Removing/Nerfing Onyx Apples-How would it effect the game?

This is an interesting discussion, but just out of curiosity: Is this idle speculation, philosophical "what if?" stuff, or based on some rumor about Nexon actually doing this?

Pretty sure it's a "What will happen"

Msea does just fine. Apples just make it easier and once people get used to something, they don't want to go back and peach and complain about it.

Maple + Real world examples

- People walked, now they drive. If you tell a person to walk, they peach
- People used to not have computers/TV and played outside. If you tell someone to go play outside, they peach
- 3rd jobbers who made it to 120+ without 4th job skills were able to do so. If you tell a 4th job person now to try using only 3rd job skills, they peach
- People were able to grind without x2. If you tell a person to not use x2, they peach

Many more examples can be imagined quite easily. And those examples and many others don't apply to everyone, just like how this apple situation doesn't apply to everyone. Apples make the game easier but they are not an essential part of the game.