2012-11-13, 12:06 PM
iAmFear Wrote:I'm sorry, what new content requires that I empty my wallet and hurl the contents at the game to be able to do it?
Let me ask you this, how many players like to struggle to get through the content? See you sound just like nexon with this argument, "are game is free to play all the way up! Therefore we are justified to do whatever we want in cash shop". It's retarded logic.
iAmFear Wrote:Am I being billed for all my whispers, my chats, every character I type into the chat box? Do I pay entry fees to be able to do PQs and Monster Park? Do I have to pay for a special permit to participate in events? How many training areas require that I pay to use? Do I need to cube all my equips to legendary to train effectively?
The only content I would say you really need to throw your money is are the new bosses.
I have to pay money to put up a shop in order to participate in the free market. I need money to use potions, even though the monsters money that is dropped is significantly less than the potion cost. All the drops monsters outside of bosses drop are worthless, most with high secondary requirements that in the long run make my character even more inefficient, I spend longer training just because I can't kill things without spending over 10x my poition cost, and I'm expected to carry max mesos around just to buy equipment that's worth keeping.
Seriously, my server doesn't even sell zakum helmets anymore because NX has become such a dependency. Not even the chaos varities. It would take you months to make enough money to even afford to spend millions on one piece of gear, where max meso is considered a base currency.
You can play the game for free, but the whole point of an MMO is progression, maplestory clearly strips any new players who don't participate in the black market or nx from ever growing. They are stuck at bare minimum equipment when people are making crap that is 10 thousand times better. You can play this "its my story not theirs" bs, but that isn't acceptable considering the extremes and lack of oppurtunites the players have in comparison. You can go completely "training/meso" ratio up until about 110, then you start seeing you are barely breaking even.
iAmFear Wrote:What can you honestly say Angelic Burster has redefined about the game? Pretty much just bosses, no? Saying that this single class has redefined everything about the game is a bit of an overexaggeration, isn't it?
Besides that, the fact the super funded Angelic Burster was able to solo Hard Mode Magnus in 14 out of 30 minutes, and with the nerfs, probably impossible to solo now, doesn't mean it's the only class that can kill it. Yes, it killed Magnus, but that doesn't mean that the only way to kill Magnus is to throw all your money at an Angelic Burster, it just happens to be the easiest way.
A boss should not be undefeatable then suddenly reveal a class that can manage to do it by her lonesome, the very circumstance should not exist. Go on maplestory right now, go put on your regular level 100 gear, unscrolled as you wouldnt be able to afford to scroll it, go use your 110 weapon and 60 it because you won't be able to afford white scrolls and tell me your range. I'll tell you this much, your boss swagger would go up to zakum/targa/MAYBE ht. All monsters that drop important skill books you can't afford.
F`uck off with this "its free to play", it's free to attempt to play but fall on your face in utter failure.