Is Maplestory "Cheaper" then before?

Maplestory is a game.
I repeat: Maplestory is a game.

With that context, what exactly separates something that is "worth your time" from something that is not?
Different people are drawn to this game for a variety of reasons.
Some people play to feed their egos, some people play to "socialize", some people just love the math, etc, etc.
Whatever the reason, all purposes are, by definition, a waste of time.'

You claim you get to the "better parts of the contents [sic] faster", but I disagree.
What's "better" about Pink Bean? Cygnus?
Past their superficial appearances, they're the same damn thing as any other monster that moves.

The only thing killing faster accomplishes is enabling you to jump to the next monster earlier.
Once you're at that next monster, you're doing the same thing you did on the last monster.

Why don't you just keep whacking snails if you don't care about progression?