Paladin Changes

Hello all,

I am here today to share an idea of revolutionizing the Paladin class, and maybe all other private servers.

Paladins, in Maple, are outclassed in every single element of the game. We could call them “the jack-of-all-trades”, but they’re actually “the-jack-of-no-trades”. Paladins do not have the ability to DPS; they do not possess mobility; they do not have a skill like Genesis, Blizzard, or Meteor to level fast; and they do not bring anything to the table in parties. Heroes and DK can basically do what Paladins do, but much more efficiently.

TL;DR: Paladins are glorified beginners (w/holy hammer (but it has cooldown)).

I am suggesting that we change the paladin passive skill Gaurdian. I suggest to have it changed to Party Buff where it reduces ALL incoming damage (both physical and magic attacks) by a certain % (Maybe 25% is a good number?)

In most MMOs, Paladins specialize in tanking for the party. This would give the Paladin a true Paladin-like ability. To protect the well being of the Paladin's Allies

My Pros/Cons

Pros

1) I was looking at the rankings today and noticed, at the time I counted, there were 35 Page/White Knights of 260 Warriors over level 30. That is roughly 13%. And of all MapleLegend characters over level 30 (1438) that is only 2.4%. Also sad to say but, we have more beginners over level 10 (79) than we do Pages/White knights. I believe with this change to their skill book, people would give more incentive to play Paladin.

I am not hoping that with this change everyone will just drop their characters and make a Paladin, but it will just increase the population of that class by a noticeable number


2) The addition of this change will also provide greatly for all other classes as well. Especially the nonwarrior classes that have low HP pools. When bossing in maple, I noticed that people have been very specific on only inviting people that have "HP Washed" which is something I find silly. Maybe some classes will still have to "HP Wash" but it won't be so dramatic as before. HP washing is possible, but extremely hard to do in MapleLegends due to AP resets being untradeable and, therefore, limited. Also, it isn’t fair if NX must be spent to just survive a hit from a boss.


3) It makes end game more easy for casual level players. This change isn't game destroying, but rather a renaissance to a class very few have gotten their feet wet into.


4) It won’t shift the powers away from the top classes like bishops, night lords, bowmasters and such. It just gives the Paladin something to offer when going bossing. And it isn't a bossing benefit; Paladins could use this during training as well.

The class will still stay true to its identity in terms of retaining their signature elemental skills, whilst revamping it enough so that they will be welcomed to boss runs (for once).


5) A feature as significant as this will most likely be the first of it’s kind. Perhaps one day, the MapleLegends’ source will be a commonly used as a foundation for new pre-bb servers to build upon. Not saying competition is a good thing, but rather the fact that MapleLegends will be written next to servers like OdinMS (Field of Judgment) and TitanMS in Maplestory private server history.


6) Last, but not least, this will further promote party playing. Relying on Guardian from Pallies will discourage players from spending NX to HP wash, and ultimately discourage players to solo bosses.

Cons

1) I know nothing about coding and such so I don't know if this is even possible or worth the energy.

2) It strays away from how it was in GMS, but everyone can agree GMS wasn't perfect and definitely has issues with class balancing.

3) This will make Blunt weapon and Sword weapon scrolls go up a little in price. Sorry warriors.

4) This will open the flood gates for people to ask for changes of other classes.




Thank you everyone for taking the time to read my lengthy suggestion. The pros and cons list is unfinished, I just wanted to post this rough draft and see what other people think about my idea.

PS. I do not play a Page/White knight/ Paladin, this was just an idea that I came up with to improve the gameplay.