Raising the level cap
People have said that raising the level is impossible. Well it was because (2^31)-1 is the max value a 32 bit system can go.
The total EXP from 1-200 (Pre-BB) was (2^31)-1. Also known as 2,147,483,647. Making it impossible to even add an extra level with 1 EXP for a level up.
But post BB, the EXP requirement is much lower; allowing Nexon to add extra levels until they reach the 2,147,483,647 mark.
Just to clear it up for people.
Sidenote: Nexon (Korea) stated that there is a high possibility of raising the Level Cap.
January 5, 2011
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Omfg it's 2^32:2 -1....... goshhhhhhhhh
edit: lv 255 would become the new max? o-o
I think it would only be about 10 more levels because, I mean that post-BB lvl 199 exp is about 1.4b and lvl 198 is about 1.2b.
Think about it, it would only be a few levels.
Just a little info my friend told me.
In Kms The chaos patch introduced the Cygnus knight empress as a lv 190 boss and on her map she summons all her knights to fight with her. Multiple videos showed lv 200 players attempt to take on the boss in groups of 3-5. They manage to hit her like once but than get killed immediately and the map has a pot cool-down time so its extremly hard. Korean nexon stated that if the made the Black mage into a boss now there is no possible way that even maplers lv 200 can beat it so they are thinking of possibly raising the lv cap.
If anything make a new class and allow those to get lv250 or whatever the new lv cap is. All the people who got to lv200 first and quit would be so mad and I dont blame them.
No they can't I posted twice already why.
2^8-1 = 255
[quote=BBD]Can't go over level 255.
MapleStory uses the same technology as Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow version.
Do you remember seeing level 255 Pokemon and then use one rare candy it went back to level 1 with EXTRAMURAL HIGH HP!
Samething will happen to MapleStory.
Unless they change to Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal version technology then maybe...[/quote]
[quote=BBD]Just HP wash that will solve the low HP problem.
Just get pam song, that will solve the weak damage.
Just get cubes, to get nice potentials.
NX, it solves everything.
No need to have 5th job.
People who P2P will have an advantage.[/quote]
There is a reason why the new HP cap is 99,999
When it was PB era people needed HP cap of 30,000 and people who had this much HP survived longer then the lower HP ones.
Now it is time to see that 30,000 HP is not enough, you need MORE HP, since the cap has gone up to 99,999 why don't you just HP wash.
Once again P2P will have an advantage to MapleStory.
they will probably make it that you gain 2 sp or 1 sp per lvl if they raise lvl cap
Anyone know how much exp is required from 1-200 now?
[quote=davidctu]First of all, there are no more 2x cards. And people have been leveling crazy fast since BB, so I don't see why Nexon shouldn't raise the level cap.[/quote]
You obviously haven't tried leveling past 14x. It's much, much slower than before BB.
[quote=patatzak]The 2^31 -1 is total bs[/quote]
it is is no way total bs its how many bytes can be transfered at one time i beleive making it impossible with nexon being the lazy programmers they are considering there are a few ways around it
I hope they do, and if they did, I'd probably spend more time on my Cygnus characters. xD
[quote=keebll]if they upgrade to 64bit, they can pass 9b exp! XD[/quote]
But then people with 32bit operating systems won't be able to play maplestory at all o.o
[quote=davidctu]First of all, there are no more 2x cards. And people have been leveling crazy fast since BB, so I don't see why Nexon shouldn't raise the level cap.[/quote]
Sorry what? The current training grounds are not sufficient for us to be "leveling crazy fast". BB only slowed us down... by pulling out those 2x cards we're absolute snails from the 150 mark.. or even 140 for some people...
[quote=Kiribii]raising the lv cap might piss off ALOT of people who put there blood sweat and 2x exp cards into lvling![/quote]
How? They'll still be the same level. O_o Adding levels won't change anything except for creating a longer road ahead, but not many people play maplestory to get to a level cap anyway. Adding to the level cap is for those who do.
raising the lv cap might piss off ALOT of people who put there blood sweat and 2x exp cards into lvling!
@toonshadow basically, values in maplestory, of anything, can only go up to a maximum of 2,147,483,647. So when you train you gain experience, which is your characters exp value, when you level up, the exp value doesn't reset, it just shows 0/x on your exp bar. So because the max amount of total exp a character can have is 2,147,483,647, nexon made it so that in order to get to lvl 200 you need to get a total of 2,147,483,647 exp. But now, since BB made the amount of exp needed to lvl smaller for each lvl, so at lvl 200 now, characters have not yet reached their exp cap of 2,147,483,647, which means the value can still go up, letting people lvl up more if nexon raises the lvl cap.