2013-06-24, 01:16 AM
Zerard Wrote:This is a personal gripe, so please forgive me for anything I may say, but that was another thing that I couldn't stand seeing- the selling of the drops from LHC mobs. Now, residing in Scania, LHC was full on all maps, all channels, 100% of the time. I wanted to see if the theme dungeon was doable on my Cannoneer. When I got to the quest that told me to collect 200 crockie helmets, I lost all hope. Parties were all over these maps, making it literally impossible to go any further. Then some days later, I start looking through the free market for... I forget what (maybe it was a mastery book), and what do I see. Helmets, selling for millions of mesos. This was, in my personal opinion, ridiculous. Why should someone like me, who simply wanted to complete the quest line, need to by monster loot to progress. This wasn't what Nexon Korea had originally intended; they didn't plan for LHC to remain a party play zone so players could take advantage of the questline and have other players at their mercy. No. The appeal of LHC for me was lost, as for that time, it was full of the brim with rude and inconsiderate players who didn't much care for anyone else but themselves. But imagine my surprise when I saw that LHC was being converted to it's intended state! Me, along with many others could finally complete the quest line to obtain a class specific mastery book and a nice looking medal (not necessarily my Cannoneer, but any character I choose).
Believe me, there are far better alternatives, like it's been said time and time again. Funfact: I got to level 190-200 on my Dark Knight by Evo World and Evo World alone. No Stronghold. No LHC. Ever.
I'm going to say that the market works as intended. People who are unable or unwilling to put in the time and effort to collect drops can spend some some mesos getting them instead. Similar to how I'm quite willing to pay people for Eyes of Fire, PB pre items, etc.
I don't know how it works in Scania, but in BelloNova it's ridiculously easy to get crocky helms even if you can't find a party. When I first started playing maple again, I got 200 crocky helms in ~10 mins through a combination of asking people training if they had any helms they could spare and just looting the helms that no one else bothers to pick up. The rest of the pre-quests took a while longer to do, but generally the rooms past crockies were pretty empty and solo-able if you were willing to put in the time.
I will miss being able to quickly level link mules to 70 or 120, but I think that overall, nerfing the exp at NLC/LHC to be more in line with the rest of the game makes the game "healthier".