How many people are REALLY still playing Maplestory?

YES THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, LPQ WAS KILLED OFF BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO LIMIT, THAT'S THE EXACT REASON.

Now I know why you're the type of person to just pom my posts and not f`ucking comment, thank god you don't rather. LPQ and a lot of other PQ's lost their popularity for a few reasons, one being the rewards are now sh`it, when back then, a 60% scroll was worth something. I mean it couldn't be that LPQ was social kind of "raid" to rush you to level 50, which allowed you to enter el nath, WHICH YOU WERE DENIED ACCESS TOO, and they have no streamlined it to the point where everything before level 100 is a frekin blur.

Back when I played, limits made sense, so when a new boss came out, their "one of a kind" item wasn't as common as a snail shell, oh and it needed the maximum number of people. Why bother limited things like zakum, even horntail when half of the classes can frekin solo it, when their items are now replaced by hot time events, when their potential isn't even good?

Your entire explanation of why they need to be limited sounds more like a chore rather than "HEY AN ACTIVITY WE ALL (lolnoyou'resoloingit) ENJOY".

Limits allow a slow power creep for gear. Unfortunately $$ allows you to skip this entirely so it makes no difference in the end.