Why would I fame you if:

A. I don't know you,

B. I get nothing back.

I can only use this tool once every 24 hours and save it for people I have genuinely positive interactions with, or for botters and ksers.

Seeing people begging for fame just makes me want to defame them. It's a bit pathetic.

I like fame as an organic tool to mediate the social aspect of the game. Begging for it is not.

This is not enjoyable to be in a constant ks war when you wanna grind, just 50 people on every damn maps, on every channels, its not even enjoyable to grind ... so we try to hide in KPQ .. because nexon refuse to add 100+ more channels...
Yea everyone will say wait 2-3 weeks lots of people will leave, yea so lets just suffer for 2-3 weeks and perma ks each other..
Fk this shit, i'll be out too way before wow forever comes out... fkin unplayable shit

As predicted 40 channels is insufficient for the current population. A few minutes ago I couldn't cc to channels 1-10 as they were all full. Furthermore around 1/4th of the remaining 30 channels were also randomly full. There is definitely an overpopulation problem that needs to be addressed with the addition of new channels. No I'm not talking about adding 2 channels like they did in early access; try 20. Nexon needs to shell out the money (that we're paying them btw) to make this experience a little more enjoyable for everyone.

I genuinely cannot wait for all of you negative, miserable pessimists to leave this game and go play WoW and GTA like you have been saying you will.

I am trying so hard to find positivity within this community but there are so many people who are so outspokenly negative and miserable toward the game that it is making my efforts near impossible.

If you don't like the game, don't play the game. Nobody is forcing you to be here. It boggles my mind and is making the experience so much worse for those of us that are actually having a blast.

Literally just anywhere you go, you'll be killing a mob and people will run by to KS whatever you're killing. Why? I'm not even in a popular farming spot, but it doesn't matter. I miss the past... I just don't think MS Classic will be fun with the way people play games these days.

Hey Dudes.

I've recently hit Level 21 and got the party quest requiring 3 others to work together to take down King Slime in Kerning City. If you're interested in helping/joining the only requirement is to be above level 21. I'm playing a Throwing Star Thief if that makes a difference at all. Post a comment if you'd like to come along I'm currently online in CH. 38 In Kerning City and will likely be on for at least a few hours.

Thanks.

- MrHeyDude

I woke up this morning excited to watch MSCW content on YouTube and read the subreddit after playing for 4 hours last night and starting 2nd job. I was a little sad to see so many negative posts.

This is the first game in a very long time that I've felt excited to play and invested in. There are things that bother me, like the megaphone spam, but I try to not let it diminish my enjoyment of the rest of the game.

It feels like the game is going in a good direction and I'm excited for its future. I think inkwell and his team is doing a great job.

--Fumpoli

This game is falling into the same trap a lot of other mmos with bad crafting systems do:

1. Using the same etc drops, that have a bad drop rate, that are used for quests, to craft items, from monsters that are not good enough to simply grind on either due to levels or map limitations.
2. Requires too high of a level with too much grind to craft gear that you will be already overleveled by simply farming the materials required to make it
3. The raw meso cost to make the item is more expensive than the NPC sell price, not counting the material cost.
4. E.g lvl 10 wand, which you cannot make at lvl 1, requires a raw 1500 meso input, which is the exact same as the NPC sell price, for 1 extra magic attack than the free default one you get. But you also need to put in extra mesos for the reagents + the obvious opportunity cost of using the monster ETC items.
5. So far, every crafting piece shows up to level 40, which is the same as just buying from NPCs.
6. THE GOD DAMN INVENTORY CLUTTER. Holy moly, craft mats need a whole separate inventory if this is gonna be a thing.

This is not a system that is worth touching at all and i fail to see the use of it from a dev standpoint.
Or we need a way to gather some of the materials in an alternate reliable gathering skill that does not involve hunting monsters for their drops.

If I am level 20 and can barely craft 1 piece for lvl 15 when I need 4 pieces, what use is there to engage with the system?

And that also raises the question for all the beta testers, what were you testing? Class balance? grinding spots? Cool, did nobody test the crafting system and how worthless it is?
It seems like it's just put in place because every game needs to have a crafting system, even though it's unintuitive with the rest of the game.

I was really looking forward to reliving the MapleStory I grew up with, but after playing for a while, I'm honestly quite disappointed.

1. Monster stats have been completely rebalanced. E.g., Slimes used to have 50 HP, but now they have 115. Many other monsters have received massive HP increases too. Why? It feels like some new game altogether
2. Skill damage, effects, and mechanics have been reworked. I'm playing Bowman, and even the familiar first job skills don't work quite like I remember.
3. It's not just that monsters have more HP. Damage formulas, critical hits, accuracy, and class mechanics have been changed. The pacing and feel of combat are noticeably off.

It feels like I'm playing a bad interpretation of Maplestory. I just want a true Classic Maplestory!! I'll probably head back to a private server, the grind feels bad too with so many players. How does this feel for you guys?

Does this happen to anyone else? Trying to sell a claw attack scroll but it won’t show up in meso.Watch even tho my shop is open

Never played maplestory mobile but I think it’d be pretty cool, but probably hard to play and I’d die non stop

I just got to level 21 after playing a few hours a day since the grand launch and I'm starting to remember why I stopped playing Maplestory back in the day. It's too much of a time investment and grind to keep my interest. I genuinely don't understand how people can grind to very high levels and not go insane.

To those who are enjoying the game, how are you keeping your sanity at a good level from the constant grinding?

Edit: Back then my main character was an I/L mage. I made it to 3rd job before stopping. So for Classic World, I wanted to try a new class and decided on Warrior.

New player just hit 17 chose warrior because I am playing with high ping. I cant kill anything, all the mobs are getting killed by jumping throwing stars. Is melee really that bad? I really dont want to roll a ranged class but that seems like the most logical thing to do.

Curious about the community’s take on leveling Slow. Is it a waste of time?

Everyone is asking about Claw and Bolt, but what about 2nd job? Is Slow still the dump skill or is the evasion bonus worth considering over maxing something else? Does Medi stack with pots?

I don't use any third party program and I was not hacking. I was just playing on airport wifi when I got the notification that my account/ID was now banned :(

Has this happened to anyone else?

No I’m serious, like prior to starting MS I play mostly strategy games with my wife like Slay The Spire. Those require a lot of thinking and I can feel my brain spinning faster.

Now? I have a 2s lag time whenever my wife asks me a question. “You think it’ll rain tomorrow?” … … … 2 seconds later I’ll say “let me check the weather forecast”

Wtf is going on

Level 35 cleric still throwing my blue orb z____z

I have a question for my fellow Dutchman. people. Last night, I was able to play for two hours for the first time when the children were in bed. I saw Free Marketed shops everywhere. Does this mean that the trade ban for us Dutch people has finally been removed by Nexon as well? Given that this option is also available for purchase in the shop.

of course if someone knows the answer the don't have to be Dutch!

I need 4-5 to take out a croc and they mess me up in 2-3 hits...
should I wait for higher level or am I doing something wrong?

is it because i didnt max my MG? and can anyone explain to me how a flat bonus of MA is more important than IMR

I picture MapleStory's world as a cylinder we walk around the surface of. Portals and towns link the surface together, and hidden streets are the doors into and out of it.

Hidden streets also spread players across training areas. Ellinia is a good example of a dense stretch of the cylinder, with layer after layer of depth to explore. Kerning City and base-game Perion have a thin shell with very few hidden streets underneath.

If Nexon wants to expand the world, new surface areas should come with depth added to the thin regions. The areas around Lith Harbour are a good candidate. Heavily used maps like the Damp Forest are another, since extra hidden streets there could relieve crowding at the level ranges that pile into them.

Depth only helps if the maps are worth using, so the new hidden streets would need solid spawn density and good layouts. Placement should follow where players currently compete for maps.

They could theoretically even use maple worlds and hold contests for user designed hidden streets. That way it alleviates some of the manpower they are apparently short on to design some fun new areas for the community and will revive some of the original plan with Maplestory Worlds.

Looking for a party to grind fire boars? Put up a party finder.

Looking for a group to hunt for Mano or Mushmom? Put up a party finder.

Looking for a group to grind Stirge wings in Sleepywood caves? Put up a party finder.

Looking for a group to kpq rush / bonus stage only? Put up a party finder.

I think it'd be a neat way to have community sourced parties with a mutual goal and party up with people trying to do the same thing.

Edit: just clarifying, I am not talking about instanced content. Just party finder - as in people can party up for the same goal but nothing teleports you there etc - you coordinate all of that together. PARTY finder, not duty finder.

Ranged classes seem to have a huge advantage over melee classes for leveling. I can barely get mobs as a fighter. Every map, every channel.

I just don't see ANY advantage to playing a melee class over a ranged. Maybe it changes super late game but this just seems way to imbalanced in favor of ranged classes.

I've never played MapleStory, but I've always been curious and now with the classic servers I want to jump in. But I do have a few questions like, I know it's new, but is this a well done version of a classic sever? What are the problems with the game, will be supportive well in the long run (I know its nexon,)do you think it well have a long and healthy player base? I've already seen some bizarre claims on the Steam page like a reviewer saying that classic ruined the economy and stuff I think and Hope that's just people whining to whine but im getting into new territory and I would like to vaguely know what hellscape I'm going into.

Title.

I know we love to talk about the grind and all, but if u care about long term, go invest in NX items. Their prices have tanked and might even go lower this weekend. Once they are out of circulation (founder’s Oct 28!) u can flip for big profits when the demand soar. If u can find cheap trash nx (15-18k), u can stamp 5 of them for the color palette. ez profit. But also, treat urself out if u have some leftover meso!

You don’t need a ton of mesos till way later (lvl 50+ or even 70)

Meso <-> potion costs / scarcity keep the game engaging as it’s a challenge -> selling etcs scales and quest rewards make bank later

(why optimize low level grind when it’s quick…just make the 1 min journey to sell drops and repot)

Overcrowding is a good thing -> efficiency in mob killing is rewarded instead of idle play + the world seems active - always empty maps and 1 button map clears is lame af

Sins get hate but bowman and mages are 10x more annoying

Partying only worth if you slow i.e low level warriors or half afk, otherwise it’s less exp / money overall

Also the posts on min maxing builds etc - play w/e is the most fun… unless you’re planning on playing long term it does not matter (warrior only gets fun past 70 imo bruv)