2011-10-24, 08:14 PM
SaptaZapta Wrote:Chairs in MapleStory serve the same function as jewelry, paintings, statuary, etc, in the real world.
They have some decorative value, but mostly serve the social function of showing off one's wealth, either in money (I could afford to buy this utterly useless item) or time (I could afford to participate in the pointless event that awarded this). This function is especially apparent since the change that made it possible to see all of another character's chairs.
That would be true if nexon had a one-time release deal where they would discontinue chairs
after a certain period.
But, that's not nexon...
The abyssal dragon chair used to be one of the rarest/most wanted chairs in the game and someone was
trying to sell one for weeks at $150. It finally sold for $75. *she even made a craigslist ad*
A few weeks later, nexon re-released the dragon chairs in gach and their prices quickly deflated.
You can see the same for the tiger skin chair where it used to be a symbol of someone who got 500
gachapon stamps during the event. It had a high status because who else would spend that much
nx for a chair let alone gachapon during the event?
Now nexon re-releases the tiger skin and this time, its tradable. =/
In a game like this, I wouldn't compare maplestory chairs to having a similar role of jewelry/paintings.