Does the server have any plans on adding custom end-game?

This thread was sort of debated in the past but left death. So I wanted to make a new statement.

The point is that once you reach a certain level (normally 155) You'd go to Horntail kill it a few times, until you hit a decent level. Wash your HP to an appropriate number and get some gear there's not much left.

So I was wondering, are there any plans regards to adding any customization to the game?
I feel like adding future bosses like (a hard nerfed) Pink Bean would add more Hype and excitement. Something to look forward too at least. I understand the purpose of nostalgia... But that ends at a certain point of time.

 

I would like to eventually see more endgame content... It would be cool if they added Gollux or the root bosses.. Or even added like a chaos mode to the current bosses where you can get chaos version drops. Nostalgia is cool and all but it gets boring once you've cleared all the content with nothing left to do besides doing it all over again on a new character.... The thing about this game is that you have a choice!!! You can choose to play the game how you remember it years ago, or you can enjoy new custom content that isn't as nostalgic... I mean, you walk into FM and there's a guy selling smegas for 3 mill each.. That already ruins the nostalgia IMHO.

 

I don't think it would be a bad idea to implement new types of bosses as it gives you a variety of different options to choose from including the current ones we have, thus would increase players satisfaction towards the game. It would definitely require some changes with the boss equipment/drops in order to ensure the game remains nostalgic.

I personally wouldn't consider chaos mode, Gollux or the root bosses a good idea and see it fit in this server, it just seems way too complicated and one of the main reason's why I would never consider going back to the original maplestory. There's many more viable options then those types of bosses that would be more suitable to this server.

 

Chaos mode would definitely be viable since all it is is a harder version of the original one that you can do at a higher level for better rewards(chaos zhelm, chaos htp, ect)... Gollux and the root bosses probably wouldn't fit but it was just an idea.

 

True, I think a few interpreted my idea the wrong way. For the ennui that I'm experiencing due to the lack of high-end content, I wasn't thinking of anything radical or drastic in terms of changes. Something small that already exists would be more appealing in my opinion.

It's exciting to see updates, and I think that's a good addition to the server to keep people interested. Perhaps adding more rare items that take a long time to get would keep me as an individual and perhaps many others interested. A good example is the Krex Ring (Almighty Ring). Except, I wouldn't have added a 100% drop rate. But that's for the staff to decide.

 

hmm why is Gollux and the root bosses not such a good idea? i actually really like how you actually have to dodge attacks and the whole boss fights are more interactive. I mean Zakum and Horntail is cool and all, but really all you do is stand in one place and spam an attack while not even bothering to dodge anything they throw at you

 

Dont even think Gollux was out on EMS when I quit 2 years ago, how exactly would it fit in on a nostalgic server?

 

Because we have to accept the fact that this is still MapleRoyals, a supposedly nostalgic server. We have changes that aren't entirely nostalgic but I consider them to be all minor.

 

@Dmitri - How does anything that wasn't in v.062 do except NX items? An actual question because I'm confused.
If its in terms of damage and health, isn't it on the simpler side of coding to change how much health the boss has and how much damage it deals?
If it's about the maps and quests that lead to the boss, well I wouldn't expect the maps and the boss itself to be implemented even within the next 3 years in this server. But it would be cool to see it eventually somewhere down the line since the server needs to constantly evolve even if the progression is slow or it's lifespan will probably reach it's end in a few years

 

All the changes that have been added that weren't nostalgic are mostly to either deflate the market or help the server grow in terms of donations.

The problem with adding as you pointed out Gollux in this case is a bad idea because the next day people will ask for Empress, and when Empress comes out people will ask for Von Leon and so on. Once we reach that level you don't feel like playing the game from 2008 are we? That's the whole point of MapleRoyals.
Hence the slogan ''Join MapleRoyals and re-live your childhood!'' as stated in the GTOP100 entree.

But to evaluate my statement:
That's why I suggested minor changes. MapleStory is a ''grindy'' game. For that matter, as I stated before the Krex ring didn't take away any nostalgia, yet something to look forward for. I therefore recommend the server to add more rare items.

 

Fairly sure that the content we use is still pre bigbang with the exception of cosmetics. Can't say that root abyss and gollux fall under that category at all.

 

Well I agree with your statements, I'm really just putting in the consideration of Mapleroyals going on for 10+ years somehow in which case I feel would be hard without adding in such things. However it doesn't look like there will be any need for such things in the next 3 years or so at least. If the intention of the server is to provide the nostalgia for those that played before 2008 and then die off eventually, that seems fine

 

Seeing as we just celebrated our 3rd anniversary, I would rather focus on three years from now as opposed to ten years from now.

 

Uh yea, and please do

 

Maybe creating a event based kind ?GM could actually at random time spawn a exclusive boss to ask fellow maplers to join in the fight?

Or maybe make something more interesting like holding a "Find the boss and hunt it down" with given hints to ppl where is the spawned boss at?

 

That's not something that applies to end-game in any way. That's an event suggestion, which you're free to suggest in the feedback section, but that's not what this thread is about.

 

End game content is definitely needed. I think a chaos version of things such as zakum or horntail are a really good idea. It doesn't take away the sense of nostalgia in which this server holds so dearly (in my opinion). Yet if done properly, it adds new end-game content that will actually be do able, unlike pink bean.

The royals community tends to have the ability to use the same content for abnormally long times without complaining about it getting dull. Horntail has been the primary end game boss for well over a year now. Before that it was zakum. Horntail is definitely getting dull though.

The way I personally look at it is, if the harder boss in the game has been solod. There needs to be new end game content.

 

I love Chaos mode a lot to be honest. But it's something I wish only the current top players could manage in time so we have something to look forward to for the next few years rather than the next few months.

 

Now you said it... Celiu why don't you just enjoy the gameplay like the rest of us? End game gameplay is boring af.. Of course maplestory gets boring if you just grind all day, do bosses, earn mesos and afk in free market.... I have been playing since 2005 and i've never reached level 150. MapleStory is more like adventuring, making good friends, chatting, messing and joking around... And many other things.

So i accept the new source but pink bean is too much lol even crex or how do you spell that

This is supposed to be a nostalgic server anyway >_> And you're wrong about that the nostalgia ends at a certain point of time.. Yeah right why am i still here since 2005 and mapleroyals since 2013?!

My advice is to this server: New events plox <3

 

I wouldn't play if I weren't enjoying it. Hence the breaks I took on and off. Sure I get bored at times, but that's why I play a back-up games for when I do.

That's your opinion

Thanks... For sharing?

Everyone has their own way of enjoying a game. There is no ''more like an X given''.

Good.

I don't think there's such a thing as ''being wrong'' when it comes to an opinion? And I think you interpreted my suggestion in a different way. Repeating the same process over and over again may ask for more (which I'm doing in this suggestion) I'm not directly asking for anything new. I'm only suggesting customizations to a minimum level whereas bosses will be buffed, or different items will be rewarded so we have something to look forward to. And surprise surprise, you're not the only one that started this game in 2005.

The last time I checked we've had events for nearly every holiday. And as a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure there's a 3rd anniversary event going on right now?