Define the present of MapleStory in 1 sentence.

I'll go first.

Bad form of meditation that requires the focus of the vision on numbers, with the hope that god turns up and things change.

Heh. I can do it in one word: boring.

Repetitive

For a veteran I must agree with Sapta, boring is the best pick. Or perhaps empty.

Too damage centered.

Power creep.

Kill 200 monsters everyday for 30 days before quitting and doing it again later.

'Unable to connect to the game server. Please try again later'.

Not actually that bad.

How did no one mentioned this yet:

You pay to win the game.

How did no one mentioned this yet: You pay to win the game.

Nexon is the only winner in this situation.

MapleStory is a world secretly run by vampires which feed off your life force and expect you to pay them to do it.

for me, maplestory is as fun today as it was when i started in june 2005 lol

What an easy answer.

Pay2win

i need only one word, but i'll use another for emphasis.

absolutely disgusting.

50% free, but you pay for the rest.

1% free, but you pay for the other 99%.

Fixed that for you.

Theoretically speaking, you can consider this to be a game.

"You have been banned by the GM POLICE for ~insert whatever bull pomegranate reason here~. Happy mapling"

Too rich for my blood.