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Now vs. Then?

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thread starter Grabungle Nov 02 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Pretty straightforward topic. What do you like about the Now of Maple Story versus the Then and visa versa. (Is it easier to level now; more newb friendly; too cash reliant, etc...) *The Then I speak of is set back in the days where the bottom right corner of Perion took the place of the Free Market, as there was no Cash Shop.* Have fun discussing!

My Characters: MysticNoodle - 12 Windia Warrior

lilbit183 11/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I don't like how easy it is to level and how young atractive it is thanks to that fact. Detail : Before it was actually remotely hard to get to level 50 now it's so easy that i can do it in mere days if not hours so thanks to that so many idiotic morons are joining maple.

My Characters: DubleAwesome - 41 Bellocan Blade Acolyte

Riverstorm 11/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I like how we get updates more often now but I miss how everything was a lot simpler back then.

My Characters: SPDORK - 17 Scania Aran Awakened

xmysteriax 11/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I agree. I liked the simplicity of the old MS. Now there's too many jobs and it's too easy to level.

My Characters: MysteriaHeal - 36 KradiaGMS Cleric

InterventionFMJ 11/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] lilbit183 : I don't like how easy it is to level and how young atractive it is thanks to that fact. Detail : Before it was actually remotely hard to get to level 50 now it's so easy that i can do it in mere days if not hours so thanks to that so many idiotic morons are joining maple. [/quote] its not like everyones walking around at level 200, with 10bil on every acc. there is still a grind I like aran the most. but i ABSOLUTELY HATE the inflation that gms is in.(gms alone) that PYPQ bot utterly destoryed maplestory. chaos scrolls used to be over 100mil. now their barely 20mil(in fm) and its not like 20mil can get you more than a cheap weapon and an apple I miss being able to explore new places and I loved when amoria wasn't dead

My Characters: DemonViperX - 99 Scania Aran in Misery

andy33 11/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Back in the day, there were no such thing as KSers(or atleast very few) And an 8 att wg was considered SUPER godly. It was sooo much simpler back then. Now, its kinda easy to lvl(seeing how i got from 0-120 in under 2 months) While back then, it took me 4 months just to get to 70.

My Characters: Aznbishop2 - 165 Scania Bishop

DarksHearts 11/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] InterventionFMJ : its not like everyones walking around at level 200, with 10bil on every acc. there is still a grind I like aran the most. but i ABSOLUTELY HATE the inflation that gms is in.(gms alone) that PYPQ bot utterly destoryed maplestory. chaos scrolls used to be over 100mil. now their barely 20mil(in fm) and its not like 20mil can get you more than a cheap weapon and an apple I miss being able to explore new places and I loved when amoria wasn't dead [/quote] Chaos Scrolls dropped to 20 mil because of the new drop formula but PYPQ did deflate it

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HolyArcherX 11/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Then: Only thing that mattered was having fun and chillin with friends Now: Money/Power>Everything

My Characters: AprisaSeal - 101 Windia Chief Bandit

hyperfire7 11/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Woohoo, more nostalgic threads! When I first joined MS, only Maple Island, Victoria Island, Florina Beach, Orbis and El Nath existed. There were only Scania, Bera and Broa servers when I started. (I think it was originally only Scania and Bera). You used the DICE to set your stats, the button for Auto Assign AP didn't exist, and you didn't have beginner skills. (Was really tempting for first-time magicians to add AP into STR) The PIN system didn't exist until later on when Nexon noticed account hacking became an issue. The old cursor! http://advimages.nexon.net/MapleStory/leafgear/image/cursor/cursor_compass.gif The old World Map that only displayed Maple/Victoria Island. I remember hunting birthday candles on 1st Anniversary for Red/Blue Gift Box, which was used to get a random chance to obtain Maple Dana 06', or those useless cakes) Until 3rd anniversary, Anniversary monsters were spread across the entire Vic Island. Now Nexon threw them all into Sweek Cake Hill. I actually found a Big Puff Daddy alone in Sleepywood, was soloing it for about 5 min, then another person came, used Smega, and lots of people came. I never got a single Maple item from that monster. Getting the "Maplestory" letters during Thanksgiving event. The letter "M" was the rarest and the most expensive. Wish Ticket event! I managed to get a Herculean Helmet from that. I desired an Eclipse Cloak too. 7/4th event with Cody! There was a huge flood of Independence day hats in 2007 from monster drops. I got sick from looking so many of them. Halloween event with Malady! Hunting for Candies and getting the Pumpkin Basket/Malady Candy was fun. Game Zone even back then was empty. Henesys wasn't as crowded back then. Perion Ch1 even more crowded than today's FM Ch1. Orbis/El Nath/Ludi Ch 1 were also pretty hectic. Camilia and Bruce in Henesys, Ayan in Perion, Betty in Ellinia didn't exist till Version 0.3x. People actually used equip making NPCs like Mr.Thunder and Gordon to produce equipment Lv 50+. Drop game was more popular back then. Mushroom Training Camp! Those hippy looking apple suits were the bomb. People actually had "Noob Sets." Lv60+ Players disguised themselves as noobs by wearing Lv10~15 equipment, and wait until some mediocre players called you noob, you would change right back to your original outfit and show them wrong. I loved that feeling. Color differences on scrolled items (like the blue/purple/yellow glow) didn't exist. I remember clean Lv90+ equipment were in the tens of millions because they only dropped from Zakum/Papulatus. The infamous, rarest of the rare Nameless Sword with its hot pink glow. I've only seen one person with that sword. You were considered a pro Sin if you threw Tobis. I was using Wooden Tops/Wolbis on mine. No one cared about DPM. No such thing as dexless builds, heck even low-dex was extremely rare. When I was around Lv5x on my fighter, I remember going to Mushmom/Zombie Mushmom and wait till it spawns and kill it. (I never had enough acc t

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xmysteriax 11/03/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Well I don't want to quote the above but those are the things I missed. I actually started playing before maplestory separated into GMS, KMS, etc.

My Characters: MysteriaHeal - 36 KradiaGMS Cleric