Nostalgia of Pre-BigBang Maplestory

I played since beta... so yeah i have, and allow me to correct myself or re-explain what i meant by "there was more to do due to the fact that everything was equal" My point being you could train many places and other places were equal. Nowadays its mostly decent exp vs amazing exp that you cant even compare. My point is you trained at more places. 1-10 had a spot, 10-20 had a spot, 21-30 KPQ or train, 35-50 LPQ or train. And so on, nowadays the exp goes from basically skeletons 10-30, cds til around 40, scarecrows til about 50, then jesters til like 80-90. Aliens, then LHC/SH til your'e 200. There were many paths you could take, IE, more to do/train on and it be efficient. Nowadays its literally NLC->LHC>SH>200

Yeah everyone has played since beta. The game hasn't changed at all, the monsters did, not the concept. 1-10 was maple island, quest experience made it less retarded to get to level 10. 10-30 was essentially henesys hunting ground, pig's beach, green mushrooms followed by horny mushrooms. Level 30 onward was wild boars, fire boars, then drakes/maci's, depending on whatever era. The thing was, you trained to fight balrog, that's it. The illusion that it was better was because it was a mystery to you. Now you're bored because you see the peek of the tower.

Also the equal part. Are you kidding? Everyone was equal and fair starting off, found their own things, trained themselves and worked for what they got. Now its people start out, have more IRL money and are already at an advantage cuz thats all the game takes now.

...Meso buying wasn't exclusive to today's generation. Not to even mention the class advantage difference. Hermit's wrecked, warriors were unkillable, mages had it extremely easy early job's, and could maximize their potential at certain maps to get mad drops. (see red drakes to i/l). It's kind of ironic because the thief (sin branch) was considered the end all be all, and they were the last addition they added before the actual release. So they are the first real "legend" broken class released.

Not to mention the monopoly chief bandits had on zakum with meso explosion. Or the benefits of hermits and Onyx apples.

That isn't equality. Starting off in the same position and getting what you work for is equality. Also even if someone was so godly they only hit around 5-10k more damage than others; i find that damage a lot closer to equal than i do when i see people hitting 1m caps and others hitting 80-100ks.

You do realize you're only talking about...a less than what? 6-8 month period of the game? Compared to the 8 years it's been available. I want you to think about that real quick, the moment gachapon and 2x cards came out, including 2x drop which doubled meso output, even trippled at vikings considering the illbis drops, destroyed this fallacy of "fair play" you have developed. So to put it bluntly, you have essentially watch this game balloon into this monster and tolerated it, (we'll round up) for 7 years? As a beta player should be ashamed not proud.