I totally get you if you feel this game is too grindy and slow. There are so many things competing for our attention in the modern world, and so many stimulating experiences to spend our limited time on.

But the thing is that there are already so many games out there for folks who want fast progression, and much fewer for people like me who prefer it slow.

Can we please just leave this game for people like me? That was the stated goal of Inkwell for maple classic, to take it slow.

If apply the argument that "im a busy adult so please speed the game up", then you end up speeding up every game and leaving none for those who want it slow.

It's like going to horror movies and asking them to be funnier, and now there aren't any actual horror movies for horror fans.

I'm super busy too working in tech and don't have that many hours to play each day. That's fine. This isn't a competitive game and there isn't a rush. I love that it's slow. Please don't force it to change. Modern maplestory is still there if you want fast leveling.

There are so many bots in henesys hunting ground with names that look like “ruriwiwoxhfuepw”. I tried to get them to speak for a half hour, used lie detectors on them (which they passed) and reported what i could. They are all moving and attacking in an identical manner. Why is there a limit of bots i can report? I also don’t understand why i have to spend money for the lie detector test to try and remove them (which doesn’t even work but i digress)

Are these hot takes? I don’t wanna be a reddit doomer as im having a lot of fun but i was flabbergasted when i went to HHG.

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.

Ik I am screaming into the void here but I am actually getting tired of having to fight for kills all the time. Really hope they can use the overcrowded player count to justify getting more servers/channels.

Getting scammed is a common thing now and people are getting away easy and we can’t find them. Give us this option back!!!

Since 2018, players in the Netherlands can't trade, use the Auction House or the Meso Market on Interactive worlds and now MSC. As far as we can tell, this goes back to the Dutch Gambling Authority (Kansspelautoriteit, Ksa). Nexon has never given us an official explanation. Here's what the public record shows:

2018: the Ksa's interpretation

In April 2018, the Ksa published a study concluding that loot boxes break Dutch gambling law only if the items from them can be transferred/traded. Publishers responded by disabling trading for Dutch players (Valve did this for CS:GO and Dota 2 in June 2018). The MapleStory restriction most likely comes from the same interpretation.

- https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2018/06/21/valve-disables-item-trading-for-dutch-players-following-lootbox-controversy/

2022: the highest court overturned this

On 9 March 2022, the Council of State (Raad van State, the highest administrative court in NL) ruled that the Ksa had wrongly fined EA over FIFA packs, even though their contents could be traded on a transfer market. The court found that opening packs is not a standalone game of chance, so no gambling licence was needed. This ruling is final.

- https://www.raadvanstate.nl/actueel/nieuws/@130206/dwangsom-onterecht-opgelegd-loot-boxes/ (case ECLI:NL:RVS:2022:690)

- https://nos.nl/l/2420438

A loot box ban is only a plan, not a law

After the ruling, Dutch parliament adopted a motion asking the government to *look into* banning loot boxes. In December 2024, the minister said the Netherlands is pushing for a ban through the EU's upcoming Digital Fairness Act. None of this is law yet, and it targets loot boxes themselves, not player-to-player trading.

- https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-26643-890.pdf

- https://berthub.eu/tkconv/getraw/2024D50627

Other publishers moved on

Valve restored trading for Dutch CS:GO players years ago. Players on the official forums also report that the restriction has been lifted in other Nexon games, but not in MapleStory Classic/Global.

- https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/67427/dutch-and-belgian-csgo-players-can-trade-again-but-loot-boxes-are-off-limits

- https://forums.maplestory.nexon.net/discussion/comment/120608

What we're asking

We're not asking Nexon to ignore Dutch law. We're asking for transparency:

- What specific law or ruling is the restriction based on today?

- Has Nexon reviewed it since the 2022 Council of State ruling?

- If it's a precaution for the proposed ban, is there a timeline for reconsidering?

Dutch players are part of the community too. A clear answer would go a long way.

Even throughout the day today, every channel was full. I don't even know how many channels would be enough to handle this many people for the next few weekends. Will they add even more channels or let the masses die off a little?

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.

Nexon doing everything but fixing the chat, where's the filter? Also allow us to remove the profanity filter since I'll have a normal conversation and I get a bunch of **** when nothing I even said was profanity

I see some NX items going for 18k.. 30k.. and these are nice NX that you can only get from founders which is being removed in just a couple days.

Won't these NX skyrocket in price?

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I plan to get my second job and play a bit but I also don’t want to burn out. I feel like it’ll be a bit painful without orbis, el math, and ludi. Places will be a lot less claustrophobic with players being spread out. Also I don’t want to miss out on actually doing ludi pq with friends by grinding too much. There’s not much to grind for at the moment with no 3rd job. I just feel like if I chill it’ll be funner in the long run.

How do you guys feel ?

My glove is ugly, so I put on the 'Well-Loved Work Gloves' Skin that I got from Founder's Pack, but it gives me this overly flashy, obnoxious yellow glowing Aura.

Pls give us an option to turn this intrusive yellow glow OFF!!!

Edit: Some of us like the actual skin, and not the aura.

I did a kerning pq earlier today with a Korean duo and ever since, every single message displaying in the kpq are now korean. Seems to only affect the kpq. Anybody else having this issue?

Curious for all people who started on grand launch day what level and mesos are you at now ?

Im at level 27 and 500k mesos

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.

The combat is fun. I play warrior and its fun trying to space your attacks properly and group enemies for slash blast. Maybe other classes are different but to me it feels like theres a genuine skill element. Especially with how valuable pots are its nice trying to optimize combat and avoid damage. Its not like the combat is as good as Elden Ring or something but people describe grinding like its cookie clicker. Im having fun just playing the game.

In hunting fields, in towns, it plays all over randomly

It sounds exactly like when a pickaxe breaks in Minecraft. This is driving me crazy.

There's no durability on anything so what is it?

Is anyone else seeing the crazy amount of RMT transactions? I constantly drop into an empty FM room and then see someone open a shop with mispriced items (like normal work gloves for 700k) and then a name like acbksjdh827 comes in and buys the item.

I know they're banning more people participating in RMT, but it still feels rampant...

If you're playing maple classic I made an app that:

- Tracks current quests

- Marks where to go on your map

- Search for items, monsters, and npc locations

- Recommended leveling spots for your current level

And it all works as an extension of your world map in game.

Link: https://github.com/GitFist/Maple-Map-Buddy

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.

So I was following the Meow.db guide for Magician and i was surprised by the fact we would max Energy Bolt over MC, so I read on it wnd I generally understood, arguably cheaper, more range. But less height/reach over walls

I didnt realize HOW much that different felt, Magic claw is so good against so many units who are jumping, like Slimes, or the constant Y-height variations of platforms, but Im already invested in Energy Bolt maxed, hoping itd feel better eventually but still not sure

What is your experience between the two? Should I just suck it up and go reset for Magic claw?

Im thinking of going Cleric as well

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

I thought the Lemon thing was just a meme. But yep, sold out. SO many questions..

So how do you got about this, stock up while you can?
How long until it gets restocked?
Is it just for the channel or global?

I play on a 1440p monitor and the in-game option for 2560 x 1440 (Full Screen) had the pixel art looking blurry.

I looked around and found out that while the games' native resolution is 1366x768, the game also offers a 1280x720 option which literally just takes the native res and slightly crops it. This cropped res happens to fit neatly into 1440p - while the native res doesn't.

These do look very small in windowed mode on a 2K monitor, BUT if you run 1280x720 on FULLSCREEN, it looks perfect - even on a 1440p monitor.

It's weird that running the game in a lower res looks better, but whatever.

P.S - Right under resolution, you can set your UI Size to 'Ideal Ratio' so the UI stays crisp as well.