Returning to Our Roleplay Roots
I know that RP is a bare, trampled, starved, crushed, boiled, frozen, scarred scrap of fur in Maplestory, but I wish people would pay more notice to it.
Whenever I see someone drawing comparisons between classes or trying to choose a new character, they see past the character's ideology and simply look at damage.
"OMG WHAT IS THE BEST WARRIOR?" "UBER DMG PLZ"
And yes, I know, nowadays class skills are so recycled that IMO the only difference between some classes are literally just the animations.
But, have you ever played a class or chosen one because of the Roleplay?
Say, the holy Bishop that keeps everyone in the party alive, even after death. (even though he dies after Czak dispels Magic Guard like friggin 50 times)
Or, the Night Lord, who can slip into shadows and night, carry out assassinations and use SHURIKENS (admit it, you've tried throwing those paper origami ones at people)
Or, the Paladin, the holy defender that protects everyone in the party, tanks everything, and has to beat off girls with his shield
Or, the Dark Knight, someone who has good intentions but looks like a badass in black and has a really raspy voice
Or, the Marksman, who can shoot off targets like 2000 miles away with a sniper rifle even though he has forced stealth missions in CoD
Or, the swashbuckling Pirate that can rob a lord, get drunk, take off with the lord's daughter all in the same day, and pretend to be Captain Jack Sparrow
I know that most of you really won't see this in the Maple we have now, but for once I'd like people to understand WHY there are classes, not just animated sprites that do lots of damage.