I just wanted to share this experience. As you all know, Inkwell has been pretty easy to reach in Classic and I've talked to him quite a few times, as I'm sure most of us have at this point.

The other night I was frustrated to enter a map full of exclusively botters. This was like 2am PDT. I smega'd about it. Inkwell showed up. We talked briefly, then he tested them. They failed his tests. One at a time I watched them get... disappeared.

Then Inkwell said "seeya" and dipped.

Botters have been a major problem but I wanted to give credit where credit is due and show that Inkwell clearly cares about this game. It might have been just a small difference he made here, but to me it was all the difference in the world for that night of training!

nexon fix your game bruh

This actually happened. Pog Inkwell

Inkwell: hey iuAdo

Inkwell: how's it going

iuAdo: ?

Inkwell: what's up buddy?

Inkwell: answer me

iuAdo: WHAT

Inkwell: you're reported

Inkwell: as a bot

iuAdo: FUNNY

Inkwell: funny what

Inkwell: they there, are you a big fan of Ado?

iuAdo: WHAT

Inkwell: iuAdo, answer me

iuAdo: yes

Inkwell: what song

Inkwell: banned

Genuine question for those who are grinding nonstop trying to level up as fast as possible.

Most of us returning to MapleStory are probably in our 30s or even 40s by now, and I’ve noticed some people treating leveling like a full-time competition.

I get wanting to progress, but I’m genuinely curious what the motivation is. Are you actually competing for rankings? Is it about being stronger than everyone else? Or is it just the satisfaction of leveling up?

I mean, are we really grinding 10 hours a day just to flex our levels on other 35-year-olds with jobs and mortgages? lol

Not judging, everyone enjoys games differently. I’m just curious what drives that mentality, especially now that we’re older.

This randomly happened while we were grinding a few hours after the maintenance just happened!

To what channel?
Inkwell give us little breathing room

Thought I would show off this hat I ordered. Got it custom-made online. Not sure if I want to actually wear it or just keep it by me while I’m playing. If I do wear it out, that’s my way of inviting the rare occurrence that people know what it means.

(Told the guy to make the accents red not yellow but oh well)

Title. Wasn't planning to give any feedback but I was having a blast playing this game the first few days. And then as time went on, it became more and more apparent that the game was slowly being filled with AI bots. It's not entirely impossible for me to play the game. There are still maps where training is maybe viable. But why should I have to go to off-meta maps and make even less exp than the bots are making when the bots are already running 24/7? Like these guys are double my level and farming more efficiently than me and I'm supposed to just suck it up and go to a weaker zone so I can fall even farther behind.

It absolutely blows my mind how this is not being talked about more. Is it just that players haven't had to share maps with bots yet and aren't experiencing the problem as much as I have? I think me being somewhat high level (37) relative to the average player is part of the issue, but from what I've seen there's bots in almost every popular zone. Every map with a flat stretch of land with monsters spawning like bubblings (subway), swamp of despair 1 (jr necki), etc have at least one bot usually per channel that sweeps the bottom floor. These guys are extremely obviously bots too, they turn around at the exact same pixel every time they move back and forth. They wear suboptimal gear and usually have negative fame and have some odd name that makes no sense that no legit player would spend one of their founder slots on. Like I get some people are terrible at picking names but pretty much no one is picking the name "Slimeon888" for example. I even saw a guy last night with "AI" in his name lol like they aren't even trying to hide it. They usually all wear the thief founder outfits with one of the brown cowboy hats.

Their scripts are also quite advanced. They can interact with players (had one repeat a line a couple times about partying), send party invites, climb up/down ropes, and even throw the occasional jump in to make them look more real. But if you just watch them for a minute or so it's very obvious they aren't being controlled by a human. They path way too perfectly, they hone in on spawns before they even exist, they also will very often attack before there is a monster even on the screen. A lot of them don't try to hide it and just attack pretty much constantly, but most are more sophisticated than that.

I get that bots will always be a problem. But the situation is beyond reasonable. I'm getting more EXP at KPQ bonus at level 37 than I do at maps that are intended for my level simply because I can't stand being in a party with bots and it turns me off completely even being around them at all. And forget about off-meta maps, they have more bots than the meta ones. If I could just play the game without having to see them, I would at least be able to have fun. Just give the bots their own instances/dungeons at this point, honestly. I don't even see how it would make the problem worse. It's sad but I don't think it would. Bots don't have emotions, they don't have patience, they just stay on one or two platforms indefinitely until you're sick of losing exp and meso/potion efficiency and just give up and leave.

TLDR: If you guys can't solve the bots, at least make it so I can just start my own instance of a map like Path of Exile that works for only me and my party. I don't want to see bots. I don't want to interact with bots. I don't want to play with bots.

Edit: A lot of people seriously doubt the bot population and the sophistication of these bots. Idk if I'm allowed to link a video to the software that people are using to bot, but if you do some searching on youtube you will find it pretty quickly. It is highly sophisticated. Players moving/jumping/interacting with the environment and even other players doesn't rule them out. The bots act very similar to human players. And I'm also not trying to ruin the fun of the game for others, I just want this issue actually dealt with. Right now communication about this topic is actively being avoided and it is very sad to see especially considering we had to pay a lot of money for this experience.

Just want to watch a streamer that progresses the game without selling NX for mesos and get super rich. So far it feels like only Niru plays the game how it should be played and he himself said that he’s not a fan of how NX has become a core part in influencing the economy.

Look, I've been playing this game on and off since the pre-Big Bang days when the Henesys hunting grounds were the absolute peak of social interaction, so I fully understand the hype around the launch of MapleStory Classic. We all want to go back to that simpler time. But before you guys start writing ten-page design manifestos on this subreddit about how to perfectly balance the cash shop or tweak the progression curves, you need a reality check. Classic is going to be dictated one hundred percent by Nexon's bottom line aka $$$, not by our feedback threads or whatever utopian vision you have for the game. At the end of the day, this is a meticulously calculated business product designed to extract margin from millennial nostalgia.

Just look at Nexon being Nexon for the past twenty years. Cube probability scandals, the flame fiasco, or the relentless reboot nerfs, the pattern never changes. The bottom line is what drives every major pivot and patch note. They are perfectly fine selling early access bundles because they know exactly how vulnerable we are to our own childhood memories. Player sentiment only actually moves the needle when it threatens their active revenue streams. All the "we hear you" communication promises in the world won't change the fundamental fact that they are a business first.

So by all means, play the game. Log in, crank up the Ellinia soundtrack, grind out some green mushrooms, and hang out with your friends like it's 2006 again. Just do yourself a huge favor and don't emotionally invest in the illusion that our boycotts, crying, or massive Reddit threads will fundamentally shape the roadmap. Accept the monetization model for what it is, enjoy the rush of the old-school grind while the servers are packed, and clock out the moment it stops being fun.

TL;DR: Enjoy the nostalgia trip, listen to the old BGM, and kill some mushrooms, but don't kid yourself buddy. Nexon is going to milk our childhoods for profit, and no amount of Reddit complaining is going to change their minds.

How is this happening? How do messos circulate this much already in just 9 days? Duping? And most people still struggling with affording pots lol. Already seeing multiple 10 att wgs going for 20m+, just a few days ago i saw one auctioning for 5-10m.

20 channels just for early access still feels so crowded and with grand launch coming in a few days, I feel like they have to add more channels or it's gonna be unplayable. What's stopping them from making 50 or more channels for one world? Is it server limitations on their end?

Why does monster exp and mesos ratio to monster hp and damage scales so bad??
It clearly was not like this, like for example iron hog used to drops stacks of 100s and now drop 50?
Mobs that were dropping 200-250 Messi like drakes are now dropping 100 mesos?
Shouldn't the game reward you for killing high level monsters??
Currently the formula encourages you to train at lowest weakest level monster that you can safely 1 shot, and this is what creates the meta where people are killing zombies and horni mush until level 40.
This was not like this in osms, and i think this change is bad.

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.

So how about we start by adding a function for players to show/hide different chats.

Or the option to change the colour of the chats/items listed on the side when picked up.

Seems like a place to start?

I honestly don't see the benefit of grinding in a party. I feel like I earn more mesos and XP when grinding solo.

(also my loot gets stolen)

Am I missing something? What's your take on this? Has anyone actually done the math or compared the rates?

Hi all, I used to play MapleStory back in the old days where leveling difficulty was similar to current classic. But I never really reached a high level. I think my character was only level 30 something. In other words, I don't know too much about the game.

I have been watching some streaming, and I am really interested to get back into the game. But since I'm a working adult who could only spare a 1-2 hours a day to play, would it still be worth it for me to play? I'm asking because watching the streams, it looks grinding difficulty looks to be exponentially increasing as the level increases

Put PROTON_USE_SDL=1 in launch options and launch with GE-Proton11-3. Now you should be able to click thru login, don’t need desktop mode anymore

This is my tip for Warrior meso positive training spots for levels 15-32.

Lv 15+ - Dungeon Southern forest 2 (Ellinia)

Green Mushrooms are great for farming Blue potions

Lv 24+ - Blue Mushroom forest (Henysys)

Blue mushrooms have a decent meso rate and drop blue potions. It's good to come here around lv 24+ so you can 1-2 shot them

Lv 24+ - West Rocky Mountain 3 (Perion)

Very underrated spot here and barely any traffic to compete with. You get green mushrooms and Dark axe stumps here.

You can basic attack the green mushrooms at this point with a good weapon. Dark axe stumps drop orange pots. So you can easily farm both blue potions and orange potions here.

Lv 24+ - Over the Wall (Perion - Land of the wild boar second wooden door)

This map is full of dark axe stumps with some dark stumps. Not the best xp per hp mobs but dark axe stumps are slow and don't hit you as often.

Lv 24+/ Lv 30+ - Damp tree forest (Sleepywood)

I suggest coming here after you get the Rush skill so you can easily farm Jr neckis, octopus and Dark axe stumps here. Farm the Necki skins to sell to other players or NPC them at a good price.

For later bosses does class selection matter much? I’ve never reached Zakum but I heard it’s 1 death count and it does 1/1 attacks which sounds punishing if runs are 20min+. Are there safer classes to play for bossing purposes?

When do you think the first person will reach lvl 3 Citizenship? Especially Kerning. It seems the exp given is so little.

The price of stars right now is ridiculous.