I once played Mapleroyals for a while in 2016 but stopped due to heavy school assignments and internships. There was no CPQ then, but many people participated in LPQ. A small number of people played OPQ (why so few compared with LPQ?) so I chose to do the Ludi Maze PQ. Anyway, I came back to Royals these days and found that very few people are doing PQ's now. I mean, not only OPQ and LPQ, but also CPQ1 and CPQ2. I assume CPQ's are the best way for new characters to level up. Or... there are no such "new users" now? I guess most people are leeching to get EXP. Grinding is also fun and nostalgic though, I still want to do some PQ's.
Been like this for a while now. Things have been bland and events continue to be more difficult to enjoy. I hope things lighten up for the summer lol. I don't want to be stuck at "at least they're doing something".
Bottom line is there are faster ways to level and end of the day I'm sure there's a lot of people who would rather just go grind instead of trying to organize a party for a PQ (or "party" heavy maps like deep ludi, despite buffs)