RayGun Wrote:i think many were hoping for classic maple with the ye olde content. however, reboot seems successful, server looks to be packed. 
Not to be a plantain, but anyone who expected that is oblivious to how things work. Did anyone really expect them to release a patch, that uses the same EXE and everything as the normal servers, that would reset everything back to the "good old days"? Plus, it's called "Reboot", not "Restart". Anyone who expected that set themselves up for disappointment and may even need to check their head for massive amounts of tinfoil.
The whole point of Reboot is to put everyone on equal footing. The only thing that isn't equal footing at this point is Pets being cash-only still. Other than that, it has accomplished its goal. Every character has to be a fresh start, because you cannot trade equipment (even storage wise, I tried on my Kanna and it doesn't let me). Every character can be geared without cash shop stuff. It was never the point to go back to the old days. The point was to stop whales (and the game itself) from making the game unenjoyable.
As someone who never played GMS seriously, I rather like this. I can finally play GMS without feeling like I'm strangling myself because I wasn't around during the glitching and bugging, and don't have 10.5 trillion mesos to buy whatever I want. I can't even cheat by buying gear through NX transactions, because I can't trade gear with another player. If I want gear, I have to get it. If I want to cube it, I have to kill mobs to get money to buy those cubes.
My only major problem with Reboot right now is that I think the cubes cost too much, but I might also not be grinding correctly. 24m for a cube seems high, especially considering how many cubes you have to buy to be able to have a chance at getting a good result. But it's still infinitely better than what we have on any other server. The server is also young, so it remains to be seen how much 24m is in the long run.
I'm also of the position that anyone who thinks the old days of Maple were even that good are looking at their memories, and not the game itself. Original Maple was garbage. You were just young and didn't know any better, and those memories filter out the bad and keep the good.