2013-10-07, 09:11 PM
For me, it is entirely a matter of having nothing else to do.
I hate Maple Story. I truly do. But when I was exposed to it back in Middle School, it corrupted a part of my soul, and now whenever other games fail me, that part of my soul pulls me back to Maple Story. And it doesn't help that there's ALWAYS something to do in Maple Story, because of all the grinding. There's still plenty of things I could do to improve my characters without spending money on the game!
I've given up on console/handheld games for various reasons. Vindictus is good until you get to the endgame, which I have on the three characters I could stand to play that far, then it falls apart. (Think Maple Story's endgame of pay2win in order, except that it's moreso the elitist community pushing you to get gear that good before they'll even let you into their party rather than the developers, although they certainly encourage it with certain bosses.) Elsword I latched myself onto for a while, but the direction the game has been taking in the korean version is downright horrible (Long story short: They're trying to make the game more like Maple Story! They even copied Potential! No, really!), and led to me quitting. (Plus, the NA host Kill3rCombo is downright terrible. Think Nexon NA is bad? HA! Try slow updates, the Stamina system kept in while all the other kMMOs get rid of theirs, not fixing well known glitches, skipping weekly maintenance, etc.) Diablo 3, well, it's more rewarding to use the Auction House than to actually farm gear right now. The expansion coming out next year shows promise though. And none of the other games interest me enough. And believe me, I've tried TONS of them.
So it all leads back to Maple Story. I refuse to spend money on the game, so I think you know how well THAT goes. The class I've chosen to main is Hero. For some reason, it took Wizet until RED to realize how horrible the whole skill books from bosses to unlock skills concept is. Advanced Combo Attack is the main source of Hero's damage. Yeah..... his damage is going to skyrocket after RED though, but that's not going to be for another two months. (GMS has been consistently 5 months behind KMS.)
Angelic Buster, my second favorite class? Also bad at Evolving World, the only viable leveling spot for 120+.....
Granted, Wizet IS slowly learning and trying to improve the game. (RED has tons of improvements. Bye bye horrible Skill Book system.) But no matter what they do, it will always be the same old boring grindfest that some of us just can't escape.
We are damned souls, eternally bound to this prison.....
I hate Maple Story. I truly do. But when I was exposed to it back in Middle School, it corrupted a part of my soul, and now whenever other games fail me, that part of my soul pulls me back to Maple Story. And it doesn't help that there's ALWAYS something to do in Maple Story, because of all the grinding. There's still plenty of things I could do to improve my characters without spending money on the game!
I've given up on console/handheld games for various reasons. Vindictus is good until you get to the endgame, which I have on the three characters I could stand to play that far, then it falls apart. (Think Maple Story's endgame of pay2win in order, except that it's moreso the elitist community pushing you to get gear that good before they'll even let you into their party rather than the developers, although they certainly encourage it with certain bosses.) Elsword I latched myself onto for a while, but the direction the game has been taking in the korean version is downright horrible (Long story short: They're trying to make the game more like Maple Story! They even copied Potential! No, really!), and led to me quitting. (Plus, the NA host Kill3rCombo is downright terrible. Think Nexon NA is bad? HA! Try slow updates, the Stamina system kept in while all the other kMMOs get rid of theirs, not fixing well known glitches, skipping weekly maintenance, etc.) Diablo 3, well, it's more rewarding to use the Auction House than to actually farm gear right now. The expansion coming out next year shows promise though. And none of the other games interest me enough. And believe me, I've tried TONS of them.
So it all leads back to Maple Story. I refuse to spend money on the game, so I think you know how well THAT goes. The class I've chosen to main is Hero. For some reason, it took Wizet until RED to realize how horrible the whole skill books from bosses to unlock skills concept is. Advanced Combo Attack is the main source of Hero's damage. Yeah..... his damage is going to skyrocket after RED though, but that's not going to be for another two months. (GMS has been consistently 5 months behind KMS.)
Angelic Buster, my second favorite class? Also bad at Evolving World, the only viable leveling spot for 120+.....
Granted, Wizet IS slowly learning and trying to improve the game. (RED has tons of improvements. Bye bye horrible Skill Book system.) But no matter what they do, it will always be the same old boring grindfest that some of us just can't escape.
We are damned souls, eternally bound to this prison.....