"Optimistic" in this case being what? Hoping for a return of VPQ (with or without the event, with or without updates to make it challenging again)? Hoping for something completely new (exciting as the old Masteria, or poorly-thought-out as Cake vs. Pie 1 and Capture the Flag)?

Personally I'm just waiting to see what they come up with, no expectations.

Personally I'm just waiting to see what they come up with, no expectations.

And this is always the best course.

"Optimistic" in this case being what? Hoping for a return of VPQ (with or without the event, with or without updates to make it challenging again)? Hoping for something completely new (exciting as the old Masteria, or poorly-thought-out as Cake vs. Pie 1 and Capture the Flag)?

Personally I'm just waiting to see what they come up with, no expectations.

Exciting as the old Masteria. It ain't happening.