I feel Global is more faithful to Classic Maplestory than China’s
Chinese Maplestory closed beta went live a few hours ago and…wow. Even with all of Global’s skill changes and new maps, I honestly feel Global definitely feels wayyy more like Maplestory back in the early 2000s.
The attached screenshot only shows a bit of the Cash Shop, but basically
* everything red is now purple for some reason. Maybe something due to depicting blood? Stuff like potions and even the hue behind the Dark Lord. There’s actually some funny Chinese memes of this.
* membership which gives unlimited on-spot revives, 1.3x exp, summonable store and storage
* 2x exp coupons (in addition to membership)
* battlepass (yup also different from membership)
* one time use death exp insurance coupons (so I guess you can eventually solo any boss if you buy enough with the membership)
* item gachapon
* you do way more and take much less damage. I’ve heard beginners can do 100+?
There’s probably more differences but that’s what I’ve heard.