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[quote=ken2334]In Kms, they've finished revamping the cygnus knights and they're pretty quiet lately...
They probably will focus more on Ms2 now[/quote]

For the LAST DARN TIME, they have DIFFERENT TEAMS! (Of course, ms2 has ms's original team from '06) If anything, they're devoting resources to the summer update. The conference isn't even for another 10 days, and it'd take AT LEAST half a month before it goes live. It has to be something BIG to justify the first 2 months out of [i]Three[/i] months of summer vacation going to waste with filler. It'd HAVE to be BIG to be WORTH risking the final nail on the coffin just to get the update out 2 months late/before summer ends. It'd have to be BIG to JUSTIFY risking the final nail on the coffin to get the update out before summer's end. It'd HAVE to be BIG to be worth pooling all their resources into getting it out in time, It'd HAVE to be Big to have to STILL be 2 months late DESPITE pooling ALL of their resources into it from the point it was SUPPOSED to be ready on! It'd have to be RESOURCE intensive to STILL be 2 months late DESPITE them pouring every last bit of manpower since its intended completion just to ACTUALLY complete it! Something LUDICROUSLY resource intensive when it takes them two extra months when that content is all FULL TEAM works on!

Hmm.. huge... possibly big bang tier huge, and resource intensive... hmm... [url=Spadow.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/v/]Seem Familiar?[/url] It should: [quote=NexonOfKorea]It is said that it is hard to give an ETA on 5th job advancement [i]due to the large amount of work into skills[/i]� of the 5th job advancement [i]alone.[/i]
MapleStory has a lot classes and all those classes will be able to advance to 5th job. It's a [i]lot of work[/i] especially since there are many classes but [i]also[/i] the 5th job skills [i]have[/i] to [i]be in very great 2D detail.[/i]
Chances are that it is possible this will get delayed.[/quote]

Use of alone implies that skills are the TIP of the iceberg in designing a new advancement tier. Well ofc, there's advancement quests... making them plot-relevant.

Creating a plot-based REASON for 5th job (me thinking its grandis and maple world fusing as the black mages devices reach their goal [Zero has to defeat chronica to advance, most likely, and become the transcendent of two worlds. Not happy about it, but the Call of the Transcendence Can NOT be defied! The fight Was inevitable, and you've gained the power needed to turn the tide against the black mage AND darmoor. Shade's would most likely involve Zero Focusing his Time Power while Shade Recalls the oath of maple world. The transcendence MUST eliminate disturbances in the Time Force, and Shade Existing outside of time was one of them! And Zero was just so happened to theoretically be able to purge the power of dreams from the Time Force after absorbing chronica's Time Force. So He free's shade of his curse {which was necessary, for the heroes must stand united to advance, and Shade turned out to be the glue that held them together.}])

The obligatory new continent to advance at, with a dungeon area DESIGNED as a training grounds for those new advancements, and a new, next most poweful boss fight! (3rd job=elnath=dead mine=zakum, strongest boss of his day) (4th job=Leafre=Wyvern Canyon=horntail, strongest boss of [i]his[/i] day)

The obligatory new content for the new advancement/for even higher leveled people than before?

Developing new names for the adventurers, possibly designing mir as being even larger! (but ofc needs a new FREE L200 mount) Designing tier X char cards for 250 chars, and rewards for getting to 250

Designing new advance medals, and new gear for the new boss/level range.

Creating a color scheme for final form 3

etc. etc. This is the sort of things that would be involved apart from skill design

They'll probably continue going on a wrecking spree of their own game.

the resistance, aran and some other class i forgot has been locked since the SEED patch in kms.
im guessing we should see their revamp soon.

Why would you say that? MS1 and MS2 have entirely different development teams.

It's only been two months since night walker. Calm down.