How do you have fun on Maplestory these days?

I hit your wall back in 2011. What I've learned about maplestory, that no player will admit, is the thrill of maplestory is upgrading. That's it. That's their secret. Everyone wants to be strong enough to not be a weight for their friends, or even support their friends. Or maybe they want to be self-sufficient to maximize profit. Everyones reason is different, a lot will claim "oh, it's fun because of friends!". It's a distraction to what you're really doing, upgrading so you can do this, or that, or the other.

Maplestory has nothing to offer you once you can solo bosses, absolutely nothing. Eventually all you can do is go afk to wait for boss CD's to pass, or waiting for your once active friends to pop in. The game just loses it's luster. Not to even mention the constant class hopping, they function off you attempting to upgrade that new class until your satisfied. By the time you manage it, they nerf it and release a new one.

This was true as soon as the old PvP died.