The Maple Story Part 3:Conclusion

Edit: It's best if you see my 2 posts first:
Part 1
Part 2

It's been a while since I wrote in my good blog. So too make it up, I'm going to start it off with a bang. Maplestory. An online MMMORPG. You heard me rant about the basics of how crippled it can be, and you heard me talk about my whole story and how it ended. So why am I talked about it again? Because I can't get over the shock of how it can be so messed up! A month ago I logged in too see if anything changed, not much has. Now that I have the time and patience, I'm going to sit down and talk about almost every pro and con I can think of for this game.

PROS:

Maplestory really stand out from the crowd of other MMORPG's, because it's 2D. People would actually quit if It was turned 3d. That what make's Maplestory so creative. You can choose from several different server's, so you have a variety. There is a maximum of 3 mapler's you can make in each servers, but can make more later. You get given all sorts of equips to help boost your stats on your character. There's heaps of items you can use to customize your character, and rarely there is 2 characters that are the same equiped. Using real money you can buy NX-Exclusive items, like clothing, which adds more customization. Maplestory has a unique economy. Mapler's who are more rich than other's run the market, by using these convienent merchants which sell their crap. People can buy these items that they buy using Mesos, the game's currency. You can hunt a huge variety of monsters, each drop equips, more mesos, etc. You have a buddy list, in which you can add other mapler's and be your friend, in which you can talk to anytime, so if your feeling lonely, you always got someone to talk too. There is definantly alot of people out there who are nice, and can back you up if you need anything. Maplestory has a huge map, with several different locations that you can visit, so their is ALOT of area's you can explore. There is also a large variety of quest's that can always keep you busy, and i mean ALOT of quests. Alot of MMO's take place in medival times, but Maplestory seems to take place in modern day 2010. There's all these machine's and stuff, and it's kind of cool. The music is quite well done, and it fits the mood in the game perfectly. You can go up too Level 200, which take's alot of patience and effort, but is redeeming and satisfying.

Cons: I know it's an MMORPG, but it seems as if Maplestory faces a overpopulation problem. In popular server's, like Scania, there's a total of 19 channels, that may seem like alot, but it isn't. It's INSANE how many people there are, it can even crash your computer or the server itself(Trust me, it happened). It would be nice if Nexon could add more channels to some of the server's, but NO, of course not. Like almost every MMORPG, there is alot of training, and it gets old quick. When your training in a popular training area, like Mysterious Path 3, you gotta keep chancing channels until you find one that is avalilible. When you do, you can get your monster kills stealed by some other motherf****ing jackass who is deliberatly trying to be a f****ing little piece of dog s****!!! I know I'm digging into the same subject, but it really is a problem! Sometimes you run out of potions, you go back to get your crap, and you come back and someone took your channel! THAT IS SO F****ING CHEAP. If it's a popular training spot, why can't they make it a mini dungeon, where you have your own little training area that no one else can invade!

YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE SUCKS? Nexon seems to go through all these server maintenance's that disrupt your gameplay, to fix up their own bullshit mistake's they made! Sometimes it last's for like 8 hours, and then they close it down again and ROLL YOU BACK. Now back then, rollbacks were very rare and special, but it happens all the time now, you can even get rolled back and lose all your mesos and go back by a level! Nexon always says "We are sorry for the inconvienance", and say they will make up for the damage, but some time's they DONT. They always try to act nice when saying a server maintenance or rollback happens, but I wouldnt be surprised if their message was THIS:

Dear Mapler's,

All server's are going through a maintenance for 8 hours. We won't fix our mistake's we did, or make up for the lost of items. You just been Nexon'd. Buy NX today at your local store today!

Now go F*** yourself

~Nexon

F***ing assholes. It seem's as if Nexon is a greedy company. They always overprice all this unessessary bull. Like, there is this item that protects your items from destorying for 19$, in REAL MONEY. I'm dead serious. All the item's seem pricy, but it last's for only 90 days, if you have enough, you can buy it permanently for double the price. Just...WHY?! Why so much money wasting? It's a game. AGAIN, ITS A F****ING GAME!! WHY DO THEY HAVE TO BE SUCH GREEDY HOGS? The community is out of control. There is alot of scammers, hackers, and trolls out there these days. You really got buckle down and deal with these assholes, your gonna have to alot. Being that it's a 2D game, there has to be alot of jumping, and there is. There's these "jump quests", and your jumping has to be dead on, or else you will fall down,down,down. The game's currency is mesos, and it is absolutly vital to the game. You use it too buy stuff from other users, but also for potions. If you get hacked or scammed or something, you lose your mesos, and if you dont have any pots at all, you are completly screwed, your better off begging for mesos like a little brat. If your character isn't well built, you will struggle later on with the game. As level's go on, you become stronger, HOWEVER, leveling will be more painfull, and it may take days, maybe weeks, hell maybe months! Back then leveling was a more spectacular mess, so I guess we have it easy now. I criticize some of the Party Quest's, some of them take a longggg time to finish, and you dont get the apropiate ammount of EXP, and too get the certain item for it, you gotta keep doing the PQ over and over, maybe even 50 times. Another problem is being disconnected at random. If your in a boss battle, it can really be a problem, AND YOU DONT GET ALL YOUR POTIONS BACK THAT YOU WASTED ON THAT BULLSHIT. The quests get annoying as hell, like "Get 999 Kill 300 blah blah blah", and when you finish it its like "f*** you this is all you get for doing all that shit". Don't forget, its a huge file, at 2GB.

Conclusion: Look, I know I was digging really deep into the con's, but it really is a mess. For all you mapler's out there who feel pissed at me, go ahead. But i'm sorry, if a game is messed up, it's messed up. There is redeeming factor's though, but it all comes down to a mixed opinion game. What it all come's down too, is a good game, but holy shit is it messed up. Now don't get me wrong, I love Maplestory most of the time, but the problem is NEXON. They messed it up. They need to find a way to redeem themself of all the hell they put us through. If you want, give maplestory a try, see if you like it or not, if you dont, then don't play it. I feel bad for getting mad about a GAME, let alone make a f****ing blog post about it for the world to see. Whatever...summer is coming to an end...and I'll find something else to do then playing this game. That is my conclusion, The toast signing out.

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