This MMO SCAMMED its Players | MapleStory

I think the biggest appeal to maplestory is the near infinite character progress, the way they have set up stats, gear, character progression allows for infinite power creep and the ability to always make the next big boss.
That and the very unique art style which obviously works well in Korea as the cute astetic in korea is big.
They also have a Monopoly on their niche because the very thing that makes it appealing is also a reason to not switch to a new game.

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crazy ive probably burned thousands of dollars trying to get round glasses. just for it to be rigged? are we going to get $ compensated or just cubes? this is insane.

Stop giving this game your time and money. It’s as simple as that. They’ve shown their true colors long ago, yet we still have people that whine about this stuff while continuing to log in. These same people probably talk about “corporate greed” and the little man getting screwed by big corporations, yet they enable it.

Yeah I found this out wayyyyy before during the introduction to the star-force system. Consistently getting fails at "90% success", and booming a LOT with a "1.7%" or whatever low chace? Yeah, fuck these dudes. Ruined the game over a decade ago.

I have a lot of nostalgia for Maplestory but I will never play a Nexon game again, I hope they go bankrupt.

i've always hated Nexon/Maplestory ever since they did that "free haircut coupon" which butcherers your hair (i got the shaved head with a bald spot). And to get another haircut, you'd have to pay money for an item.... no thank you & goodbye.
Few decades later, i tried "Riders of Icarus" when it was early-in-development.... was fine, until they went pay2win & made "hard modes" which prettymuch required you to spend money on re-rolls to make your gear OP. Was fun, was artsy and nicelooking; but wasn't about to Whale my way for digital clout.
Pay2Win sucks sooo much.

so yeah, this kind of situation just shows how bad intentioned they were. lowering rates without telling the base. thats why they lost things every now and then

When it said this game scammed you, I instantly thought of the $100s I spent on cosmetics only to be temporary. 😡
I was a jr high kid. And I had to beg my parents to make me a PayPal account so can use could pay for stuff.

I like how you make content off of this game and would dare to talk bad about it.

Quitting the game right now.

Using cubes has never got my equip better. For me they are the same as those item pot itens, my pet gather them, I throw them away...

typical korean game devs. always predatory.

Now all the players need to do is actually boycott this life sapping, money leeching, dead game….. but no… the only thing the players think about when they hear news like this is “so that means I’ll have a free channel to grind 12 hours because ** is boycotting hehehe”

I remember when I was a teen , spending hundreds of NX cards on miracle cubes trying to get better stats on weapons...if only i knew.

Interesting... I knew the triple boss line was impossible. I spent thousands of NX attempting.

mmo gamers not knowing the meaning of "scam" lmao

Apart from the high level of time commitment the game expects from players, this is one of the many reasons I decided to pull the plug on continuing the game.

With so many content becoming cash-gated and when spending becomes an expected norm, you know something is seriously wrong. I’m seriously dumbfounded at such a move, to misuse and eventually forfeit the trust the remaining players have in the game

I remember it being 2005/2006 and the game being in beta. good times

I've been loving Maplestory since I came to the Netherlands in 2007. By the time, I couldn't speak any other languages except Korean and fortunately, it was the only game that helped me to adapt in the new environment that was far from my home country. Having Dutch friends to play the game together, and play soccer and so on.

I came regularly online to feel the nostalgic moments like most of players I reckon. It's really tragic to hear the news recently from Nexon to scam us, the players.

As of now, I lost my interest in playing Maplestory but I will still watch Coppersan's video.

Honestly, new leadership at Nexon Korea is badly needed. These same corporate suits with their hard-nosed attitude towards the playerbase, and the developers, especially Wonkie, all need to be dismissed and fired. We need leadership that is Gamer and Community friendly and developer leads that are willing to listen to the community.

Oof... It's hard to believe that a game with such an innocent appearance at the top is really so dirty under the cover. It is turning me away from getting back into it knowing that it will munch away at my bank account. Maple, why are you doing this?!

Wizet buy your game back and maket it legendary again 😢

This is the EXACT SAME REASON why I stopped spending money in the game and never looked back. When the permanent pets were first released, they made an event where you had to open boxes to get them. After the first few days they changed the rates, so pets were 10 times more difficult to get, without any notice to players. That day, I decided I would never give them money again until every item they sell for cash is cosmetic, and I've kept that promise

Why are we playing this game? WHY?

Lmao "this game scammed it's players" and it isn't even the first time, and you're still gonna play it. What a joke this game and community is. Would not be surprised if the "compensation" for this was clown make up and a wig.

Now im SURE, RNjesus has always been on my side 😂

shady harry potter lookin guy, you can literally see the smug look in his face.

Does any1 have any ideas how I can play Maplestory in VietNam, been hitting a dead end for weeks

Loot box mechanics are already a scam, even without RNG manipulation by the developer

Of course the creator of online gacha will try to make it even worse

If the game hates me then it shouldn't be surprised. i uninstalled it.

So bad

Imagine having one of the oldest surviving games in a "dying genre" and killing it because of greed T_T

Take me back to pre-CS Maple

bank account balancing purposes

Greedy Korean companies.

can't be scammed, if i don't purchase anything from nexon

One of the main reasons that I stopped playing this game because the potential crap made it P2W when the mechanic was first introduced several years ago. Then Nexon and Wizet pretty much made a lot boss fights near impossible to beat without cubing all of your gear. IMO, this was the beginning of the game's downfall.

The equipment customization seriously needs to be overhauled. I'm probably going to get a lot of flack for suggesting this, but it would be better if you can just enhance equipment with monster etc items that are near the level of whatever gear that you're upgrading. Etc drops for LVL 140 monsters can be used to upgrade 140 gear, or something like that. Every 100 items can enhance your gear by 1% of whatever stat that you want. At 4th job you can add 1 line; 5th job the second line; and at 6th job a 3rd line. Each line can be up to 10% for most stats. This'll probably be seen as a noob gameplay mechanic, but I think it's a lot better than the BS that they have going on now, and there's no way for Nexon to intentionally screw with hardcoded percentages of stats appearing while cubing/whatever.

still not as bad as MapleSEA which till date REFUSE to have a reboot server but doesn't allow you to play Global.
*yes you can play via VPN, but there will be delay. I have 10 gbps by Singtel and I still feel it.

thanks for telling me this, I am gonna be making a report on asiasoft too

Just STOP playing the game. It's really that Simple. Now don't get it twisted. Yes you can say just don't throw money on Nexon, but lets be honest your gonna spend at some point. NEXON KOREA 🐖

i love coppersan video maplestory, and this video. if anyone is interested I have some information on a similar issue with some other video games and companies if anybody is interested in giving it some attention and doing some videos or getting it to a news outlet.

Why would you cut away right before the level up? :(

Cool! i'll just stay playing FFXIV then, i really need to find more mmo's...does anyone have any reccomendations?

@coopersan what’s the software you use to play Maplestory remote

I knew i wasnt insane when i only get 3 lines ATT% on Matt classes and vice versa. :*(

Lmao this game is scamming people for more tn 10 years and you players just pretend nothing happens and try to ignore it and suck nx dk only because you like the way the game looks 💀 simping over a dead game

Compensation where 😢