Hey, I have been playing this game since i was in middle school. THOUSANDS of hours with a lot of off and on and restarting, but I never really understood the systems or how to optimize my build. A video like this is basically gold, because there are cryptic dark souls quests that are more straight forward and transparent than progressing in mushroom game as a newb/idiot.

2 years ago i tried to get my girlfriend to play. she made an aran, and got bored and quit during the tutorial scenes (0-20).

I returned to MapleStory a month ago after not playing for 15 years. This is what I would change; 1. Being able to skip the Story, but keep the Maple. Seriously, why do I have to sit through and spam "interact" on all these story missions I've already seen? Fighting Gloom and the story you're forced to sit through every time is so boring I was contemplating quitting right there. You need to be able to skip through the dialogue on missions after you've seen them once. 2. The Cash Shop being separated by the factions is stupid and very greedy. It's an integrity issue with this one, serves no purpose but to gouge the player base. 3. More UI customization. It's very outdated to have your skills locked to being displayed in the top right corner. Let me put them where I want them like Final Fantasy XIV. 4. Adding the NumPad on keyboard for Key Bindings. Having that extra space for buffs would be so beneficial to a lot of classes that have a mess of abilities across the keyboard. 5. The odds of enchantments and cubes needs to go up. Honestly, is Nexon just trying to piss me off with how pathetic the odds are for me to increase the grade of my items?

So how bout that AB revamp

just hit 258 =,=

I dont buy boxes because there is no pity system. I dont roll gacha or philo or any of that because there is no pity system. The lootbox mechanics in this game are severely outdated and many players are not into them anymore. My spending has severely decreased. Today i'm F2P and just buy things I want via auction house in reg server.

Tbh, unless you farm on main like crazy (multiple waps per day), its better to put less nodes (50+ boost skills spread on 3 or even 4 nodes, ~10-15 skill nodes depending of how important they are) and put more money. Mules will fund next mules. Get armors/acc on 6% stat and then dump free hard cubes from bosses into them, piece by piece.

i promise you that you are definitely not whining when you're simply just asking for qol things that are literally just the standard for all mmos and gachas now, idk how this game is still alive and still has so many archaic systems that people put up with

i just wish sea merge with global.

i kinda understand the expiration design because it encourages actually using the items to power up instead of massively hoarding. they dont want the optimal way to play the game be hoarding months of resources for one power spike every few months , especially when new players might feel incentivized to save their early game power spikes for late game gains and screw themselves

i quit when he said league of legend

I'm from Brasil, here the minimum wage is 1412 reais, the vac pet cost almost 550 reais + the monthly fee of 75 reais, it's insanity to buy it, if at least was permanent I would already have bought it, as for the boxes I 100% agree with you

Cannon master is A+ tier in KMS rn.

For this dreamer update, I invited a friend to try out the game since its the most rewarding it could be for new player. He was completely new to the MMO genre in general and especially Maplestory (Since he never even heard about it before), throughout the process of him playing I realized how unfriendly Maplestory is to a new player. Even though Tera Blink did a great job of pushing him to 200, it doesn't left any remarks of any of the game mechanics that it introduced for my friend. In addition, he was not able to recognize one of the most important main gaming loop for maplestory (leveling legion and making links) by himself so the only thing that he does everyday is to hop on do arcane daily, fight RA bosses (daily ones), do monster park and some minigame event then log off (the thing that I told him to do, not the game told him about them). The game fell into a stalemate after level 200 and does not give him any further instruction or give any effort dragging him closer to the main gaming loop. On top of that, the questing system in Maplestory is outdated. The quest can easily be skipped by just holding down one button so why would the quest tab so hard to navigate and to understand? Some of the quest description is just like "A did something bad and it might cause some problem" without showing a navigation arrow or any instruction in the description of the quest that show the player what they should do, how could a new player know where to go and which NPC to talk to if they never finished the quest before? Still on topic of questing, the newer quest (Arcane River, New Character story onwards) did fix some of the old problem by giving more instruction but they have the problem of not being consistent, sometime and somewhere in the middle of the questline, after my friend finished the quest it just cuts off, at least it should've give some direction toward where and who to talk to in order to accept the next quest in the questline (The most evident part is in vanishing journey questline, after our playable character fell down from those phoenix birds). Going into the detail of game mechanic, Maplestory has the same problem as every old-aged MMO has that is ton and ton of functions and game mechanic on top of each another. The problem that my friend is facing right now is "what I should do next", he didn't know about maple guide (Its undoubtable that Maple Guide is extremely helpful but the game does not give it much exposure to the player) so he can only do four RA bosses that was unlocked though the prequest that I show him. He didnt know which quest to unlock which boss nor where to accept them. In addition, the 5th job Matrix was extremely unfriendly alongside with the arcane symbol system, last time I checked he has like over 450 vanishing journey symbols just sitting in his use tab that he didn't use to increase his Arcane Power to help him training. Other than that, there are billions of other problem that were not as stand out as the mentioned problems above; I completely agrees with Duky for making a tutorial world to familiarize a new player to the game or to just rework the whole New Player Experience (or in this case: "create"; since Maplestory is astoundingly lacks of a proper tutorial). TL;DR: The questing system sucks, game doesn't give any effort showing new players the main game loop and a severe lack of tutorials.

I dont even interact with the cash shop cuz the lootbox sys tem

The issue with meso and drop gear is rates for items today are now accounting for max drop gear, thus without makes the rates tiny. Like why do i have 300% drop for 3x the drop value and nodes and sol erda drop once every hour, and fragments and symbols, every 2 hours… not if I’m at 0%, am i ever going to get those drop ? The other thing is, why are they capping these rates, there is no reason why my equips can roll over 200% meso in lines but max is 100%

Gacha system are just cash money making machine for companies so it is unlikely to change even for a half-dead game like maple. I would never spend even if there is pity, that is too much of a whale option which supports their current game and hence can't change. I only want to PAY for what I want to GET. Another point in this video was FOMO or time limited event which predates on player psychology. But in exchange it makes new player not feel like playing the game cause they already 'missed out'. I just joined GMS because I was asked to give it a try and I realised how little time I have left for the current event since I joined so late and all my 150 gears and going to expire soon. Except for a inflated level, I have nothing else to show for and hence once the item expires, I would probably be unable to do the content and thus leave the game. I agree that seasonal events are great but it should not severely impact the gameplay or gatekeep players. PS: for those for are telling me to do legion/link skills, I am playing because I like that class and has already committed time to it, I am not interested to spend whatever hours and would rather just play a better game. The system should give a much smaller buff for building up other classes as players should be trying other classes for their own curiosity/initiate rather than being be forced to do something.

revamp damien, lucid and will and remove dynamic rates

Yeah, why we dont just add baby easy mode to Elden Ring?

Going into this video I didn’t think I would agree with that much. After watching it I’m suprised on how well you hit the nail on the head with the issues. You mentioned quite literally my two biggest frustrations with the game. I HATE that stuff can expire. It’s crazy how much stress it adds every event where I’m micro managing when I claim rewards so that I can make sure I actually am gonna be able to use them. I also hate expirations when it comes to real money items. No cosmetics that are paid for with real money should just be able to straight up expire or make you front a cost to keep using them later down the line. There’s also the struggle of having to decide in the moment which character you want to claim event cosmetics on instead of being able to just claim them whenever you unlock them and then transfer them when you have a character outfit idea. The game would be legit so much less stressful and I would spend so much more if those two things got changed. Even right now I’m stuck deciding which characters I want all my damage skin rewards on and who I want to claim the pets on when really the game should just let you store the coupons/item permanently until you have someone/something you want to use it on. This video is good.

Maplestory pre lv.220 feels like one of the most boring single-player video games ever. You just hitting mobs for hours and hours. Especially if you're a new player who doesn't know how to utilize your exp pots/buffs/links/legion/runes. It's like chores or a second job rather than an exciting video game about adventurers. I'd even say that leveling from 160-200 is more boring than a post-arcane river. I invited my friends to play this game and most of them couldn't get past 200 because it was so boring. These are the same players that once played this game around Big Bang. Their main complaints are that this game lacks a party play element until you reach CRA, lomien. They miss Kerning City sewer PQ, and Monster Carnival PQ. There should be an alternative way to level up for people who don't like grinding. A well-designed party quest or theme dungeon that you can enjoy with your friends. Having to sink 60-100 hours to set up your account grinding ALONE just to start playing this game with your friends seems like a nightmare for new players.

Everything that have RNG in this game, not only that freak PSSB need to have pity system, for cubing need to have pity system like kms already, I mean for PSSB you don't need to have pity but give us the whole set and increase price a little bit, or even make those set to be able to buyout with nx within that time rotation, there a lot of ways to improve this and get win-win situations. For those random boxes, I still angry with previous Konosuba collabo, I mean I really love Konosuba but they split everything behind loot boxes, like you wanted full set and you need to roll 3 type of lootboxes to have chance to get "EACH PIECE" , what in the heck who design system like this, I'm ok with paid collabo items but not like this behind this splitting stupid lootboxes, like look I like your game and I love the collabo, and I willing to paid some $ to get it but not like this. In that Konosuba collabo period, let me speak about philo book, first thing first why the heck they put cosmetic items in the actual in-game functional item pool and not to mention, those pool so outdated I really hope for update like soon as possible, like epic CRA piece, I mean it useful, but its not worth the money spend at all at this date. and for last one for now I wish they implement QoL about potential reroll, to be able to choose what line I wanted and auto reroll those for me, like i have 3 stacks of mystical cubes and I wanted my item to tier up from rare to epic with my wanted 2L , to save the time and make less mistake. Edit: and please option to skip those arcane river,grandis story skip in burning world or whatever event world they going to release.

If they fixed the rng system i would be satisfied.

Fuck vac pets

Yeah expirable items are aids. This game forces things too much, I let them expire… most infuriating of all is event medal stats expire now which was not a thing before

Yeah i’ve been waiting for a vac pet sale for more than 6 months. Didn’t realise i needed one when I just came back to the game now I have no incentive to grind until I get one (lucky we got a free 30 day one right now). And also i had the same thing with getting a friend to play, he also quit at like 160.

I would pay more for none rng nx box

i would kill for permanent pets back, even if they aren’t vac :(

I think all the burns should be perm once you use instead of having a deadline to hit the end of a burn

The money milking aspect of tthis game lols

I would 100% spend money if I could guarantee vac pets and cosmetics I wanted!

Unfortunately for shade it's actually getting a huge nerf in its remaster(unless they notice it before release), km's must have forgotten about it HARD. attack speed buff is not passive anymore and alot with other changes they lose roughly 43% damage

my friend got into the game with me cause ive been hyping it up with this dreamer update but hes just not enjoying it due to alot of the things you said but also because the legion grind is just so boring to him. he also has no idea who to main and doesnt want to waste a hyperburn on it

The lack of permanent nx items/pets is very irritating. Who in their right mind wants to pay monthly to upkeep all the pets on 10+ mules. I would make more mules, but I dont want to buy more temporary pets for them. I can hardly keep track of my pets and their expiration dates as it is. Oh, and yes, the hyper rock crap is ridiculous. Either remove them or make them last a month. Another thing that is impossible to keep track of when you use multiple characters.

Ive got friends who quit before making it out of early game. And finally have some friends pushing through to mid game and theyre loving it. Theyre making money, fighting harder bosses, and slowly getting legion. Theyre enjoying it now. Its always when people are either hitting that first wall of CRA (vellum specifically) and not having enough meso to make proper gains, getting shafted by the usual rng of maple, they quit. But they also pick classes they dont enjoy or arent good without funding. Its tough man. And hell ive been there. I heavily agree with the Sand box server you mentioned and a starting increase to rates and a hyper burn. It truly would help people make it outta the early game. Oh, and mvp shouldnt be so fucking expensive to tier up and the rewards should be buffed ty. Oh. And the fomo of items expiring is fucking dumb.

Remove equipements boom chance? no progression is meh. negative progression is a total turn off for any casuals player away.

niru pt 2

Instead of granting hyperburns for free, I always felt that providing alternative leveling sources for early game would be better. For instance: The forgotten PQs should be reworked to provide tradeable (account only) EXP tickets instead of EXP rewards that can only be used by sub-200 players. Additionally, the Party Quest Set effects should be reworked entirely to give you cumulative meso and drop effects instead of just damage and party quest EXP boosts. That way you get an easier time leveling for new players that doesn't overtake powerleveling for those with higher Legion, a good foundation with meso and drop gear once new players reach level 200 that doesn't make them overpowered, and most importantly: an opportunity for new Maplestory players to interact with people early on and possibly make friends again. If there's one complaint I hear all the time about Maplestory, it'd be how lonely things feel when you start out.

Is there some sort of guide that tells us what items are good to start with as drop gear? Like is it worth making a legendary horntail pendant meso/drop before you can even get a chaos horntail pendant? Or are just making drop gear with whatever we are given and saving the better stuff as our damage gear? Will this method make early game bossing significantly harder?

My brother and a friend, two guys who had already played MS before, played for two weeks... then they got burnt out because they've wasted a ton of time on f-ing pre quests ????? why?... just ..why?? why do I have to make a whole questline just to be able TO TRY to beat a boss??..... they're gonna keep it forever? ok. then at least make this whole bunch of bullshit dialogs skippable or at least they run in your screen while you make the damn quest!!! they have the whole Grand Atheneaum system so you can replay some storylines, so why cant I skip it or even play along while the dialogs run in my screen? thats next level stupid shit

Ya when I returned to maple in 2022 I was shocked that they got rid of choosing anything in the cash shop to rotating stuff in randomized boxes. Although these boxes are perm, i liked being able to choose for 90 day temporary better lol...

you're so right lol. There should be set rates. I'm too lazy to make dropgear/meso gear when im just dailying.

I don’t think nexon cares about what cheaters have to say lol

I agree with everything you said 👍 good video mate. But the first one will like never happen 😢

Semi new player perspective here on all points. For reference, I started mid march. I'm currently 251 on Hayato/Path with 7k legion. TLDR; Add drop rates to sprout badge, give all accounts 1 vac pet perm purchase opp, I'm a skin whale who spends nothing here cause of shit SSBS system and locked storage, fuck the cash shop, fuck expiration especially. 1. I hard agree. At character select, you should get a test room that puts you in a small area like Tera Blink and lets you test at job 6. However, i think that would be detrimental to legion. 2. AGREE! They should either make the New Sprout beginner title thing that gives +starforce and +10% xp, also give equivalent to 5 line Meso/Drop gear. I do think overall, cubing for drop gear feels really bad and should just be flat out removed with just having all rates increased by that amount period. 3. I dont think I agree here unless you could delete and remake inwhich case this would function as a psuedo sandbox mode to try classes. 4. Vac Pet... I'm honestly, not sure how i'm going to play the game once it expires because its such a big quality of life improvement. It's so impactful and so important, I may give up on hayato after burning is over and only play explorers cause they have the biggest cash shop and thus it would be the most value. Picking my roster based on this feels REALLY bad though. There should also be 1 per account available for purchase, with no expiration. I also think you should be able to at the very least be able to pay to transfer it to a different cash shop. 5. Playing into the point above, part of the reason i dont participate in fashion story is because cash shops are locked. I'm someone with 1000+ skins on league, and 500+ variants on Marvel Snap and yet I've only spent maybe $30 here on fashion cause its locked and its random. If they made that "free" 11th box from a stack a selectable, they would get way more out of a player like me. 6. Just agree, i dont understand why we cant and it feels mandatory to spend that 5.2m or whatever whenever im making a new character. feels bad. 7. YUP. I don't understand expiring either. As a new player, from minar picnic and last event, i lost out sol erda frags because i didn't have a 260 (still dont) and they expired. I lost out on cubes/flames i had saved up because family stuff came up and didn't log in for a few days and all expired. From last event, 20 3x coupons expired because I don't have time to farm very often with fulltime job and school and wife/son. This i think is singlehandedly, the WORST part of maple especially when you consider that just about everything requires RNG.

I love Duky❤

the only cool function a hyper rock has which i like is interesting, if you have a saved map that no longer can be accessible anymore through normal means but is still in the game. the hyper rock will allow you to go to it some people exchange older maps and show them to other people as a form of historical tours of older parts of maple. i think its interesting. but other then that it doesnt serve much purpose anymore

Things expiring is 100% my biggest issue with this game. Maplestory honestly might be one of my favorite games EVER if not for that, but because of the extreme FOMO in the game...I can only play seasonally. ;<

half the maps wouldnt even exist if we could just teleport everywhere

I started about a week ago and I already want to kms