2014-05-04, 04:10 PM
For me? The reason why I just dropped maple was because I stopped having fun. It just ran dry.
It was around Unleashed, and I'm sure everyone remembers how horrid that patch was. Two attendance events ran at the same time (the ring and the actual killing of mobs). One offered a pretty decent ring. Another offered one of the only ways to obtain Unleashed coins. And the shop had some pretty lucrative rewards, so attendance was pretty much required if you wanted anything worth while. The problem? attendance hurt and it hurt bad. Everyday was just composed of:
1. Grab potion box from Gaga
2. Head to Temple of Time
3. Kill 300 mobs for around 15 minutes. Maps and by extension mobby maps were nearly impossible to come by in Scania
4. Hand in attendance and head back to Leafre
5. Afk for the remainder of the hour
6. Head back to Gaga and get a stamp for that day
7. Rinse and repeat for any additional character
This event spanned around 3 months. The whole summer was devoid of things to do, and yet it felt like a chore just to get on maple and preform these humdrum tasks. But the rewards were worth it to me... at the time, at least. I had to stay on top of it, because if you missed a day (or three for the ring), you lost everything. So Nexon used that to inflate their population for that summer. So after Unleashed... I realized.
This game isn't fun. It wants to make you believe it's fun, by making you think you're accomplishing more than what you really are.
Bosses were buffed. People were (and still are) pimentos. Prices were ridiculous. I didn't have a job at the time, and NX is nearly a requirement to play. Glitches happened, and they happened in abundance. Nexon slinked to fix them, and it took a lot to get their attention. Hell, if I recall correctly, people were dropping like flies because of all the false banning going on. I tried to prolong my experience... but it just really wasn't worth it. The charm of maple had run dry for me, and mid RED... I just dropped it entirely. I'd achieved what I'd set out to do, anyway (which was to reach level 200 on the character I began with).
The point of any game is to have fun. If a game is more busy work than actual fun, then why even bother? I have my memories of what I enjoyed, and that's all I'll ever need.
It was around Unleashed, and I'm sure everyone remembers how horrid that patch was. Two attendance events ran at the same time (the ring and the actual killing of mobs). One offered a pretty decent ring. Another offered one of the only ways to obtain Unleashed coins. And the shop had some pretty lucrative rewards, so attendance was pretty much required if you wanted anything worth while. The problem? attendance hurt and it hurt bad. Everyday was just composed of:
1. Grab potion box from Gaga
2. Head to Temple of Time
3. Kill 300 mobs for around 15 minutes. Maps and by extension mobby maps were nearly impossible to come by in Scania
4. Hand in attendance and head back to Leafre
5. Afk for the remainder of the hour
6. Head back to Gaga and get a stamp for that day
7. Rinse and repeat for any additional character
This event spanned around 3 months. The whole summer was devoid of things to do, and yet it felt like a chore just to get on maple and preform these humdrum tasks. But the rewards were worth it to me... at the time, at least. I had to stay on top of it, because if you missed a day (or three for the ring), you lost everything. So Nexon used that to inflate their population for that summer. So after Unleashed... I realized.
This game isn't fun. It wants to make you believe it's fun, by making you think you're accomplishing more than what you really are.
Bosses were buffed. People were (and still are) pimentos. Prices were ridiculous. I didn't have a job at the time, and NX is nearly a requirement to play. Glitches happened, and they happened in abundance. Nexon slinked to fix them, and it took a lot to get their attention. Hell, if I recall correctly, people were dropping like flies because of all the false banning going on. I tried to prolong my experience... but it just really wasn't worth it. The charm of maple had run dry for me, and mid RED... I just dropped it entirely. I'd achieved what I'd set out to do, anyway (which was to reach level 200 on the character I began with).
The point of any game is to have fun. If a game is more busy work than actual fun, then why even bother? I have my memories of what I enjoyed, and that's all I'll ever need.