Lim Goon is done with maple.

I'm quoting you because I think you misunderstood my point entirely. Also I'm not going offensively, so you shouldn't go defensively.

What I'm just saying is that if you go out of the just price for the game is when their ego grows too much. Personally, I don't see this game worth a cent at its current state, because it makes me feel like about to quit at every moment. And so, I didn't spend a cent YET. If I see change in the proper direction, I could end up paying what I consider. Some people like it more, and spend a bit on it, that's respectable (like your case right here it seems). Spending around 20$ on a game is the average nowadays, even 60$ on some cases for some people.

But if you make the developers see you happily spent 500 dollars on a game like this, they'll keep raising the bar, no doubt.

Just don't think this is personal. I'm not calling names, and if I assumed Lim Goon payed them so much, is because this game is broken as it is, and it's practically impossible to reach that cap without spending copious ammounts of money.

And if you don't read this, it's ok with me too.

Your point is easily made and appreciated--I think most people would agree with you--but the problem is that the logic used as its basis is flawed.

There are a few things to consider when delving into the rabbit hole of that post, principle among which, I think, is the fault in making a handful of wealthy players the precipice for the developer's action. What you've stated is undeniably true, in that seeing positive financial gain influences the content and direction of it, but frankly I think you've given Nexon as a corporation and development house too much credit. The core values and goals aren't as much a result as they are the seed--they examine profit models based in microtransactions and use the ones that stick. A handful of players shoveling out tons of money isn't secure enough--a burst gain, at most--and, as such, it's the adoption of the wide audience that really determines the success of these strategies.

I really do see your point and how it's valid, but insinuating Nexon's myopic enough to focus their attention like that... I don't know, it just doesn't seem like it works to me. Nexon screws up the game, but they tend to carefully straddle the line between game-breaking and just unfair. I personally view it as their financial strategy--push the model to the limits of acceptance, redact what needs to be redacted, modify what works slightly, and continually incentivize the wider audience with elements that encourage power creep. This is that "raising the bar" issue you brought up, and it's a very real problem, though I think culpability lies with the mass audience that most times doesn't know what's being pulled over their eyes.

I mean, look at the game's general audience and age range. That's why the game's become what it has.