WELL. I've seen some threads get shut down due to stuff. I will try be as straight to the point as possible. Before I begin I wanna get a couple things straight: I'm NOT against leeching entirely. I feel the state of leeching is BAD. Do not come here to go off-topic n shit please. Like, seriously. The purpose of this thread is to brainstorm. Not shitstorm. Brainstorm. This is my opinion and no1 has to agree with me, although I have a couple friends who do agree with me. Just saying. But, who I am but one of you, right? Anyways.. 1. I would like to see quest EXP get boosted to become a VIABLE method of leveling. 2. I would like to see maybe a custom QUEST LINE with 0 exp mobs involved but GOOD EXP reward. 3. I would like some sort of PARTY PLAY system (if at all it was possible). 4. Maybe there can be different levels of Dojo (one for EXP one for POINTS) that had a LEVEL range implemented (if this at all was possible). Note: I know with the incoming sauce things will change, but as it stands this is how I feel about things. Will have to wait and see how everything is when the new BBQ sauce comes but I still predict today's problems to largely be tomorrow's problems because people always find a way to do these things. F3. Some people have already told me otherwise, and people have tried to advise me on getting around it, and I appreciate it I really do. I still can't help but feel this way. I tried for a couple days to find people to grind with (I'm big on having a music playlist up and grinding to it, that's my fondest memory of all MMOs I've ever played). Everything was fine up until after WS. I soon found out that it became much harder to keep playing the way I was. It felt like everything became leech oriented. The list of things people offered me to do instead of trying to level along with my responses: Help lower level people - I do that, albeit not as often as I could, but my main focus is making the upper end smoother not the lower end, it's smooth enough at those levels. Go do other things - I do often try get into APQ runs (mostly fail though) and with incoming Dojo (my beloved!) I'd have another thing to occupy my time. I currently can't do the major bosses but reached 120 so will do Pap when I can, although that is limited. I'm not big on questing if I personally feel they will be useless, but useful quests I've more or less attempted! Go solo grind - I actually do solo grind sometimes, not as passionate about it as I am party grinding but with music it's not as boring. It can be very challenging at some stages if you haven't got a decent amount of funding (really slow to kill, or really low HP etc) but it is what it is. Also, I do often ask myself 'Did I opt for this Maple Story server just to be a recluse and do everything alone again like I did in other servers?' The reality is far from that thought but as I said grinding is a big thing for me and the thought of skipping through it at the levels I cared about most kinda hurt my soul. Go do some bossing - I'm not at the level where I can just waltz around and do any boss. When I get higher it won't really be an issue I'll try arrange some boss runs and with CWK incoming it's an incentive (I hope) for people to join together and attempt it. But even with bossing, there have been a couple instances (On DrK) where I've been refused because I was not what was wanted or my damage was thought to not be high enough. That's fair enough. But if people are going to be refused for lack of damage I don't see this being viable for people without the funds much. AGAIN it is my opinion and I am not trying to sway anyone into liking or disliking anything. I just want an open discussion of what else can be done to accommodate those who feel that there could be something in this topic, which I honestly believe there is. Thank you and no flame. Please, I beg.
I don't think it's possible unless the entire game is changed significantly. Stick it out until o2/o4. Grinding does surpass leeching around 140. I've never turned down anyone for boss runs nor have I really seen that happen. Don't join random smega shitfests, those are cancer.
I always like the idea nexon introduced with LHC (Lionheart castle). They made the mobs have high amounts of hp, spawn less but give tons more exp. This prevents bishops from just using genesis to kill the whole map, and rather pushes teams of people to work together to kill the monsters quickly and together. Even if its small, a little push towards making party grinding a good decision would be really helpful. especially for higher level (single target damage) players. There are plenty of unused maps to be used where you can change the values. That's just my 2 cents though.
Would be awesome to see something like party based map introduced to the game, some of my most fond memories on gms were training at lhc with a full party of friends chatting our lives away.
Even though those 300ATT+ items had flooded the servers at that time, I also have some of my best memories training with friends or simply meeting new people in full LHC parties. Setting up an efficient LHC party always felt great and you were rewarded for it with a good increase in %/hr compared to a 'normal' party. This is the sort of gameplay I am refering to and would love to see. Toned down and adjusted to MapleRoyals ofcourse.
Yea Party Play would be great to have around, so much fun was had meeting new people and grinding with each other. It was a magical journey going through levels with strangers! That's what the real adventure is about! The only thing that brings people together atm around my level (and higher levels I predict) is money (bossing). LF Party Play Dojo or something coz custom maps won't be a thing F3
id say make maps like the dungeons where only a certain lvl range can join 70-90 to prevent bishop leeching w/good spawn rate, and exp rates increase for more party members u have grinding in there
