The fatal flaw with the current business model.

Sure let's just give up and praise everything that's happened.
That will surely make things better for the game.

The point I'm making is what is the point? At some point everyone has to realize that the likelihood of Nexon changing their tune is slim to none. As [MENTION=2054]Eos[/MENTION]; said, how is everyone whining about it helping anything? The new bandwagon in MapleStory isn't a new class - it's "let's bash Nexon and create tons of useless threads coming up with illogical (and sometimes logical) options on how to fix MapleStory, which will inevitably end in off-topic arguments and be closed." Maybe everyone is in the "bargaining" stage of getting over the loss of MapleStory? Maybe some of us have just accepted that the writing has been on the wall for years, and short of a miracle, things aren't going to change in the way most players want them to.

I'm not talking about praising Nexon. I don't know where you got that from my post? It's obvious to anyone with eyes and a brain that the game is pay-to-win and there are plenty of blatant money grabs going on weekly. All that being said, nostalgia isn't going to help anyone (just look at ProjectOMS) and whatever arguments people are having (it's almost November) that have been going on since Unleashed are beaten to death. Every new topic is just beating a dead horse, and in turn, contributing the the morbid attitude in this game.

My main character is a level 150 Bishop in GAZED. I have several other characters past 100 and several below. I get the whole pay-to-win thing - I understand that you can't get end-game equipment or solo bosses without dropping some serious cash. That's not cool. But, honestly, pre-BB I could barely get past level 70. I played since beta and I still had fun - I still do have fun. As I've said I've played since 2005 and have spent around $400, maybe $425, since then on casual NX spending - maybe $10 at Easter, $25 at Christmas, and some here and there when I had some money left over, all throughout my teens. I haven't purchased NX since March of 2013 and I have almost all my Empress equips, not saying that's much, but they're good enough for me. I have some great friends I go on to talk to and boss or PQ with and I've been trying out some of the classes I've never played. I'm having fun, playing casually and whenever I feel like it.

Maybe one problem, out of many, is the mentality that a lot of players have now. Everyone has to be the best. Yes, the game is more NX based than it was and it certainly can be annoying...but I don't see how it stops people from playing the game. Competitively? Perhaps to a certain degree, but MapleStory has always been a grind fest that requires tons of time to get to high levels and take advantage of high level content. I guess at least now you can spend money to get there, whereas pre-BB you pretty much had to live on the computer, share your account with several other people in several different time zones, hack - or do all three. I don't know, maybe my view is incorrect? It's just how I see it.

I feel like a lot of the people here complaining about the game really don't play it anymore. I certainly was upset reading all these posts in August, but as I started getting back into the game this fall I realized it wasn't as bad as everyone is making it out to be, certainly not to the point where the game will be ending anytime soon. I'm not trying to downplay the issues that exist, but rather to point out that there are a lot of positives in this game and if you find the right group of people, spend some time socializing instead of playing 'SoloStory' then you might be surprised. I'd take 2013 GMS over beta or pre-BB any day of the week.