What Happened to MapleStory?
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2017
- I was absolutely addicted to MapleStory back in its hay day, unfortunately after checking back on the game, it definitely doesn't carry the same weight it used to.
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MapleStory - Timeless B
MapleStory - Time Temple Memory Lane
MapleStory - Cygnus Garden
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Totally agree, this game was my childhood basically and interacting with people and grinding levels for days was just the best.. I remember joining Maplestory maybe around before dual bladers roughly came out as I cant remember as well. Still haven't played it in like a year but its probably the same today like you said with the emptiness and just not seeing many people to interact with, it just isnt the same. That was one of the reasons why I quit a while ago, new updates are cool but its not as fun and personally a bit too many classes (which isnt a bad thing). I liked playing new characters but I was the type to get them high level even though they weren't really high lol but you get the point. A bit too many classes came out it was pointless to continue on. I dont even remember half the classes now that came out except like the main heroes or whatever they are called its been too long. My main was like a Dark Knight which no one would pick now but idk you never know. The new classes are unique but too easy to level up. Best memories personally were PQ's, music to remember forever, and the great people I met!
I remember when the Dual Bladers came, us Bandit mains had a rivalry with them as they shared a pretty similar skill set :) But yeah, I agree with you, the overloading of content, while it was good one the one hand, the massive expansion really emptied the servers, hollowing the world as whole.
ahh, I joined a couple months before Aran released
I've complained about wanting the old maplestory back so many times, they should do something like Oldschool Runescape
I had the same experience as you Man! I remember staying up really late training and playing with friends that I became really close with. It was a huge part of my life. It stopped being fun when it became so easy to level up and the party quests essentially was wiped out. I agree with you with the wasteland comments.
Umadbro same dood, but it seems the second maplestory will be far more team focused, like early ms!
I've been playing since beta and am still playing now. The game hasn't changed focus that much, its dwindling population isn't the cause, it's the effect. The lack of interactive elements isn't something that was changed by choice, it was changed because the population is less so to keep the game playable they needed more solo elements rather than requiring a party for everything. The cause is most likely rooted into the fact that less people have less time to play these types of games, and this video completely misses that.
I remember Mapling when the cash shop didn't even work yet. Man...how I miss those days...the sign in screen with the wooden signpost next to a tree, the days when there was only Warrior, Mage, Thief, and Bowman...dang...
I still remember the times where I’d party up with my maple buddies and slack at henesys, travel around, visit new places like aquaroad, el nath, oh and spamming health potions and praying not to die just to get to Showa town to get a bathrobe! Maple nowadays is just, different. Feels more like a single player game. I miss those days :’(
"level'ing to lv 30 took weeks maybe months." It took me years lmaooo
J0Mamma Really? J0Mamma Really? Lol I can totally see that being the case if you were more into socializing or were getting ks’d out of maps. It did take me from 2005 to 2008 to get to like Lv. 52 haha
Not even just socializing I was very young at the time so I didn't understand how training and exp worked like I was in the first grade lmao, on top of that I made a new class every week because I would give up.
Hahaha I feel you! My older cousins had all kinds of cool skills and high lvl characters, but it took me years to get to 30 xd and like you, I had a million characters because I just kept giving up haha.
Took me years to reach level 30 too, started playing maple again yesterday evening and took me literally 2 hours. Monsters arent a thread anymore! I remember not being able to walk from Kerning City to Sleepywoods because of the Ligators that were way to strong for me. I remember to take on 1 enemy at a time when grinding. Now its all flashy animations but I fought a "boss" today that took 3 hits! The game used to be hard and grindy but now its just easy and grindy. Honestly Im sad about it
@@GreenSnowleaf There's this very small tiny tiny little voice in my heart that wants me to play the game again just for fun, but i know its not the same anymore.
2006 that's when beginners died to snails and mushrooms!!!
2006 that's when beginners accidentally take the black taxi and get stuck in Sleepywood forever.
MacSplicer oh right hahaha with a 15k tab to hell!!!
oh god... i spend days trying to get out of there.. begging people to clear the way ..
I had to make a new account lmao.
MacSplicer OH MY GOD THAT WAS EXACTLY ME!!
I miss the old ludi and kerning city pqs ..
This game was amazing back when it first came out. Leveling up was a journey to say the least lol. I rememeber i quit playing around my freshman year of high school. I sometimes wonder what my friends i met in the game are up to these days. I hope they're well. Good times.
Omg.... the nostalgia is coming back, I still remember playing with my two older bros back when I was like 8 years old and they introduced me to maplestory. I remember all the mmvs and bangstory episodes on youtube I used to watch fuckk... and the times my lvl 100 hermit bro would bring me around places like showa town when I was just a lvl 30 ice lightning mage... good times
lol Tiger, haven't played this game in about 11 years but I have very fond memories of it...
Just around when I started as well, fun times!
The game is a SOLO STORY now, i made 9 characters, leveled them up up to 150 and 2 of them are 200 and 185 i added just 3 persons in that time to the BL, theres no such thing as a community in the game anymore.
Its sad really :/
Pretty much.. people say Maplestory back then was the good ole days just because all the characters weren't OP and had cluster fuck skills but really it was the community and interaction that made it so fun
Maybe stop being an unsociable person then? Maybe try playing on Reboot. Maybe try joining a guild. It's not the way you see it
I'd honestly agree with them, the game in general is less social now even if I initiate convo people, it isn't as easy to find friendly people nowadays. The old servers are now full of elitist veteran pricks (which is hard to say, being the veteran that I am) that really don't care about anyone outside their small circles. I made tons of friends and lost them then made friends again and lost them all throughout middle school and highschool. Eventually most of us lost contact because we all got too busy with our lives during and after high school. I quit because I wasn't willing to start over even after Reboot came after all the work I made for years. I lost too many friends but made great memories, my old guild that went strong for about 5-7 years before it broke apart, not as much free time as before with a job and studies, the old servers became too p2w, and i eventually lost interest. I've been making my move towards MS2 though now that it's and while it is nowhere the same game as MS1, just in title, I just hope to be part of a community once more.
@@Aeixxis even playing on reboot it is heavily different from original maplestory I have went back multiple times and its not anywhere near as social. I had friends on maplestory that i was closer with than my actual family now to get a convo longer than a minute is a stretch. To say maplestory hasn't changed in terms of raw numbers and popularity would be a huge mistake as well considering they have been bleeding players for awhile. And dont even get me started on when they went full pay to win with the cubes and shit. Also im probably one of the few people who actually cares about this but when they said hey we are making those levels you spent years grinding into easily gotten in one day I personally was pissed. It was a huge middle finger to the community tbh.
Big reason why people dont socialise more in games nowadays is the existence of more social media, I used to rely on maplestory to chat to people online lol. And Habbo hotel
Also the fact that the map became huge and people would speed past the low levels, which we were able to enjoy to the fullest as noobs back in those days. I imagine we had more fun than the hardcore players who who would just grind in areas where only other hardcore players would be
as an OG mapler, i actually still like the current maplestory. imo it has a different charm than before, and i like the old and new for different reasons. however, i do agree about the social aspect. i get so sad and nostalgic thinking about all the friends i made back in the day, and it was inevitable because teamwork was needed for old maplestory. but now, everyone just kinda goes solo and does their own thing. :( also the empty free market is so saddening to see everytime i go there.
Tiger was my hero
Sebastian Martin He still is my hero lol. A true pioneer when it comes to old school MS. I remember rooting for him on the race to 200 when checking the leaderboards on the MS login page.
MacSplicer the nostalgia is truly intense. Being 11 and remembering how much of a profound impact this game had on me. I just discovered maple legends. You should try it...
I hope you enjoy finding out about the greatest who ever played my hero to
He's not even an American.
With his permission, here's Tiger:
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His real name is indeed Gavin.
He's not 4 people, not a 50 year old Asian.
He's an English bloke in his late 20s. Just an ordinary man with an impressionable tolerance for time.
The little conversation I had with him. His character was deleted by his then girlfriend (kittyz0r) and he could not dream of starting over again and completely cut off MapleStory. He's not played since 2008.
upd: kittyz0r had taken control over Tiger's account before people started to pass him. So whether or not he quit before he got deleted I don't know.
Paul O'Reilly wow, thank you so much... that man was my hero
Paul O'Reilly I hope kittyz0r knows she broke so many hearts if she indeed was the cause for Tiger’s disappearance ;(
Someone made a video of him leveling to 200 in 2 hours.... that’s why I haven’t returned...
Ik people say if they made an old school version it wouldnt last. Yeah ok..... thats why no one plays the fucking game now. It is stupid. Why would i want to play a game thats "online" alone. Another big thing is that you level so fast u cant enjoy the armor you would get every 10 levels lvl 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 etc armor. That made the game fun. Work for things vs. just getting the lvls so fast u dont enjoy anything.
Private servers
So you want the game to be as slow to level as the old days, even thou all the fun stuff start above level 200? I doubt you would play the game then either
@@lucasmusil1810 The return of Old School Runescape was very successful and still is more successful than the original EoC Runescape. I guess Nexon just doesn't see that they have tens-a few hundred thousand people that would love to have an Old School server with a few updates here and there.
someone leveled from level 10 to 200 in 20 minutes now lol
I'm trying to find an old 1x exp server with people. Man i miss the old maplestory. There used to be a ton of players, and it was so hard to level up. But even getting to level 30 was a great achievement. It was so fun. I'm sure many people like me would love to play an original server with 1 exp and no custom content.
Phoenix MapleStory is a good 1x 1x 1x server
haven't really played since circa 2010, but this video was pretty much spot on. the community was what kept me logging back in every day after elementary/middle school. after all my friends left, there was no fun. I played for a week sometime last year and got a character to 200, whereas throughout my 5 years of pre-bb my highest character was 71. good times though, definitely the golden era of the game back then imo
Theres a private server that just came out (dec 22 2018) with lot's of players, great community and non- vote or pay to win called old school maple. Made some great friends there, just like the good old days
I've always felt the same way about old maple and the new one, thats why i started playing mapleroyals. The community really reminds me of the old maple and the PQing is also very fun. Exp is not too high and not too low (×3.2 i think). This server got me hooked since the first time i logged in.
Maplestory back in 2006 for me was legit MSN but I can talk to people around the world lol
I miss the red/green slimes during Christmas. One of my first memories of the game.
I actually played it back in 2003 ~ 2004 when it was called maplestory global. Then I was blocked because I live in asia and maplesea came. Back in mapleglobal, the highest level was level 60~ wizard. I recalled selling "dark starlight", a super rare level 40 magician chest armor for like 300k+, and of cos back in the day in perion bottom right corner. Orbis wasn't even released by then.. Sleepywood was the final area and barlog was the highest boss. Can't recall if crimson barlog existed before orbis.
You remember the suana robes? Working gloves? Those super expensive throwing stars? That boss helmet everyone wanted? Good times lol
I miss the 2006 maplestory so much!!!
I can cope with the reformed MapleStory now a days however I mostly stick within the private server side. Here's a list of all the things I loved about the old MS (I played the Europe version).
- Kerning PQ (Probably the most nostalgic one on this list)
- Ludi PQ (Nothing but good memories from this)
- Boat to Orbis/Ludi/Ellinia (Those damn crogs! I also made a lot of friends here, station was always packed with people)
- Henesys PQ (I always had a knack for PQ's due to the social aspect and teamwork)
- Monster Carnival 1/2 (Probably the best idea for a PQ ever, lobby was always full and had to cc to stop the hardcore lag)
- La Tomatina/German Festival/Guy Fawkes event (Loved these events as a kid)
- Ghost Ship Sea of Fog PQ (Probably not as nostalgic as the others on the list however it was very engaging and fun)
There's probably more but the list would be very long.
Ill always miss the beginning of maplestory. So many memories and great times with good people
man i miss these days thank a lot for the nostalgia
Hit me right in the feels man! I stopped playing Maple simply because it was no longer community based and way back when I started playing I wasn't too into grinding I was more into making friends online and chatting it up with others. Now you can grind your way to the top and probably not even encounter a single player.
*raises one up in memory of the old days* ;)
Seriously, why do they keep calling this game MapleStory? It has nothing to do with it anymore. The Tittle is meaningless now. Instead of that, they should call the game DamageStory or FuckedUpStory now.
I started playing around when Ludi came out I played till after Big Bang came out and quit for awhile (Mainly because pc broke while moving and didn't really care to get it fixed, probably for the better considering how much I played)
I tried coming back several times since but never got the same feeling from it. Being gone for so long seems like there is so much more I don't really care to learn I just want to go find my map and run back and forth for 10 hours a day lol.
I still love the game it will always hold this special place in my heart and I am pretty excited about the Maplestory 2 announcement finally!
Currently as we speak I have come back to check it out again.
I remember my dad almost going max level while i was around 50. Then the game got updated to have more than 4 types of heroes and he went max faster than he did getting to where he was before the update. He was an ice/lighting wizard. I went fire
Back then MapleStory truly lived up to its namesake. It was YOUR story that you made with your own time on an MMO that felt like one big social media platform. I lost 100s of friends not playing this game.... The journeys I would take and milestones I would meet always kept me going and addicted.
PQ's. Sometimes you'd get people that dont know how to solve the puzzels that the pq had, you gotta type them instructions. oh man, good times.
this video makes me wanna cry i miss being young bruh
This brings back so many good memories. I wish they would make an old school server like all the other mmos are doing.
That would be nice for the old school crowd. I’m content leaving MapleStory in the past, as a fond memory :)
Aahh... these were the days, childhood nostalgia.from 2006-2009 was my playing days. 2009 was the year i quit, high school was beginning for me. Now im too busy trying figure out how to become my own boss lol.
While old school maplestory is nice, the Only thing it had going was the players interacting with one another. Slow grinding and such can only take a game so far, especially for one like Maplestory. Imo, new maplestory is better, though handled by nexon it is still fun to play and the little quests and events they have now are much better. However since the community is smaller than before, the most populated server is Reboot, channels normally have good amount of players but since maple is so huge with unnecessary maps, finding them can be tough. All you have to do is enjoy the game and make friends when they come. :p
There's no challenge anymore. There's no need to complete quests to level up. PQs were the best way to level and make friends. Now it's not a thing anymore. There's no satisfaction in leveling. It just doesn't cater to the old school maplers.
Yea, once the giant robot job came out I just got bored which led me to start playing lessors where you needed to practice combos by mashing buttons
EXACTLY!!!!!!! PLEASE NEXON OPEN A SERVER WITH OLD MAPLESTORY!!!!
Pre-pirate update, Maplestory was one of the best MMOs to have existed (even comparing it to the modern MMOs of today).
Not that the idea of the pirate class was bad, per se. It just heralded in the changes that utterly destroyed all value the franchise held.
That said, the pirate class kinda detracted from both the thief and bowman classes, as it more-or-less did the jobs of both with no downsides, so it harmed the delicate balance between the original 4 classes that the game was balanced around.
If Nexon had simply released the pirate update and everything that followed as a separate game or mode of Maplestory (essentially, if they had duplicated their software, updated that, and left a mirror of how the game was in the old days, only adding new NX items to the "classic" version) then Nexon would have quickly realized that the game everyone loved and gladly funneled copious amounts of money into wasn't the game they were making, but the game they already had made.
Moral of the story: They ruined perfection.
Though I never have played the old maplestory, there is one thing I can agree with you and that is the online game part of the game as it currently is sort of a thing that doesn't exist. Nobody really plays with each other in the at least 2 years i've spent in modern maplestory.
I loved everything about this game. I made more friends on here than in person. Had a lot of health problems so this was my sanctuary. When they made the PQ worthless and made leveling just grinding at lionheart castle the friendship and fun kind of died with it. I left and went to private servers, but it was full of leftists and run like a disorganized authoritarian government. I miss the good old days.
We should all just start playing again August 2022
honestly, well put!
Thanks!
:) i only played for the party quest in kettering or whatever the town was called it was so long ago
what a great video !!!
To be honest, maplestory has different versions for different regions of the world, so we only can see players from our own region, not the whole world :)
only 4 classes back then and everybody knew who tiger was. the best times!
The grind is what kept me there but the grind is from 200-250 now.
Didn't even know 250 was a thing ._.
Next year it’s going to be level 275.
I like maple story now as well, high damage numbers,way easier leveling, good revamps, more classes, link skills, tons of events, not pay to win. I agree that Nexon should make a old school maplestory server where everyone could remake their favorite old characters with the benefits of some player agreed updates, like how runescape did it.
Runeacape did it perfectly, keep the 2007 OSRS and make a new one.
1:20 OMG this old school website bring back memories... :'(
It was practically my home page back then ;)
Now we are going to fight the final boss on December.
The easier leveling is the main reason that I actually came back.
Maybe because I'm so introverted, I really enjoy the storylines.
Maple made my childhood so fun
i was a healer when i played i logged on and went to make a new character and they don't even have that character anymore i made it to bishop and now i dont even know where to begin on this new story. smh im so confused with all the new systems in place its maddening I miss the old maple :(
The only mistake maple made imo is that they made more servers instead of improving the old ones. The only one that I think was necessary was reboot, the rest are the same, but the fanbase is divided over them. This is the only thing that made the game worse. I still play on reboot with a new acc, but I only started it recently. So far I've only added 1 buddy, that was during the fairy quest line, where you find the missing kids. I think the game would be better if they removed some servers, and let active people copy the characters on those servers to any other server of their choosing. Except reboot, as that's it's own different game imo. That would be the first step to making it better.
My heart , my soul , my maplestory came to an end.
Adham200 , hero lvl 120.
In the past decade, I have jumped to many MMOs, but one that stands out is Trove whom I believe is the king of shooting itself on the foot.
An MMO thrives on moments of pause, where people come together and form bonds, guilds, families, hunting zones, but most importantly *spread stories like campfires of all their adventures*
If the MMO changes too much, those stories of how you hit for 10k on a creature is no longer worth telling. Many adventures become dull because of the game stirring too fast.
You no longer have time to settle down, only go on the race like everyone else until you get tired of it. You'll notice the new era after Big Bang nobody really has stories because... nothing ever stood still to matter for very long.
Big bang happened. Everyone too focus on dmg instead of getting the right role.
Leveling became too easy and people chose tk level instead of sitting down, taking a break from grind and talking to new ppl.
We used to enjoy every small bits of things like exploring etc..
I could find someone in the free market and jsut stsrt talking to them but now even the free market is empty :(
I totally agree. I grew up playing this until I officially quit in 2013 then made a few appearances in 2015. But I quit after 1 month of playing. It just felt lonely and quite boring. Of course I had my fair share of stupidity growing up and getting hacked or accidentally giving our info which resulted in losing $100+ in NX equipment. But around 2005-2010 felt like a golden age. Fast forward to 2017, Worlds are dying and Broa one of the original servers since 2005 has officially died. As a result everyone either quit or Moved servers
do you think they will eventually open OSMS? I heard they wanted to see how Blizzard will do with WoW Classic but is there a big possibility that it will finally happen ?
I always come once every few years just to remember the old good memories I had back I. 06/07 and realize how shit it is now
You're not going to find a crowded henesys, I'll admit. But the community is still thriving in most worlds. You just have to find a guild.
I hated those old days. Rarely ever got a party, got one maybe 2 times. Stuck in my 30's on my old warrior for the longest time. Although these days I do think things are too easy, but back then it was too hard. I did have fun when I did have a party though, remember tanking for a mage and one other :)
i was introduced into maple story in elementary school by some "friends". they made my account. some guy gave me millions of money because he was quitting and within a week all my money was gone. gee, i wonder what happened to it! Confronted them about it they said no, i knew it but tbh i didnt care. back to runescape 4 me!
Ya the thing about maplestory is that they have to much server and to much channels. Their is still quite a lot of people playing it but they are all spread out into many server and channels. Every time maplestory ask for a suggestion, I always put merge the servers. right now their is currently 3 severs that everyone is in. No matter their you go you will see someone. Those would me Scania, Bera, and Reboot. The moment maplestory suggest player transfer server everyone when to Bera since no one was allow in Windia or Scania. Even through windia is also down for the count. They also have a problem with party play honestly i dont get why they got rid of party play or map that allow player to join force to gind in them like lion heart castle or Knights. I know that people stay their that because those were some of the best spots. I still play the game in reboot, and you hop on the train since windia was down to hardly any players.
Remember those days. Actually downloading it right now. I guess im gonna be disapointed.
I played in 2010 when the dragon guy came out
i agree with u buddy sad times
There is a private server for oldschool maple players , well there are like 3 or 4 of them
Wow where does the animation at start come from?? Good video btw!
Daniel Huang It’s a really old commercial/trailer for when MapleStory Global was still in its infancy stages. There were a series of them back around 2004-2005.
Maplestory is one of those games that tried herion and didn't make it back...
Love it
I honestly don't miss playing Maplestory, it just wasn't my thing. It was a game that while yes, it has a community, but if it had these changes intergrated during that 2003 to 2007 period, I would've been playing Alot more!
The game was a hard sell for me as my first MMO that my brother wanted me to join in. It was a complete nightmare for me as the slow as Balls Gameplay and adjustment of Stats just simply did not gel with how I liked my games, I was already into Yugioh, and lived to get into Fighting games as I loved that fast-paced action. And while I love playing Rpgs, an MMO (especially with the slow rate of growth as Maplestory) only made me quit, just as I was getting to Level 30 with the Warrior Class.
Daniel Ramsey Was that the era you played in, 2003-2007?
I remmber when i was very young me and my older brother played i had a magican and he a thief i remmber we played for so long untill my brother has hit lvl70 (Former 3rd class lvl) we were so excited oh so so much what happend to maplestory where is the hardworking part dis days you can get lvl120 in a day ah... i miss those days i truely am
Nexon’s greed happened to maple
bro this game was so fun I used to play it so much with my brother had so much fun but now just looks weird and uninteresting
BTW anyone ever used to play dragons nest game was so much fun
old maple was fun because you had to work with other people to be successful.
The communities still exist. The focus is just on high levels now. You can solo it but thats not really ideal above 200. Been here since 2006. off and on of course and same account.
where be the islanders?
I still play to this day, and it is a dead land
Damn well said
Thanks!
I used to play maplestory a lot before, back when I would get on my computer and play this game, until I decide to quit this game due to how I never like how bad the updates.
Were! ever since they decide to nerf some of the best training spots due to hackers and kil stealer and oh boy! I always will remember how much of a pain they sure were!
Back when I was having a hard time trying to find a channel that didn't have no one playing! since I remember all of the channels would have a player in that same spot.
And would play on it but even when there wasn't a player in that same training, I got lucky but of course! some no for good all kill stealer joins just to steal that spot from me
Causing me having to waste time in order to get to a new empty channel! which it is even worst for me even with 2x exp also! which gets so annoying having to find a new channel.
For an empty training spot! but even I can agree how grindy the game sure was! which it can get so boring having to experience that slow and boring grind which will cause you to
Paid money to skip that slow and boring grind! well even though I didn't want to pay to for faster grind even when I'm one of those people that would get out of the house though.
Just so I can be outside! but of course! I remember how I came back to this game I believe in 2019 and I sure was shocked to see how dead the game looks! from seeing how not
Many people play this game anymore! which I remember years ago when I was still playing this game, I remember how so many people would still play this game! like damn I have
Been gone from this game for so many years! and came back this game just to see how empty the game is now! but at least I would remember my memories I have with this game
Back when I used to play this mmorpg game a lot even though I don't play mmorpg games anymore since I do see the mmorpg genre is just dying.
LMAO i totally forgot about the maple legend players
lol Tiger, I played on Bera so when FangBlade passed him and got to 200 first we all went apeshit. Also hilarious about all the controversy behind the Tiger account circulating everywhere.
This game will always be one of the best games that I've ever played. The social aspect of the game was like none other. But nexon just had to get greedy, they are the only company I hate more than EA.
Fangblade. Thats all.
They ruined the hermit class, which is why i quit.
I have played MapleStory m on my iphone it was a great game to play but they should’ve bring back the old maplestory game for mobile devices…….
Old school Maplestory was amazing....Allot of people quit when big bang came out and ruined the game...
so true
How about trying to play maplestory M?
No, but I looked it up and its certainly an interesting take on the game I suppose.
Who watched this in 2019?🤭
sadly, old maplers who enjoyed the community part is not feeding the game money. And games survive on money. New characters --> new maps --> new eq --> scroll new eq --> max level --> start new character --> $$$$$
I don't want to waste my time in a game full of hackers and solo grinding.
i remember millions of players back in december 2005! perion and henesys was crowded with ppl! leveling was kinda fun and exiting. (very hard!)
can we stop exaggerating about the leveling speed. It only took weeks to level to 30 (which i know you mentioned the casual aspect) if you played casually, if you played the grind game like we do now, 30 could easily be achieved within a matter of days.
I don't think I was exaggerating, at a casual pace of play (2-4 hours per day) it took my friends and I about two months to reach 30. But yeah, if all you do is train during those 2 to 4 hours, it'll probably take less time. But again, that isn't not the point I wanted to make. I was talking about how the rapid in-game progression took away the fun aspects of the casual MS scene.
days vs 30 mins....
it took me over a year to get to lvl 53, its not over exaggeration.
if you died a lot it would take you a long time however if you were straight grinding and not dying like we do now, it really didn't take as long as everyone says.
Even if you didn’t try to die as much, I don’t think you understand how difficult it truly was. There was no 2X you could buy, the equipment was trash and the exp rate was poor. Plus, it would take months because majority of players were between 10years of age to 16 at most juggling school, and games, and work. Nowadays it takes 30mins to and hour. If you were to even get to 30 within a week, you were considered godly. The most advanced equipment was working gloves and sauna robes and maybe ski’s at that time
big bang happened
Took me 1 month to get to lvl 30 back in the days with only grinding as Aran, now takes me 30 min to become lvl 30...
If that lol.
Single tear.
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pc quest, pc quest, loop. repeat.