One facet of Maple Story that has triggered the most community interest is the talk of instancing -- particularly personal stories. Will your character be able to transition back Maple Story Mesos and forth between your instanced personal story and the rest of the world at will, or are there set times and places that trigger instancing? Instanced areas are specific places in the world that are instances so changes can be shown in a very visible manner. Only a small portion of the game is instanced in any way? A vast majority of the game is completely open, and promotes fully interactive MMO game play. A character must choose to enter these areas, and they can choose to bring others into those areas to see and experience the player's personal story.