On the Issue of Power Creep and How It Relates to Nexon

I watched the video and I read most of this thread, and I can see where you can say maplestory is a victim of power creep. But really it isn't Nexons fault. Take their events, most times its good stuff for low levels but later you have to upgrade. Or its an awesome equip but it expires. Hell look at the maple weapons it took them 7 years to come out with one that is 120+. That's not power creep that's nexon fighting power creep.

That said, power creep in this game exists because of the hackers making godly gear for everyone. Every new Item every new boss is killed and godly versions of things that are supposed to be rare gear is all over the place.

The reason a lot of event items suck for higher end players is because the events are designed to allow lower leveled players to participate. MapleStory has a high character turnover rate (largely because of the insanely steep leveling curve and the lack of any real endgame), so in Nexon's interest to provide low level content that everyone can participate in. The event items are hardly ever relevant to permanent player progression, which is where power creep is an issue.