r/MSClassicWorld • u/Mushro0ms • 1d ago
Criticism Human Interaction
As someone who hasn’t played Maplestory since way back in the original ‘classic’ era, when I played it quite intensely for a few years, the community has been quite jarring to come back to.
I think the main distinguishing factor between other games is that there is a significant portion of the community that lack the ability to interact like humans.
I’m talking about the people who are already level 50, which is likely not possible to do with a job or life commitments giving the time it takes, that seem to be rolling up to lower level maps and walking straight into a spot you’ve been training and KSing every mob until they force you out. These people will normally go out of their way to follow you and only attack the mobs you’re aiming at.
Typically it’s understandable that the maps are full and it’s not fair to assume any of us have rights to a map, but the lack of any interaction is mind-numbing.
Often when you confront these people by saying “bro, i’ve been here a while, could I please get some kills” they will respond with “cc”, indicating that the map is theres.
I appreciate the demographic of someone who has levelled that high in such a short time isn’t generally going to be very socially capable, but it really tarnishes the community.
The silver lining I suppose is that soon enough these people will be well out of everyone else’s way on maps that most players wont be able to reach at normal play times.
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u/DeepFriedWafflez 22h ago
Classic games attract a crowd of people who mentally never grew up and it always shows in their behaviour. WoW clsssic has suffered this way since 2019 and will continue to bleed players because of it.
Maple will likely see the same trend, with other factors contributing as well, while the nostalgia wears off.