Leeching. What's the big deal?

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thread starter xxyobixxx Jul 01 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Alright to start this thread off, I know most of you basilers are sick and tired of all these threads out there. My only intention of this thread is for people who are against leeching to see the views of people who are for it. What is leeching? Leeching is a maple term used when someone gets EXP while in a party when not contributing any effort to help earn the EXP. Leeching can be done in many ways such as, leeching off your party members in PQ's like CPQ. You sit there while your team works hard to earn the EXP, or buying leech. Buying leech is the most common, and infamous way to leech. Basically what you do is pay the person you are leeching off mesos, while you AFK/do nothing and "leech" EXP from either regular monsters or bosses. Common reasons why people dislike leeching Now these are the most common reasons I can think of - Leeching is for the lazy. If you cant play, dont play! - Leeching is a waste of mesos! - Leeching isn't fair! - All my friend's are lvling way faster then me! - I always get scammed when I try to buy leech! - It just irritates me. Conclusions - Leeching is for the lazy. If you cant play, dont play! Have you ever thought that maybe they have to do something like, attend a funeral or they have a football game. They want to lvl up and not fall behind so they buy leech. Maybe they dont have anything to do, and they buy leech constantly. That is their choice and that is their way of playing the game. MapleStory isnt a game where training is a must, and is the point of the game. There are many reasons why people play it. They either play to lvl, play for competition, play to socialize. This case, there playing to lvl. Now you could say that why even lvl up when your not gonna play or not gonna know how to play your own char. But again, it is their choice. If they end up finding they leeched all the way and end up not knowing how to play their own char, that is their fault. - Leeching is a waste of mesos! Who are you to say what someone can or can't buy/use with their mesos? Unless that mesos belongs to you, they are free to use it on whatever they want as long as it is not violating anything on the ToU. To you it may seem like a waste of mesos, to others, it may not. - Leeching isn't fair! Life isn't fair. Get used to it. What isn't fair? The fact that people are lvling very fast? I dont see how that could corrupt your game experience in any way besides the fact that your character's rank lowers. I can only think of one way which it may corrupt your game experience which is it takes up maps. But hey, theres mini dungeons now, and for maps without such as harps, well cmon now, who trains at harps? But theres 19 chs. Im pretty sure all 19 aren't occupied. - All my friend's are lvling way faster then me! Yeah, I cant really think of a conclusion for this. Tell your friends to stop leeching? Or buy leech yourself? Unless your a anti-leechist and will never buy leech. Can't really say anything here. But you cant fault leeching i

d4rkxStrIfe 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

-shakes your hand- Win thread is win.

ExtravaGabe Jul 01 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I hate people that get farther in leveling then I do, but there's a con in the whole leeching. My friend leeched so many levels and hasn't done a single thing of training, he wouldn't know how to survive on his own once he hit 4th job. I Newtie with him and he dies 4~5 times a day cause he forgets to repot himself. Win~

d4rkxStrIfe Jul 01 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ExtravaGabe said: "I hate people that get farther in leveling then I do, but there's a con in the whole leeching. He's leeched so many levels and hasn't done a single thing of training he / she wouldn't know how to survive on there own once they hit there 4th job. I Newtie with a friend and he dies 4~5 times a day cause he forgets to repot himself. Win~" That's the individual's problem. I leeched around 30 levels and I still know how to pot myself. And then you might as well hate the hundred of thousands of Maplers that level farther than you.

ExtravaGabe Jul 01 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

d4rkxStrIfe said: " That's the individual's problem. I leeched around 30 levels and I still know how to pot myself." Yea, I leech myself using my friends Bishop and I know what to expect from the monster I'm killing. @your 2nd edit : Well people was being referred to my buddylist. Sorry, everyone else I don't care about. Their characters, not mine.

BlueSharpies Jul 01 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

d4rkxStrIfe said: " That's the individual's problem. I leeched around 30 levels and I still know how to pot myself. And then you might as well hate the hundred of thousands of Maplers that level farther than you." Pet Auto pot <3 I'm so reliant on it, that without it, I'd probably never level again.

azimuth457 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ExtravaGabe said: "I hate people that get farther in leveling then I do, but there's a con in the whole leeching. My friend leeched so many levels and hasn't done a single thing of training, he wouldn't know how to survive on his own once he hit 4th job. I Newtie with him and he dies 4~5 times a day cause he forgets to repot himself. Win~" A generalization. Lots of people who leech know how to play their character or pot, it's just so many are bumbling 10 year old idiots that we forget that there are others out there. Either way, I agree with "If you can't play, don't play", but as the thread said, they're missing out, and I only pity them.

CopperTone 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Just make your own mage, Problem solved? O.O

CrayonScribble 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I've never leeched more than 50 continuous levels-... It's a fact. Max I've done is 50 :l

exhyst 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Why be concerned with how other people play the game? Games were meant to be entertainment for the individual. So, if you're not entertained, there's always the option to quit.

CopperTone 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

exhyst said: "Why be concerned with how other people play the game? Games were meant to be entertainment for the individual. So, if you're not entertained, there's always the option to quit." QFT

Hasachel 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I used to be irritated by leeching. I couldn't afford a lot of leech, this was the main reason. It felt like I was wasting time since I probably wasn't training as fast as the people that leech. The concept of leeching didn't bother me much. It seemed like good money for the people providing leech. So, I made a magician and reached bishop status. Took about 4 weeks. It was worth it. I can afford leech now, but I seldom purchase it because I'm a provider. Things certainly change when roles are switched.

aznphoenix05 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

exhyst said: "Why be concerned with how other people play the game? Games were meant to be entertainment for the individual. So, if you're not entertained, there's always the option to quit." Yeah this.

chut 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

People complain because they DONT have the mesos to buy it

CopperTone 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hasachel said: "I used to be irritated by leeching. I couldn't afford a lot of leech, this was the main reason. It felt like I was wasting time since I probably wasn't training as fast as the people that leech. The concept of leeching didn't bother me much. It seemed like good money for the people providing leech. So, I made a magician and reached bishop status. Took about 4 weeks. It was worth it. I can afford leech now, but I seldom purchase it because I'm a provider. Things certainly change when roles are switched." FINNALY Someone with a brain, I love you