I think it is about time for Maplestory to close down

This thought comes from my brain, as well as from my heart.

Nexon, we used to be tight. I know that there is still good in there because I have seen it but something is amiss. With several new updates around the corner the game must be better than ever but is it really? I think not. I am afraid that this entire enterprise has entered scam territory.

I suppose its only fair that I make the distinction between the game on the surface and what is underneath. The surface seems fine but I am concerned about the money eating pit that appears to have taken over. Players come in, get Nx cash then the maximum power level rises SOMEHOW which requires players to get more power and then the process is repeated. Waiting until people pour lots of time and maybe hundreds of dollars into achieving a high level of strength only to change up the game and render countless players efforts worthless is not cool.

If that was not enough then came the domination of the cube system. So not only have veterans from the early generations of Maple had their hard work trivialized (by easier leveling) but now the cost to be among the best is now heavily cash oriented.

Don't get me wrong, from a purely business perspective changes like those probably sound good. Perhaps it was always the plan for Maplestory to turn out this way but at some point (which I am not certain of) a line was crossed and the game became a "bad" thing on the inside. Yes games need to make cash and yes, profit is important but at what price? In my opinion, games exist to serve their customers or in this case their community. The minute, no the instant that a game puts the pursuit of grabbing cash above the customer then I believe that is when that game has failed. Its fine that an alternative was introduced with Reboot but one of the original unhealthy habit forming items remain untouched on standard worlds. Its true that customers are free to spend how they wish but all I am saying is that buyers should beware.

Maple has not 100% failed yet. However that is largely due to (perhaps) newer players because as I see it, the long time veterans have been let down and betrayed. I'm not saying its not good for business just that certain choices were made and the ones who took the biggest hits were the players who were the most loyal. Even still the cycle continues with new unaware people going in to replace the old ones like some kind of expendable fodder.

[video=youtube;KXOCzB35kFY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXOCzB35kFY[/video]

I believe that Maplestory is capable of being better than this. I would be lying if I said that having more characters and classes from Grandis was not nice but I place a higher priority on stopping what I consider to be a less than good influence for the larger game world. On the surface I would say that there is "technically" nothing wrong with the current Maplestory but I really would like something to be done about the potential cubes.

Finding out more about evil commander Will piques my interest as much as the next Zero fan but if a game of this nature cant make things right for its primary audience from long ago and is just going to keep producing disappointed people then maybe the time has arrived to shut it down.

stop complaining and go play on the reboot world.....