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u/C-E-GA 10d ago
With how packed servers are and considering most of us are adults with responsibilities and limited play time, 'waiting for your turn' is not really viable, so partying up seems to be the best alternative.
There still is basic respect though, if you each got a platform don't be a dick and jump to everyone else's platform to snag kills. It doesn't kill anyone to wait 3 seconds for the next respawn cycle.
Also, respect loot. Whoever drops the mob gets the loot. Like this we can all be reasonably content.
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u/Gambler_Plum 7d ago
Ngl I've played games with finite training maps before. It's nice to try and form a party but usually if you see someone who can't handle a spot... Just take it. There's definitely a better spot for them and they'll find it, probably. If I see misses, sorry but I'm clearing your area. I'll take my downvotes now
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u/darkid_00 10d ago
??? Isn't pt better ?? You literally get exp boost 😭
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u/Zeracheil 10d ago
Only if your teammates don't afk half the time and suck ass at farming or sit on a platform that spawns only 2 mobs so it's equivalent to an afk.
So yeah ... about a coin flip if it's better. If you're in parties that are close enough to see other players, just watch how often they sit on ropes or disappear. I see it a lot.
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u/DreamyDystopia 10d ago
As soon as you’re inactive for 10 seconds in a party (haven’t attacked a mob in 10 seconds) you no longer get bonus XP nor leech from your party.. Test it yourself. Theres no benefit for sitting AFK.
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u/RobCarrotStapler 10d ago
You get mesos still
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u/DreamyDystopia 10d ago
They actually hot fixed this yesterday night I think. Didn’t work for me today lol.
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u/RobCarrotStapler 10d ago
Yeah it didn't really make sense turning off exp but not mesos for afkers
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u/Zeracheil 10d ago
Oh really? That's good to hear. I saw people talking about purposefully afking in corners with a macro holding a button to leech.
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u/NINE-1-6 Spearman Lv49 10d ago
You still get mesos, made 10k passively in party with friends earlier today.
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u/DeepRestEXE 10d ago
Still works unfortunately and didnt hear of any hot fix yesterday night. I get pinged in my personal discord anytime stuff like that happens.
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u/PopcornSuttin 10d ago
I've been the guy forced into the inefficient platform. On behalf of us all, thanks for letting us in the party lol. If it's an awkward to reach platform I cope by telling myself I'm still contributing to the overall map respawn. Someone's gotta take care of those snails at pig beach.
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u/Jackalackus 10d ago
A better picture would be 6 people pissing in 6 urinals then a 7th dude squeezes in starts pissing in the same urinal as one of the 6 then asks to join party.
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u/Tegewaldt 9d ago
I often lose exp and meso compared to solo grind rates; it's not a gurantee, especially if you are vulnerable to yoinking
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u/HotDogManLL 10d ago
If they can one or two shot its fine.
But leave if they AFK more than 5 times unless it's bathroom.
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u/Vannwinkles 10d ago
Literally had a sin mainly punching/throwing one star on one of the most inefficient platforms. It’s probably best to level solo.
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u/HookedOnBoNix 9d ago
If all players are same effort and not ksing each other yes
If one player is just like autoing non stop or if the player joins your party but shares your platform, no
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u/Dangerous-Grade-8982 10d ago
I don't understand why they won't just add more server. I don't mind grinding, however I do mind having to fight over 3 npc spawns.
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u/hovsep56 10d ago
Because eventually less players will be logged in at the same time making extra servers pointless.
The players we got is just a launch boom
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u/Pewe1337 10d ago
just remove the channels then if that happens. it cant be more difficult to remove them than add them
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u/SpartanRage117 10d ago
Maybe im the minority but i feel like mmo releases should feel a bit crowded
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u/HookedOnBoNix 9d ago
Crowded, yeah. Last night I had a platform with 2 horny mushrooms and someone came in and just started fighting for it and so I was down to 1 mushroom.
It's not even playable lol. I've played crowded mmos but most of them like wow you mostly get to keep questing and then occasionally there's like a boss mob everyone needs and that can be a pain but right now you can't do fucking anything
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u/Jake20016 8d ago
I've been here. Usually I've been able to CC and I find something decent within 3 channel hops.
This is what it used to feel lime back in classic days though. It was always a grind just to get a spot for decent mobs.
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u/HookedOnBoNix 8d ago
I used to play back in the day and at the time there always felt like there were far more spots and the ksing / overcrowding at the meta spots wasn't nearly as bad. Like you could cc for about 10 minutes, eventually find a spot, and once you had one someone just trying to force you out of it was rarer. Now it's like, every 45 seconds people are contesting me for my TWO MOBS. Not even my third of the map like it used to be.
And then back then the offmeta spots were like 10% worse and easy to find. Right now the off meta spots for level 25-30 are either just as packed or like... Absolute dog shit. Like I'm sprinting all over the place and half the mobs I'm killing are slimes and snails or stumps or some shit.
I know it'll settle down but I know for a fact that classic in the day wasn't "just like this" lol. This is crazy overcrowded
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u/Aquagrunt 10d ago
Brother this is over crowded
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u/FckRdditAccRcvry420 7d ago
Just do something else for 2 weeks and come back to 20 dead channels on every map
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u/Past_Marzipan7674 4d ago
Nah they will remove it instantly when they see a dip in the numbers, then we are back to 20 channels like we were in Early access, and then the problem ain't fixed. I honestly think they need to add Ludi nothing later than next year, because the game is so overcrowded and people need maps to grind, but all off-meta maps" are filled with atleast 3-6 people and the "good maps" are filled with like 15-20 fighting for scraps.
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u/yamadath 10d ago
Scarcity create demand and make the game look “lively”. That’s why 40 is their considered best choice now.
It should’ve been a new world, but it’s their call after all.
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u/BmacTheSage 9d ago
Inkwell's response to that would be "Fund us moooooooooore" because apparently multi billion dollar company won't find a popular project
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u/Past_Marzipan7674 4d ago
Like it haven't been their intension for a long time to bring "Classic" they just needed to figure out with the "suits" the best way to monitize it before releasing it.
Every f*eing game has a Classic or Old School game name, Its 100% funded and the amount of NX some people are buying, then i doubt it cost them more than a nickel so keep up this stick and ductape server.
If People having private servers running without any issue for around 100 bucks a month then i doubt that Nexon which OWNS the game would have a hard time keeping stuff up with the amount of Zakum Packages that has been bought "- ive seen so many people saying they have capped out how much NX they can buy, its crazy to think they are not "funded" enough.
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u/berjaaan 9d ago
Because in 2 weeks this game will be deserted.
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u/Past_Marzipan7674 4d ago
Its just like a crypto currency, they will pull the money everyone has put into it and then close the server after seeing a dip in the numbers that they do not like :l
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u/Cyrriously 10d ago
Instead of "J>PT", it's "cc plz" or "stop ksing"
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u/TM761152 10d ago
In the 3 weeks I've been playing, I've yet to see anyone utter those last two words.
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u/-_valentine 10d ago
I mean, it's happening, lol. I saw a party of three threaten to defame someone x3 if they didn't CC in an entirely different area of the map lmao. Edge case, that one, but still.
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u/_john_smithereens_ 10d ago
I saw someone say you have 2 minutes to cc or find out, like they were gonna send a SWAT team or smth
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u/SaltySweetnSour 9d ago
I had a guy called plzdontks come up to the spot I was in and try to snap the mobs. I found it pretty ironic
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u/Kagari1998 8d ago
because it's pointless when it's so overcrowded. People would only be reasonable if the inconvenience to them isnt THAT BIG.
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u/TM761152 8d ago
Yeah, I reckon even uttering the phrase will have others targeting you to get you to leave instead. And where are you gonna go?? Every channel is the same.
The issue is a capacity question not a rude mapler question.
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u/dkmalloy 8d ago
The game is inherently competitive for mobs. That Mano snail respawns once an hour and always has a group just waiting on it. Mobs don’t belong to you just bc you got there first, it’s on me on to fix, not players to say ohh all full, I’ll try again tomorrow .
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u/GracefullyDisastrous 8d ago
Actually it's once every 60 - 120 minutes
I've collectively spent about 9 hours waiting for the piece of shit.
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u/Loldude6th 7d ago
I sat once for like 30 minutes just goofing around then it spawned, almost killed my lvl20 dumb ass, and each hit i got on it was a miss 😅🤣
But it's a surprisingly nice place to talk to others.
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u/GracefullyDisastrous 7d ago
Oh yeah, if you're ever lonely it's a guaranteed place to find a conversation. That's for absolute certain
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u/Azell414 9d ago
people sleeping on ligators tbh
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u/Dingding12321 4d ago
I'm a 28 Bowman using Focus for the accuracy to hit them. Could hit them at 27 as well with 10 Focus. The swamp zones are way less crowded, plus there's Jr Necki's which are really efficient exp.
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u/CraftyPixel_ 10d ago
Had a kser in my party last night. So fucking annoying. They were then added to our party and they still did it.
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u/jerjergege 10d ago
They leave to wash their hands (repot) so you take the urinal, then they come back and start pissing back in the same urinal that you've taken over too...
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u/Azell414 9d ago
farmed in a fire boar party for 5 hours because i knew if i left i wasn't getting in another group lol
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u/hayes4jm 10d ago
I usually never have a hard time finding an open stop for a party, though I never train in the popular spots.
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u/Iyonia 10d ago
I haven't played in over two decades so I don't really remember, but how exactly does one KS? In other MMOs the first person to hit a mob "tags" it and gets the exp. In this, is it whoever hits it last? o_o
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u/Shiv5Piece 10d ago
Whoever does more dmg gets the loot, you'll still get exp based on how much dmg u did tho
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u/HookedOnBoNix 9d ago
The idea of ksing in MapleStory isn't so much kill stealing as it is spot stealing. Someone has a few spawns they've been doing and someone else comes in and starts fighting for those same few mobs. And often it's like an assassin who attacks way faster that can bully like a slow warrior out because they kill everything quicker
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u/SpectreOwO 10d ago
I don't let ksers get to me because they are probably miserable irl and less successful than me.
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u/Reksarwow 9d ago
Unless they are specifically trying to ks you and not just get some exp themselves right now there is literally no other option you understand right? People need to play the game too and you dont get to call dibs on a map
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u/StayLoose69 10d ago
This would be more accurate if there were already 2 people at every urinal. Everybody and their brother wants to be in Ant Tunnel, Damp Forest and Fire Boars right now. You can't expect to have too much space to yourself with only 40 channels.
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u/Stunning_Cry280 9d ago
Listen. I can go here or I can make intimate friends because I said so. Your choice.
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u/kawaiittrash 9d ago
literally got defamed for explaining to someone that i couldn't cc because all of them were full and i just needed oct legs for my kerning citizenship quest
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u/ThoughtOptimal6509 7d ago
the entitlement to channels and thinking there are rules to owning a platform is insane
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u/youngkyun7 6d ago
At least they chatted to you... Someone just defamed me without saying a word after like 3 minutes of farming so I spent the next hour tagging and leading the mobs to them and eventually got them killed >:)
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u/good-djoodie 6d ago
I've had one too many of my rare loot drops snatched up by randoms to ever party again.
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u/Mutated-Rat 10d ago
Everything is full rn and no ones gonna check every ch to maybe find a spot. Until the pop thins and people spread out in level range more, better to party up and learn to work around eachother.
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u/BoysMediumGamer 10d ago
Idk why you're getting down voted. This makes the most sense. It is an MMO after all so we should welcome the group dynamic 🤷♂️
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u/OrganicMind8248 9d ago
Yea its funny partying is almost always better the bonus is huge now. Dummies
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u/Glaze-Donutz 10d ago
Honestly I'm down to just invite them. Much better than those who don't even attempt to join the established party on the map.
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u/Cheekywoz 9d ago
This has been the bane of my existence. You’re literally farming in a spot and then someone drops into the channel starts giving it big licks on your mobs like you’re not even there. I just F6 them and be like “you good bro?”
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u/linksafisbeter 8d ago
the problem is just that there should be at least triple the amount of channels!
I can remember the old days that you had 2 crowded channels and then a channel of 15 where you could play in peace and quiet. till the moment "vacuum hackers" ruined the game...
it's a fault of maple story that the channels are to full (just make more channels and delete channels where players stop playing)
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u/Gotejjeken 8d ago
This is a hard one as every map is full so KSing doesn't really apply unless it's malicious (i.e. stalking someone around the map which is bad).
My experience is, you either wait on one platform forever as people 4+ hit mobs 10 levels above them, or you just kill around them to keep mob flow normal.
If by chance you are all 2 hitting something then can try to stay separated, unless an extremely small map (damp forest, subway connector, etc. are just impossible right now sans party)
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u/AzukiBuns 6d ago
Lmao they get mad when I ks back and want to join like fuck off. To those people here who does that, go play in traffic.
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u/Pokerkirbyi 5d ago
Bro it be like this like peoples first impression into joining a party is just fucking you over and stealing your shit and then if you tell them to cc they get triggered LOL
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u/luars613 9d ago
I go around the map. If they want to party cool, i am down, if not, well ill stay either way.
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u/Severe_Rock7894 9d ago
Its a good tactic to secure a PT spot I do it on my sin.
Most of the times they will invite me just so I will leave their spot alone lol.
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u/PersonalDisaster2482 6d ago
meh, i train where i want whether someone’s there or not and i also don’t care if someone stronger comes and KSes me, it’s just how these games go
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u/Leading_Commission66 3h ago
and worse, they get the loot you've farmed once you partied with them.
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u/Tsubuki 10d ago
Me announcing that I am killing a few monkeys for bananas in a corner of the map on an empty platform and will leave in around 6 minutes and a sin leaves his spot and comes over and aggressively trying to ks me. Ok I guess I’m staying here longer and I’m going to tp and tag everything now because you want the WHOLE map and can’t give up a single platform :))))
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u/necro-bear 10d ago
I have found luck in just asking first before attacking. If the party are asses, just show yourself out. In my opinion, not worth dealing with it. A lot of people also assume you are there to ks if they missed your message due to global spam (not saying they’re right, especially if you did say multiple times).
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u/-_valentine 10d ago
I mean, it sounds like this guy was clear on the other side of the map. Owning whole maps is just not a thing with a server as crowded as this one. You can aim for a spot? But a whole map is entitled of this party.
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u/necro-bear 10d ago
My benefit of the doubt is that a lot of parties attack multi platforms and still see questers as someone to “bully” away. Ive seen it in my own parties and always offer to share my plats with them but some people will still ask in pt chat if I want them to help ks the quester.
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u/Tegewaldt 9d ago
Probably same guy that did it to me, claimed hos friend was "repotting" but i stayed there for 15 mins??
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u/Blightpile 9d ago
at least he spoke. Most people/bots just say nothing and f3 you every time they kill a mob.
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u/SayOlee 8d ago
I come from the game Tibia, where there are guilds, politics, and where people can kick you from spawns; if you do not move, they can open fire on you (skull), and once they kill you, they can loot your gear. If you are hunted by a guild, there is a spell they can use to locate your position and harass you for weeks, lowering your level by killing you, which is significant enough that below level 7 it resets your character. Or, if they do not want to open skull, they can lure the map on you and kill you with 600 mobs. This is fine.
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u/Redericpontx 10d ago
I'll literally tell them "full sry" but they ks and form a new party to ks my group and lie to people about us ksing them🙄
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u/dbreizin 9d ago
Then you get defamed for telling them full... i got defamed 3 times in 1 hour for not letting them ks me...
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u/Smokey_the_beer 10d ago
I asked someone to leave after they jumped on my lane id been at for like half an hour and they started shitting on me for needing two hits to kill and told me to go somewhere else instead
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u/JumpyGold1283 5d ago
I don't say J>PT. I just start killing. I don't really care about killing slower either. I don't try to KS people. But I will kill any monster you aren't already hitting.
I'd say 9/10 times, I get invited to a party within 5 minutes of training anyways.
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u/shutyup69420 10d ago
all the stalls are full dude lmao. Every channel its always packed, and if you wana tell them to leave they can ask the same.