A little nostalgia and a couple of questions

1. Meh, it would be a huge news for all the people in old school private servers, but seeing how Neckson manages balancing, abuses, events, etc. I'm honestly happy where I am. If there will be a huge difference in population, maybe I'd join in for the sake of seeing 16 channels full and having to click rapidly to join KPQ. Mmmm.

2. If you mean old school vs. modern MS, i think they are two completely different games. Can't compare apples to oranges.

3. Huge adrenaline rush when you advance & community, and some quests

 

Some systems were pretty nice, but they changed only because of plans to put in ways to overpower your character and the old ideas they started as just did not provide enough of a stat boost for it, silent crusade was changed, the maker skill was changed or removed entirely, monster book had some changes, all sorts of extra slots for medals, badges, potential, bonus potential and more were added, and the worst is the constant push to help players level even faster than the year before, why add content when players blow right past 90% of it just to "go bossing with friends and guildmates" anyways? on the old southperry forums someone legit posted "the game doesn't start until 180."

Nowdays? With the right gear, leeching and burning characters a person can level to 200 in a single week.

 

1) This I dont know since I didnt play the classic WOW game.

2)This one is very hard to compare since they are very different. If you mean which they I like I mostly choose the old school MS.

3) Chatting with friend and guild, collecting item , questing (not jump quest, I bad on jump quest),grinding, and maplestory music

 

1. Dunno what happened in WoW never played
2. There's pros and cons to both, I enjoyed both
GMS:
- The unexpected releases were exciting, not knowing what would come next
- Watching video releases of 3rd job leaks, then seeing 4th jobs was a big motivator
Legends:
- Don't have to spend money on mushroom game anymore
- Actually knowing what to do in the game, easier time with 2X while still maintaining it's challenge
3. Merchanting, meeting friends and then crossing paths IRL (Met both in legends and GMS)

 

1. I don't know much about what's going on with this, but I'm vaguely worried about what would happen to the old school private server community if Neckson decided they wanted to make their own official version. Would they force them to be taken down like that fiasco that happened a few years ago with that private WoW server, or would they leave us be? I'd like to hope that it would be the latter since they haven't bothered any of the private servers thus far.

2. Comparing the true old school Maple to the old school private servers, they definitely both have their own pros, but they feel like two different games almost. Like Hyoon said, it was really fun to never know what was coming next or when, and watching the game evolve. It was also really nice to have a lot of people around. But I really like the small community here and that we can actually communicate with the staff and grow the game together. It feels very quiet at times and I have less interactions, but the interactions I do have always feel more meaningful Also the original really was a grind, and the 2x here feels just right to me, and it's also nice having more money in my wallet loool..

3. The exploration and the music for sure!! The world is really big and diverse and just fun to roam around in. Even now I still find new places or hidden streets I didn't realize existed (I just finished the Magatia questline for the first time and it blew my mind hahaha). And of course the friends you meet along the way (it's more fun to explore/grow together! ).

 

1) Given that I've already invested time to play Classic MapleStory on GMS and Neckson pretty much ruined it before I could garner the complete satisfaction I was pursuing, and that I've already put in tremendous effort into MapleLegends, I would not be inclined to rejoin any server created by Neckson.

2) This is a complicated question. There were aspects of the old MapleStory that were bad, just as there are aspects of the later versions of MapleStory that were good. IMO, I believe the older versions were better because they promoted social structures and weren't so easy that every level up became mundane. The main problems with the earlier versions were the necessity of HP washing, the constant leeching, and (specific to Neckson servers) the rampant hacking that was never addressed. Some of the later elements of the game that I thought were good but are still not present here on MapleLegends would be the Maker Skill, the Mu Lung Dojo, Reverse & Timeless gear, and bonuses for complete gear sets. Elements of the game that I'm glad are not present on MapleLegends though they could be are: CPQ, 7th Day Market, Scissors of Karma, new placements of monsters, and Cygnus Knights. There's also the adjustments Kimberly has made, like the Monster Book Tier Ring, that have greatly improved the quality of the game. Is Legends perfect, no, not yet, but it is a much better version than any version Neckson put out.

3) I find the Free Market to be so much superior to that of WoW's auction house because it's more real to life. If you wanted something before the Internet (which the Internet does not seem to be an actual facet in WoW nor MS) you'd have to go looking through market places to find what you want/need. While I credit Blizzard for creating the auction house to make trades more accessible, it also took away an element I felt MapleStory was able to maintain through the Free Market - going shopping! While a lot of people don't like it, ML's voting system to get NX to use on Owls makes things better for many, so it's a nice compromise. Allowing merchants to set-up shops in particular places and having to advertise a bit makes being a merchant a lot more enjoyable and garners way more satisfaction than just listing a bunch of crap on an auction house list.

 

I started playing in v.32 and quit not long after v.99 because of Professions. I don't know if specifying which version we started and stopped playing would be relevant to you because when you say "core," I really don't know what you mean because depending on which version you started, the term "core" could mean different things for different players.

http://www.basilmarket.com/General-What-Came-When-in-GMS-Wiki-2907

 

I know some people who played a v.55 server because they didn't have JUMP DOWN and felt that having the ability to jump down took away from the game. While I agreed that it changed a fundamental dynamic of the game, I was exceptionally torn because it so much more damn convenient. I felt the range of which the allowable JUMP DOWN was too far, but... you can't get everything you want. Just as an aside, I felt the JUMP DOWN maximum range should have been the same range jumping up to the next platform - ergo, if your Jump was higher, the further you'd be allowed to jump down.

 

If Neckson opened an old school server and promised it to not be pay2win (like reboot), I would join it. That being said, I really doubt that this will happen.

I think the private server community is much better now than it was in the past. There has been so much development and rewriting of original source files that have made private servers much more stable and enjoyable to play. In addition, we have so much more content than was in original old school GMS. The private servers today are simply better versions of the past game.

My personal favorite part of maplestory is watching my WEAK ass characters slowly grow up to be super strong. For example, it was an absolute pleasure to watch my 200 base int gunslinger grow up into the BUFF 4 base int 16x corsair he is today. I enjoy the painful beginnings, as they help me appreciate the end game even more.