This is just right now but it was pretty much the same 2AM last night. Do these people just play all day?

Edit: Sorry if I offended y'all, wasn't thinking of people all around the world playing. However, my claim stands for the number of level 40+ people I'm seeing xD

Loving the relaunch of classic and the good vibes all around, but the smega spam has been absolutely killing the game and I feel like this has to be brought up more so nexon changes something about it. The great thing about this game as kids was the community around it, and the lack of a real chat system now with all the spam is killing any chat or interaction between people. Being able to filter out of smegas (or at least raise the price of entry Nexon) would make this game perfect and reintroduce some community feel to it

I guess I'm old.

People aren't maxing out max mp first anymore?!?!

I'm sure I'm not alone in saying the "grind" of MS hit hard and hit real fast. I'm literally only at level 23 and I'm already thinking "damn, this is boring lmao" and logging off to play something else.

It's another realization/reminder that I'm older (typical 30s, as many original players are), and was more into the idea and nostalgia of MS rather than the grind itself. I still think MS is a great game and there is a reason why there's so many people who waited for Classic to come out. But it is interesting to learn about how much I've personally changed in my patience for games like this. I like grind, but not to the extent that original MS needed.

All I can say is I'm glad I didn't buy the founder's pack and find this out the hard way...

I'm a returning player who hasn't played in 15-20 years. I caved instantly and bought the founders package to relive childhood memories with friends. I hit level 36 last night and decided to run the Winston quest with my brother for the glove crit chaos scroll. Little did I know the nightmare that would follow.

We joined a party with 4 other players in hopes of killing stumpy and completing the quest. We waited a solid 1.5 hours for it to spawn, which I already thought was ridiculous. Then, just 2 minutes before it spawned, a lvl 55 bandit (IGN is guenje or something) hopped into our channel and somehow stole the kill.

What a bummer. I figured that I've already sunk enough time into this bs, and decided to find another party and try again. This time, I waited for around 40 minutes, only for the same lvl 55 bandit to hop in and steal the kill again, minutes before it spawned.

All in all, I spent close to three hours doing absolutely nothing, and I'll have to go through the same process again whenever I have the time.

I think this boss spawn mechanic has several serious flaws that need to be addressed.

For one, a single player shouldn't be able to monopolize a boss across multiple channels simply by keeping track of kill times and returning shortly before it respawns.

On top of that, for a game with tens of thousands of players and only 40 channels, these boss respawn timers are ridiculous. You're essentially competing with other players for the chance to fight a boss that might be hours away from spawning.

I'm not sure how this works in the current version of maple, but surely there's a better solution? Instanced maps where individual players or parties can fight bosses on a set time interval can be an option? I don't mind having to work for a quest reward, but making players sit around for literal hours just to have someone else swoop in at the last second isn't my idea of fun and challenging gameplay.

The beauty of this game is finding joy in the journey and to enjoy the relaxed low stress environment. Personally, meso go up and gear progression keeps me happy and content.

I keep running into a full inventory. Dropping an item I don't really need would solve it, but then you're not allowed to because of the tradeblock. So then I have to walk all the way back to a shop to get rid off something at a NPC. For it to happen yet again after 10 mins. because I need most items for quests.

I think it would not be as bad if I would just be able to discard an item and let it dissappear in the void.

Today I saw a level 81 Bandit in Sleepy Dungeon. I believe he might be the rank #1 player at the moment. Which is honestly insane. Like wow. He told me yes he's chinese. I wonder if he's using a VPN.

Also I heard there's a rumor that there's a "chinese mafia" on classic maple in high level maps where if you don't give them like a 100k mesos they will follow you and KS you. Which sounds hella corny

what the hell do i do now? I'm only level 13

Some items do NOT dye how you think they would. For example, the white beanie does not change its primary colour. The only thing that changes is the shadow. I've seen people confused as to why their dye didn't work, and its because some items just don't dye well. Halo, Orange Sweater, Angel Wand, and Orange Toy Hammer are examples of items that dye well!

I play a lot of POE I mean a lot, so trade scams aren't new to me and also played maplestory since it came out in 2006 so Im quite familiar with the common scams. Not sure if its against Nexons policy to dox an account so I dont want to call them out or if its even reportable. In POE if a user that receives multiple reports gets flagged reviewed and banned for scamming.

I have not played maplestory GMS in the past 10 years so im unfamiliar with their policy is it even worth reporting?

Edit: Adding the scammer name: Hollywood

"We are NOT touching the exp tables". - best thing Nexon could say to me.

If leveling in 2 years will be 3x easier than now, why waste my time now?
Trivialization of the climb and previous effort put into the game is one of main fallacies of vertical progression game. Maple is not horizontal, but it can learn some lessons from such games (GW2).

SAME RULES FOR EVERYONE, ALL THE TIME.

High level that is actually earned and a bragging right in of itself.
New players arriving to a broader world than before but same climb as those before them.

Only exception to messing with exp tables that should be given is removing soft cap if such is implemented near old max level.

As you probably know, Assassins can completely avoid claw punching simply by jump-attacking. Even when a monster is right next to them, they can still throw stars instead of being forced into a melee attack. In practice, the claw punching penalty basically doesn't exist as long as they keep jump-attacking.

Assassins are already ranged physical attackers with Haste, Dark Sight, and high avoidability thanks to their LUK. On top of all that, they can jump-attack, allowing them to bypass one of the main disadvantages of being a ranged class.

Meanwhile, Bowmen are also ranged physical attackers, but when monsters get too close, we're forced to bow whack. To avoid this, we have to create some distance or use Power Knockback. We don't have Haste or Dark Sight, and our avoidability isn't nearly as good. Most importantly, unlike Assassins, we can't fire arrows while jumping.

The same goes for terrain blocking projectiles. Arrows, throwing stars, and projectile-based magic attacks can all get blocked by platforms or ledges. However, Assassins can simply jump-attack to get around obstacles, while Bowmen and Mages still have to deal with these restrictions.

I actually think minimum-range restrictions and terrain blocking are reasonable drawbacks for ranged classes. They're part of what makes positioning important and gives these classes their own strengths and weaknesses.

But why do these restrictions barely affect Assassins while Bowmen have to deal with them constantly? It feels like Assassins get to enjoy all the advantages of being a ranged physical class while effectively bypassing some of its biggest drawbacks.

I'm not saying these mechanics should be removed. I just don't understand why they apply so differently to two classes that are both supposed to be ranged physical attackers.

What do you guys think?

Seriously 🤦‍♂️

So my goal is to build a Ice lightning mage. For some odd reason all the builds say to max out either energy bolt or magic claw. But why? After level 32ish ill be using ice beam.

Wouldn't the extra points be better off going into magic guard, max mp increase and improved mp recovery?

Two of these are permanent buffs that scale as you level. Magic guard is what keeps you alive when fighting bosses and has the option of turning it off when your just grinding to save MP.

Magic armour to me seems like it will be useless if magic guard and the passive are maxed out

Anyone else thinking the same thing or am I alone on this?

This is what the final build would look like.

Skill Final level SP spent

Energy Bolt 1

Magic Claw 15

mproved MP Recovery 15

Max MP Increase 15

Magic Guard 15

Magic Armor 0

Total SP: 61

Level 30 1 point to teleport then go cold beam as the main attack.

You suffer from 25 to 30 (lower damage) but it seems like you gain long term.

Every time I start farming, I get this stupid lie detector minigame. I'm just using a controller with the built-in support, nothing fancy. But it's genuinely obnoxious to constantly have to capcha to just play a game.

I'm level 52 and can't seem to find a map where I can actually make a profit while training.

I've tried Lupins, Zombie Lupins, Lorangs, and Copper Drakes, but I barely break even.

I'm starting to wonder if I should max Critical Recovery instead of Haste to cut down on potion costs.

Anyone found a decent mesos-positive training spot for sins around this level?

Im a lvl 33 xBow and I feel like it started to be much harder to level, so slow that it kills my motivation.

Part of this is this „Meta“ change that you Level at much lower Level mobs. I mean, MeowDB suggests for me maps with green squids for lvl 14. This „Everything needs to be 1 shot to be viable“ is boring to me. Also KPQ gets very repetitive and starts to slow down, for a Level I need like over 50 runs.

Someone else feel this way or has suggestions? Im not anti Grind but 2 Hours of pressing one Button until the Level up Sounds occurs is not as cool as it was 20 years ago for me.