I've leveled at Teddies, Master Chronos, and FoG, and I've avoided GS2 like the plague. Now, even FoG is too crowded. Where do you train at 76? I'm a ranger, maxing arrow rain first. Squids seemed pretty meh with arrow rain max first. Can't even try out Wolf Spiders. I do not want to buy leech. Haven't tried Jr. Newties, but again, I'm maxing arrow rain. Captains/Kru are pretty trash spawn. Homunculus are ok, map layout is annoying because I have drag all the monsters to a side. Meh spawn. Death teddies were honestly ok.... Pain in the butt going back up the right side. Buffy spawn is pretty trash. I guess I'm basically complaining that there are only a few training spots which are packed. And similar level monsters either have trash map layouts or trash spawns.
If you're interested we can train together. I'm a level 75 priest, I've been going to GS5 recently. It's usually not as crowded as GS2.
I am actually surprised how 1000~2000 people make the server so overflowed. I used to think way in the past that each single server in EMS/GMS had 10.000 consistant players. So I'm wondering @Matt how many players before a second server?
My thought on solutions to Training locations. 1. Second Server I don't think a second server will solve it, it may divide the population and make both worlds feel emptier. You're just throwing money at the problem which might not even help MapleRoyals. 2. Make other training spots viable, maybe not better, but at least worth training at. Especially 70-120 Smaller maps getting minor buffs can make them pretty good almost instantly. (Like Maps in Magatia, and Herb Town.) Bigger maps getting buffed in spawn rates might see more leechers in those maps. (More mobs to kill with huge AoE means better leech.) Whether this is good or bad, is really up to the community or staff. This will make MapleRoyals feel unique, and reward players who know some out of the way spots. Or encourage interaction. Even Slight buffs, nowhere close to being good, may draw attention to them and reduce the strain on more popular maps. Obviously, those who are concerned about %exp an hour will never train here, but I'm just grinding casually, and I feel bad when I can't grind. This will open up way more spots to train at, as many spots as channels. Buffing drops of alternative spots or nerfing drop of popular spots may see a minor change. Maybe. 3. The other option to make people train at other spots is to nerf Ghost Ship and other popular training spots. Probably a bad idea. 4. I think opening up other channels is an ok solution, but probably not worth it. It'll allow a few more spots which will probably instantly fill up. 5. The other alternative is to try and get PQ's for the 3rd job grind. I never PQ'ed much, and I quit GMS pretty quickly after all the new classes were announced, so I don't have many suggestions. All of these solutions require more money, work and time. I do not expect anything, I just wish they could happen. EDIT: I do not assume that any of these solutions are easy, and I'm still grateful for what MapleRoyals is right now. EDIT 2: Changed wording of #1, also probably should post this in feedback
Thanks, but I've been training on other characters, because I dislike cc-ing to every channel and finding them full, when I wanted to play on my ranger. I just want to kill things at a decent rate, even if I get less exp, that's ok .
If you're not that bad at JQs then go through the CWK JQ in phantom forest and try grinding in the cavern of pain at lower ascent. Once you get mid 8x or even 9x try typhons even. Several maps IMO could use a buff. -- Lower Ascent needs at least double the mobs. -- Tornado Corridor and the other maps inside the hall of mastery need a boost as well. They used to be great grinding spots, currently they're lackluster. -- MP3 needs a buff. MP3 used to be the go-to place instead of gs2. -- Magatia mobs badly need a buff too. I used to grind here, and at Roids, in GMS. They were really good!
Oh god the jump quest. Maybe once I level, I'll try it out. Thanks for the suggestion. At this point, I'm just going to wait until my sleep schedule gets messed up (back to school) and then just play. Until then, I'll just get 5 other characters to 50.
