http://maplestory2.nexon.net/en/news/article/36597/the-head-start-begins
Rather than attempting to login right at the start, I waited around 45 minutes and was able to patch (from the Mushkin Royale install) and be in-game around 10 minutes later. The starter area had at least 20+ channels spun up. Playing until level 10 on my first character, I didn’t experience major issues besides a dialog box that began popping up regarding an authentication issue with my login session (I was still connected to the server though).
Other players have been experiencing some latency related issues, disconnections, and non-delivery of their Founder’s pack items. The number of complaints on their forum are fairly low for day 1 (for the time being) so it seems like Nexon has managed their infrastructure planning pretty well. I’m just going to take it easy and level various classes during the head start period.
