Anyone play MapleStory?

[Guren]

Haven't played in 4-5 months. Looking for some friends or maybe even an account xD. My character is a 100 White Knight but currently, since I haven't played so long I forgot my info.

[Jei]

Re: Anyone play MapleStory?

played for a while a looooong time ago. Only got to level 50 something.

[Guren]

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Anyone else?

[Rostum]

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I played it once, I uninstalled it after about 2 hours of playing. I tried to give it a chance since a friend said it was really good...

[Feba]

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I would try it, if it had a linux client. I don't see why such a simple looking game would EVER need DirectX....

[Guren]

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I would try it, if it had a linux client. I don't see why such a simple looking game would EVER need DirectX....

May be simple at lower levels but it gets a lot more challenging as you go on. The grind is amazingly long per level, the quests get really hard at later levels, the bosses are <impossible to guage> as they say in FFXI, some of the rarer item drops are almost impossible to get, if you don't have good scrolled gear you will be laughed at by many, and lastly GOTTA KEEP UP WITH TEH FASHION BABEY!!1!

Lol, no but seriously the game is terribly addicting and has many players. A lot of people stereotype and think only young kids play it. A lot of the people I know are 16-26. Not as young as people think seeing most think 12 year olds rule the game lol.

Anyway, hope some of you join in the fun because with the new update the game has a lot to offer.

[Feba]

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May be simple at lower levels but it gets a lot more challenging as you go on.

I'm talking about the graphics, not the difficulty.

[Mhurron]

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DirectX is a lot more then just 3d graphics. Thats why you can't just say "why didn't they just use OpenGL and port it to other platforms." It's not so simple.

[Feba]

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I know that, I'm saying that it's still retarded that it requires it. I've played much better looking games that can (and have) be ported to other systems such as OSX and linux.

[Guren]

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I know that, I'm saying that it's still retarded that it requires it. I've played much better looking games that can (and have) be ported to other systems such as OSX and linux.

A lot, if not all, third and fourth job skills are 3D. Not everything is a 2D graphic. A lot of the middle/end game areas look very nice as well.

[Feba]

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A lot, if not all, third and fourth job skills are 3D.

See, that helps explain it, I can understand that more developers are used to working with DX for 3D projects, so it's probably easier to manage that.

[Mhurron]

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DirectX is a suite of standard ways to do input and output on Windows:

Direct3d is the 3d - OpenGL can do this and be cross platform, but DirectX is in general easier to write for.

DirectDraw is 2d - There is no real cross platform library for this. As I understand it, OpenGL can do some 2d glyphs, but that's not what it was created for.

DirectInput - Keyboard, mice and joystick input, again there is no real cross platform library for this.

DirectSound - Sound effects and music, again there is no real cross platform library for this.

That is why non-3d apps can still require DirectX. Without using DirectX, the designer will often be required to write their own libraries to handle it (which is no more cross platform then DirectX is) spending time on that development instead of game creation.

Not using DirectX does not magically make a cross platform game. So unless you have created a cross platform fully 3d game, I wouldn't go around saying what's stupid and what isn't.

More on topic, I've never heard of MapleStory.

[Feba]

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DirectX is a suite of standard ways to do input and output on Windows

I know what DX is, as to the rest of your post it isn't really worth my time.

[Guren]

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I know what DX is, as to the rest of your post it isn't really worth my time.

Rude much lol?

[Laifierr]

Re: Anyone play MapleStory?

I found the game to be incredibly annoying after the first 2-3 hours. I promptly uninstalled it after I came across Ragnarok Online.