thread starter Byronium Jul 31 2009
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| Hello fellow maplers, I have a question I would like to ask of you. Why is nexon making it SO DAM EASY to level on maplestory now? I�m sure you noticed this from all of the updates that have been going on for the past 2 years but have picked up this past year� I mean, obviously these things are beneficial to the many new players joining, but for older players, it must be unfair as hell. Like srsly, come on. when I played 3 years ago, grinding practically defined ms if you wanted to get anywhere. Now look at these Cygnus knight characters� quests take you from 1-15 in like 30 minutes, Kpq from 21-30 in no time monster carnival/ludi pq from 31-50 then lmpq/ppq (and monster carnival season 2 when it comes out) from 51-70 mpq from 71-85 so in no time and with practically no grinding required you get to 85. And when you DO grind, that�s so much easier as well! I mean, the ms characters themselves are way stronger first of all with better equips and weapons (due to 30% scrolls, chaos scrolls, now the vicious hammer�not to mention the blessing of the spirit) And then there are all these maps with monsters that give 2x as much exp for 2x as little health in maps where there are 2x as them and have 2x as fast spawn rates! And ON TOP OF THAT now there�s the exp curve that cuts the exp needed to level down to 75% of what it once was, the family rep you can use for 2x exp as well, the TONS of 2x events that have been going on, the pendant of the spirit that increases the exp you get from monsters by 30%... The only things I can think of are: 1) they want to get more people to level 200 so they can start creating a 5th job 2) they�re making it easier to level because they realize grinding is unhealthy. (But I don�t think they really give a dam about the health/addiction issues involved in game play, since a lot of these updates ENCOURAGE people to play for longer hours�) So perhaps they just want to make the game easier and thus more enjoyable for impatient players or they want more younger players on ms so they�re trying to make the game more kid-friendly? Or MAYBE they realize that they already HAVE many young players and they don�t want them to waste their childhood squatting in a chair, staring at a computer screen and mashing buttons repeatedly like brain-dead zombies? Does anyone else have anything he/she would like to add? Note: I apologize if a thread concerning this topic has already been made. Lol, EDIT: my sister's theory (she used to play ms) the idea is really simple: easier leveling = funner = more players (younger ones, older players come back) = more people play, more people buy nx = more $$ they don't give a dam about health, all they do is put those disclaimers like "[Mapletip] too much gameplaying may be damaging to your health." and "note:you have played ms for (3) hours. blah blah blah so they don't get sued if something happens *Edit2: lol guys, i'm "complaining" because it took me a year to get to 50 3 1/2 years ago and now you can go f |