Is Maplestory "Cheaper" then before?

But you don't need godly damage. Erebus asks if he can get into boss runs without spending a lot of money, and you can. Except maybe Pink Bean and in the future (lol, pun) The Empress but those don't count for except for the 180+ players in the first place. And even then I am sure if you make good friends you can get in on Pink Bean runs even if your damage "sucks".

Then you effectively limit yourself to content that is 4 years old. Sure, you don't need to get good gear. You don't need to make the 4th job advancement. You don't need to scroll your equips. You can still train and clutter boss rooms.

Only reason this way of thinking is valid at all is because the game doesn't push you to reach level 200 or fight the endgame bosses at all. A lot of people seem to be content doing nothing but grinding at slow ass rates and killing Zak every now and then.