I haven't seen any suggestions for these great areas filled with content so here it is. I'm suggesting the MSEA/EMS version of these areas. The version with extensive quests, special craftable items & multiple bosses. An issue is most of the new items it brought required the maker skill, but maybe this can be averted with special crafting NPCs, similar to The Glimmerman. It could also cause upset because the Flairgraves (maybe Judgement gun too) could potentially be stronger than some end-game weapons currently, which would be annoying for people who have already perfected weapons. Balancing aside, I think this would be a great addition to the server. It adds a plethora of challenging bosses with interesting mechanics that give decent exp. It gives people something to farm, and by no means is this a quick quest line. The new equips are nice side-grades/upgrades & look awesome. The theme is cool too! Destroying tanks, mechs and lolis in a post apocalyptic futuristic world, what more could you ask for. If any readers could find additional issues or benefits of having this content in Royals, by all means post them here.
Kaede Castle: http://royals.ms/forum/threads/kaede-castle.15086/#post-84382 Regarding Neo Tokyo, I don't find it nostalgic at all, and that clashes with what I am looking for in MapleRoyals, which is nostalgia.
That's fair, Neo Tokyo was post-BB content if memory serves, but not by a lot. Will have to search patch notes.
Neo Tokyo is in GMS v0.83 along with Arans, which I don't find nostalgic either Just my personal opinion.
Neo Tokyo is probably the best area ever made for MapleStory, I think it overall has the coolest boss and area designs. One thing though, if I remember correctly, in MapleSea/JMS you had to defeat Emperor Toad (get his coin purse or other stuff from ninja castle) before being allowed to enter Neo Tokyo. But I'm not sure if I'm confusing this with something from a private server or if it was that way in the original. Edit: Just checked on a wiki, it says: Procure the following: Head Ninja's Scroll ｘ300, Armored Samurai's helmet ｘ1, and Mini Toad's oil disc ｘ1 or buy a fake coin purse with nx (real money) which I assume is not what we want.
I am indeed talking about the MSEA version. I've never experienced the GMS equivalent but I believe EMS got that version cut/pasted a year or two ago, & it was a short theme dungeon, nothing like the area I remember from the post-BB era. I think the content presented here is worthy of discussion. It adds bosses of varying difficulty & level requirement with decent exp, without powerful drops that undermine the current roster of bosses we have access too. Potential alternative training areas for a spread of levels & a decently lengthy questline which was well written, in my opinion. I don't want to bring up issues of balance & economic effects because I'm not knowledgeable about such things but it would definitely need looking in to. As to whether the area fits the nostalgic feel of the server, it's difficult to gauge an answer to such a subjective question. More discussion is needed. I personally think that having extra content, especially in the later levels, would be a great addition to the server.
I'm all for the Ninja Castle. Neo City, on the other hand, I'm not too sure of because I don't know much about it. How much of an impact does Neo City have this this server?
