Good And the Bad of Maplestory

In the few time's I've logged on these past few months the game has felt very limited. There's so much content in GMS, yet most players are relegated to focusing on a handful of locations or maps. This isn't because they're lazy, but because Nexon has created a game where you pretty much only have so many options to move ahead. One issue, just for me personally, is being a 16x F/P mage and just being stuck at with DIPQ, Evo, or whatever other maps for the past few months. I mean, it's cool at first, but it would be nice to have some options that are equally effective.

Yeah, grindfest Maple kinda sucked but I understand and relate to the feeling of 'if I worked hard enough then I could make it to the top.' That's gone. Wait…this is starting to sound like America...

Good: 2D side scroller with graphcis and gameplay like no other

I would ditch Maple immediately if not for the fact that it looks the best and is the most popular.

Yet it doesn't even look that good, with many outdated graphics as well, nor that popular. Just means the other 2D side-scrolling MMOs are even worse. :x

Maple was very grindy which was fine because that was the way it was.

Was? I'm sorry did I miss something over the past 4 years?

Good: Great casual MMO with lots to do solo, giving it a great "pick up and play" value.

Bad: many of the endgame "pick up and play" activities have a ridiculous price barrier.