Nexon should add more channels instead of new worlds.
For worlds like Windia, Scania, and Broa almost all channels are at least to the half-way point (except the first two or three), even more at peak times. Perhaps adding five to ten more channels might ease up the congestion both speed wise and in game maps (popular training areas etc.). On top of that, when was the last time Channel 20 was used? What do you think Basilers?
July 14, 2011
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[quote=henlea]Somehow reminds me of runescape ~.~[/quote]
haha i was thinking the same, but runescape actually has like 300 worlds with no channels
Galicia still only has 13 channels...wtf added more already...
i agree 100% more channels would be wonderful ;A;
put all the servers together like a sandwich
You skipped Bera. We need moar channels too
[quote=MyDk]I 100% agree. Even though i'm in a unpopulated world, kradia, All the area bosses are taken due to our 12channels -.-[/quote]
More channels would just mean that the others would take it anyways.
Overall, there's no use in adding more channels. Sure there'd be more Jesters/Scarecrows/mp3/CDs maps but otherwise they'd still be full in those worlds. Those big worlds (Broa, Bera, Scania, Windia) are beyond adding just a couple more channels. Hell, I bet you could have 100 channels and Jesters, Scarecrows, CDs, and mp3 would [b]still[/b] be busy. Really, people just need to branch out on their training areas.
[quote=jeme332]@Momijii: yeah, if they took that out wed be good![/quote]
Not really. Vindictus can probably handle more channels because there is significantly less open content and more instanced content. From when I played, all that I noticed that wasn't instanced was the town and the dock. There are few instances in MapleStory (skill quests, 13/19/20 party quests 1 per ch) making it harder.
[quote=Clarkus]This.
Nexon explained this some time ago. The reason they don't simply make more channels is because it doesn't solve the problem. Each server can only support a limited amount of players at one time. Adding more channels simply spreads people out, only to have more people come in.
Some few of us might remember back in '06, '07, when the more popular worlds like Scania and Bera sometimes wouldn't allow players to log on to the world because it had reached its online player limit; a problem Nexon resolved by upgrading their servers to what we have now, not by adding more channels.
The only solution to this is to upgrade their servers, which at this point, isn't necessary as the player limit is nowhere near being breached and therefore not a problem.[/quote]
Heh, I miss the good ol' weekly Bera and Scania scheduled shut downs to flush out all the afk'ers and whatnot.
Good times, good times.
new cash item: gain acces to 5 NEW CHANNELS!
i like this idea (:
@mike3110: So because jesters give like 200 exp more, people go there? lol
[quote=darklime]@mike3110: Can you blame them? Who doesn't like that. Also, the jester's map layout is decent. You can't tell me that all monsters have similar HP, exp ratio, and a good map layout.[/quote]
Go look up monster stats. Many of them of similar level have the same HP/EXP. Map lay-out also depends on the class. Some excel on flat maps, and some excel on multi-platform lay-outs.
Increasing channel limits in highly populated servers will encourage small world players to move into larger worlds, since there are more channels, there are more oppurtunities. No one wants this because the highly populated servers will grow even more, while smaller worlds die down. At least, thats what i think :O
@mike3110: Can you blame them? Who doesn't like that. Also, the jester's map layout is decent. You can't tell me that all monsters have similar HP, exp ratio, and a good map layout.
How about all world get 30 channel
If each world is it's own server, then why did they reduce some worlds to 13 channels in order to add new worlds? Also, they are already loosely "strung together" through the MTS system, no? Not to mention there was already talk of merging some of the less populated worlds...
Look... each world is it's own server. The reason we don't have any more channels on each server is to reduce lag.
I highly doubt they are going to attempt to synch up a couple of servers to make more channels... especially when it's easier to make each server it's own world.
[quote=happyboyd]Just have 40ish Channels, and have a 10 second change channel wait when CC(where you are invincible BUT can't do anything). Basically, and if you attack(multi hit or mob attack is 1 attack) 7 or more times during the wait, you get Attacked Locked for 1 Minute, and if you try to attack during that period, you get D/Ced by hack police.[/quote]
I dont really liek that
BUT, if someone is dc locking your main, you cant run, and you have to give him up D=
Just have 40ish Channels, and have a 10 second change channel wait when CC(where you are invincible BUT can't do anything). Basically, and if you attack(multi hit or mob attack is 1 attack) 7 or more times during the wait, you get Attacked Locked for 1 Minute, and if you try to attack during that period, you get D/Ced by hack police.
MapleStory servers are run by this big machine.
The machine can only hold so much information.
[b]Yes, I see.[/b]
New worlds have better machines. These machines let them hold up to 20 channels.
[b]That's easy! Just move the information from the old machines over to a new machine![/b]
Easier said than done. Imagine every single player in say, Scania. All that info, those items, the equipment, the EXP, ALL OF THAT.
It would take at LEAST a day to transfer all that information over to a new server, during that time the server would have to be shut down, which means you cannot play while they're doing that. And then they'd have to check it over several times to make sure everything is intact, which would take about half a day.
Not to mention, since the new machine isn't used to holding so much information yet, it'll lag like ^&&%&* on steroids.
[b]Oh snap, I never knew it'd be so hard![/b]
And there you have it.
I think it works somewhat like this.
[quote=darklime]More channels sounds cool, but guys, consider [i]my[/i] words. Why not make more mini dungeons [i]or[/i] one to five channels only [b]but[/b] with [i]many, many[/i] more places to [b]efficiently[/b] grind, sell things, and hang out?
I mean like many monsters with well-made maps that give 1000~ish exp, not only jesters, MP3, roids, etc.[/quote]
The whole reason of BB was to make most, if not all, the monsters trainable. People just like to get monsters that have the lowest hp to highest exp ratio, which happens to be jesters.
I totally agree with this guy. 30 channels per World. That would be great.
IM AM SO ANNOYED AT ALL THE NEW WORLDS. sorry for caps
i agree ... and someone posted something about hackers?
go to Ludi on scania and you'll see how many hackers are around ... if nexon really cared about them they would ban em ... but nope ... there they are hacking away
Why don't they give Mardia and other servers back all 19 first?
More channels sounds cool, but guys, consider [i]my[/i] words. Why not make more mini dungeons [i]or[/i] one to five channels only [b]but[/b] with [i]many, many[/i] more places to [b]efficiently[/b] grind, sell things, and hang out?
I mean like many monsters with well-made maps that give 1000~ish exp, not only jesters, MP3, roids, etc.
[quote=iRoel]Hi there!
This seems to be a nice idea, but I guess it' s impossible for Nexon to realize.
Creating a game, and setting up servers and let them funcionate correctly is very very very difficult, even for the advanced (game) programmers.
'Just' adding some channels to worlds can lead to tons of complicated issues. Think of lag, reaching server' s capacity and much more other things. Even when it seems simple to add, it can be very hard.
You guys want more lag/glitches or bugs in MS? I guess not. Even though it isn' t odd to think this is a great idea, its nearly impossible to realize such thing.
This is my guess about this idea, and I aplogize for my bad English. It' s not my first language.[/quote]
The lag issue and other problems can be solved by bridging the servers, instead of having one server hub with thirty channels, have two with fifteen each.
What they should do is give free server transfers to Scanians, windians, broans, etc and let me go to Arcania or something
[quote=jeme332]i like what they did with vindictus. one east server, one west, 200 channels in each. I think that would work best, but then again, I kinda like always being near players.... idk, maybe thats just me...[/quote]
In Vindictus while you're in the town you move through channels without your choice. I didn't play Vindictus long, but that was a major annoyance for me.
cc plz
Most of the new worlds get 20+ channels when they're newly made... Deme still has 13 channels!
Good idea, but new worlds = more money. Simple as that.
The only channel I ever go on in Arcania is Ch20, except for when I want to browse the FM
I think that this idea is awesome, and even an extra 5 channels or so would be tremendously helpful.
[quote=MyPaycheck]i remember that :c my friends were having a channel 20 going away party in the fm lol[/quote]
Yeah, it was rather sad to see 20 go. ; 3; I always wondered why they kept the channel 20 text there when you couldn't select it. xD
I believe a few years ago, they removed channel 20 from all severs to help contain the lag. >_>; That's why it's gone...
Have you ever seen the channels in EMS?
I agree 100% dude. Maplesotry with 40 channels man that would be the day
[quote=CorruptedSoul]This is an amazing idea, I'm amazed they haven't actually implemented it yet. I could really use some space for training instead of waiting til late night to train, and then I don't even get boom-up exp.
Having 25 channels instead of 19 would make a tremendous different, it doesn't even have to be like 40 channels, though 40 channels would be amazing.[/quote]
I don't even think 40 channels is even enough for popular training areas lol x__x''
new worlds are cooler plus I want nova
I'd prefer more channels to be honest. Scania does deserve more channels especially for bossing.
they should make it like vicntus or wutever where its 2 servers and 999 channels
Make one world with 300 channels. win.
[quote=xSleepikidx]new worlds are cool[/quote]
They are indeed, but worlds like Windia and Scania are always going to grow regardless since they contain the most players to begin with, thus they will refer more players who will join them as well. It's an endless cycle either way you look at it. Adding 20 Channels shouldn't be difficult anyways, if we consider "servers" as actual servers, then it's just a matter of space and bandwidth.
[quote=to3jam]Join all servers and just have tons of channels[/quote]
Well it would be quite difficult to maintain so many characters, especially for one so unfunded as myself.
instead of a new world, why not 20 more channels? genius!