2018-09-19, 04:01 AM
Ok, this should be long, so 
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Korea have a diferent mindset than USA, or i more say East vs West, in East they value more hardwork and dedication to something, in this case, MapleStory is a game with a lot of grind, something that today's MMORPG doesn't have nearly as much, yet MapleStory still is full and now more than even Pre-bb.
I see how in KMS even the strongest players have to put a certain amount of effort to get things, a lot of times i see people cubing itens since there aren't that many perfect potential equip to buy as here(acessorys are all untradeable upon use), with a lot harder chance to tier up, there will be less people with unique itens, anyone with unique or legendary itens had to put effort, level is another exemple, as cheap you can make the road to 250 and now 275, there's no Kishin to nearly double your exp and making you get 240~~250 in even one week for a lot of cases.
Now more than ever Nexon Korea wants to do a fixed meta, so things like Gollux eqps or Sweetwater won't likely happen there, since they don't want to people to progress too fast and surely not make the past work of people too useless, making Maple more of a long journey to actually progress, but your progress actually pay off, since unlike GMS with constant changes, Korea stayed mostly the same since 2015, your effort have more value in a way and you certanly progress with hardwork, unlike in GMS where people can powerthrought levels and strenght due to hackers and other things, missing this journey of hardwork and making everyone euforic to progress fast and beat the latest boss, alongside the culture of Weast that is diferent from East make a game that you need put a lot of hardwork to progress so little in comparison to others boring or ilogic.
Korea, Japan and China are examples of this idea, and type of people who will conform more, which problably helps people enjoy a long game that rewards a times instead of quick rewards evertime you win or make yourself win.
The SoloStory also come from the perspective the people have living there and other things which i would rather discuss in other post(since might be too long or too much for 1 post at first glance
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That's not to say somethings could change in KMS, it's just they are trying so hard to balance everthing to almost make a sologame possible even, anything can break their balance, making things like Gree Potion change attack speed cap, easyer chance to tier up in GMS, hackers and other things that make impossible to any version to be 'balanced'' aside from KMS.
.Korea have a diferent mindset than USA, or i more say East vs West, in East they value more hardwork and dedication to something, in this case, MapleStory is a game with a lot of grind, something that today's MMORPG doesn't have nearly as much, yet MapleStory still is full and now more than even Pre-bb.
I see how in KMS even the strongest players have to put a certain amount of effort to get things, a lot of times i see people cubing itens since there aren't that many perfect potential equip to buy as here(acessorys are all untradeable upon use), with a lot harder chance to tier up, there will be less people with unique itens, anyone with unique or legendary itens had to put effort, level is another exemple, as cheap you can make the road to 250 and now 275, there's no Kishin to nearly double your exp and making you get 240~~250 in even one week for a lot of cases.
Now more than ever Nexon Korea wants to do a fixed meta, so things like Gollux eqps or Sweetwater won't likely happen there, since they don't want to people to progress too fast and surely not make the past work of people too useless, making Maple more of a long journey to actually progress, but your progress actually pay off, since unlike GMS with constant changes, Korea stayed mostly the same since 2015, your effort have more value in a way and you certanly progress with hardwork, unlike in GMS where people can powerthrought levels and strenght due to hackers and other things, missing this journey of hardwork and making everyone euforic to progress fast and beat the latest boss, alongside the culture of Weast that is diferent from East make a game that you need put a lot of hardwork to progress so little in comparison to others boring or ilogic.
Korea, Japan and China are examples of this idea, and type of people who will conform more, which problably helps people enjoy a long game that rewards a times instead of quick rewards evertime you win or make yourself win.
The SoloStory also come from the perspective the people have living there and other things which i would rather discuss in other post(since might be too long or too much for 1 post at first glance
).That's not to say somethings could change in KMS, it's just they are trying so hard to balance everthing to almost make a sologame possible even, anything can break their balance, making things like Gree Potion change attack speed cap, easyer chance to tier up in GMS, hackers and other things that make impossible to any version to be 'balanced'' aside from KMS.